But in the official game, the Longteng team turned away and played very actively at Luneng's home court. The team continued its usual oppressive high-position pressing style, but a team like Luneng that was most afraid of pressing fell into the trap immediately.
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The high-position pressing here does not refer to a simple attack, but the overall oppression. Because it requires high-position pressing. After Kuka came this season, many of Shandong Luneng's games relied on the frontcourt players to press in the middle.
The league is playing well. In the last Chinese league game, they defeated Beijing Guoan, who ranked first in the league, at 0:3 in an away game. Loew's three goals were all wonderful. I originally thought that this victory could maximize the improvement of the league.
The team's morale was low, but they were reversed 1-2 by Sakura Osaka in the most critical life-and-death battle in midweek. Luneng scored 5 points in 6 games, setting the lowest number of points in the AFC Champions League in team history. It lost three consecutive games and bid farewell to the AFC Champions League, which made the outside world quite dissatisfied.
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The main reason for Shandong Luneng's poor record in the AFC Champions League is that they were very panicked when they encountered Japanese and Korean teams that really relied on overall pressure and high-position pressing. This is also why Shandong Luneng encountered domestic teams like Guangzhou Evergrande.
The reason why teams with a rare overall pressing style of play often lose by big margins.
Shandong Luneng has a good record against other domestic teams because of the strong domestic players and outstanding foreign players in its team. Several stars in the frontcourt can provide pressure to other teams through their pressing style.
The Chinese team caused a lot of pressure, but their frontcourt press only relied on a few offensive players to fight alone, and did not integrate the entire formation into the press, so the frontcourt players often ran very fast.
Tired, it was no longer possible to support the offense later. After the team lost the ball first or was equalized, Luneng was unable to play the previous offensive rhythm and routine. This is actually an important reason why Luneng lost all the past three AFC Champions League games.
Looking back at the Longteng team's games, the overall pressing style has always been a tactic they have adhered to. Whether it was when the team was first established, or later in the Chinese Second Division, the Chinese First Division or now in the Central League, this style of play has been adhered to.
It has been more than 3 years, no matter how the team's players have changed, this tactic has never changed.
Like Guangzhou Evergrande, those who can support the Longteng team's style of play are the strong players in the team. Of course, the Longteng team's style of play has very high physical requirements for the team players. If they cannot pass the early game
If you take the lead with your style of play, you will encounter big problems later on. This is also the reason why the Longteng team's performance after entering the middle and late stages is not as good as before. In the past, in low-level leagues, the Longteng team's pressing style of play often failed in the first half.
The advantage has been established early. If we pass the time in the second half and pass the control, victory will be within reach. Now it’s time for the Zhonghe AFC Champions League. Once victory is difficult to win in the first half, we can only rely on passing and controlling to find it slowly in the second half.
Opportunity.
However, there is no problem with the physical fitness of the Longteng team in this game. Five days have passed since the AFC Champions League ended on the 22nd and the match on the 27th. The players’ physical fitness has long been restored.
Therefore, the Longteng team played very actively after the opening, and the corresponding advantage was established very early.
In the 14th minute of the first half, the Longteng team successfully counterattacked in the frontcourt. In panic, Wang Yongpo passed the ball with too little power, allowing Lin Feng to easily get the ball. After getting the ball, Lin Feng decisively scored the ball.
It was given to Yu Bo who was inserted from the wing. Yu Bo knocked the ball horizontally to Wen Kai who came over to assist. After Wen Kai distributed the ball to Lin Feng, Lin Feng passed the ball straight to Pato who intervened. At this time, Luneng center back Dewey turned around.
The weakness of Slow was very obvious. In the words of fans describing him: "By the time Dewey turns around, the team can already kick off again in the midfield."
For a player like Pato, a second of inattention on defense may cause him to create a threat, not to mention a player like Dewey who is 3 seconds slower. Pato entered the penalty area and formed a single shot, and then
Before Dai Lin came to defend, the shot was successful. Wang Dalei just stretched out his hand symbolically for the shot and watched the ball go into the net. The Longteng team took an 0:1 lead in the away game.
Seeing this goal from the Long Teng team, Duan Xuan said: "Oh~~~~~, this goal is so fast. From Lin Feng stealing the ball to Pato scoring, it only lasted less than 1 minute. The key
Those few non-stop passes penetrated the Shandong Luneng team's defense in one go. This is really the style of the Longteng team."
Zhang Sheng was very calm about this goal, because he knew that his team's tactical style was the best against a team like Shandong Luneng. As early as before the game, he knew that if Shandong Luneng could not stabilize his mentality, this game
The game is likely to be a huge defeat.
While Zhang Sheng applauded with a relaxed expression on the sidelines, Shandong Luneng's head coach Kuka roared loudly on the sidelines, because losing the ball after being intercepted in the backcourt is something that no coach can tolerate.
If the opponent relies on the overall cooperation from the backcourt to the frontcourt to score a goal step by step, or even loses the ball through an extremely fast defensive counterattack, Kuka thinks that is an acceptable thing. After all, being defeated by the opponent in an upright manner is
It's acceptable, but if someone is intercepted in the backcourt and loses the ball, in Kuka's opinion, it's simply because the players themselves lost concentration.
Kuka shouted loudly to Wang Yongpo on the sidelines: "This is a game, not your usual game on the training ground. Focus on it."
Although Wang Yongpo felt that Kuka's shouting was very unjust, after all, he never thought that the Longteng team's frontcourt pressing style would be so sharp, but in any case, the goal conceded was due to his own passing error. Wang Yongpo could only reach out to
Kuka signaled and nodded at the same time, indicating that he would work harder in the future.
In fact, this is also related to the fact that the players of Shandong Luneng team underestimate the Longteng team. After all, as a Chinese giant, their past results are far more dazzling than the Longteng team, not to mention the length of the team's history. For their own team,
Shandong Luneng's players are still very proud of their heritage. Zhou Hai's transfer from Longteng to Shandong Luneng before this season is the best example.
Zhou Hai finally made it through and was spotted by the national team. He transferred to Shandong Luneng in the second year. However, the Longteng team currently does not have a single international player in the team. In the eyes of the Shandong Luneng players, an international player is willing to use their own ball like this.
The team is in line with people's nature of "people go up and water flows down." Shandong Luneng must be better than the Longteng team, so Zhou Hai came to Luneng.
After conceding the ball, Shandong Luneng's players were generally very angry. In their view, the Longteng team's goal was a shameless sneak attack. The Longteng team's strength was not as good as their own.
Sure enough, Shandong Luneng's players became more active after that. The players in the midfield and backfield no longer seemed a bit slow as before the start of the game. Everyone tried their best to increase their running, even the team's back line, which had always been considered
Zheng Zheng, the "laziest" player in the competition, also ran more miles than in previous races.
Finding a suitable substitute for Zheng Zheng has always been what Shandong Luneng has been doing. Zheng Zheng performed very amazingly when he first debuted and received a lot of praise. He is in good physical condition, has a unique long-range shot, and
The quality of free kicks is high, but he is the only one in Shandong Luneng who can perform well at the left back position. This has also led to him becoming the "full attendance king" of Shandong Luneng. The long-term two-line operation has no rest time for him every day.
The distance he ran on the field gradually decreased, so that he later became the representative of the "Shandong Luneng Pacers". In the game when the Chinese national team lost 1:5 to the Thai Youth Team, Zheng Zheng's performance and walking on the field
His state was even more reviled by fans across the country.
This is also the reason why Shandong Luneng spent a lot of money to buy Zhou Hai from the Longteng team before this season. In fact, everyone within Shandong Luneng unanimously believes that Zhou Hai is not as good as Zheng Zheng. After Zhou Hai came to Shandong Luneng this season, he has been
He was used as Zheng Zheng's substitute, but Shandong Luneng's multi-line combat still gave Zhou Hai a lot of opportunities. However, when it came to important games, Zheng Zheng was still the main force, but no matter what, Shandong Luneng still gave Zhou Hai a lot of opportunities.
Zheng Zheng found a qualified substitute.
So when Zheng Zheng wants to run now, he still has enough physical strength to support him.
When Luneng's players started to run, the Longteng team's high-position press was not that effective. In addition, in addition to the midfield and backcourt, several Luneng frontcourt players pressed even more fiercely. Obviously, they also wanted to retaliate.
The Longteng team stole the ball in the frontcourt.
Seeing Shandong Luneng playing so fiercely now, even Duan Xuan was surprised: "Luneng obviously accelerated the pace after losing the ball. I have watched a lot of their games, and it is rare to see them running so crazy.
And pressing, I don’t know if the Longteng team can withstand this wave of counterattack by the Luneng team.”
Zhou Ning, his partner next to him, is quite optimistic about the Longteng team: "I think Luneng's style of play may not be effective. I have a good relationship with the Longteng team, and I can often commentate on their games. From the Longteng team's games that I commentate on,
I found that the players of the Longteng team all have a common characteristic, that is, they are not afraid of pressing. Their players generally have good foot skills and very solid basic skills of passing and receiving. How can they perform when facing such a strong European team?
I dare not say, but at least with the strength of the current teams and the teams in the AFC Champions League, there are very few opponents who can completely suppress them, even Guangzhou Evergrande will have a hard time."
In fact, the current situation on the field also confirms Zhou Ning's statement. After Shandong Luneng's players made a wave of mad rushes, their physical fitness was soon not enough to support their long-term and high-intensity running, and the press naturally relaxed.
, and the Longteng team that won the ball naturally controlled the situation on the field. They began to suppress Shandong Luneng in their most powerful position-the midfielder.
The Longteng team, which gained the midfield advantage, quickly launched several beautiful attacks. These attacks were not attacks after stealing the ball in the frontcourt like the first goal, but an upright use of tactics and player skills.
The advantage formed by the suppression.
The Longteng team's ability to suppress Shandong Luneng offensively is also related to Luneng's offensive disadvantage after encountering a strong team.
Luneng's offensive disadvantage was mainly due to the fact that the positions of several players were not properly arranged. For example, in this game, Loew was placed in the attacking midfielder position instead of Montillo.
This season, after Shandong Luneng introduced Montillo, a two-time Brazilian MVP runner-up and a substitute for Messi, the core of the Argentine national team, they did not put him in the familiar position of the attacking midfielder, but let him
The former Brazilian main striker introduced this season came to play as an attacking midfielder, and Montillo had to keep moving on the wing.
Montillo's passing and ball control are undoubtedly top-notch. His ball control is very light and his through balls are also very interesting. However, Luneng can rarely grasp his passing. On the one hand, perhaps as South Korean foreign aid Jang Hyun-soo said
Like this: "It's a piece of cake for Montillo to beat two players by himself. But Luneng's teammates couldn't support him at all. The gap between Montillo's understanding of football and the consciousness of other Chinese players was too big, so he couldn't perform at all.
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Montillo's specialty is the attacking midfielder. There are players in front of him at any time, but the problem is that Loew spends more time retreating and playing as an attacking midfielder. There are no players in front to respond, so Montillo's passing ability loses meaning. Relatively speaking,
Putting Montillo on the wing is a worse choice, because the Argentine is obviously not used to the wing position. He will habitually move to the center during the game, and it is easy for the two to overlap. This is
There were many people gathered in the middle, which made Luneng's offense look quite unsmooth.
After Shandong Luneng was eliminated in the AFC Champions League group stage, Kukah still showed good error correction ability. He simply withdrew Loew from the center position as an attacking midfielder and let Han Peng move to the center position.
, this at least gives Montillo a passing target.
But Montillo's problem has not been solved. On the wing, in addition to running to the middle to get the ball from time to time for simple and practical breakthroughs or passes, he also has to participate in defense. He has to steal and tackle. As a body,
For a player with average physical fitness, the direct consequence of such offense and defense is obviously to affect his offensive output against Luneng.
Data shows that Luneng's total possession time in 6 AFC Champions League games was 149 minutes and 7 seconds, while Montillo's time with the ball at his feet was only 8 minutes and 12 seconds, and the time he did not lose control of the ball after passing the ball was 6 minutes and 3 seconds.
Seconds, that is to say, his total personal possession time is only 14 minutes and 15 seconds, and his personal possession time accounts for only 9.6% of the team. In other words, except that Wang Dalei, as a goalkeeper, has very little possession time,
Montillo's possession time is the team's average. Shandong Luneng's purpose of introducing Montillo to strengthen the passing and control of the midfield and frontcourt completely failed. (To be continued.)
