However, the player Leonardo has a very bad attitude towards the Chinese team.
When someone asked him before about joining a Chinese Super League team, he said with disdain: "I will definitely not go to any Chinese Super League."
In history, he did something even more outrageous, that is, in the match against Shanghai SIPG, he actually cut his throat when scoring a penalty kick: "You are finished for the Chinese Super League team!"
After the game, he even said in an interview with a Korean reporter: "CHINESE SHUT UP" (Chinese, you can shut up)
Although Zhang Sheng, as a time traveler, had not experienced this at the time, he still instinctively treated him as the most dangerous opponent.
Seeing the active Leonardo, Zhang Sheng asked Zhou Zhou to step up his guarding on him, and asked midfielder Roque Gill to step up his defense on the right.
This is also the reason why Zhang Sheng played Zhou Zhou on the right side in this game. After all, his defensive ability is much stronger than Xiao Yunfan.
After Zhou Zhou and Rock Gill strengthened the defense on the right, Jeonbuk Hyundai's left attack gradually fell into silence, and the Longteng team started its own offensive performance.
In the twelfth minute of the first half, Leonardo still wanted to organize an attack on the left, but he was slowly pushed to the sideline by Roque Gill. Zhou Zhou also came up to help defend at the first time and blocked him from behind.
The ball was knocked away.
Rock Gill, who received the ball from Zhou Zhou's player, quickly passed the ball out and handed over the organization of the offense to Lin Feng.
The latter took advantage of Jeonbuk Hyundai's opportunity to attack and made a beautiful counterattack. He and Tao Wentao, who came to take over, played a beautiful two-on-one hit-to-the-wall coordination, allowing Jeonbuk Hyundai's organizational midfielder Li Zaicheng to defend
A complete failure.
Seeing the failure of Li Zaicheng's defense, another defensive midfielder of Jeonbuk Hyundai, Choi Cheol-soon, quickly came over to defend Lin Feng.
Although Cui Zhechun is the main right back in the team, his ability to fight in the midfielder is very strong, and he has a lot of small moves. When playing against teams from the Chinese Super League, he suffered a lot.
There are a lot of people. In the game against Beijing Guoan this season, it was his many small actions on the field that made Zhou Ting, who later became unbalanced, use violence against him and received a red card.
As early as in the group stage, he and Dai Lin had a fight and conflict with each other, causing Dai Lin to receive a yellow card.
In the entire K-League, as a defensive player, he can earn the fifth-highest annual salary in the league, which speaks volumes about his strength.
Before the game, Zhang Sheng also specifically told Lin Feng and Tao Wentao that once Cui Zhechun came up to fight, not to give him any chance to get close and to use passes to avoid his defense.
Lin Feng did exactly this this time. When he saw Cui Zhechun coming over, he made a beautiful pass and handed it to Ben Alpha who came back from the front to get the ball. The one who followed Ben Alpha was the one who turned around later.
We will meet Shanghai Shenhua defender Jin Kixi, who played the right back position in this game.
Regarding Jin Jixi's point, Zhang Sheng specifically emphasized it, and he asked Ben Alpha to focus on attacking this point.
As a player born as a central defender, Kim Ki-hee is a defensive-oriented player. His technical ability is average. He is mainly responsible for defensive blocking and clearance at Jeonbuk Hyundai. However, he often uses too much force on defense, which leads to
While he likes to take cards, he often makes mistakes when competing for ground balls and high-altitude balls.
Originally, what Cui Kangxi asked Kim Kixi to play as full-back was to use his defensive ability to prevent Ben Alpha's breakthrough, but at the same time, he also became a weakness that Zhang Sheng exploited.
This time, Ben Alpha took advantage of his tendency to attack too hard and passed him with a beautiful fake move, resulting in a breakthrough on the wing.
After successfully breaking through, Ben Alpha did not pass the ball immediately, but continued to cut inside to the edge of the penalty area. Cui Zhechun also quickly came from the midfielder position to fill in.
Ben Alpha, who had been reminded by Zhang Sheng a long time ago, passed the ball decisively, making Cui Zhechun's defense useless. Instead, he left the defensive space in the middle and penetrated into this defensive gap.
It's Pato.
Seeing Pato's movement, Jeonbuk Hyundai's players came to defend as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Not only did the team's Australian international foreign aid Wilkinson come from the center back position, but also the other organizational midfielder Li Zaicheng.
He came all the way back from the frontcourt and prepared to flank Pato.
But this time they thought wrong. Pato was just a cover in the middle for the time being. Ben Arfa passed the ball to the left, and Nie Jiang, who had previously run from the penalty area to outside the penalty area, had already crossed here.
After Nie Jiang got the ball, he passed it directly. Because there was no player to interfere with him, his pass was very beautiful. After bypassing the opponent's center back, he passed it directly to the center of the penalty area.
At this time, Tao Wentao took advantage of Pato's cover and also ran into position.
Tao Wentao, who got the ball, made a beautiful push shot that was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Quan Chuntai. Pato's shot, who continued to make a follow-up shot, was blocked by another central defender Jin Hyung-il with his legs.
The Longteng team's attack almost broke through the opponent's door.
It should be said that Jeonbuk Hyundai did not concede a goal this time because they have two excellent defensive players - Kwon Soon-tae and Kim Hyung-il.
Kwon Soon-tae, who looks exactly like Wang Dalei and is nicknamed "Korean Van der Sar", is another player trained by Cui Kangxi. In addition to playing for two seasons in the army club Sangju Sangmu during his military service, he has always been in the team.
He played for Jeonbuk Hyundai and was also the absolute main goalkeeper of the Korean national team. He was later bought by Kashima Antlers of the J-League.
Kim Hyung-il is more familiar to fans of the Chinese Super League because he is the most embarrassing Korean foreign aid since coming to the Chinese Super League.
During the 2017 season, Guangzhou Evergrande originally wanted to introduce him to replace the long-term injured Kim Young-Kwon for half a season. However, what he never expected was that the Chinese Football Association suddenly issued a new policy to limit the number of foreign players on the field. He was originally intended to be a substitute.
Jin Hyung-il never had a chance to play again. He became the only foreign player in Guangzhou Evergrande who did not participate in a game. After receiving half a year's salary in vain, he transferred to the Bucheon FC 1995 team in the K2 League.
I don’t know what it’s like for this player who earned 7.5 million RMB in half a year at Evergrande but didn’t play a game. Anyway, he became a victim of the Football Association’s new policy.
However, at this time, Kim Hyung-il is the absolute main center back of Jeonbuk Hyundai. Last year, he was selected as the center back of the South Korean national team to participate in the World Cup. Previously, when he was with Pohang Steelers, he also won the Asian Cup as the absolute core of defense.
The team has won the AFC Champions League and the K-League twice, and historically won the AFC Champions League and the K-League with Jeonbuk Hyundai in the 2016 season. Its strength is definitely top-notch.
The strength of the two of them can be seen from the fact that the two of them joined forces to prevent the Longteng team from scoring a goal this time.
The Longteng team's attack just now not only shocked the Jeonbuk Hyundai players, but also made the commentators on both sides very excited.
Park Wencheng shouted when Tao Wentao shot: "Nie Jiang's pass and shot came from Tao Wentao, Kwon Suntae made a good save, Pato's follow-up shot was blocked by Kim Hyung-il. Jeonbuk Hyundai almost conceded the ball
, What happened to the defense just now? All of it was empty at once, and only Kim Hyung-il was defending in the middle of the penalty area."
He Wei felt sorry for the Longteng team's attack: "The Longteng team's attack was very threatening. It almost broke through the opponent's door. Unfortunately, it was too bad luck."
Seeing this scene on the court, Cui Kangxi also shouted angrily at his defense on the right: "Be careful and don't make stupid mistakes."
Under the supervision of the coach, the Jeonbuk Hyundai players began to use their most commonly used tactics - crazy grabbing in the frontcourt.
As a tough and fierce team, Jeonbuk Hyundai is at the top level in Asia, whether it is high-position pressing or on-the-spot counterattack after the ball is stolen during the attack.
This is also the reason why they can be proud of the K-League and at the same time be on par with the top teams in Asia like Guangzhou Evergrande.
Zhang Sheng has already made arrangements for this feature of Jeonbuk Hyundai.
Before the game, Zhang Sheng made requirements for all players: "The ball must be played quickly, the distance between players must be maintained, and we must use our ability to pass quickly to disrupt their press."
Sure enough, Jeonbuk Hyundai's crazy grabbing tactics encountered a big dilemma in front of the Longteng team.
The Longteng team has one or two players with extremely good footwork on each line. There are Ma Yongli and Xiao Yunfan on the back line, not to mention the midfielder. The Longteng team's midfielder with Lin Feng as the core has already excelled in accurate and fast passing.
After two or three seasons of running in, I have become very familiar with this tactic. As for the forward line, the three players have ball control and passing abilities that can crush the entire Asia. This makes Jeonbuk Hyundai play well.
Extremely uncomfortable.
In previous AFC Champions League games, unless Jeonbuk Hyundai faced the J-League team Kashiwa Reysol, which "eat, sleep and beat Jeonbuk", their pressing tactics were a great weapon, but now they have encountered a new problem.
It's not like they haven't played against J-League teams characterized by fast passing before. The tactics that they originally thought could gain an advantage by relying on such pressing and physical confrontation were somewhat ineffective.
There is no other reason than that, physically speaking, the Longteng team is definitely tougher than any other team in the J-League.
Compared with Japanese players who are generally only a little over 1.7 meters tall and weigh no more than 140 kilograms, every player on the Longteng team can be considered a "tough guy".
For example, Lin Feng, the current soul of the Longteng team who is responsible for the midfield connection, is 1.83 meters tall and 146 kilograms. Rock Gill, the midfielder responsible for sweeping the team, is 1.82 meters tall and weighs nearly 150 kilograms.
Even Tao Wentao, whose body has not yet fully matured, is 1.84 meters tall and weighs more than 140 kilograms.
These players have received careful care from the Dragons' top-notch physical training team in Asia and a dietary research team that is rare among all Asian clubs. Their body fat rates are definitely top-notch in Asia.
Especially for Nie Jiang's special training recently, Longteng Club has invited the top sports research team from Europe to be responsible for the physical evaluation of players. It can be said that not many Asian clubs have the conditions of Longteng Team.
In fact, this is Zhang Sheng's purpose to better improve the team's confrontation ability, to adapt the players to the intensity of competition in Europe earlier, and to facilitate the players' preparations for studying abroad.
Therefore, when faced with an Asian-level press like Jeonbuk Hyundai, the Longteng team seemed very comfortable.
From the fifteenth minute of the game, Jeonbuk Hyundai's crazy pressing never stopped, but the actual impact on the Longteng team was not great.
Even Jeonbuk Hyundai's favorite tactic of intercepting the ball and then quickly and effectively conducting it was severely damaged.
Many times, players of the Longteng team did not pass the ball properly or made mistakes when pressed by Jeonbuk Hyundai, but the Longteng team's counter-pressing was not a vegetarian.
For example, in the 25th minute, Jeonbuk Hyundai used the local numerical advantage formed by running quickly in the frontcourt to cause Lin Feng's passing force on the right side of the Longteng team to be too small, and their midfielder Lee Geun-ho got the ball.
But the moment Lin Feng lost the ball, Rock Gill rushed to grab it. At the same time, Lin Feng quickly defended behind Lee Genho to interfere with him getting the ball. Moreover, in Lee Genho's passing line, players in every position were
Immediately press closely against the player who may receive the ball.
When Lee Genho saw that he could not pass the effective offensive ball, he could only pass it horizontally to Leonardo. Leonardo's side was close to Zhou Zhou. The former made several consecutive fake moves.
Unable to escape, he could only be forced to the sideline step by step. Finally, he hit the ball on Zhou Zhou and let the ball bounce out of the sideline to get a sideline ball.
Seeing this situation on the field, no matter which side of the commentator it was, it seemed very helpless.
Park Moon-seong said: "The competition intensity of the Longteng team is really high. Whether it is physical confrontation or counterattack after losing the ball, they are no worse than Jeonbuk Hyundai. They are also better at passing and receiving.
They are more skilled and more threatening than us. Now Jeonbuk Hyundai can rely on abundant physical fitness to deal with the opponent, but in the second half, the opponent still has more possession of the ball, so the lack of physical fitness must be our side first. I hope coach Cui Kangxi can think of it
The way to crack it.”
He Wei also said at this time: "This should be the most intense game in Asia. The level of pressing between the two sides in the midfield is rare in the entire Chinese Super League. I believe this game is not just a technical and tactical confrontation.
It is also a confrontation between the willpower and spiritual power of both sides.”
And Xu Yang added at the right time: "It is also the time for the stars to play their role."
"Indeed!" He Wei also nodded in agreement with Xu Yang's statement, "In such a close game, the ability to break the deadlock on the court depends on the performance of the stars' personal abilities."
Zhang Sheng was confident in this game because he had foreign players who were far stronger than his opponent - Ben Arfa and Pato. He had given instructions to them before the game: "This game will be very difficult. The second half will be tough."
It just depends on the performance of the two of you."
