While Zhen Cheng and Dong Wuzhi were still casually chatting about the fans, the situation on the field changed drastically."
In the 35th minute of the first half, Sanfrecce Hiroshima once again seized the opportunity on the court. They focused on Lin Feng's midfielder position.
When Lin Feng was still playing on the right, he was known for his ability to both attack and defend, but the defense of the wide players was not on the same level as the defense of the midfielders, especially the defensive midfielders. The wide players forced the opponent out of bounds to prevent the opponent from breaking through. , just prevent them from passing the ball into the penalty area; as a defensive midfielder, when guarding against being broken through by the opponent, you must also pay attention to cutting off the opponent's passing line. The most important thing is that once the opponent has an opportunity to attack, he must Use all conditions to stop the opponent, whether it is physical resistance or fouling, and the most important thing is to help your teammates with assisting defense and supplementary defense.
After Lin Feng changed to playing as a defensive midfielder, although he also conducted defensive training as a defensive midfielder, in actual games, he participated more in the offense as an organizing midfielder, and he did the most defensively. He just counterattacks in time after losing the ball, and rarely plays as a purely defensive midfielder.
However, in this game, Zhang Sheng placed him in the defensive midfielder position due to tactical requirements. When the team was on offense, it was not obvious. Once the opponent counterattacked, Lin Feng's defensive awareness could not keep up, resulting in Big mistake.
This time Hiroshima Sanfrecce's attack came from Shiotaniji on the right. After he completed the breakthrough on the right, he and Yojiro Takaki, Toshihiro Aoyama, and Taketo Nozuda played a beautiful teamwork, and Kanter came to defend. He was also left behind by this attack. Unfortunately, Lin Feng did not make up for the position lost after Kanter's defense in time, allowing Yojiro Takaki to pass the ball. His pass was really Naoki Ishihara. Once Naoki Ishihara Once the tree gets the ball, it creates a single opportunity.
Faced with this pass, Zhou Wei, the goalkeeper, was also very enthusiastic, thinking that he could be like his idol Neuer and have enough ability to intercept the opponent outside the penalty area. However, he overestimated his own speed and waited until he ran towards the ball. On the way, Naoki Ishihara got the ball first and rushed out of the penalty area. Zhou Wei had to be ruthless to tackle the ball. Unfortunately, Zhou Wei is a goalkeeper after all, not a defender. His tackle ability is really average. The foot tackle did not tackle the ball, but knocked down Naoki Ishihara.
Seeing this foul, Zhen Cheng shouted: "Danger! Sanfrecce Hiroshima's counterattack. Zhou Wei attacked, but he was much slower than Naoki Ishihara. Oh, this ball..., it should be a foul Sorry. Zhou Wei was too impulsive. For such a one-shot ball, just block the shooting angle. If you can't block it, you still have a chance to get it back even if you lose a ball. After all, it's the first half. You shouldn't foul. It's still a shoveling foul outside the penalty area, and it should be hard to escape a red card."
Sure enough, for this foul, the referee on the field showed Zhou Wei a red card without hesitation, and then gave Sanfrecce Hiroshima a free kick in front of the penalty area.
At the same time, Zhang Sheng on the sidelines was furious.
What Zhang Sheng is angry about is not being beaten one-on-one by others. As long as you want to attack, it is not unusual for any team to be beaten one-on-one by others on counterattack. Even Barcelona in its peak period still has situations where it is beaten one-on-one by its opponents, and the iconic There was also the match between Manchester City and Leicester City in the 16-17 season. Guardiola, the master of ball control tactics, was defeated by Leicester City forward Vardy with three consecutive single-handed goals.
As a team that takes Barcelona as an example, it is not a shame to be beaten single-handedly. After all, in order to control the ball, the center back of the Dragon Team is positioned very far forward.
But Zhou Wei's performance really made Zhang Sheng incomprehensible. If the opponent has a one-on-one ball, it is certain to attack, but the purpose of the attack is not to fight for the ball, but to block the angle, so don't take action easily, don't take any kicks, just
Block the angle. Maintain a half-squat position, open your hands, and pay attention to the position of yourself and the goal.
It is very dangerous for someone like Zhou Wei to tackle the ball rashly outside the penalty area. If the tackle is successful, it is easy to say that if the tackle is unsuccessful, it will not just be a loss of the ball. The red card given by the referee this time is the best example.
It can only be said that at this time, Zhou Wei showed his overly excited character again and caused trouble.
However, the referee had already given the red card, and his player had indeed committed a foul. Zhang Sheng really did not have the confidence to argue with the referee, so he could only angrily smash the water bottle in his hand on the ground to vent his anger.
Of course, the most important thing now is not to reprimand the players, but to let the substitute goalkeeper come up as soon as possible. Zhang Sheng also has to make his own decision, that is, how to arrange the tactics after this game, which player should be replaced, and how the formation should be adjusted.
, this is the most important test of a head coach’s adaptability.
After thinking for a short time, Zhang Sheng replaced Wen Kai with substitute goalkeeper Song Jianhua. The purpose of this substitution was very clear, which was to let Wen Kai, who performed very averagely, come down. The formation in front became a striker-less formation, and the attack could not
stop.
Seeing Zhang Sheng's substitution, Zhen Cheng also began to introduce Song Jianhua's information: "Coach Zhang Sheng replaced their substitute goalkeeper, but this goalkeeper did not have any experience in the AFC Champions League. Although he was sent off more than
Zhou Wei is 4 years older and only 22 years old. This is because the Longteng team’s goalkeeping reserves are so poor.”
Dong Wuzhi analyzed: "It is true. At the beginning of this season, the Longteng team sold their main goalkeeper Xu Di from last season to Shanghai Shenhua. At that time, this move was questioned by many people. Xu Di's age was only
At the age of 27, he has just begun to enter the golden age of goalkeepers, and judging from his previous performance, Xu Di is more calm in front of the goal. Of course, the performance of Zhou Wei, an 18-year-old goalkeeper, is indeed very good -
- This may be the reason why coach Zhang Sheng is willing to let Xu Di go - but Zhou Wei's performance is not particularly stable, and 18 years old is a goalkeeper, especially a goalkeeper who needs to hit the AFC Champions League.
He is too young. This has led to the current consequences. Sometimes he is inexperienced on the court, and sometimes he is too impulsive. I would also like to say another point, that is, the Dragons currently have Xu Di as the goalkeeper.
After that, there is not even a qualified substitute. As far as I know, Song Jianhua has no experience in a high-level game. It's hard to say how he will perform next."
This is exactly what Zhang Sheng is having a headache about right now. People outside don't know what Song Jianhua's abilities are, but Zhang Sheng himself knows very well. At most, he has the abilities of a Chinese League One goalkeeper, not to mention his game experience.
Unlike Zhou Wei, Zhang Sheng is not optimistic about his performance in a competition like the AFC Champions League.
It's a pity that Zhang Sheng can't attack him now. Instead, he wants to encourage him: "Jianhua, don't be nervous when you go up. This is our home court, and your teammates are also very good. Don't attack too rashly, and try to avoid leaving the small penalty area as much as possible."
, I will ask Ma Yongli and others to help you more."
Then Zhang Sheng called the captain Lin Feng over - because Wen Kai was off the field, Lin Feng took over the captain's armband. Zhang Sheng said to Lin Feng: "In the next game, you and Kanter change positions.
, you should organize the offense, but you should strengthen the control of the midfield. We mainly focus on conduction. It is not a particularly good opportunity. Don't attack. At the same time, you should help Kanter to defend. Then tell Ma Yongli,
Please help Song Jianhua, he is a newcomer."
After Zhang Sheng was replaced, Song Jianhua began to set up defensive positions for free kicks. He obviously didn't have much experience in this area when he first came on the field, or he didn't have the courage to command the main players of the first team this time.
In this regard, he is even worse than Zhou Wei.
Standing in front of the football at this time were two Hiroshima Sanfrecce players. Tsukasa Shiotani and Taketo Nozuda decided to throw the ball away after some discussion.
In the end, it was Shiotani who took the free throw. Because the ball was very close to the goal, Shiotani did not choose to shoot hard, but found an angle. Moreover, Shiotani took the penalty very smartly. After taking a run-up, he
When I shot the final shot, my foot had a change of rhythm when it came into contact with the ball, and there was a slight pause in the middle. After the ball bypassed the wall, it flew directly to the upper left corner of the goal. And the man who directed the wall well
Song Jianhua's position was too close to the right, because he thought that if he placed the wall on the left, there would be no problem. When he ran over to pounce on the ball again, the ball had already flown slowly into the net.
In the end, Song Jianhua could only stop halfway through the run and watched the ball go into the net. The Longteng team was missing one player at home and fell behind.
Regarding this goal, Zhang Sheng could only shake his head helplessly. Song Jianhua still didn't have enough experience. He was not like Zhou Wei. Although Zhou Wei didn't have enough experience in the game, he still called players after all, and Zhang Sheng's system helped him grow.
There are bonuses in ability index and experience to help, and Zhang Sheng asked the coaching staff to prepare special training for him, so Zhou Wei's ability and experience are far beyond Song Jianhua's.
Zhen Cheng also lamented the loss of the ball: "Oh! This ball... was thrown a bit inappropriately. This should be Song Jianhua's mistake."
Dong Wuzhi analyzed Song Jianhua's mistake: "It is true. Song Jianhua made a mistake when arranging the wall. He arranged the wall too far to the left, thinking that the wall could block the opponent's shot towards the left goal.
, causing him to be too lax in defending the goal on the left, and the opponent's free kick saw his weakness and directly made a change in his footing. At the beginning of the footing, he was preparing to arc to the right, but later he used
The ball is kicked with the instep of the foot, so the ball flies to the left."
Of course, Zhang Sheng, who was off the court, also saw the key. He quickly called Ma Yongli over: "You tell Song Jianhua that you will be responsible for the subsequent defense command, including all set pieces, go ahead."
Ma Yongli was also a little stunned, because this approach had a huge impact on Song Jianhua. After all, depriving a goalkeeper of the right to command the set piece is the greatest denial to a goalkeeper, but the goal just lost also showed that Song Jianhua was very good at defensive command.
Due to the shortcomings, the team can no longer concede goals now.
Zhang Sheng continued: "In the next game, you must be steady and don't attack easily. Let Lin Feng control more in the midfield."
Soon Ma Yongli came on the court with Zhang Sheng's instructions. After the kick-off again, the Longteng team played very cautiously and would not easily invest a lot of troops in the attack. Lin Feng chose more cross passes and
Pass back to control the ball in midfield.
Until the end of the first half, the Longteng team relied on its conservative tactics to maintain the score at 0:1.
At halftime, Zhang Sheng began to make changes to his tactics: "Yu Bo, you go down in the second half and let Ding Huaiyi come up. We need more ball control in the midfield and players with better footwork."
This has also been Zhang Sheng's philosophy. Defense is not accomplished by players' desperate interceptions, but by controlling the ball at one's own feet.
Yu Bo obviously understood what Zhang Sheng meant, and he said: "I know, coach!" Then he patted Ding Huaiyi, who was sitting next to him, "When you go up, use your skills to 'treat' their left-wing back in the first half.
But you have to be careful about his speed, he speeds up very quickly."
Ding Huaiyi quickly nodded to Zhang Sheng and said, "I understand, coach." Then he smiled at Bo and said, "Don't worry, I will avenge you in the second half!"
Seeing the conversation between Yu Bo and Ding Huaiyi, Zhang Sheng was very pleased. Such a healthy competition between the players is exactly what Zhang Sheng wants to see. They each have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is best to be able to recognize each other clearly.
OK.
Then Zhang Sheng comforted Song Jianhua: "Jianhua, there is a reason why I asked Ma Yongli to command the defense before. It's not that I want to deprive you of your command power, but that you had too little cooperation with your teammates in the game before. This
After each game, I will ask the coaching staff to strengthen the defensive cooperation training between you and the defenders. Once you are familiar with it, the command of the defense will return to your hands. I hope that we can pass this game.
Then you will be the mainstay in the next round of the AFC Champions League. And as long as you meet the requirements in the next few days of training, you will also be the goalkeeper in the next league game."
After hearing Zhang Sheng's words, Song Jianhua, who had been frustrated in the first half because he was deprived of defensive command rights, suddenly lit up and said quickly: "Coach, I understand. Even if the sky falls in the second half, I will not lose it again."
ball."
Everyone laughed when they heard Song Jianhua's nondescript oath.
Zhang Sheng couldn't help but smile.
Then Zhang Sheng turned his attention to Zhou Wei.
Zhou Wei saw Zhang Sheng's gaze and quickly lowered his head to avoid Zhang Sheng's gaze.
Zhang Sheng said helplessly: "Put your head up. I won't eat you. But I still have to say that your performance in the first half is really difficult for me to understand. What did you think about the ball and why did you rush out of the penalty area?"
Go make the tackle."
Zhou Wei replied in a low voice: "I thought I could grab the ball." (To be continued.)
