After the Longteng players returned to the club, Zhang Sheng asked about their physical conditions with concern, and gave them a day off with a wave of his hand, allowing them to have a good rest and prepare to go to Shanghai to challenge Shanghai Shenxin in three days.
At the same time, Zhang Sheng also welcomed two coaches summoned by the system. This time, the two coaches are very young. They are completely grassroots coaches.
The goalkeeper coach is only 31 years old this year. He was found by the staff of the human resources department of Longteng Football School from this Jiangcheng Amateur League. In the Jiangcheng Division of the Chinese Football Association Amateur League that just ended in early September, this coach’s team
Although the Jiangcheng Bashu Chuan Chuan team was formed not long ago, under his guidance, the team made it all the way to the semi-finals, only to fail when they encountered the powerful Jiangcheng Hongxing in the semi-finals.
They fought all the way, with scores like 2-1 and 1-0 in many games. The team's goalkeeper took the greatest credit. Of course, such results were also inseparable from the guidance of goalkeeper coach Gong Qiang. In the end, he was also admitted to Longteng Football School.
People took a fancy to it and came to the club.
The other physical fitness coach is a physical fitness coach from a martial arts school named Huang Long. Because he likes football, he works part-time at the Yichang branch of Longteng Football School. He has been among the best in the training assessment of Longteng Football School in the past few months.
He was recommended to officially join Longteng Football School. He is also very young - only 28 years old.
One of these two coaches came from the previous echelon of Hubei Province, and the other has an Asian physical fitness coaching certificate issued by AASFP (Asian Academy of Sports and Fitness Professionals). Although they have been involved in grassroots football, their own abilities are still very good.
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After talking to them separately and understanding their basic coaching skills, Zhang Sheng let them officially join the Longteng Football School and began to practice with Taffarel and the physical coaching staff respectively. He hoped that the two of them could work hard to absorb these skills.
Expert experience.
After arranging these two coaches, Zhang Sheng took the team to Shanghai. Zhang Sheng was very cautious in this game because the game was not easy to play.
This game is already the 28th round of the Chinese Super League this season. There are still three rounds of games before the Chinese Super League is about to close, so every team is desperate - especially the relegation teams who want to win the AFC Champions League.
For teams that qualify for the championship and teams that have a chance to win the championship.
The opponent this time is Shanghai Shenxin, who regards this game as the last straw.
There is a big difference between Shanghai Shenxin this season and the teams in history. Their success in relegation in history is largely due to the fact that they got the points they deserve - in a team like Harbin Yiteng to avoid relegation.
The opponent scored 6 points.
But now, because of the emergence of the Longteng team to replace Harbin Yiteng and succeed in reaching the Super League, their results are far behind. For a team trying to avoid relegation, every point can be life-saving, and sometimes even the goal difference and victory
A negative relationship means saving your life, let alone 6 points.
Now Shanghai Shenxin only has 19 points. They are 3 points less than Liaoning Hongyun and 4 points less than Dalian Albin. If they don't get points in this game, there is basically no hope of relegation in the future, so for
They attach great importance to this home game. Even if they cannot get 3 points, a draw will make them hang on.
They also performed very hard during the game. After the start of the game at home, they gave the Longteng team a strong start. Just 2 minutes into the game, they took advantage of a free kick in the frontcourt and Wang Yun scored a header.
The ball, this is really important to the team.
Shanghai Shenxin, who scored a goal, did not hesitate to start a full-line defense. Except for Utaka, the extremely fast "Meng Zhang Fei" who was placed on the front line, all the players returned to the half court, hoping that
Can we hold on to these three points.
Zhang Sheng on the sidelines was very angry, because Wang Yun is a relatively thin player with a height of only 177cm and a weight of only 77kg. There were a bunch of tall men in the Longteng penalty area and he actually let others head the ball.
This is really embarrassing.
Seeing the angry Zhang Sheng, the players on the field also knew that they had made a big mistake and began to attack with all their strength. Unfortunately, there were not many methods to defend against the iron barrel formation. Until the end of the first half, the Longteng team
Still trailing by a score of 0:1.
In the midfield lounge, Zhang Sheng remained silent with a cold face, and the players were also cautious for fear of being caught by Zhang Sheng and getting angry.
In the end, Shu Jun, as the captain, stood up and said: "Coach, our performance disappointed you, but we promise that we will definitely overtake the score in the second half."
Zhang Sheng replied coldly: "How do you go ahead, press them all, and then counterattack and steal one for others?"
Shu Jun quickly explained: "No, we will mobilize them more to run, and then use the cooperation in the frontcourt to score goals. Once the ball is lost, we will immediately counterattack to prevent them from having a chance to counterattack."
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"Hmph!" Zhang Sheng snorted noncommittally, and then said: "Since you know how to do it, I won't say anything. I just want the result."
After the start of the second half, the Longteng team began to use the tactics mentioned by Shu Jun to play. Sure enough, after leading Shanghai Shenxin's players to run for more than 20 minutes, they had physical problems. Then Ding Huaiyi used his own skills to suddenly make a breakthrough.
He entered the penalty area and shot to make the score 1:1.
The Shanghai Shenxin players were obviously a little unwilling to be tied with the score. The temptation of 3 points was far stronger than one point. When they thought about trying a wave of offense again, they almost suffered the consequences of greed. The Longteng team continued to break.
After losing the opponent's attack, they played a high-quality counterattack. Ding Huaiyi played a beautiful cooperation with Pato and Ben Arfa in the frontcourt. In the end, Ding Huaiyi was tripped in the penalty area and the Longteng team won a penalty kick. Unfortunately,
Pato's penalty kick was saved by Shanghai Shenxin goalkeeper Liu Dianzuo.
Shanghai Shenxin, who broke out in a cold sweat, decided not to attack again. One point is better than zero points. Moreover, their head coach Cheng Yaodong began to make substitutions. He removed one of the attacking midfielders and replaced him with one.
He brought on a defensive midfielder, then replaced a fullback who couldn't run, and replaced him with a defender, just to hold on to the point.
When Zhang Sheng saw that he could not break the opponent's defense in sports battles, he also began to make substitutions. He replaced Wen Kai with Zou Weijia and replaced McGowan with Lu Zhihui. He wanted to take advantage of the height and header advantages of Zou Weijia and Lu Zhihui.
Works in set pieces.
However, Shanghai Shenxin maintained the 1:1 score until the game went into overtime.
In the last minute of overtime, the Longteng team got a corner kick from Ding Huaiyi's long shot. The Longteng team players all rushed into Shen Xin's penalty area. Obviously Shen Xin was very afraid of Lu Zhihui's header and sent many
People came to defend him, but they ignored the young player Zou Weijia. After Ivo kicked the ball, Lu Zhihui took away the player who was guarding him. Zou Weijia jumped high and broke through Liu Dianzuo with a powerful header.
At the gate, the score became 1:2, and the Longteng team reversed.
After scoring the goal, Zou Weijia celebrated wildly. Regardless of the consequences of receiving a yellow card, he took off his jersey and waved it vigorously. This goal was too important for the Longteng team. The team maintained its hope of competing for the championship.
Zhang Sheng also happily applauded Zou Weijia. This young player showed a superior mentality and was not easily discouraged because of his youth. The Longteng team's reserve strength on the front line is still very strong.
Facing Zou Weijia's goal, Shanghai Shenxin was desperate, because after this loss, they now have 19 points and have basically bid farewell to the Chinese Super League.
As expected, Zou Weijia received a yellow card for this celebration, but he didn't care at all. Forwards, there are few cards in the first place, not to mention that he is still a substitute forward. Three points and the coach's attention are far more important than this yellow card.
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Shortly after kicking off again, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. The Longteng team beat the home team 2:1 in the away game, pushing their opponents into the abyss of relegation, while retaining their hope of winning the championship.
Although Guangzhou Evergrande and Beijing Guoan also won the other two games in this round, the next game will be a home encounter between Guangzhou Evergrande and Beijing Guoan. The Longteng team can completely watch from the other side.
Waiting for the fight between dragon and tiger.
After the game, Zou Weijia received unanimous praise from various media. In previous Asian Games games, Zou Weijia often scored goals, and also led the team to the third or fourth place finals, helping the Olympic team with a penalty kick.
Winning the bronze medal, even if the Asian Games competition received no attention, his strength was still recognized.
The winning goal in this league pushed him to the pinnacle of public opinion, and everyone agreed that the Longteng team's reserves at the center position were the best in the Chinese Super League.
At the press conference after the game, reporters asked Zhang Sheng to evaluate Zou Weijia's performance in this game. Zhang Sheng first praised Zou Weijia a few words, and then helped him calm down: "Although he performed very well, after all, he still has
He is young. He still needs enough training at the center position. We should not praise an outstanding young player easily. After all, everyone hopes that he will grow better." Then Zhang Sheng also joked,
"I know you guys won't stop until there's big news. You won't praise him until he scores a goal next time. Just let him calm down first."
The reporters below also laughed, but they could tell from Zhang Sheng's words that he valued Zou Weijia - since Zhang Sheng is also looking forward to Zou Weijia's next goal, he will definitely have a lot of opportunities to play.
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At Shanghai Shenxin's post-match press conference, head coach Cheng Yaodong looked very calm, completely unlike a head coach who led his team to relegation. Reporters also knew that Cheng Yaodong was not far from dismissal.
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Sure enough, on the second day of the game, Shanghai Shenxin announced that Cheng Yaodong was dismissed from get out of class and Guo Guangqi returned to the position of head coach. Cheng Yaodong could be regarded as another "victim" of Zhang Sheng.
Zhang Sheng, who brought the team back to Jiangcheng, called Zou Weijia to his office. He praised him well, and then encouraged him and said: "You have great talent, but how to fulfill your talent is a matter for a young player."
The key question is, I hope you will continue to work hard and not be blinded by temporary goals. You are still young. As long as you play well, the center position of the team will be yours sooner or later."
Zou Weijia nodded frequently like a chicken pecking at rice and said: "I know, coach, I will work harder."
Zhang Sheng patted Zou Weijia's arm happily and joked: "Have you figured out how to sign autographs for the fans? This time, you will become famous with one goal."
Zou Weijia said with a coy expression: "My handwriting is so bad that I am embarrassed to sign autographs for others."
Hearing Zou Weijia's honest answer, Zhang Sheng laughed even louder.
The Longteng team returned to Jiangcheng and did not have much time to rest, because three days later they would face the second round of the FA Cup semi-finals. This was also a game that the Longteng team must win.
Zhang Sheng still fielded his strongest lineup in this game. Due to a slight strain, Ivo was replaced by Pato in the attacking midfielder position. The other positions were occupied by the best players Zhang Sheng could currently provide.
Shanghai Shenhua, who was lagging behind in the total score, launched a fierce attack at the beginning. They also wanted to imitate Shanghai Shenxin and use the opportunity of the Longteng team before they entered the state in the early stages of the game to steal one. Unfortunately, it was themselves who were injured - in the 5th minute, Pato
He used his beautiful escape to counter offside and scored a goal. The Longteng team led 1:0 at home and the total score was 3:0.
The Longteng team, which was leading the score, began to slowly wear down the opponent's morale, and Shanghai Shenhua, which was lagging behind, also calmed down. Since the score was already reached, there was no need to waste any more energy.
Sure enough, the score in the first half was fixed at 1:0.
In the second half, Zhang Sheng began to make a large number of substitutions to prepare for the next league game three days later. Zou Weijia came on again to replace Wen Kai, and the other two young players Du Zhenyu and Xiong Jian also got the opportunity to come on as substitutes.
After replacing these three young players, although the Longteng team still maintained their offensive momentum, their control on the court was weakened a lot.
Before the end of the game, young center back Du Zhenyu made an undue mistake. He gave the opponent a penalty kick with an unnecessary handball in the penalty area. Moreno successfully took the penalty kick and completed the victory over the Longteng team.
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For this conceded goal, Zhang Sheng can only say that it is the price that young players must pay. Although the 1:1 score brought Zhang Sheng's winning streak to an abrupt end, it is very worthwhile to teach young players a lesson. After all,
It doesn't matter to the overall situation.
After the game, Zhang Sheng did not criticize Du Zhenyu, but put forward his own suggestions at the post-game analysis meeting, asking him to pay more attention to his body movements and not to be seized by the opponent to cause fouls.
In Zhang Sheng's view, young players should be encouraged mostly. Building confidence in players is a long-term process. As long as it is not a matter of attitude towards the game, players with decent talent will always mature one day. Since he has chosen to train young players, he
