In football matches, many players have good personal skills or strong bodies, but there are only a handful of players who can control the rhythm.
For example, Xavi in his prime was such a player.
The reason why players like Harvey can achieve extremely high achievements is because they have a strong sense of the overall situation and know when to be fast and when to be slow. At the same time, they can also use their strong foot skills to make the team more successful.
When you want to go fast, go fast, and when you want to go slow, go slow.
When they want to be slow, they can firmly control the ball at their feet, pass the ball to their teammates comfortably, and then move smartly to return the ball, making the opponent's pressing ineffective.
And when they want to be fast, they still use their superb football intelligence and strong foot skills to find or create gaps by observing or getting rid of them, and then pass the ball quickly and accurately to make the offense faster.
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If you want to do the above, you not only need players to have skills and physical fitness, but also need to have extremely good golf intelligence.
If Zheng Zhi was at his peak, maybe he could play at such a level in the Chinese Super League, but now when facing these high-level players from the Longteng team, and he is too old, he seems a bit powerless.
Because it is very simple to make the game faster. Pass the ball a little faster. The key point is to run forward immediately after passing the ball to respond, or use the speed to sprint back and forth. The game will quickly become faster.
However, it is very difficult to pass the ball steadily to your teammates under the pressure of the opponent, and then run to catch the ball and continue passing the ball like a monkey.
This not only requires you to be able to pass the ball and run in place, but also requires your teammates to be able to pass the ball and run in place.
When you want to play at a fast pace, it doesn't matter if you pass the ball too much. You have to sprint frequently anyway. If you make a mistake, you will come back next time. But when you want to play at a slow pace and the pass is not good, you have to run hard to get the ball, and running so frequently also doesn't matter.
The original intention of slowing down the pace is lost.
Under the Long Teng team's high-position pressing, Guangzhou Evergrande's players had to start using non-stop running to avoid the opponent's tactics. Of course, Cannavaro was able to accept this situation, because of such high-position pressing tactics, Long Teng
The team's athletes have more physical fitness than Guangzhou Evergrande.
But another move of the Long Teng team - the constant sprinting back and forth from the wing was a bit unacceptable to him.
Because the defense consumes more physical energy than the offensive side. The offensive side's physical energy is decreasing, and the defensive side's physical energy is also declining sharply.
When attacking, usually 3-4 people are required to sprint and consume physical energy, while the defensive side needs at least 6-8 people to defend with all their strength. Then use three people to wear down the physical energy of the opponent's 8 people, and then replace it with three new troops, and attack like this
You can continue to speed up.
Now the Dragon Teng team is taking advantage of the fact that Xiao Yunfan and Wei Zhimin are young, energetic, and have acceptable technical abilities, and they are constantly going back and forth between the two sides.
At the same time, among the players in the midfield, Lin Feng and Tao Wentao kept taking turns to cooperate with their attacks on the wing. When Lin Feng rushed up, Tao Wentao retreated to cooperate with the defense. After Tao Wentao went up, Lin Feng went back to cooperate with the defense and stepped up.
Nie Jiang, Ben Arfa and Pato in the frontcourt also frequently changed positions to cooperate.
As for Guangzhou Evergrande, two full-backs, two full-backs, two midfielders, and Goulart all have to defend from time to time.
Guangzhou Evergrande's desire to slow down the pace of the game failed.
He Wei, who is responsible for the commentary, has obviously seen this: "Evergrande is in a bit of a dilemma now. They want to slow down, but they can't. The Longteng team keeps using pressing and quick passes, and the wingers come in to attack. It's okay now.
, can they hold on in the second half?"
Xu Yang said worriedly: "Don't think about the second half. Evergrande's defense is already very passive now."
During Xu Yang's commentary, the Longteng team launched another offensive. This time the Longteng team was targeting Guangzhou Evergrande's left wing because Li Xuepeng had a yellow card.
However, the difference from before is that this time the Longteng team's offensive frontcourt changed positions. Ben Arfa came to the right and Pato went to the left. Zhang Sheng's idea was also very clear, that is, Ben Arfa was better at it.
A breakthrough poses a greater threat to Li Xuepeng, who is carrying a yellow card.
Sure enough, Ben Alpha used his skills with his feet to create a breakthrough this time. Li Xuepeng wanted to pull someone away, but thinking of the yellow card on his body, he could only hold back at the critical moment.
When Li Xuepeng let someone pass, someone had to take the blame for him. This time it was Huang Bowen who came to take the blame. Before Ben Alpha broke through into the penalty area, he grabbed the opponent's arm and pulled him to the ground.
This tactical foul resulted in a yellow card without any suspense, and gave the Longteng team an excellent frontcourt free kick.
Seeing the free kick from this position, not only the Guangzhou Evergrande fans in the audience booed worriedly, Cannavaro also stood nervously on the sidelines to remind the players to pay attention to their positions. Goalkeeper Zeng Cheng also arranged with a serious face.
Human wall.
He Wei said worriedly: "You are really right. It is really dangerous if Evergrande doesn't think of anything else. For free kicks at this position, the Longteng team has too many people who can directly attack the goal. Pato is now on the field.
, Ben Alpha and Lin Feng both have good free kick skills, and Tao Wentao is also a player who has scored free kicks. Let’s take a look at the Longteng team’s free kick arrangements.”
As He Wei said, now Pato, Ben Arfa and Lin Feng are standing in front of the ball to discuss free kick tactics.
"Zeng Cheng is having a hard time dealing with it now. Any one of these three people can take a shot. Even if the first one uses tactics and runs over the ball, you don't know whether the second or third person will shoot. It's a little early."
If you move your center of gravity, you may lose the ball." Xu Yang also added.
But the mystery was soon revealed. Lin Feng feinted a shot and ran over the ball. Pato then made a move to shoot, but this was still a fake. In the end, it was Ben Alpha who hit the ball.
Zeng Cheng was indeed fooled by Pato's fake move. He guessed that Lin Feng must be covering, but he didn't expect that Ben Alpha would take the penalty in the end. When Pato made a fake move to kick the ball, he saw Pato
His right foot immediately moved to the right as he wanted to kick a curve. When Ben Alfa shot with his left foot, his center of gravity was completely to the left of the goal.
After Ben Alpha hit the ball with his left foot, the ball bypassed the wall and flew straight to the right side of the goal. Zeng Cheng, who had no chance of saving the ball, could only pray that the ball would not go in.
But then he was disappointed. After the ball circled an arc, it flew straight to the goal post on the right side of the goal. Just as the ball was about to hit the goal post and fly into the net, the ball hit the goal post and bounced towards the goal post.
restricted area.
Nie Jiang, who was ambushing in the penalty area, had long known that it was Ben Alpha who was taking the penalty, and also knew the way he was taking the penalty. He was standing at the right post. When he saw the ball bounce back into the penalty area, he immediately
He rushed over.
However, he was obviously the key target. Feng Xiaoting started faster than him. He poked the ball before Nie Jiang's follow-up shot, and the ball flew out of the baseline.
Seeing Ben Alpha's shot hit the goal post, Zhang Sheng looked up to the sky and sighed, what a pity.
"Ben Alpha's shot, oh, the goal post, hit the goal post. It's a pity that Zeng Cheng has already given up on this goal. It's a beautiful free kick. Evergrande is lucky this time." He Wei also expressed his gratitude.
It’s a pity that the Longteng team took this free kick.
Xu Yang praised Feng Xiaoting: "Feng Xiaoting's performance this season is really good. This second point of protection is really good. Nie Jiang didn't beat him at all."
Nie Jiang was very depressed after missing the second point.
Before the game, he praised Haikou to Zhang Sheng and said that he wanted to play at the level of a foreign aid. However, it was not until the game that he knew what kind of "care" he would receive when the opponent treated him as a foreign aid.
No matter where Nie Jiang was in this game, Evergrande's defensive players gave him no room to get the ball. Compared to these adult players, Nie Jiang was only 17 years old after all. In terms of physical confrontation, he had no chance at all.
Evergrande's players quickly grasped this weakness of his. The moment Nie Jiang got the ball, they immediately moved forward without giving him a chance to speed up or turn around. Moreover, these proven old players are extremely experienced.
There are all kinds of small tricks emerging one after another. Nie Jiangkong has a lot of skills, but he can't use them.
After Nie Jiang suffered a setback, he also began to adjust his playing style. He began to pass the ball more. For a player with good foot skills like him, once the ball is passed, it is really difficult for the opponent to target him.
At this time, Nie Jiang finally realized the benefits of Zhang Sheng asking him to practice passing more, so that the Longteng team's offense would not end here.
However, Nie Jiang began to think about another problem, that is, he is a forward player after all. He cannot avoid working in the penalty area to grab points. He cannot blindly pass the ball or escape. How to face-to-face confrontation becomes what he needs.
problem to solve.
When he began to look for a way to solve this problem, his teammates also began to help him. Pato and Ben Arfa used frequent position changes to allow Nie Jiang to go to the side to seek breakthroughs in a timely manner. Tao Wentao, who was stronger, also timely
Go forward to help him share the task of confronting the Guangzhou Evergrande central defender, and let him retreat slightly to find space.
After gaining enough space, Nie Jiang's performance returned to normal. He used his speed and skills to continuously hit the two wings and the center slightly far away from the penalty area, contributing a lot to the Longteng team's offense.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After the Longteng team's free kick posed a great threat, the Guangzhou Evergrande players began to use another method to interrupt the Longteng team's rhythm of the game - frequent fouls.
In Evergrande’s previous Chinese Super League games, we often saw a situation where opponents kept using various fouls to stop Evergrande’s offense. Among them, Beijing Guoan, Guizhou Renhe and Changchun Yatai
Evergrande's old opponents often use sabotage and delaying methods to fragment Evergrande's offense.
In last year's Chinese Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande's net game time was the second to last in the Chinese Super League. This is a very strange phenomenon.
Because the higher the player's technical and tactical level and stronger application ability, there will be fewer mistakes and a higher success rate. The offense and defense of the game will be relatively smooth and more enjoyable. At this time, the net game time will be longer.
Guangzhou Evergrande has the best foreign players in the country, as well as the best local players in the country. Logically speaking, their skills and tactics should be higher, and their net game time should be longer. Now that this situation occurs, that only
It can be explained that when basically all Chinese Super League teams face Evergrande, their dominant idea is not to be proactive and fight for victory, but to passively delay in order to destroy and waste time.
Guangzhou Evergrande, who had suffered from this style of play before, had to start using this method to interrupt the Longteng team's offense.
Among them, Nie Jiang, who is younger and has stayed in the key defensive area of Guangzhou Evergrande for a long time, became a victim. As soon as he got the ball, the Evergrande defenders would use very concealed continuous kicks, shoulder carries, and various
He secretly pulled the jersey and other small actions to foul him.
Nie Jiang's slightly thin body could not withstand such a confrontation. He was knocked to the ground many times without any warning from the other party.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Sheng immediately complained to the fourth official: "Such fouls are too frequent and are very dangerous to the players!"
However, the fourth official did not pay much attention to Zhang Sheng's complaint. This is the home court of Evergrande. There are many fouls, but the actions are not big, and there is no possibility of playing cards.
Not only Zhang Sheng was anxious, but He Wei also said: "Hengda has committed too many fouls now. How many times has Nie Jiang fallen to the ground? I hope this young man will not be injured."
Xu Yang said worriedly: "Nie Jiang is still too young. The physiological maturity period of us Asians comes later than that of white people and black people. Now Nie Jiang is only 17 years old. His skills and golf intelligence are in place, but his body
It's not in place yet. If you get injured during this growth period, it will have a huge impact on your future."
It should be said that Xu Yang's worries are correct. Football is a highly confrontational sport. In fierce competitions, injuries are inevitable. For those players who are too young, it is not a big deal to join the professional league too early.
The good thing is that once you encounter serious injuries, such as fractures, torn ligaments, etc., it is very likely that a player's football career will be cut short.
Coupled with the relatively poor level of refereeing in the Chinese Super League, many dangerous actions on the field are not punished accordingly, resulting in an endless stream of rough actions. In fact, physical confrontation and large movements, and fouls are completely different things! It’s just that the referees of the Chinese Super League cannot grasp it.
It's just the scale.
In a real game, first-rate defense relies on technique, second-rate defense relies on physicality, and third-rate defense relies on fouls.
In recent years, we have often seen foreign players saying in interviews that the Chinese Super League is difficult to play and requires physical confrontation. The underlying meaning is obvious. The first is to add gold to the league they play in. The second meaning is that the technical level of the Chinese Super League is low.
