When Lu Zhihui headed the ball towards the goal, all the commentators raised their voices.
Xu Yang also shouted loudly: "Lu Zhihui's header is really dangerous. It's really strange. Whenever we play against Guangzhou Evergrande, Lu Zhihui's set-piece header attack is particularly sharp."
He Wei also took over and said: "I also find it very strange that some players can always score goals when facing certain opponents. This is really a very mysterious thing."
The phenomenon He Wei mentioned is difficult to explain, but it is a very common situation in football matches, that is, some players always score goals against the same opponents, or on the same pitch.
For example, Guangzhou Evergrande has historically been very strong in China, but Xiao Zhi, a domestic player who is not very strong, always scores goals in games against Evergrande.
When he was playing for Henan Jianye, he even scored twice in a game against Evergrande in the 2014 season, helping the team defeat the opponent; in the 2015 season, he scored the winning goal against Evergrande again;
By the 2016 season, although he had transferred to Guangzhou R&F, he scored again in the game against Guangzhou Evergrande. As a domestic forward who is not too outstanding, he completed the goal of scoring Evergrande for three consecutive seasons.
feat.
There are many more such examples in the European leagues. It is very common for top giants to capsize against the same opponent. For example, the not-so-famous Cameroon goalkeeper Kameni is Barcelona's real nemesis.
Having played in La Liga for a long time, he was always able to keep a clean sheet against Barcelona, which has exploded in attack over the years. When he was playing for Espanyol, he kept a clean sheet 4 times. After moving to Malaga, he kept a clean sheet.
It was three clean sheets against the opponent. This kind of performance is definitely beyond the imagination of all fans.
Lu Zhihui's performance is nothing to be surprised about.
Shortly after Lu Zhihui made a threatening attack, Guangzhou Evergrande also responded to the Longteng team once. This time Evergrande's offense was jointly created by forwards Gao Lin and Goulart.
These two people are also the two most threatening players in the Guangzhou Evergrande team.
As an active Brazilian international, Goulart's ability is in line with his worth - 15 million euros. As the highest transfer value in the history of the Chinese Super League, he has also played at a level that far exceeds that of the Chinese Super League.
So far, Goulart has scored 6 goals in 6 AFC Champions League group matches and 8 goals in 10 league games. Such data proves that he is not only second to none in the Chinese Super League, but also superior even at this level in Asia.
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Compared with Goulart, who is known as the Brazilian international, Gaolin's performance this season is the most unexpected.
Before this game, he had already scored 7 Chinese Super League goals!
As a center, Gao Lin has always been criticized for his shooting.
Although he became famous for scoring 5 goals in 4 AFC Champions League games with Shanghai Shenhua, his frequent scoring of empty goals and masturbation gave him a bad brand, so much so that the fans gave him a nickname:
"High Plane".
After coming to Guangzhou Evergrande, although he scored 20 goals in the Chinese League One, he became the second local player in the country to get the best shot in the secondary league. He also scored 11 goals in the Chinese Super League in the 2011 season.
However, in the following years, because Guangzhou Evergrande successively introduced a large number of high-level foreign forwards, Gao Lin's number of league goals was far lower than before.
Gradually, Gao Lin began to move further and further away from the goal, becoming a auxiliary forward. However, before Zheng Long and Yu Hanchao joined, Gao Lin was almost the only domestic player in the Evergrande team who stayed in the opponent's half most of the time.
player, because as his ability gradually grows, he is the only player in the team who can stand in the frontcourt and deliver beautiful passes to his teammates.
This season, due to the injuries of several foreign players, Gao Lin had to move forward and once again shouldered the important task of attacking the city. When everyone originally thought that he would frequently miss empty goals and fail to score,
He told everyone with his constant goals - I am still one of the best forwards in the country.
For example, the first point Guangzhou Evergrande's offense looked for this time was Gao Lin.
After Feng Xiaoting passed the ball from a very far distance in the backcourt, even under Xiao Yunfan's close attention, Gao Lin still used a very beautiful stop to get the ball firmly, and successfully offloaded the ball.
At the same time, the turnaround was successful.
His performance made He Wei exclaim: "This ball is beautiful! The coordination of his body and the consistency of his movements show that Gao Lin has really improved his goals this year."
After Gao Lin stopped the ball and turned around in one go, he made several escape movements in succession. Seeing that he could not get past Xiao Yunfan quickly, and Zhou Wei blocked the shooting angle of the goal, he flicked the ball and flashed out
After passing the ball, he sent the ball to the far end of the goal.
His pass was very sneaky. The ball was flying at a very high height, and the central defender was basically unable to hit it. However, it dropped very hard before it flew out of the penalty area. The ball landed at the back door.
near the pillar.
The pass in this place is too uncomfortable for the defender. The defender cannot touch it, and the goalkeeper cannot pick it up. As long as an offensive player has the consciousness to intervene, it is called a murderous pass.
The moment Gao Lin started passing the ball, Goulart understood it and started to advance forward. Fortunately, as a central defender, Ma Yongli also had top-notch defensive awareness. When Gao Lin took the shot, he was determined to carry Goulart.
Although he was at a disadvantage in physical confrontation, Goulart still ran to this position, but due to the interference of physical confrontation, Goulart was still affected to a certain extent, and the ball went slightly wide under Goulart's rush.
Gatepost.
The cooperation between Gao Lin and Goulart is the reason why Guangzhou Evergrande has successfully qualified for the AFC Champions League and occupied the top position in the league despite suffering extensive injuries this season.
Although Guangzhou Evergrande's attack did not result in a goal, Zhang Sheng was still shocked.
Zhang Sheng made a hand-pressing gesture to Xiao Yunfan, which meant that he should be more stable when defending.
In fact, Zhang Sheng had anticipated this situation long before replacing Zhou Zhou with Xiao Yunfan.
As a player who has switched from a defensive midfielder position to a full-back position, Zhou Zhou’s defensive genes are deeply rooted in his bones. With him on the court, at least at the level of the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League, those who want to succeed in breaking through from his side
There are only a handful of players.
Although Xiao Yunfan was born as a forward and has better skills at the full-back position and stronger assist ability, but in terms of defensive ability, he and Zhou Zhou are really not on the same level.
Zhang Sheng chose to take a risk, and he had to pay the price for taking the risk.
Xu Yang also praised Guangzhou Evergrande's attack: "Guangzhou Evergrande is currently short of foreign aid, but Gao Lin lives up to his name as 'Gao Linsmann'. He can be a foreign aid envoy. This kind of offense is simple and efficient.
, but the technology contained in it is rarely possessed by anyone in the entire Chinese Super League.”
This attack by Gao Lin and Goulart seemed to give Guangzhou Evergrande a shot in the arm. Then, while they frequently looked for Gao Lin and Goulart in the frontcourt, the two wingers also played an effective role.
Yu Hanchao on the left and Zheng Long on the right also began to use their speed advantage to constantly hit the back of the two wings of the Longteng team. This is a weakness of the Longteng team's tactics-the defense line plays very high.
The gap between the two wings is very large.
Cannavaro wanted to use this style of play to allow the Dragons' two wings to retract and reduce the pressure on the Guangzhou Evergrande midfield.
However, Zhang Sheng, who decided to win this victory, did not follow Cannavaro's ideas. Instead, he asked the players to strengthen the high press in the frontcourt, slowing down Guangzhou Evergrande's counterattack and affecting their passing.
The quality makes it so that even if Guangzhou Evergrande can pass the ball out, the players holding the ball in the frontcourt will be very awkward.
The Long Teng team's tactics still paid off.
In the following games, the rhythm and level of confrontation increased linearly, and the offensive and defensive transitions between the two sides were extremely fast. The Longteng team took advantage of the fast passing in a small area to mobilize Guangzhou Evergrande's players to run non-stop.
The ball is just stalking in place.
Guangzhou Evergrande's players used long passes to continuously attack the Longteng team's back.
In the game, as soon as Guangzhou Evergrande's attack ends, the Longteng team's counterattack hits their goal. Soon after Evergrande's successful defense, they quickly launch a second attack.
In such a game, not only do the commentators from various companies constantly explain the defense and offense of both teams, but the fans on the sidelines and in front of the TV also watch with gusto.
What was different were the expressions of the coaches on both sides of the court.
Zhang Sheng excitedly directed the team from the sidelines, asking the players to speed up the pace of the game again, while Cannavaro frowned and looked for ways to slow down the pace of the game.
Because the physical gap between the players on both sides is really huge.
Now Guangzhou Evergrande is fighting on two fronts - in the previous Football Association Cup, they lost to Xinjiang Dabancheng Nahuan, also known as Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopards, in the away game and were eliminated in the Football Association Cup.
In that game, Guangzhou Evergrande not only sent a full substitute lineup, but also only signed up 13 players. Head coach Cannavaro did not direct the game, but asked assistant coach Madaloni to direct the game.
In that game, the Tianshan Snow Leopards, who had two loan players from the Longteng team, Yan Xiaoyu and Ni Kai, firmly suppressed Evergrande's second team. Evergrande played extremely passively. If it weren't for the fact that the team really had no one
Well, Guangzhou Evergrande will never treat the FA Cup like this.
Even if Evergrande strategically gave up the FA Cup, their physical fitness is still far inferior to the Longteng team.
For example, in the last AFC Champions League game, Guangzhou Evergrande, in order to secure an early victory, sent out its entire main lineup. Gamba Osaka, who was in excellent form recently, had an advantage on the field, but the goal was not so smooth.
It was not until the end of the game that Guangzhou Evergrande defeated its opponent 2:1 with Goulart's goal.
This game greatly consumed Guangzhou Evergrande's physical energy, but it was a completely different situation for the Longteng team.
The 3:0 score not only allowed the Longteng team to put all their energy into this game without worrying about the second round of the AFC Champions League, but Zhang Sheng also used up three substitutions early in that game, leaving several players
The main players took a rest.
Therefore, Cannavaro wanted to slow down the pace of the game as much as possible, use the experienced players in his team to slowly grind against the Dragons, and finally let Gao Lin or Goulart's personal abilities resolve the game.
Zhang Sheng's idea is just the opposite of his, which is to use his players' physical advantages to speed up the pace of the game as much as possible. It doesn't matter whether he scores a goal in the early stage of the game. The winner will be decided after seventy minutes.
The current game on the court seems to be fast-paced, the intensity of the confrontation is high, the quality of the game is one of the best in the Super League, and it is highly entertaining. It seems to be an extremely commendable game, but this is not the game Cannavaro wants.
Football matches are not just about good football and a good team. Oftentimes, a calm and boring victory is what the head coach wants.
For example, this is the case with Juventus, a representative of the famous D.B.A.Jian style of play.
There is a reason why this club is nicknamed "The Old Lady". In addition to indicating their long history and profound foundation, the slow pace of the game and their ability to always suffocate their opponents is another reason for this nickname.
Interpretation.
No matter how passionate the opponent is, they can always drag the opponent into their own rhythm of the game, using calm defense and strong pressure to solve the battle. Cannavaro, who came out of Juventus, encountered people.
When you are in short supply and your physical energy is no longer maintained, the first thing that comes to mind is to use this style of play.
Now it seems that his idea is coming to nothing.
Once the game ends like this in the first half, it will be difficult for Guangzhou Evergrande in the second half, especially the last twenty minutes.
Thinking of this, he quickly gestured to the captain Zheng Zhi on the field to let him control the rhythm of the game. He had been waiting for Cannavaro to make such a decision for a long time and resolutely began to implement this tactical idea.
At the beginning of the 30th minute of the first half, Zheng Zhi, who was the core of Guangzhou Evergrande, no longer pursued forward offensive passes, but asked Feng Xiaoting, who was responsible for delivering the ball on the back line, for the ball. After getting the ball,
He frequently passes back and crosses the ball from the midfielder position. He uses this style of play to tell his teammates that everyone should take it easy.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Sheng decisively gave Lin Feng instructions to use all means to interfere with Zheng Zhi's passing, and at the same time, let other players be ready to cut off Zheng Zhi's passing route at any time.
Cutting off the passing line here does not mean to predict the direction of Zheng Zhi's passing, but to immediately attack whoever Zheng Zhi passes the ball to, preventing them from having the chance to pass the ball slowly.
At the same time, Zhang Sheng made gestures to Xiao Yunfan and Wei Zhimin on the two wings, sprinting back and forth to the wings, causing the opponent's wing players to start running too.
