Chapter Seventy-Three: Uprightness within does not avoid relatives
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The already controversial Ali Han was again criticized for "not knowing people, not using the right person", but the stubborn old man didn't take it to heart. Instead, he was worried about finding a new goalkeeper for the national team. Although Shenzhen goalkeeper Li Lei was originally only selected as the third goalkeeper, he showed excellent goal-line technology and good competitive state in training, quickly winning the position of main goalkeeper. However, his ability to rush out and command the defense line was far inferior to Liu Yunfei's peak period, and these two abilities were the most important in Ali Han's tactical system. Therefore, no matter how many incredible saves Li Lei made, he couldn't replace Liu Yunfei's role, which means that the national team's defense line will not be able to return to its Asian Cup level in the next few years...
What's even more worrying for Ali Han is that in the first match of the top 8, another fatal problem emerged, which is the intensification of internal contradictions. Although Ali Han made a choice during the game, after the game he thought about Li Yi's strong impact and was somewhat reluctant to give up. Since the national team already has Gao Lin, who is good at grasping opportunities, it would be better to pair him with someone who has strong impact, so Ali Han would rather give up pure shooter Dai Weijun than give up Li Yi, who currently has the strongest impact in the country. Although this new striker partnership for the national team had only been together for a short time after the first match, they already had conflicts, but Ali Han still hopes to find a way to resolve them.
But Gao Jun was adamant that he did not want to partner with Li Yi again. Although the contradictions between the two could be resolved, Li Yi's poor passing technique and narrow field of vision were not something that could be improved upon in a short period of time. If Li Yi's role in the national team's tactics was irreplaceable, then Gao Jun might have chosen to compromise himself to accommodate Li Yi's strengths, but since he already had someone in mind who could replace Li Yi, why bother with this humiliation?
Long before the end of the match against Iran, Gao Jun had "recommended" Ao Lin, a teammate of Dongfang Team, to Ali Han. Ao Lin's characteristics are similar to those of Li Yi, with excellent physical fitness and strong ball-handling skills. Although Ao Lin is still slightly inferior to Li Yi in terms of age, he has already shown sufficient ability on the Asian stage. His outstanding passing technique and tacit understanding with the national team's front three players are beyond Li Yi's reach. Therefore, Gao Jun believes that for the main center position of the national team, Ao Lin is obviously a better candidate than Li Yi.
After hearing Gao Jun's proposal, Ali Han did not make an immediate decision because he lacked sufficient understanding of the rising star Aoling. "You mean your Eastern team's number 9? I have some impression, and there are some similarities in terms of characteristics, but after all, he is too young, whether physically or experienced, I'm afraid he is far from Li Yi..."
"Last year our team was still in the second division, you probably didn't watch many games and don't know much about our team. Let me take Yu Hai as an example to introduce Ah Lin to you briefly. Although Ah Lin is only 19 years old, he was born in January and developed early, so his body is already very strong now. Moreover, his balance, agility, and footwork are also very good, making him extremely capable of protecting the ball. Yu Hai may not be inferior to him in terms of height and weight, but his confrontational ability is clearly weaker than Ah Lin's. In terms of aerial balls, although Ah Lin is slightly shorter than Yu Hai by one or two centimeters, he has a more impressive bounce and heading ability that is on par with Yu Hai. Furthermore, Ah Lin also has excellent speed and explosive power, and his ability to break through with the ball is even slightly stronger than Yu Hai's..." Gao Jun patiently introduced Ah Lin's characteristics to Ali Han.
However, Gao Jun's words were too excellent, which made Ali Han somewhat unbelievable. In the end, Gao Jun could only speak with facts, "We Chinese have an old saying, 'what is heard is false, what is seen is true.' Next month our team will play the first match of the Asian Championship, and the opponent is a Japanese team. You can go to the scene to see how Ah Lin performs against the Japanese team, and it's not too late to make a decision."
Although the Eastern team's first ACL match against Kawasaki Frontale was away, Alihan still came to the game venue - Japan's Mizuho Stadium despite the fatigue of the trip. Of course, Alihan's purpose is not only to see if Gao Lin is as good as Gao Jun said, but also to check on the status of Eastern team's two top national players and at the same time take a look at whether there are other players in the Eastern team who meet the requirements of the national team.
Gao Jun had communicated with the team's main players in midfield before the game, telling them that this match would take Aolin as the team's attacking core. "If the opponent only has one person defending against Aolin, everyone must resolutely pass the ball to him; if the opponent sends two people to intercept, as long as they don't adopt a defensive approach, then everyone will still have to pass the ball to Aolin..."
"These two years, you've trained harder than anyone else, and your progress is the greatest. With your current abilities, there's no defender in Asia who can stop you. You must have confidence, let everyone see the results of your hard work over the past two years, use the opponent's body to kick open the door to the national team! ", Under Gao Jun's encouragement, Ao Lin, who was originally a bit tense, straightened his back and followed his teammates into the field, but his eyes still seemed to lack some confidence at this time.
Despite this, the Oriental team quickly passed the ball to Gao Lin at the front, although he was still a bit nervous in his heart. However, relying on his physical strength and excellent balance and dribbling skills, Gao Lin still had the upper hand in the confrontation with Yokohama FC's defender Nishikawa Akinori, who is only 1.74 meters tall. Just as Gao Lin was about to pass the ball back to Ribeiro, who had already shaken off his marker on the left front, he heard Gao Jun shouting loudly as he rushed over, "No one is coming to defend, shake him off and shoot yourself!"
Like all the small defenders, Zhong Xi Yongfu also has the characteristic of quick feet. Seeing Ah Lin about to pass the ball, he immediately stretched out his foot to interfere, but unexpectedly, after hearing Gao Jun's loud shout, Ah Lin changed his mind and took advantage of this opportunity to beautifully turn around to the other side, not only successfully facing the goal, but also using overwhelming force to squeeze Zhong Xi Yongfu behind him. Seeing Ah Lin only needed one acceleration to possibly form a single knife, Zhong Xi Yongfu was shocked and had no choice but to bite his teeth and pull down Ah Lin, resulting in unexpectedly eating a yellow card from the referee, and China gained a free kick about 35 yards away from the goal, with an angle that wasn't too biased.
