Seeing this goal, Zhang Sheng applauded Pato easily on the sidelines. The tactics he arranged before the game seemed to be correct. With such tactical suppression, it would be a matter of time before the goal was scored.
Zhang Sheng was relaxed, but Eriksson was in trouble.
Now the team has a group of generals in the frontcourt, but they are unable to use their abilities. Instead, the backcourt frequently makes mistakes under the opponent's high-position press. How to solve the ball-playing ability of the defense is a top priority.
Soon Eriksen made tactical adjustments, no longer limited to seeking breakthroughs in the middle, but focused his offense on the two wings. Cai Huikang's passes became more of a cross pass.
Instead of passing the ball forward, this maximizes the success rate and accuracy of his passing.
This offensive routine has indeed achieved certain results, because SIPG's two wings are quite strong.
Compared with the weakness in the central defender position, SIPG's strengthening on the wing this season has made up for last season's weakness.
Although veteran Sun Xiang, who transferred from Guangzhou Evergrande, performed well in Evergrande, he is still far better than the full-back before SIPG when he returned to his hometown of Shanghai. As the captain, he plays a role on the wing.
It’s still there for all to see.
And Yu Hai, who was transferred before the end of the winter window, is even more of a tonic. Nicknamed "Chinese Robben", he is definitely among the top batch of Chinese players. If he hadn't been playing in the Chinese Super League
Playing in such an environment, he suffered serious injuries one after another. With his talent, if he had gone to Europe to practice earlier and had fewer injuries, his current ability would definitely not be what it is.
At the same time, Wu Lei on the right is even more anticipated by countless Chinese fans. Titles such as "Martial Arts King" and "Nuclear Weapon Seven" are not for nothing. Without the emergence of the Dragons, Wu Lei would definitely be the striker among Chinese players.
The sharpest knife in the world. Historically, he has won the local top scorer for four consecutive years. Such results are enough to reflect his ability.
When Shanghai SIPG decided to focus on the wing, their threat was fully revealed.
At the 38th minute, Yu Hai forced his way down to break through Zhou Zhou's defense. He had an advantage over Zhou Zhou in terms of height and body. He just squeezed away Zhou Zhou's close press, and then forced a pass from the middle.
Hyson deflected the ball due to McGowan's interference, forming a threatening shot.
In the 42nd minute, it was Wu Lei's turn on the right. He used his flexible body to continuously change directions and smash the ball past the defense of the tall Lu Zhihui, and then made a pass.
The next time Ma Yongli headed the ball out of the penalty area, but Heisen's interference prevented his header from going too far. Kongka outside the penalty area used his personal ability to get rid of Zhang Hao's block and hit the goal with a long shot.
Zhu Fei crossed the bottom line, causing Zhou Wei to break into a cold sweat.
Although the Longteng team's wing attack is very powerful and they also played several good wing attacks, Pato and Ben Arfa are winger-type players after all, and their defensive ability is very average. SIPG has made it clear that they will interact with you on the wing.
Let's see who can score first again.
This kind of game content was not the result Zhang Sheng wanted, and he began to think about how to change this situation on the sidelines.
However, the referee soon blew the whistle to end the first half. Because both Shanghai SIPG and Longteng played very civilly, with few flagrant fouls and foul play, there was only one extra time in the first half.
minute.
If Zhang Sheng wants to make adjustments, the best opportunity is during halftime.
During the halftime break, Zhang Sheng made slight changes to his tactics. First, he emphasized the combination of wing and center. When defending, both the center and the wing must be combined. Second, he asked Roque Gill to play more
Expand his sweeping range in the midfield. After all, the Longteng team's midfielder has an advantage now. He has the ability to help the players on the wing to defend.
At the same time, Eriksson also made tactical adjustments. He asked the players to abandon the method of organizing offense through the center and use more attacks from the wings. The center was more focused on grabbing the second point to organize the secondary attack.
After the start of the second half, Eriksson soon discovered that his tactics were not working. After Roque Gill strengthened his defense on the wing, Shanghai SIPG's wing attack also got stuck. Although Conca
He has strengthened his response to the wing, but this position on the wing is not Conca's main scope of activity. Even if his teammates give him the ball, it will be difficult for him to organize a threatening attack.
On the contrary, after the Longteng team stabilized its defense, its offensive momentum picked up again.
In the 53rd minute, the Longteng team intercepted SIPG's pass on the right. Rock Gill moved the ball out, and together with Lin Feng and Pato who came to respond, they penetrated SIPG's left side.
Lu's defense and assist Zhou Zhou's cross accurately found Nie Jiang in the middle. Unfortunately, Nie Jiang's shot was blocked by Yan Junling's legs and missed the baseline. The Longteng team missed the opportunity to expand the score.
The following game was under the control of the Longteng team again, and SIPG could only defend in the backcourt.
Liu Jianhong also marveled at the Longteng team's pressing ability: "It's rare to see SIPG suppressed like this. The only Chinese Super League team that could have this ability was Evergrande. Unexpectedly, there is now the Longteng team. Compared to
Last season, and since the beginning of this season, watching the Longteng team’s games has given people a particularly reassuring feeling.”
The SIPG team, under high pressure, can only take the last resort, which is to frequently use fouls to interrupt the Longteng team's offense. At this time, the advantage of the home court is revealed. As long as the fouls are not too bad, SIPG players will
It was difficult to get a card. Although the Longteng team got a lot of free kick opportunities, Yan Junling, who was in great form in this game, resolved them one by one.
After Zhang Sheng complained to the referee many times, it was not until the 68th minute of the second half that the referee showed the first yellow card of the game.
Eriksson was also very thief. He immediately replaced the player who received the yellow card and replaced him with a new force. When he replaced the player, he asked him to say something to his teammates on the field: "The game has reached this point.
, they haven’t scored yet. Then our chance will come. They have a double match a week, and it’s an away game. As long as we defend well, our chance will come after the 80th minute.”
The experienced Eriksson did not make a mistake. Although the referee issued two consecutive yellow cards to SIPG players, they held on to the goal. After 75 minutes of the game, the Longteng team's physical fitness
There was a problem - they could no longer maintain a high-intensity offense, and this time was even earlier than Eriksson expected.
Zhang Sheng actually arranged for the team to maintain a high-intensity rhythm in the early hours in order to lock in the game early. Because the national team is currently drafted, the Longteng team does not have many qualified substitutes.
After sensing that the team's physical fitness was at a low point, Zhang Sheng made a decisive substitution. He replaced Roque Gill with Ivo, hoping to use Ivo's impact to complete the final attack.
However, Zhang Sheng soon became disappointed. Ivo was not the kind of figure who could act as a big leg in high-level competitions. When most of the team's players were in physical decline, he could not solve the battle by himself.
In desperation, Zhang Sheng started to make substitutions again. This time Zhang Sheng replaced Lin Feng and replaced him with Qi Ming. This was also Qi Ming's first time playing in the Chinese Super League. Zhang Sheng's mentality of this substitution was also very...
Obviously, they want to rely on Qi Ming's midfield running ability to delay SIPG's attack.
Qi Ming, who played for the first time, performed well at first and was very calm in the midfield, but his lack of experience soon exposed his weaknesses.
Two minutes before the end of the game, Qi Ming recklessly fouled Conca from behind about 25 meters away from the goal, allowing SIPG to get a very well-positioned free kick.
Liu Jianhong also said: "Qi Ming's foul is completely unnecessary. There are Zhang Hao and Ivo in front of Conca. He can't pass the ball. Now SIPG's free kick is in a very good position. It depends on whether Conca can reflect his performance."
worth."
At this time, the SIPG team also attached great importance to this free kick. Except for Conca, most of the players ran into the Longteng team's penalty area to form a wall.
After Conca glanced at the Longteng team's goal for a while, he very smartly took a low free kick.
When he was in the Evergrande team, Conca was Evergrande's first free kick penalty shooter. He mostly used curve balls or falling leaves to hit the blind spots of the goal.
The Longteng team took off as usual after Conca kicked the ball. This jump just opened up a gap for Conca. When Zhou Wei, whose sight was blocked, fell to the ground, Conca's shot had already bypassed his arm.
, the ball rolled along the turf and into the lower right corner of the goal.
SIPG equalized the score in desperate situation.
Liu Jianhong also shouted loudly: "It's in, it's in, it's in. Conca's beautiful free kick, he shouldered the pressure and equalized the score in an extremely difficult situation for the team. This is the ability of a star."
Zhang Sheng also shook his head helplessly. The saying that the one who wins the hole card will win the Super League is really not a lie.
Look at Conca, who was surrounded by the team after scoring a goal, and then look at Qi Ming, who looked depressed. Maybe Qi Ming will have a brighter future in the future, but this is the process that young players go through after all.
After the goal, the SIPG team completely gave up the offense. They completely retracted their formation to their own half. The Longteng team also mustered up the remaining strength to make a final effort. However, it was not until the end of the three-minute stoppage time that the Longteng team
The team failed to change the score again.
In the end, the game ended with 1:1, and the Longteng team unfortunately failed to take all three points.
After the game, Qi Ming returned to Jiangcheng and was very depressed. Zhang Sheng, who learned about the situation, did not criticize him, but called him to the office to comfort him.
"Don't worry about that foul anymore. This is your first time playing an official Chinese Super League game. Your opponents are all veterans who have been in the Chinese Super League for a long time." Zhang Sheng said to Qi Ming with a pleasant look, "Just learn the lesson.
Well, I believe you can sum up your experience well."
Qi Ming also nodded and thanked: "Thank you very much, coach. I won't be so reckless next time."
For young players, Zhang Sheng has always believed that they are allowed to make mistakes. As long as they can correct them after making mistakes, that is a good thing.
So Zhang Sheng nodded gently and said: "You are still young and it is normal to make mistakes. Take a good rest these days.
Due to the competition between the national team and the Olympic team, the Chinese Super League will be suspended for two weeks. Except for the national players in the Longteng team who cannot rest, the other players finally have a rest after experiencing a consecutive week of double matches.
.Anyway, the players were so heavily redeployed that they were unable to conduct systematic training. Zhang Sheng also generously gave the players two days off.
During this offseason, the Chinese national team will have two warm-up matches, and the Olympic team will play in the qualifying rounds for the Olympic qualifiers.
The Chinese team, which had already secured its seeding in the World Cup preliminaries, played very relaxedly this time and played at a very high level against opponents that were stronger than them, such as Haiti and Tunisia.
They first defeated Haiti 2-1 in Changsha, and then tied with Tunisia 0-0 in Nanjing, further solidifying their qualification as a seed team.
The national team played well, but Zhang Sheng was not happy because Lu Zhihui was injured in the game against Haiti. According to the news from the national team, the injury was not minor. I heard that he was injured after the game.
He was put on the bus by the team doctor, and the result of the examination was that his ankle was sprained, and it would take nearly a month to return.
After watching the Olympic team's game, Zhang Sheng was in an even worse mood because another player from the Longteng team was injured. This time it was Xiao Yunfan, and the injury lasted for a month.
Two consecutive players were injured in the national team, and both were still in the full-back position. Zhang Sheng could only lament that the Longteng team was so unlucky.
Two consecutive Longteng players were injured in Guozihao games, which also made the Chinese Football Association very embarrassed. They also specially arranged for someone to call and ask if they needed the Football Association's help in arranging injury examinations.
Zhang Sheng declined politely. The players were already injured, so there was no point in getting angry with the Football Association.
The Football Association showed the Longteng team's high morale and integrity, but Zhang Sheng could only swallow this bitter pill himself.
Fortunately, other than that, the other players on the Longteng team have safely gone through the national competition period, and the Olympic team has easily qualified for the Olympic qualifying rounds.
After the players from the national team and the Olympic team return to the team, Zhang Sheng will send out another group of players, because the 97-year-old U19 national team has begun training. Because the team is going to Europe to participate in the invitational tournament, this training will not be until the end of April.
It had just ended, and the staff shortage situation of the Longteng team had not completely improved.
However, compared to the U19 players with lower abilities, the return of the Olympic team players is good news. The only thing Zhang Sheng is worried about is that during the period when Huang Dawei left, Zhou Wei became the only qualified goalkeeper.
