In fact, what Zhang Sheng said is Zhang Sheng's original intention. His use of Ben Alpha is a long-term consideration for the team.
The Longteng team definitely needs a player with strong breakthrough ability in the frontcourt. Ivo's strength is okay when facing mid-range teams, but in the future, every team in the Chinese Super League will start to introduce players in the midfielder position.
When it comes to those European-level or even world-class players, Ivo seems to be a bit lacking. Ding Huaiyi is a player that Zhang Sheng will have to go to Europe to experience sooner or later, and in Zhang Sheng's plan, it will not be later than next season.
, Zhang Sheng will find a suitable opportunity to send Ding Huaiyi to Europe.
So at this time, Ben Alpha is responsible for the rhythm changes in the Long Teng frontcourt, but there is a prerequisite that Ben Alpha must comply with the team's most basic tactics-frequent passing and running. If he cannot meet this basic
If you ask for it, then there is nothing else to talk about.
Therefore, Zhang Sheng would rather spend some effort during this period to let Ben Arfa change his playing style, rather than just let the team continue like this.
Before the official game started, Ben Alpha's name suddenly appeared on the Longteng team's starting lineup. To outsiders, it was obvious that Zhang Sheng was prepared not to hit the wall and not look back.
Even Liu Jianhong, who was responsible for commentating this game, said to his commentating partner Xu Yang after receiving the starting list: "It seems that coach Zhang Sheng really trusts Ben Alpha. His starting lineup has always been prepared."
Despite the controversy, I still choose to believe in him in such an important game. Of course, every coach has his own preferences, and it all depends on how Ben Alpha performs in this game."
When the commentators were discussing Ben Alpha's status, Zhang Sheng was also telling him in the locker room: "This game is very critical. I need you to give 100% of your efforts on the court. I gave you a chance.
And you have enough freedom up front, but I hope to see a return."
In fact, Zhang Sheng has always had a wish, which is to create a frontcourt wing similar to Robben and Ribery, of course a weakened version.
Robben is the kind of player who is extremely capable of individual breakthroughs. His changing speed and direction, and dribbling breakthroughs are definitely among the best in the entire world of football. It can be said that he is second only to Messi - of course, as long as Robben is healthy.
time.
At the same time, Robben is good at passing and shooting. Most of the time we see him shooting mostly, but more often than not, his passing is also very imaginative. His old rival, the former Dortmund champion "Big Cross" Gross
Kreutz once said: "Robben can decide the outcome of the game alone. To restrict him, you need at least two people."
The substitute Zhang Sheng brought in to replace Robben was Ben Arfa. When he broke through, he had to pay more attention to passing the ball like Robben.
Ding Huaiyi is Zhang Sheng's replacement for Ribery. If Ding Huaiyi leaves, Tao Wentao will need to step up.
Because the characteristics of both of them are very similar to Ribery. When Ribery has the ball, his steps are not big, but his steps are fast, tight, brisk, and he walks in small steps. Because of this, his backhand is difficult to guard.
: Side separation, crosses, and sudden long strides to cut inside are all his specialties. Ribery's stopping of the ball can be said to be world-class, and his continuity in connecting to the next action after stopping the ball is very similar to his French team
Former teammate - Zidane. When without the ball, Ribery's speed advantage is reflected. You can see him quickly crossing the court to find gaps at any time.
Ribery can be regarded as the offensive brain of a wing organization, and Ben Arfa is especially similar to him in this regard. The only difference is that he does not have as good insight and ball handling options as Ribery.
In fact, the ability of top stars with the ball, except for players like Messi, is generally the same. What they strive for is insight and ball handling options. This is the performance of golf intelligence. Ben Alpha is incomparable to him.
However, in a competition at this level of the Chinese Super League, as long as the style of play can be changed, Ben Alpha is definitely enough. If Ding Huaiyi is added, the Longteng team's frontcourt wings will be completely formed.
Ben Alpha didn't know Zhang Sheng's expectations, and he also wanted to go further. Changing his playing style was his only choice. When faced with Zhang Sheng's suggestions, he nodded and said: "I will try my best.
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Zhang Sheng patted Ben Alpha on the shoulder encouragingly and said, "Then work hard and prove it to me."
Zhang Sheng also made a big change in this game, which was to take down McGowan and let Lu Zhihui play as a central defender. This choice was Zhang Sheng's big move. Evergrande has a very prominent weakness.
When defending against high-altitude balls and set-pieces, opportunities are often seized by opponents. Guizhou Renhe, coached by Gong Lei, and Changchun Yatai of the Chinese Super League have taken advantage of such opportunities to defeat Guangzhou Evergrande many times.
As the best offensive header in the team, Lu Zhihui was given an important task by Zhang Sheng in this game. At the same time, Zhang Sheng also hoped that Lu Zhihui could continue his magical state against Guangzhou Evergrande and break through Evergrande's door again.
At the same time, Lippi also got the starting lineup of the Longteng team. He was also troubled by the starting lineup of the Longteng team. Evergrande has experienced headers from Lu Zhihui several times. It can be said that it is impossible to guard against it.
When there is no tall central defender in the team, how to defend him becomes a big problem.
In this game, Guangzhou Evergrande played two central defenders, Feng Xiaoting and Jin Yingquan. Their ball-playing ability, interception ability and tracking ability are good, but they are not very strong in high-altitude balls. If you know that the Longteng team has sent Lu Zhihui, here
The Pioneers should have sent players like Mei Fang who are strong in high-altitude ball defense. Unfortunately, it is too late now. We can only make a decision based on the situation of the game.
The game started soon after the referee's whistle. Both sides played very cautiously after the start. No one dared to take risks easily and fully devoted themselves to the offense. Everyone would always leave at least one player in their backcourt.
Defend the midfielder to maintain a defensive posture. The defensive midfielder Guangzhou Evergrande retained in this game is Zhao Xuyang.
During the break, Muric left and left an AFC Champions League spot, but Rene, who has been performing well in the Chinese Super League, still missed the AFC Champions League.
Although Rene's performance in the Chinese Super League is obvious to all, the Brazilian defensive midfielder has scored 5 goals for Evergrande, and there are many key goals in key games. But Lippi finally decided to let Gilardino enter the AFC Champions League list, of course he did so
The reasons are manifold.
The first is the restriction of the contract. When many players transfer to Guangzhou Evergrande, it is agreed in the contract that they must sign up for the AFC Champions League. For example, when Barrios first joined the team, Evergrande’s forward Cleo also
He was in excellent form, but Lippi still allowed the Paraguayan, who was frequently injured and in unstable form, to be included in the AFC Champions League roster. This may have something to do with the contract. Evergrande went through several twists and turns before bringing Gilardino over, and the Italian forward put forward the condition that he must be included in the AFC Champions League roster.
There is nothing wrong with that.
At the same time, Gilardino is the most important signing in the second transfer personally selected by Lippi, so it is not surprising that Gilardino was selected for the AFC Champions League. As for the other two foreign aids from Africa and Asia, El
Kerson and Diamanti, one is the most important offensive core of the team, and the other was introduced by Lippi as a replacement for Conca. The two of them definitely have to sign up, so the only one who will suffer is Rene.
This player's reputation and reputation are far inferior to those of the other three foreign players.
This is also the reason why Guangzhou Evergrande has suffered a loss in this AFC Champions League in history - it lacks a defensive player with strong sweeping ability in the midfielder position.
At the beginning of the game, there are some disadvantages of using Zhao Xuyang instead of Rene that cannot be dealt with for the time being. One is that the Longteng team has not yet begun to put a lot of effort into the offense, and the other is that Zhao Xuyang has enough physical fitness and can still concentrate on the attack at the beginning.
Defensively.
But as the game progressed, the Longteng team playing at home began to exert its strength. The first point of exertion was Ben Alpha, who had been complained about by the commentators for a long time.
After the game started, the players of the Longteng team strictly implemented Zhang Sheng's tactics, which was to fight more in the midfield, using their own midfield ability to be stronger than the opponent's to gain a midfield advantage, with Ivo and
The Longteng team's midfielder with Lin Feng as the front and rear axis did not live up to Zhang Sheng's expectations. The two of them used their strong passing and receiving skills to basically entangle Guangzhou Evergrande's frontcourt offense and defense.
The field area makes it difficult to have a chance to shoot from the 30-meter area.
This shows that after several years of training, the Longteng team has qualitatively improved its midfield confrontation ability.
In the past, the Longteng team had always relied on its strong passing and receiving ability to control the situation in the midfield. However, as the league levels the team participated in increased step by step, the Longteng team's technical advantages in the midfield were often undermined by their own body.
The weakness was consumed. The main reason for this was that the team was unable to reflect its technical advantages under high-level confrontation. However, when the Longteng team slowly began to participate in more Chinese Super League and even AFC Champions League games, through Zhang Sheng, a large number of
By using the system's various acceleration characters, the team finally gained some experience in confrontation. At this time, the team's technical advantage was reflected.
It can be seen from the mid-season data of the league that the Longteng team's possession time in the midfield is getting longer and longer. Although the team does not score many goals due to the forward's inability to score goals, the midfielder still provides enough opportunities to the striker.
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In this game, when Zhang Sheng strictly asked the players to control the ball more in the midfield and not attack rashly, the main purpose was to avoid the opponent's counterattack, because Zhang Sheng still remembered that in the last league game against Guangzhou Evergrande, Evergrande
The team only relied on a counterattack to score a goal, which made Zhang Sheng, who took too many risks, regret it.
As the game progressed, both sides gradually entered the state. The first to launch a tentative attack was Guangzhou Evergrande, who was playing away from home.
In the 18th minute of the first half, Guangzhou Evergrande’s Diamanti showed his physical strength. After receiving a pass from midfielder Huang Bowen, he firmly protected the ball at his feet. The Longteng team’s midfielder
Lin Feng entangled him tightly, but could not get the ball from his feet. In the end, Diamanti fell to the ground under the attack of Rock Gill and Lin Feng who came to help. The referee decisively gave it to Guangzhou Evergrande.
A free kick in the frontcourt.
The position of this free kick is a little far away from the player, about 40 meters. For such a free kick, unless there is a god-level free kick player like Roberto Carlos, most players will choose to hang it into the penalty area.
Let teammates finish the shot.
As the goalkeeper of the team, it is their duty to arrange the position of the wall. Song Jianhua chose the most conservative one, which is to arrange two people outside the ten-yard area of the penalty kicker, and then other defensive players stand
Defend in front of the penalty area.
Before the game, Zhang Sheng reminded him that Diamanti's free kicks are very powerful, both in terms of power, arc and angle, but the threat range of his free kicks is 20-30
Between 30 meters and 30 meters away, Diamanti is still used to passing the ball instead of shooting.
After arranging the wall, Song Jianhua stood in front of the goal post and took a few glances. Seeing that there was basically no chance for his opponent to shoot directly, he signaled to the referee that the wall was set up, and the referee also blew the whistle.
The free throw whistle for the ball.
Diamanti had been observing the position of the Longteng team's wall when Song Jianhua arranged the wall. It should be said that Song Jianhua's arrangement was very routine and there was nothing wrong with it. He arranged the wall completely in a way to prevent passes. It's a pity.
He underestimated Diamanti's experience.
After Diamanti made the free throw, he did not serve the ball to a teammate in the crowd, but directly to the open space between the wall and the goalkeeper. Song Jianhua was obviously unprepared for the ball appearing in this position, and he quickly
He lowered his body to pounce on the ball, but in a hurry, he did not grasp the position well. He pounced on the ball, but his position was wrong and the ball bounced and was released.
Faced with such an opportunity, Guangzhou Evergrande's players would never let it pass, especially Elkeson, a player known for his speed. He rushed from outside the penalty area into the penalty area with a super fast acceleration, and then all the time he
Before the players of the Longteng team could react, they shot the ball into the net.
Guangzhou Evergrande scored on their first tentative attack and they took a 0:1 lead in the away game.
After scoring the goal, Elkerson rushed towards Lippi at high speed. This goal was his best answer to repay Lippi's trust in him.
Diamanti was also very excited. Although Elkerson scored this goal, most of the credit should still go to Diamanti. He used his rich experience to understand Song Jianhua's thoughts, and then
Decisive execution created a scoring opportunity for Elkeson.
Veterans are veterans because they have enough experience to handle various situations. These things have nothing to do with the players' talents. They rely on the training of the game and the accumulation of time. Most of the players on the Dragon Team lack this thing.
