When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Duan Xuan also said with a look of astonishment: "Luneng lost this game and there is nothing to say. Low-level mistakes occurred one after another, and Aloisio was red carded and Montillo was injured.
, I really lost my wife and lost my troops. On the other hand, the Longteng team has two young players in tandem. Although one made a mistake, he drove low and went high, and the other scored a goal when he came up. It has always been said that Luneng's young players have the strength.
, it was the younger Longteng players who performed better in this game."
Similar to Duan Xuan's attitude, all media after the game were very disappointed with this strong dialogue between the league's first and the league's third. They were especially dissatisfied with Luneng's performance. They were suppressed throughout the game.
The performance that a strong team should have.
At the same time, Du Zhenyu, whose performance was very dramatic, also attracted a lot of attention. Everyone gave him mixed reviews. Some said that as a central defender, he should not be reckless in giving penalty kicks, while others praised him for being unaffected after making mistakes.
Causing the opponent to receive a red card is a resource that can be exploited.
Compared with the evaluation of the outside media, Zhang Sheng was not concerned. He praised Du Zhenyu after the game: "Zhenyu, you performed very well in this game. The ball should be played like this. The situation on the field is changing rapidly. When dealing with it, you should
Just take the shot, especially when you are in the center back position, decisive handling is the most critical."
Regarding the penalty kick caused by Du Zhenyu, Zhang Sheng still had the same attitude. When Du Zhenyu expressed regret for the mistake, Zhang Sheng said: "Don't worry about the penalty kick. We have to look forward. You are still young. Since I sent you
When you came on the field, you were mentally prepared to accept any situation. But what you showed was far better than I imagined."
After this game, the Longteng team consolidated its position at the top of the list, with four wins and one draw and has yet to lose this season.
The Longteng team returned to Jiangcheng and rested for a day in a happy mood before training. This rare leisure time of playing one game a week made Zhang Sheng quickly loosen the reins of the players.
While the players were resting, Zhang Sheng took the time to visit McGowan.
After the game, through a hospital examination, McGowan was diagnosed with a fractured collarbone and needed to rest for at least a month and a half.
Zhang Sheng came here this time to comfort him and let him recover from his injuries.
On the weekend, the Longteng team ushered in the sixth round of the league. This time their opponent was Shijiazhuang Yongchang, the newly promoted team this season.
Zhang Sheng was extremely wary of this opponent. As a time traveler, Zhang Sheng knew that Shijiazhuang Yongchang was absolutely tough this season. Historically, they ended the season in seventh place in the league.
Just look at their current numbers and you'll know that their results were no fluke.
Shijiazhuang Yongchang is currently ranked 13th with two draws, two losses and two points, because the game with Changchun Yatai was postponed due to bad weather because Yatai is located in the northeast and has one less game.
Regardless of the fact that they have no wins, few points, and poor ranking, this does not really explain the problem, because judging from their goals scored and goals conceded data, many games are small losses by one goal.
This shows that at least their defense is still very good.
Unlike other newly promoted polo teams that defend their defense, Shijiazhuang Yongchang's defense is a very efficient and stable overall defensive tactic. Under the guidance of head coach Yasen, they don't give their opponents many opportunities in every game.
Losing the ball is purely due to the opponent's players being too strong, and it is very rare to make mistakes on your own initiative.
After the start of the game against the Longteng team, they once again proved their defensive ability.
In the game, their defense lines were very clear, and the defense and supplementary support between each level were also in place. Although the players of the Longteng team repeatedly tried to use short passes in the frontcourt to open up the opponent's defense, but
They were eventually put to an end.
After stabilizing their position, Shijiazhuang Yongchang began to conduct a tentative attack on the Longteng team's defense.
Before the game, many media speculated on how the Longteng team's defense should be arranged.
In particular, whether Du Zhenyu, the young player who made a mistake in the last game, will continue to play has been a topic of discussion.
Although the Longteng team currently lacks experienced central defenders, Zhang Hao and Xiong Jian have good defensive abilities. They are older than Du Zhenyu and have more game experience. Will Zhang Sheng let them go to the away center defenders?
Difficult to predict.
And because of the extensive injuries on the defense line of the Longteng team, whether it is appropriate to insist on playing four defenders has become a topic of discussion. In addition, the Longteng team also played a 3-4-2-1 formation for a period of time before, so everyone
Everyone is speculating whether the Dragons will change their lineup to adapt to the players.
However, the list submitted by the Longteng team before the game proved that they thought too much. Zhang Sheng insisted on his approach of trusting and training newcomers, and placed Du Zhenyu in the starting central defender position.
This arrangement still made everyone sweat for Zhang Sheng.
In this game, Shijiazhuang Yongchang's counterattack was also very purposeful, just to beat Du Zhenyu.
Throughout the first half, whether it was Mao Jianqing, the sharp offensive weapon in the frontcourt, Mulenga, the dark and tough center, or Long Dong, the shadow forward, all looked for Du Zhenyu.
When facing Long Dong, Du Zhenyu could still rely on his strong body to fight hand-to-hand with the opponent, but when facing the extremely fast Mao Jianqing and Long Dong, he seemed extremely uncomfortable with his tall stature and slow turning.
In addition, Shijiazhuang Yongchang plays a defensive counterattack, and the attack is very sudden. As a central defender, how to maintain extremely high alertness and how to face the high-speed breakthrough of the opponent's speedy players requires a lot of experience of a player.
At the 32nd minute of the first half, Du Zhenyu made an undue mistake. Mao Jianqing used his speed to impact Du Zhenyu, and then successfully changed direction during the high-speed breakthrough. Du Zhenyu rashly adjusted his defensive focus.
After being passed over by Mao Jianqing, Mao Jianqing passed the ball to Long Dong who came in behind. Long Dong's shot passed Zhou Wei's save and turned the score into 0-1.
The weaker Shijiazhuang Yongchang took the lead in the away game.
The commentator also directly pointed out the reason why the Longteng team lost the goal: "Du Zhenyu is still inexperienced. Facing Mao Jianqing's fake move, his defense was a bit too taken for granted. As a central defender, it is very strange for him to hand over his focus so easily."
dangerous."
After losing the ball, Du Zhenyu also seemed a little frustrated. He subconsciously turned his head and looked at Zhang Sheng on the sidelines, wondering what Zhang Sheng thought of his mistake.
Zhang Sheng, who was on the sidelines, acted very calmly. After seeing Du Zhenyu aiming at him, he made a downward movement with both hands. This obviously meant to stabilize his mentality and not affect his subsequent performance.
Lin Feng, who was the captain of the game, also came over and touched Du Zhenyu's head, comforting him and saying: "It's okay, don't be discouraged. Play hard from behind and we will help you get the ball back."
After another kick-off, Mao Jianqing, who had tasted the sweetness, was ready to break through Du Zhenyu again, but this time Du Zhenyu stood in a defensive position very well and used his body to push Mao Jianqing to the sideline. In the end, Mao Jianqing was unable to turn around.
He could only kick the ball to Du Zhenyu, resulting in a corner kick.
After Shijiazhuang Yongchang sent a corner kick, he found Du Zhenyu's point again. However, headers in corner kick defense were Du Zhenyu's strength. He withstood Mulenga, who was very capable of high-altitude ball competition, and cleared the ball with a header.
Pushed out of the restricted area.
As a defensive midfielder, Roque Gill, who has been protecting the defensive area at the top of the penalty area, grabbed the second point, and then handed a beautiful pass to Ben Alpha who came in from the left. This time it was the Longteng team's turn to counterattack.
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As the leading side, Shijiazhuang Yongchang had a lot of people come up for the corner kick this time, and Ben Alpha's counterattack seemed particularly threatening.
He made a beautiful cooperation with Lin Feng in the middle while dribbling the ball at high speed, tearing apart the opponent's defense, and then broke into the penalty area to form a one-on-one shot. In the end, Ben Alpha's shot left Yongchang goalkeeper Guan Zhen helpless. The ball passed from Guan Zhen
The armpit rolled into the goal, and the Longteng team equalized the score shortly after losing the ball.
In the following games, although Yongchang still insisted on beating Du Zhenyu, he was able to resolve them very steadily.
Zhang Sheng also applauded Du Zhenyu's performance from the sidelines, making him play more confidently.
In the second half of the game, although Du Zhenyu still made several mistakes, Ma Yongli, the two full-backs and the midfielder all helped him a lot, allowing the Longteng team's defense to stabilize.
Pato's next goal overtook the score, and the game was once again under the control of the Longteng team.
Especially after Nie Jiang's goal in the 35th minute of the second half, the Longteng team, which was leading 3:1, made the game seem meaningless. Zhang Sheng also began to make personnel adjustments, replacing several foreign players in the frontcourt.
After downtime, a few substitute players were allowed to play to gain experience. The Longteng team once again put in place an all-Chinese class frontcourt offensive lineup, while also preparing for the upcoming AFC Champions League game.
But what Zhang Sheng didn't expect was that Du Zhenyu, who was too relaxed, took the ball before the end, allowing Mulenga to successfully miss the ball, and the score became 3:2.
Seeing that Shijiazhuang Yongchang, who was hoping to equalize, pressed forward across the board, the Longteng team endured the last two minutes in embarrassment, barely holding on to the victory.
After the game, Du Zhenyu's performance was unanimously criticized. Facing the continuous impact of Shijiazhuang Yongchang, the area he defended was once in danger. If it weren't for the help of his teammates and Zhou Wei's beautiful save, the Longteng team would probably continue to lose the ball.
Faced with the verbal criticism of Du Zhenyu from the outside media, Zhang Sheng seemed very indifferent. The position of central defender has always been abused, and Du Zhenyu's performance is already considered good among young players.
In order to fear that Du Zhenyu would be affected by outside comments, Zhang Sheng even made a special trip to find him to comfort him: "Don't worry about the criticism from the outside media. Although you lost the ball in the last game, we still won in the end. As long as you work hard
Learn your lesson, I will continue to let you play the main role in the next games."
In fact, Zhang Sheng's approach is well-founded. There are quite a few players who have been beaten into masters at the position of central defender. What's more, Zhang Sheng has the blessing of the system and knows the potential of the players. He knows which players have growth value and which players do not.
It’s worth cultivating, no one can do such cheating behavior.
Think about Bayern's former center back Demichelis, how badly he was abused?
When commentating on Bayern games, many commentators always say something like "Demichelis, right? Why is he turning so slowly?", "This ball... it's Demichelis again, right?"
, was picked over so easily", "Oh, how did you prevent this ball, this Demichelis should have fouled long ago...", "This Demichelis... Oh, this Demichelis
····".
But later he still played at a very high level.
Think about Real Madrid's Ramos again. In the first few years of his debut, he was even directly called a "parallel import" by Real Madrid fans. Even domestic players in China also nicknamed Ramos "Shui Ye".
nickname.
After being trained in the game, he grew into the backbone of Real Madrid's defense. Not only did he become Real Madrid's captain, he also had the highest rating as a defender in the 2012 European Cup.
Of course, the most extreme one should be Juventus’ three central defenders.
There was a popular saying in later generations, "Juventus head coach Allegri will never lose a game he doesn't want to win." Although this is a joke to criticize Allegri, it can also prove that Juventus
The strength of Tus' defense - once Juventus wants to defend, they can block any opponent.
For example, in the 2017 Champions League match, Juventus relied on its strong defense to make all opponents tremble.
In the group stage of the Champions League, they only conceded 2 goals in 6 games. After entering the knockout rounds, they conceded even more jaw-dropping zero goals. Whether they were facing Porto, a veteran of the Champions League, or their offensive power ranked first in Europe.
Barcelona, or Monaco, a dark horse that claims "I score three goals per game, you can score as many as you want". Their defenses have left these opponents with absolutely no chance to take advantage of them.
Allegri's amazing results are closely related to Juventus' three highly capable centre-backs.
But are these three central defenders very strong from the beginning? Quite the opposite!
Juventus' three central defenders are Chiellini, Barzagli and Bonucci, and the three of them are also the three main players of the Italian national team.
Now they have indeed shown that they are strong enough. In the 2016 European Cup, they have the reputation of "reinforced concrete is not as good as Chiellini. Iron walls are not as good as Barzagli." But before, they were in countless situations.
grew up from failure.
Among them, Chiellini, who grew up the most smoothly, also grew up amidst countless ups and downs.
Chiellini, who first played as a midfielder and later switched to full-back, was disliked by countless people in his early career, especially during the period when he was first transformed from full-back to central defender. As long as he played, he was absolutely
Exploded to pieces by the opponent.
It just so happened that Juventus had a central defender shortage in those few years, and Chiellini was pulled over to play central defender every time. As soon as he came on the field, he was greeted by boos from the home fans, and he made various unreliable mistakes.
, the roof fall is simply terrible.
It was not until later that he gradually established his reputation as Italy's number one central defender.
