After this round of Chinese Super League matches, the third round of the 2015 Football Association Cup will officially begin. All Chinese Super League teams will appear on stage one after another. As the runner-up of the Football Association Cup last season, the Longteng team made certain adjustments this time and did not send out a team. How many main players participated in the game, but a second team combination of first-team rotation players and substitute players plus teenagers was arranged.
In the draw, the opponent the Longteng team drew was Guizhou Zhicheng. Due to the rules of the Football Association Cup, the Longteng team will travel to Guiyang to play away games.
It should be said that Guizhou Zhicheng still has a lot of overlap with the Dragons and Teng teams. Zhao Yingxiong and Wu Hao transferred to this club before. Before this season, Guizhou Zhicheng once again asked the Longteng team to rent players. This season, they It was also a coincidence that they entered the Chinese League One. Originally, they only won the third place in the League Two last season. However, due to the disbandment of Shenyang Zhongze Football Club, a Chinese League One team, they entered the Chinese League One as a substitute. In order to make up for the team's lack of guidance, Due to the mistake of not being able to help them, they immediately found the Longteng team, which loaned players to various Chinese League One clubs, and successfully loaned out right back Huang He.
Zhao Yingxiong and Wu Hao have now become veterans of the club. They are very concerned about their little brother Huang He. With the help of these two team veterans, Huang He quickly integrated into the team, and he is good at it. His potential also allowed him to grow very quickly. After two or three rounds, he was not yet 20 years old and became the sharpest knife on the wing in Guizhou Zhicheng.
This game was also his first time participating in the FA Cup, and he happened to face his home team.
However, in this game, Huang He knew the gap between himself and his home team in terms of rotations and even substitute players.
Although it was the second team of Longteng, they took a 0:2 lead in the away game in the first half, with the goals scored by Ivo and Zou Weijia respectively.
After the second half, the Longteng team, whose technical ability far surpassed that of the opponent, became smoother and smoother. Guizhou Zhicheng only lasted less than 20 minutes before conceding the ball again. Ivo used his strong ability to turn the score into 0:3.
Although Guizhou Zhicheng started a large-scale substitution, it still could not withstand the Longteng team's attack. Ivo scored another goal in the 31st minute of the second half to complete the hat trick, and the score became 0:4. The game has completely lost its meaning.
Zhang Sheng also began to make substitutions one after another, and several young players from 1998 also appeared one after another. Until the end of the game, the Longteng team dominated the opponent, and the young players did not waste such game opportunities. Zeng came on as a substitute before the end. Prosperity sent another good ball to Zou Weijia. Zou Weijia scored another goal with a single shot, and the score became 0:5.
According to the words of Zhao Yingxiong and Wu Hao after the game: "This football was so embarrassing, I don't even have the shame to see the boss."
After the game, what Zhang Sheng was most satisfied with was not the score, but the confidence shown by the young players on the field. Among them, Qi Ming played in the midfield without showing anything, and was far less dazzling than Ivo who completed the hat trick, but he will The entire formation is organized in an orderly manner, whether it is offense or defense, he is definitely the hub.
Zhang Sheng, who easily completed the FA Cup task, led the team back to the home court. After consecutive away games in the AFC Champions League, Chinese Super League, and FA Cup, the Longteng team finally had a home game.
In this game, the Longteng team faced Guangzhou R&F.
In the Chinese Super League last season, Guangzhou R&F failed to qualify for the AFC Champions League due to the emergence of the Longteng team, so their performance was much better than the historical two-line battle in the 2015 season.
However, the small-time business model pursued by Guangzhou R&F allowed them to repeatedly sell off their strongest foreign players at high prices, making it difficult to significantly improve their strength. When facing the Dragons, who had soared in strength, they played poorly.
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Pato and Ben Arfa, who did not participate in the FA Cup and got a good rest, messed up R&F's defense. First, Pato assisted Nie Jiang to open the scoring, and then Ben Arfa successfully fed Pato, and Pato hit the ball.
After an empty goal, the score became 2:0 in the first half.
After the start of the second half, the Longteng team slowed down the pace, but at more than 20 minutes, the attack speeded up again. Ben Alpha was tackled by the opponent in the penalty area. He personally scored the penalty kick, so that the three forwards of the Longteng team
All players scored and the score became 3:0.
The commentator of this game also said: "The Longteng team's current offense is too strong. The trident in the frontcourt makes all Chinese Super League teams afraid. Coupled with the stable defense in the backcourt, it is a question who can beat them."
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Zhang Sheng, who had secured the victory, continued his practice of training new players - replacing a large number of new players.
In the end, Guangzhou R&F also found confidence in the newcomers of the Longteng team. Before the end, Du Zhenyu was beaten raw by R&F's small foreign aid Renaldinho, who was over 1.6 meters tall, resulting in a goal being lost.
However, this goal did not have much effect, and the final score was fixed at 3:1. The Longteng team seemed to be unstoppable in the Chinese Super League.
After this game, because Guangzhou Evergrande was once again tied with Shanghai SIPG at their home court, the score gap between Evergrande and Longteng has reached 7 points. This score difference is unacceptable to all Evergrande's upper management, fans and media.
the result.
Cannavaro's dismissal has been put on the agenda, and now it depends on how he performs in the next two games.
These two games are also very critical. One is an away game against Gamba Osaka of the J-League in the AFC Champions League, and the other is a direct face-to-face match against their rival Longteng at their home court. The first game will determine the future of Guangzhou Evergrande.
The fate of the season in the AFC Champions League; the latter game is not only a battle of Tianwangshan worth 6 points, but also the significance of this battle is far more profound than the score, because this game is likely to be the king of the new and old Chinese Super League.
handover battle.
Of course, as a time traveler, Zhang Sheng knew that Cannavaro's dismissal was inevitable, and the outcome of these two games was nothing more than whether his dismissal looked decent.
This period of competition is very critical for Guangzhou Evergrande, and the same is true for the Longteng team.
On May 20, the Long Teng team will challenge Seoul FC away in the AFC Champions League. On May 23, the Long Teng team will challenge Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League. These two games are also decisive for Zhang Sheng.
game.
So after the game against Guangzhou R&F, Zhang Sheng led the team directly to South Korea without any rest in Jiangcheng.
As in the past, FC Seoul has once again rotated its main lineup this season, including absolute main players like Escudero who switched to the Chinese Super League. Many other main players either went to play in Europe or retired from serving.
There is a huge difference between the military service and the personnel last season.
However, as a country that is very successful in youth training in Asia, South Korea has no shortage of talents.
With the level of youth training in the K-League, it is fully capable of forming an 18-team league the same size as the J-League.
However, due to insufficient audiences and disfavor of capital, the Korean Football Association artificially reduced the number of K-League teams to 12, resulting in an institutional surplus of talent. Excellent players either transferred to foreign leagues or accepted rotations to stay in the K-League. This made it difficult to participate in the K-League.
The K-League team in the AFC Champions League may have two lineups of equal strength.
Although Seoul FC left a group of players before the season, they also hired many players from Jeju United and Pohang Steelers, so they are not short of players. For example, during this period, they played against Evergrande and Kashima in succession.
Antlers and Jeonbuk Hyundai used 21 players in 3 games, but the results were 2 wins and 1 draw. The talent reserve of Korean football is evident.
Compared with the Chinese Super League, because the youth training is incomplete, there are few outstanding talents, and the number of teams is large, if a player has the ability to play in the AFC Champions League but cannot be the main player in the club, he will usually seek a transfer. The depth of the bench of the Chinese Super League teams participating in the AFC Champions League
Insufficient, unable to maintain sufficient physical fitness due to lack of rotation during the two-line game.
Moreover, in the Chinese Super League, if a team sells many of its main players during the transfer period, it will be difficult to buy multiple main players to replace them in the transfer market.
Of course, the Dragons are not in the category of ordinary Chinese Super League teams.
At the same time, FC Seoul is also very favored by industry insiders and fans in South Korea. As one of the top two players in the Korean K-League, FC Seoul’s head coach Choi Yong-soo is very attractive.
As a young coach, Choi Yong-soo has the ability to innovate tactics. Compared with Jeonbuk Hyundai, another old and strong team with old playing methods, he is considered to be the most promising local coach in South Korea.
The current Seoul FC plays in a small range of receiving, passing, and turning. They learned from Tikitaka, which is very advanced and beautiful. Moreover, the defense is also advanced high-position defense. After losing the ball, they immediately gather around them.
From this point, we can see that the tactics of Cui Yongzhu and Zhang Sheng are very similar.
But this FC Seoul team is not without its weaknesses, and it is very big, that is, their foreign players are really not good.
Compared to Seoul FC at its peak in the 2013 season, the three strong foreign players at that time have now fallen apart. After Deyang was poached by Jiangsu Sainty, he has now moved to Beijing Guoan and is playing well.
Starting from this season, Beijing Guoan can be ranked third in the league with Guangzhou Evergrande, and at the same time qualify for first place in the AFC Champions League group stage. Dejan played a decisive role.
Another foreign forward, Escudero, was transferred to the Chinese Super League. The team he went to was Jiangsu Sainty.
After seeing an excellent player like Dejan slipping out of their hands, they felt that something was wrong, and then turned around and thought there was nothing wrong - they could just go poach FC Seoul's foreign players, isn't it just money?
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So at the time, Molina was the only frontcourt foreign aid trident left in FC Seoul's Mega Power Asian football world. Unfortunately, things have changed now. Molina is now nearly 35 years old. His running on the field and his ability to connect
Far less than two years ago.
Even in terms of transfer value alone, the gap between the two sides is huge. Compared with Pato's 1,000,000 euros, Ben Arfa is also worth a similar price. Now the highest value of FC Seoul is veteran Molina - only a mere
of 1.90w euros.
Although the price does not fully explain the problem, the principle of "you get what you pay for" is not wrong in theory. For example, the foreign players who transferred to Seoul FC in the past two seasons were cheap, but their strength was not outstanding.
However, in important games, such as the AFC Champions League, they mostly play as rotation players.
In an interview before the game, Cui Yongzhu also specifically mentioned the Longteng team's foreign players: "They have super foreign players like Pato and Ben Arfa. We will strengthen our defense against them." Then he expressed his own thoughts.
Confidence, "But we are a team that plays as a whole. At our home court, the goal of this game is to get all three points."
Hearing Cui Yongzhu's words, Zhang Sheng secretly laughed in his heart. He wants Cui Yongzhu's fearless style of play. The more he attacks at his home court, the less afraid the Longteng team will be. After all, in terms of strength, his team
is higher than the opponent.
Historically, Seoul FC also fought aggressively against Gamba Osaka. They didn't look bad on the field, and they even dominated the opponent at one point. However, because they lacked a decisive figure in the forward line, the result was that the offense could only flourish.
As a result, he was beaten 1:3 by his opponents at home. After arriving at the away game, Choi Yongzhu did not believe in evil and continued to attack. As a result, he was beaten 0:2 in the first half. Later, Gamba Osaka used a large number of substitute players.
, which made the score a little better. The final score was Gamba Osaka defeating its opponent again at home 3:2.
If Seoul FC does not attack, Zhang Sheng is worried that their overall defense is good. After all, as the team with the second fewest goals conceded in the K-League last season, it is still difficult for the Longteng team to score. Now Choi Yong-soo vows to attack.
After coming out, Zhang Sheng was really not afraid anymore.
When the game started, FC Seoul did as Choi Yong-soo said, and they started attacking from the beginning. The all-Korean lineup they arranged reflected the characteristics of Korean players - aggressive fighting, fierce oppression, and running without hesitation.
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Obviously they wanted to use this high-intensity confrontation to cause the Dragons to make forced errors, but unfortunately this plan did not work.
At the beginning, Xu Yang, who was in charge of the commentary, was worried about the situation on the court of the Longteng team: "FC Seoul was very aggressive. The cooperation between the two or three people in the frontcourt made it difficult for the Longteng team to play the ball.
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However, the Longteng team, which was under pressure, moved the players closer together. The short-distance passing combination that the team had always insisted on showed its effect. Every time, FC Seoul players seemed to be about to cut off the Longteng team.
The team has the ball, but they are always a little behind.
Especially as the ball outlet of the Longteng team's defense, Ma Yongli's footwork is very good. He constantly directs everyone to pass the ball in the backcourt. At the same time, he also transfers the ball to the midfielder position many times, and then returns the ball.
, is not in a hurry to use his big foot to pass the ball to his teammate who is being closely watched in the frontcourt. As long as the ball is at his feet, the Longteng team's defense seems extremely safe.
Xu Yang was relieved after observing for a while: "The overall passing and receiving cooperation of the Longteng team is too skilled. FC Seoul pressed hard, but it didn't seem to have much effect. Breaking the high-position press relies on this kind of foot skills.
