When the whistle blew and the final of the Asian Championship finally opened in the spotlight, in the face of Gao shunyao's oppression, Ogg soon found that the big forward on the other side really deserved his reputation.
As the main defender of Chengnan, Ogg has always been regarded as one of the strongest defenders in Asia because of his excellent performance in the Asian championship this season. Even with Chengnan reaching the final of the Asian Champions League, some people think that Ogg will be one of the most popular candidates in the selection of Asian Footballer of the year. As a defender, strength, to a large extent, comes from their own insight, a good defender only has enough good insight to stand. And after kicking the ball, Ogg is also analyzing the opponent's strength soon.
At the beginning of the game, he did not care about the opponent: the overall strength of Tokyo FC is not strong in his eyes. After the final whistle, the match between the two sides was not particularly fierce. Tokyo and Chengnan are not strong offensive teams. After the two teams got the ball, no one launched a fluent offensive. On the contrary, they played with restraint and conservatism.
Chengnan is a South Korean team, they do not have the habit of quick and smooth cooperation to win, and in Japan, away from home, they will not be full to oppress their opponents. Tokyo, as a Japanese team, can be called a home game. They even play like this. If we don't consider the tension factor that they reach the final in their first Asian championship, we can only say that they are tactically conservative.
The attack wins the audience, the defense wins the champion, this truth Ogg also heard. Tokyo seems to be a club with few fans in Japan, even in Tokyo city. It is said that Yokohama sailor and Kajima antler have more fans than them. Such a team has reached the final of the Asian championship, which has something to do with their style of playing.
And say, all dare to play conservative football team, have to have a hand to fight back. A team that only shrinks and doesn't fight back can't play well. Tokyo dare to play so conservative, the biggest rely on, should also be the young man around him.
Ogg raised his head and looked at Gao shunyao running on the court. He saw a lot of videos before the game, but at the beginning of the game, he realized that he might have underestimated him before. In the video, he can't see Gao shunyao's fighting spirit and high spirits all the time. Now, he feels it clearly.
This forward is not easy to deal with.
Just as Tokyo did its best for this match, Chengnan made a lot of preparations before the final. In those preparations, the opponent's forward was also a player who had been repeatedly emphasized. The 1.9-meter-tall center has always been regarded as the top high center in Asia. Before the game, Shen Tailong repeatedly stressed that Ogilvy would keep an eye on him anyway.
Ogilvy didn't care much about this: he has a great physical advantage, and he doesn't think Gao shunyao has the ability to fight him. However, at the beginning of the game, he almost suffered a big loss. Tokyo's first attack was a high ball pass. Ogg thought he was stuck and could fight for the first point. However, to his surprise, Gao shunyao, who was killed from the side, used an amazing bounce to get the dominant position.
He's not only tall, he's also very good at other abilities - although he won the header by strength, Ogg also realized Gao shunyao's strength. To his dismay, however, that was just the beginning.
Soon, Tokyo launched another attack, and this time, once again in the air against Ogg, found that Gao shunyao has been able to fight for the header. Although he is still not dominant in the air confrontation, there is no way to adjust the heading angle, but with excellent jumping and heading skills, he still successfully gives the ball to his teammates.
Gao shunyao's return made his teammates a direct beneficiary. Qing Wu Hongsi, who got the ball, immediately put in a long-range shot, and Zheng Chenglong jumped up in a hurry to lift the shot out of the beam.
This shot threat is not too big, Qing Wu Hongsi some anxious, did not cause a real threat. However, listening to the sighs on the court around, Ogilvy didn't think that the ball was really a relief.
Although he didn't lose the ball, Gao shunyao's fight for the top scared him into a cold sweat. He doubted that if he continued to play like this, he would be able to hold on for a long time without losing the ball.
Gao shunyao's height and weight are not as good as himself. Just now, he has proved that he does not have much advantage in confrontation, whether it is breakthrough or top. In the video, I have seen his breakthrough: shake an angle and then rely on the body to eat recklessly. That tactic doesn't work for Ogg. However, the way he used to hit the ball into the goal directly in mid air was not easy to use in front of him. However, with more and more confrontations, Ogg gradually found that when Gao shunyao played football, he might not rely entirely on his physical condition.
His bounce is excellent, strength is not weak, the most important thing is, his header is not just rely on height, but very attention to skill. If he can't hit the goal, he cooperates with his teammates. He seems to know that his lateral turn is his weakness, so he constantly wants to plan his teammates to insert them in the back row. Such a smart way of playing football is enough to make him headache.What's more, although he has the advantage of heading, it seems that Gao shunyao doesn't rely on his advantage. On the contrary, his running position is even more and more outside, always retreating very deep.
This kind of play, also let Ogg worry: the other side did not grasp the only advantage, but is ready to expand new advantages. If you keep up and expand the defensive area, you may not be able to manage it. If he doesn't follow up, he knows that his team's back can't stand Gao shunyao. He doesn't get angry with himself on the court, but he wants to attack the whole team more cleverly, which is particularly frightening.
There was no mistake in his idea, and Tokyo soon found an opportunity.
This attack, Tokyo is still playing defensive counterattack. In an attack in the south of the city, Kono Taixing saw the other side's pass line, suddenly grabbed the ball and broke it. After that, Takahashi gave it to him. Takahashi had no hesitation. She crossed the top and passed the ball straight to the front court.
Takahashi straight through the crowd, straight to Gao shunyao flew over. The football route is very straight, also very positive, from the backcourt to the forbidden area, directly in place, strong penetration and fast speed, this is absolutely a very good pass.
Korean defenders, at this time, have not been able to immediately shrink, they did not expect that this time the Tokyo FC's counterattack will be so direct and sharp. In the restricted area, only Gao shunyao and Ogg are running towards the ball's landing point. Gao shunyao's running position is obviously one step faster than Ogg's. He got stuck in front of Ogg and ran towards the ball's landing point.
In this regard, Ogg is not too anxious. He didn't choose to pester Gao shunyao. He can see that the route of football seems to be a little low, which is not suitable for heading for the top and hitting the goal at the first time. This kind of ball is more likely to be used for defenders. Therefore, after Gao shunyao takes off the ball, he should choose to return to his teammates. Ogg was worried that if he went to defend Gao shunyao immediately, it would give the Qing Wu Hongsi a chance. Therefore, he stepped back and wanted to resist the two men's intervention at the same time.
A defender wants to resist the cooperation of the two strikers of the other side. If it's not for someone with a little ability, it can't be done. However, Ogilvy saw the moves of Tokyo in this game. The choice he made at this time would not be to only focus on Gao shunyao.
He stood two meters behind Gao shunyao and didn't post it immediately. In this position, he can make the best judgment and the next move - if Gao shunyao wants to turn left and then start shooting, he can take a left step to block his shooting angle, if Gao shunyao wants to turn right and pass the ball to Qingwu Hongsi, he can take a step forward to block Gao shunyao's passing angle. Although he has only one guard, as long as he can judge Gao shunyao's practice well and cooperate with Zheng Chenglong, it is still possible for him to block the opponent's attack.
This kind of choice is quite domineering of the top defensive players, but in fact, Ogg knows in his heart that it is also related to his characteristics - his lateral movement speed is not fast enough, which is a fatal injury. If he moves forward, he will not be able to prevent Gao shunyao's sudden turn.
His worry was right. After Gao shunyao met the ball, he raised his right leg slightly and easily kicked the ball into the air. His stop is not particularly stable, but this time, it allows the football to stay in a controllable range. But not out of Ogg's expectation, Gao shunyao's next move was to turn left immediately, volley and kick the ball out!
By the time he played, Ogg was already flying forward to stop the football. However, the tricky football angle, the strange speed, or let him not be able to touch the ball. The football passed his defense and flew to the goal. Cheng Cheng Long also took a slow step and seemed to be about to score.
Unfortunately, it seems that this ball is too much in pursuit of angle. The football Peng hit the goal and bounced out of the goal. It didn't become a goal.
On the field, Gao shunyao tried his best to hide his disappointment. Ogg's blocking made him have to find an angle, and the ball was badly kicked. He took a long breath, scratched his hair and ran back. It's a good chance. He didn't make goals. He was a bit disappointed.
However, for Ogilvy, the shot also made him sweat. It seems that Gao shunyao is not only strong in physical fitness, but also can shoot such a tricky ball. Maybe he underestimates his shooting skills. This time I won the corner, but I can't expect every chance to have a gatepost. Next time, I have to be more careful.
The successive confrontations told him the most clear truth: Gao shunyao's strength is extraordinary.