As a Japanese commentator, Shoji Shiro seemed very proud: "Pre-game data consistently showed that the Dragons are a rare team in China that has excellent playing skills and overall performance. They are also known as the 'Barcelona of China', and there are other players in the team.
There is a superstar like Pato, but now it seems that their tactics are completely chaotic, but that's it. Compared with our Japanese team, just buying players like Pato is of no use."
Seeing the situation on the court, Liu Jianhong, who was in charge of the Chinese commentator, also said: "They are also a team that mainly plays pass control. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is obviously better than the Longteng team. Now the midfield is basically completely controlled by the Hiroshima team.
, Lin Feng's frequent forward penetration turned Kanter into a de facto single defensive midfielder, allowing the Hiroshima team to have opportunities to kick near the penalty area again and again. Coach Zhang Sheng should make some changes."
In fact, Zhang Sheng did seem very anxious. The team did not play the proper tactics at all and seemed lethargic on the court. This was not a good sign. He who had been sitting in the coaching bench before came to the sidelines and shouted: "Run."
Get up and run, don't you feel ashamed of your way of playing?"
Maybe it was Naoki Ishihara's shot that woke up the Dragons players, or maybe it was Zhang Sheng's roar on the sidelines that spurred the players. After this mistake, the Dragons players gradually adapted to the rhythm of the game on the court.
Start working hard.
Just after Naoki Ishihara missed the ball, the Longteng team finally made a qualified attack.
The person who organized the attack this time was Lin Feng, who had made frequent mistakes in the midfield before. After receiving the ball from Ma Yongli again, this time Lin Feng continued to successfully coordinate with Zhou Zhou and Yu Bo who came to respond.
, the players of Sanfrecce Hiroshima who were responsible for intercepting in the frontcourt did not form an effective defense at all. The Longteng team advanced the offense to the 3o meter area of Sanfrecce Hiroshima for the first time.
However, Sanfrecce Hiroshima's defense was indeed very three-dimensional. When Lin Feng hit the ball to the 30-meter area, Toshihiro Aoyama immediately came over. Except for Naoki Ishihara, the frontcourt players ran to Kanter to prevent Lin Feng from passing back.
All players returned to their defensive positions.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima's formation is also very rare in Japan. They have always adhered to the three-center-back style of play. The midfield and frontcourt are free to slow down. When they need to attack, they use 3-4-3. When they need to defend,
It's 5-4-1, and if it's a positional battle with the opponent, it's 3-6-1.
But no matter how they change, their two wing-backs have always been the focus of the team's offensive and defensive transition, because in the 3-5 guard transition system, the two wing-backs must be able to attack but also return to defend in place.
This was exactly the case this time. The two wingbacks in this game, Mizumoto Yuki and Bai Haowen, quickly shrank back when the Longteng team started to attack. When Lin Feng slightly raised his eyes to observe his opponent in the midfield,
In this situation, Sanfrecce Hiroshima changed into a 5-back formation, and the Longteng team's opportunity to counterattack quickly disappeared.
After Lin Feng saw that he could not get an offensive opportunity quickly, he became very patient. He used his body to hold up Toshihiro Aoyama's press and gave the ball to Mahrez on the right. This time Mahrez did not make the previous mistake.
He caught the ball securely and then handed the ball to full-back Xiao Yunfan, who came up to assist.
With the assists coming from the full-backs, the Longteng team gradually also pressed out its overall formation. As a team that focuses on conduction, the more compact the formation, the higher the success rate of passing. At the same time, when losing the ball
When the ball is played, the more people per unit area, the higher the success rate of timely counter-attacks. Therefore, when the Longteng team starts to compact the formation, it is also the time when the team is most powerful.
The current situation is exactly like this. Lin Feng, Kante, Yu Bo, Mahrez in the midfield, including the two full-backs who assisted, plus Ma Yongli, who is very capable at his feet, basically control the ball firmly.
under one's own feet.
At this time, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and the Japanese commentator finally understood why the Dragons were called "Barcelona of China". The passing of the Dragons in front of Hiroshima Sanfrecce's 3o-meter defensive zone left the opponent completely helpless. The Dragons players were so quick at their feet.
The passing tactics were very smooth. Even though Hiroshima Sanfrecce's players were very active on defense, they were still unable to steal the ball from the Longteng team.
When Liu Jianhong lamented that the Longteng team finally returned to normal, Cheng Shoji was also shocked by the situation on the field: "I really can't believe it. What happened to the Longteng team that was still in a mess just now? Suddenly the ball is so smooth. Look at it.
It makes sense to say before the game that this team is like Barcelona."
Of course, the Dragons now only control the ball in the midfield. Hiroshima Sanfrecce's overall formation is still very stable. As the team that conceded the second fewest goals in the J-League last season, as a team accustomed to defensive counterattacks
As a team, even if Sanfrecce Hiroshima was suppressed on the court, they still had enough ability to protect their penalty area. After all, they had played countless such games amidst the "boring" complaints from Japanese fans.
After the midfielder slowly took control of the ball, Lin Feng, the core of the Longteng team's offense, also began to think of a way.
The first thing he thought of was to use quick passes to mobilize the opponent's defensive formation, and then find the opponent's defensive loopholes in mobile battles. This was also in line with Mao Zedong's sports tactics of "annihilating the enemy in mobile battles."
After carefully observing the performance of the Hiroshima Sanfrecce team, Lin Feng found that their right back Shiotani Tsukasa is very offensive. When he is not directly facing the defense, he is always better than the left back on the other side.
Mizumoto Yuuki stood further forward.
In fact, this is also a common arrangement of Sanfrecce Hiroshima on the back line. Yuki Mizumoto on the left is stronger defensively, and Tsukasa Shiotani on the right is stronger offensively, so Shiotani is positioned slightly forward.
point.
It can be seen from Sanfrecce Hiroshima's goals in the AFC Champions League this season. As a full-back, Tsukasa Shiotani is actually the current top scorer in the team in the AFC Champions League. Although forward Hisato Sato has the most goals in the J-League,
However, Tsukasa Shiotani, who has scored 6 goals in 12 appearances this season, is far more efficient than him. The Japanese media has compared him with the J-League's previous best shooting guard, Tanaka Kazuo.
This also provided Lin Feng with an opportunity to find an opening, and he began to act decisively.
In the 31st minute of the first half, Lin Feng once again got the ball in the midfield. He first organized the players to attack the left side. Yu Bo on the left side made several passes to Zhou Zhou after getting the ball, and then the three of them formed a
The offensive triangle attracted right back Shiotani Tsukasa, right wing back Hirofumi and right midfielder Tomo Yamagishi. At the same time, Hiroshima Sanfrecce's entire defensive center of gravity also moved to the right.
Yu Bo, who then feinted a shot, did not struggle on the right, but passed the ball to center Wen Kai who came over to respond. It should be said that Wen Kai's response was very critical. He had been in the center position before, at the penalty area line.
He took the initiative to fight with Hiroshima Sanfrecce's center back on the edge. His sudden retreat to get the ball made Hiroshima Sanfrecce's center back Chiba Kazuhiko hesitate and not follow up.
After all, the most noteworthy star of the Longteng team is Pato. Even if Wenkai withdraws, he will not have the ability to break through the penalty area single-handedly like Pato. After he goes out, he will naturally have midfielder Toshihiro Aoyama to look after him, so when Yu Bo
When the ball was passed, Toshihiro Aoyama, who was responsible for sweeping the midfield, was a step slower in defense, and Wenkai passed the ball to Mahrez on the right.
Mahrez started to break through after getting the ball. This is also a trick used by the Longteng team, which is to use Mahrez, a player with strong breakthrough ability, to attract the opponent. If the opponent does not help defend, he will force a breakthrough one-on-one.
, if the opponent comes to help defend, he will move the ball out when the opponent comes over.
This time Sanfrecce Hiroshima chose to take the initiative to help defend and press. In addition to Yuki Mizumoto who was defending frontally, Toshihiro Aoyama, who was in the middle just now, also came to help. At the same time, Komako Shibasaki, who was the left center back, stopped Mahere.
It can be said that Mahrez is attacked from three sides when passing the ball to the penalty area. This is the essence of modern football defense, which is to have a sense of hierarchy. They will not be slowly pressed by you because of your possession of the ball.
In front of the penalty area, he maintains three lines very well, and it will make you feel that there are people in front of the penalty area, allowing you to walk to the side, and then quickly surround them, gaining a numerical advantage in a local area.
Either you rely on your personal ability to force a breakthrough, or you lose the ball.
At this time, Mahrez's foot skills came into play. Under the defense of Yuki Mizumoto and Toshihiro Aoyama, he used the change in the frequency of his feet to get out of the gap, picked out the ball, and handed it over smoothly.
Xiao Yunfan stepped in to assist. Xiao Yunfan caught the ball very comfortably because the ball was rolling in the direction he was running. He didn't need to make any adjustments or pauses at all, as long as he kept his center of gravity moving forward. And
When Mahrez passed the ball, he moved forward along the sideline, making a two-two with Xiao Yunfan and hitting the wall. At the same time, Pato came to help.
Facing the offensive triangle composed of the three members of the Longteng team, Hiroshima Sanfrecce's defensive focus began to shift to the left. In addition to the fixed left defender, midfielder Toshihiro Aoyama who just came to assist in defense, and even the center back Kazuhiko Chiba
He also leaned to the left, after all, Pato is the focus of attention.
However, Xiao Yunfan had no intention of handing the ball to Mahrez and Pato. He directly gave the ball to Lin Feng. Takehito Nozuda, who had been following Lin Feng as a defender, was a frontcourt player after all. In terms of defensive ability and defensive awareness,
Neither of them were strong. Lin Feng handed the ball to Kanter before Notsuda Yueto got close to him. Facing Bai Haowen's attack, Kanter gave the ball to Yu Bo. Yu Bo once again formed an offensive triangle with Lin Feng and Zhou Zhou, because
These passes were all very fast, one-touch passes. When the three of them approached the edge of the left penalty area, Hiroshima Sanfrecce only had Shiotani Tsukasa and Bo Haofen, who was desperately rushing back. The Longteng team formed on the left
A local three-on-two advantage.
This is exactly what the Long Teng team wants to see. Yu Bo and Lin Feng easily used a two-on-one play to get rid of Shiotaniji's defense. After receiving the ball, Lin Feng saw Chiba Kazuhiko coming to defend him again.
The ball was given to Bunkai. Due to Kazuhiko Chiba's departure, there was a huge gap in the center of Hiroshima Sanfrecce's penalty area, because Kosei Shibasaki, who was supposed to come over to cover for Bunkai, still didn't come back from the left.
Wenkai, who got the ball in the center of the penalty area, did not miss this opportunity. He shot directly. In fact, the quality of Wenkai's shot was not too high because the angle he shot was relatively straight, but Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Goalkeeper Lin Zhuoren failed to block the shot, and the ball went into the net from his armpit.
This is also a problem that Sanfrecce Hiroshima has been worried about this season. As the anchor of the team's defense in the past few seasons, Shusaku Nishikawa has performed very well in the goalkeeper position. He has helped the team keep the goal clear many times.
He made a huge contribution to Sanfrecce Hiroshima winning the J-League championship again.
It's a pity that Hiroshima Sanfrecce, who is a member of the ** (poor) team (B), was not able to keep him. At the beginning of this season, he was spotted by Urawa Red Diamond Football Club, a veteran team in the J-League, as early as 2011.
He chose to leave the team and transfer there.
The departure of Shusaku Nishikawa, who was priced at 1.5 million euros by the famous German Transfer Market Network, won the Japan J-League Outstanding Player Award for five consecutive years from 2012 to 2016 and was selected for the Japan J-League Team of the Year, has left Sanfrecce Hiroshima's
The goalkeeper's external strength has dropped a lot.
Although Lin Zhuoren, who came as a substitute at the beginning of this year, also had his brightest moments, such as last year's goalless home game against Sainty in the AFC Champions League, he also made many low-level mistakes, such as playing for Sendai in the AFC Champions League last year.
When he faced ErFC in the group stage, he made serious mistakes in the home game and the team lost 1-2.
Compared with Nishikawa Shusaku, who transferred to Urawa Red Diamonds this year, he kept clean sheets in 7 consecutive games from the 10th to 16th rounds of the league, with a clean-sheet time of 63o minutes, setting a new record for consecutive clean sheets in the Japanese J1 League.
With his excellent and stable performance, Lin Zhuoren's ups and downs in form became Lin Zhuoren's biggest problem. This time when facing Wen Kai's shot, he obviously made another mistake.
Wenkai was so excited after scoring the goal that he scored the deadlock-breaking goal in an away match in the knockout stages of the AFC Champions League. The importance of such a goal cannot be overstated.
Not only him, but Zhang Sheng on the sidelines also jumped with joy. When he scored in the previous game, two assistant coaches came over to celebrate with him. This time Zhang Sheng took the initiative to turn around and hugged Schuerle, excited.
shouted: "This is exactly the result I wanted, my tactics succeeded."
Xuerle also shouted happily: "It's great. Wen is really a player with a big heart. He can always score goals in key games." (To be continued.)
