In fact, when FC Seoul players were running on the field, Choi Yong-soo was also secretly worried on the sidelines.
The fighting spirit of his players is worthy of recognition, but poor results are a big problem. The tactic of high-position pressing is not without its weaknesses.
First of all, the physical consumption of the players is something that has to be considered. Secondly, the compactness and prerequisites of the overall formation required for high-position pressing are very dangerous once the opponent counterattacks.
Judging from the current situation on the court, these issues must be considered in advance.
But these things were soon forgotten by him, because the situation on the field had changed. After adapting to Seoul FC's opening wave of fierce attacks, the Longteng team gradually took control of the situation on the field.
The current situation is not that FC Seoul has the advantage, but that the Dragons have the upper hand. The head coach's top priority is to consider how to defend.
It should be said that FC Seoul's defense is still very good. This season, Choi Yong-soo successfully transformed the previous formation from 4231 to 3-5-2. The formation of three central defenders, two wing-backs and double midfielders pushed Korean players up and down.
The characteristics of strong ability are brought into full play.
Now, although the Longteng team has gradually regained its advantage in the midfield, there are still not many ways to deal with the opponent's defense that moves very compactly, especially since Lin Feng's running in the midfield is severely restricted.
As the key player of the Longteng team on the court, FC Seoul obviously had countermeasures against him. That is, no matter which area Lin Feng ran to, there would be FC Seoul players to interfere with him, preventing him from easily catching him.
The balls are connected in series.
This approach has a great restrictive effect on Lin Feng. After all, Lin Feng is not the kind of player who can use his technical ability to break through in the midfield. Once the opponent's formation is stable and the player's individual defensive ability is strong, his advantage will be
Difficult to perform.
Seoul FC's defensive midfielder, led by Gao Mingjin, completed this task very well.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Sheng asked the attacking midfielder Tao Wentao, who had already mastered the midfield advantage, to retreat slightly. Firstly, he wanted to attract the opponent's defensive midfielder and expand the gap between him and the defense. Secondly, he wanted to
Use Tao Wentao's strong breakthrough ability to seek opportunities in the middle.
This approach has indeed paid off.
In the 26th minute of the first half, Tao Wentao received a pass from Lin Feng in the midfield, used a deft 360-degree circle to throw the defensive midfielder behind him, and then distributed the ball to the substitute.
Pato came over. Pato took advantage of the gap between the midfielder and the defense to start accelerating, then diagonally inserted into the right side of the penalty area and shot decisively. In the end, the ball was saved by FC Seoul goalkeeper Yoo Sang-hoon.
The Longteng team completed a very threatening shot.
Cui Longteng discovered this situation very keenly. He immediately asked Li Xiongxi, one of the three central defenders, to step forward and let him fill the defensive gap between the midfielder and the defender. This change allowed more players to mark Tao Wentao.
One, and Tao Wentao's space for movement has also become much smaller, and FC Seoul's defense has stabilized again.
Next, FC Seoul also started its own attack. As the two wing-backs, Gao Yaohan and Yoon Il-rok also used their fast speed, short height, and flexible body to rush forward on the two wings.
Both of them were former South Korean national team players and their abilities are quite good.
Gao Yaohan has always played as a full-back before, but he is only 170cm tall and weighs only 65 kilograms. He is very disadvantaged in the defense of the wing. Based on his characteristics, Cui Yongzhu transformed him into a wing-back and achieved great results.
Excellent effect.
Nowadays, Go Yaohan can be regarded as an offensive weapon in Seoul. His best playing method is to use his speed and flexibility at his feet to cut inside. After that, he can either directly attack the goal or transfer the ball to the other side.
When the team presses forward across the board, the ball can also be handed to the wide central defender who is inserted into the middle of the three central defenders. His style of play can be said to have been tried and tested. In last year's AFC Champions League, this young South Korean international footballer who was full of confidence
I used this routine to break Beijing Guoan's goal in the AFC Champions League.
As for the player Yoon Il-rok, fans who are familiar with Korean football will basically have heard of it. Although he is only 24 years old this year, he has been famous for a long time. Especially for the Chinese Super League teams, he can be regarded as the real "Chinese Super League nemesis"
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In the 2013 season, Yin Illu had just transferred to FC Seoul. In the AFC Champions League group stage that season, he scored 3 goals in two rounds against Jiangsu Sainty. In the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage, Seoul
FC faced Guoan at home, and it was Yin Rilu's winning goal that helped the team have the last laugh.
This player has good movement, a strong desire to score goals, good combination of man and ball and good speed. He is exactly the type of Chinese Super League players who are afraid of standing up and playing football.
Cui Yongzhu also knew that it was unrealistic to rely on defense alone to deal with the two wingers of the Long Teng team, so he wisely chose to use offense instead of defense, so that Pato and Ben Arfa had to distract part of their defense.
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Choi Yong-soo's idea was a good one, but he encountered a big problem in the execution. That is, although Go Yao-han and Yoon Il-rok's desperate offense created some opportunities, the ability of starting forward Kim Hyun-sung was not enough to break the Longteng team.
door.
Before Dejan left, FC Seoul relied heavily on him, but after Dejan left, FC Seoul has not been able to find an outstanding forward who can replace him until now.
As for foreign aid, Choi Yong-soo chose Brazilian player Dos Santos, but his scoring rate was really average and his role was far inferior to that of Dejan when he was in the team.
Kim Hyun-sung, who had high hopes from Choi Yong-soo after Dos Santos was given up, was even more unbearable. He only scored 4 goals after playing in almost every game this season.
FC Seoul’s games this season are often very exciting, but lack goals. This is the reason why FC Seoul can only finish fourth in the K-League this season. It is also the reason why Choi Yong-soo had to introduce Adriano later.
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Until the end of the first half, FC Seoul's wish to score a goal based on home advantage was not realized, and the score remained at 0:0.
Compared to Choi Yong-soo, who felt a little regretful, Zhang Sheng gave a passing grade to his team's performance in the first half.
Although the Longteng team did not score a goal in the first half, their ball possession rate was higher than that of Seoul FC. 55% of the ball possession proved that their tactics were not terribly wrong. In the second half, they may gain something with just fine-tuning.
During the halftime break, Zhang Sheng made his own substitution adjustment, which was to replace Zhou Zhou with Xiao Yunfan. This substitution represented Zhang Sheng's desire to strengthen the offense in the second half.
As the "Three Misplaced Musketeers" who first came to the team, Yu Bo has the highest potential and the strongest ability, but his position in the frontcourt is firmly guarded by Ben Alpha and can only come on as a substitute.
There are also big differences between the two players who play full-back, Zhou Zhou and Xiao Yunfan.
Zhou Zhou had always played as a defensive midfielder before switching to full-back. Players from this position are characterized by strong defensive awareness and good defensive ability, but average offensive performance. Xiao Yunfan switched from the front-end position to full-back.
, although he is worse than Zhou Zhou in defense, but he is very good in offense. He is better than Zhou Zhou in terms of speed, technique and passing.
Last season, when the Longteng team entered the Chinese Super League for the first time, Zhang Sheng used Zhou Zhou as his main force in order to ensure results. In order to first stabilize the defense and then attack, this season, as the overall strength of the team has improved,
Improvement, Zhang Sheng is ready to let the two full-backs participate more in the offense, then Xiao Yunfan has the possibility of taking the lead.
Although in terms of potential and ability, Zhou Zhou is one point higher than Xiao Yunfan, but in terms of tactical adaptability, this difference is far less important than the difference in tactical importance between the two players.
In fact, this is also the norm in the sport of football. Many players with good abilities perform like gods under the leadership of some coaches, but once the coach changes, they become abandoned by the coach, because in the sport of football,
Team tactics always come first.
After the start of the second half, Zhang Sheng's substitution also made Xu Yang feel a little strange: "Zhou Zhou's performance in the first half was pretty good. The opponent attacked so hard and didn't have a good chance on the wing.
Do you know why the person was suddenly replaced this time?" Xu Yang even guessed, "Is Zhou Zhou injured?"
But he soon understood the reason for Zhang Sheng's substitution, because the Longteng team scored a goal shortly after the start of the second half.
In the eighth minute of the second half, Yin Illu on the left wanted to open a channel on the wing like he did in the first half, but this time he lost the ball in the attack, which led to very serious consequences.
In the first half, Yin Rilu also lost the ball in the frontcourt attack, but Zhou Zhou's ability to move forward was not strong. Every time Yin Rilu lost the ball, he counterattacked and delayed Zhou Zhou's attack. But this time when he was replaced by Xiao Yunfan,
It was different. After Rock, Gill and Xiao Yunfan teamed up to intercept Yin Rilu's ball, he still tried to counterattack on the spot to delay the Longteng team's counterattack, but failed.
Xiao Yunfan's very light footing, accelerating and changing direction, made Yin Rilu's counterattack come to nothing.
Xiao Yunfan, who got the ball, did not pass the ball to Ma Yongli again to organize the attack from the back line like Zhou Zhou did. Instead, he decisively dribbled the ball forward. Lin Feng and Pato, who came to meet him, quickly formed a formation with him.
The attacking triangle.
After attracting the opponent's defense, Lin Feng only acted as a transitional bridge. Instead of looking for opportunities in the middle, he helped his teammates attack from the side. This was what Zhang Sheng aimed at in the first half during the halftime break.
Another change made by FC Seoul is to defend very tightly in the middle.
Under Lin Feng's transition, Xiao Yunfan, who assisted from the backcourt to the frontcourt, played his own style. After receiving Pato's pass, he decisively made an inside move to defend his Seoul FC right center back.
Che Duli was deceived by Xiao Yunfan's movements. He was thinking about taking Xiao Yunfan's inward route, but forgot to guard against his cross.
Xiao Yunfan's fake move inside was followed by a pass. After receiving the ball, Pato accelerated into the FC Seoul penalty area. Facing goalkeeper Ryu Sang-hoon's block, he succeeded in shooting from a small angle. The ball went under Ryu Sang-hoon's armpit.
After scoring the goal, the score became 0:1, and the Longteng team took the lead in the away game.
When Pato entered the penalty area, Xu Yang had a premonition that the ball was likely to go in. He shouted loudly: "Xiao Yunfan made a beautiful pass. Pato faced the goalkeeper and shot, beautiful! The ball went in."
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"Coach Zhang Sheng's substitution has had an effect. Xiao Yunfan obviously plays a greater role in the offense than Zhou Zhou. This player is really good. He can break out, run, and pass. He has been a rotation player in the Longteng team, and now he is
It’s time to clear up the name.” Xu Yang’s kind words were all thrown at Xiao Yunfan without hesitation.
Zhang Sheng also smiled and applauded Xiao Yunfan on the sidelines. Faced with the lost ball, Cui Yongzhu shouted loudly to Yin Illu: "Pay attention to cooperation and be active in counterattacks."
Then he made a downward and steady gesture to Che Duli, and said: "Be more careful when fighting."
This is also Choi Yong-soo giving face to the old players. After all, Yoon Il-rok is the player he single-handedly brought out, so it doesn’t matter how he criticizes him. Cha Du-ri, as the son of the famous Korean star Cha Bum-geun, is also an old teammate of the Korean national team. Although in the end
His defensive error led to the loss of the ball, and Cui Yongzhu still had to worry about his face.
Faced with Cui Yongzhu's suggestion, the two players had different reactions. Yin Illu obviously felt aggrieved. It is very normal for the ball to be intercepted during the offense. He also counterattacked in time, while Cha Duli was the direct one who lost the ball.
The person in charge was easily let go, but he himself yelled.
Cha Duli looked calm and indifferent. He just nodded to express to Cui Yongsu that he understood.
This situation made the field very embarrassing for a time, and the result was that ten minutes later, they conceded the ball again, and the Longteng team gained another opportunity by attacking from the right.
In the 20th minute of the second half, Yin Rilu once again lost the ball in the attack from the wing. His counterattack was even more fierce. Unfortunately, it was not the fierce defense that succeeded. On the contrary, because he pounced too hard, Xiao Yunfan once again blocked the ball.
He wandered by.
This time Xiao Yunfan once again assisted Che Duli in the frontcourt. He continuously changed directions and swayed, and accelerated and turned around, leaving the 35-year-old veteran at a loss. Finally, Xiao Yunfan chose another way of assisting, which was to sway away.
After the opponent's defensive angle, the pass was made.
Because this pass was in an undefended state, the ball was passed very beautifully. After quickly passing through the center of the opponent's penalty area, it came to the back point, and Nie Jiang, who had switched to the left, was already ambushing there.
A light push shot directly blocked the ball into the goal, and the Longteng team took a 0:2 lead.
Seeing this goal, Xu Yang said excitedly: "Nie Jiang scored another goal, and it came from Xiao Yunfan's assist. If we continue like this, the Longteng team will win another devastating victory in the AFC Champions League and win on the road.
The way the Korean team played like this reminds me of the 2012 season when Guangzhou Evergrande was slaughtered 5:1 in the away game by Hyundai."
