From the very beginning of this game, Guangzhou Evergrande blocked Lin Feng's passing line.
In previous games, Lin Feng was able to rely on the connection with Pato and Ben Arfa on the left and right sides, coupled with the quick passing of two full-backs with strong assist ability to tear apart the opponent's defense, but in the face of the overall defense
When Guangzhou Evergrande had a better formation and more reasonable positioning, the Longteng team's offensive speed was greatly reduced.
At the 16th minute of the first half, Guangzhou Evergrande relied on the assist from left back Zou Zheng to bring the battle to the Longteng team's half. In the end, his attack was ended by Zhou Zhou, and the Longteng team launched another attack.
When Zhou Zhou passed the ball to Lin Feng, basically all the players in Guangzhou Evergrande's frontcourt reacted irritably. Goulart blocked Lin Feng's forward pass to Tao Wentao. Players on both sides
It blocked Lin Feng's opportunity to pass to the side.
After Lin Feng got the ball, he observed it and found that there was no chance to pass the ball out immediately for attack. In addition, the Longteng team did not have the habit of directly looking for the forwards from the backcourt, so Lin Feng had to pass the ball to the more advanced players.
Roque Gill, who was at the back, slowed down his pace and looked for opportunities.
At this time, Zou Zheng had already returned to the defensive position, and Guangzhou Evergrande's defense line was already neatly arranged.
Seeing this scene on the court, Zhang Sheng recalled what Scolari often said after coming to Guangzhou Evergrande, and he kept emphasizing his gratitude to his predecessors.
The previous two coaches, including Cannavaro, did leave a lot of positive things to Guangzhou Evergrande.
Zhang Sheng had to start preparing for his next move.
When Lin Feng got the ball again, he waved to Tao Wentao. This was to get Tao Wentao closer to him and give him part of the offensive organization task.
This is the response Zhang Sheng prepared - don't you like the pass that blocks my core? Then I will add another offensive core and see how you defend.
In the 20th minute of the first half, Lin Feng once again took the ball to organize an attack. This time Tao Wentao took the initiative and came over. At this time, the passing skills of the Longteng players were demonstrated. Guangzhou Evergrande’s high
Although Latte was very active in guarding Lin Feng's pass, it was basically impossible for one person to guard against two people's passes.
Lin Feng and Tao Wentao played a very beautiful one-two match in the middle, and Goulart's interference completely lost its effect.
With Lin Feng and Tao Wentao shooting at the same time, Guangzhou Evergrande faced a big crisis in the middle.
According to the understanding in previous games, Lin Feng is usually responsible for linking up and Tao Wentao is responsible for running positions, but this time the Longteng team did the opposite and Tao Wentao was responsible for organizing the offense.
At this time, Paulinho was still following Lin Feng. He did not expect that Lin Feng would hand the ball to Tao Wentao to organize, including another midfielder from Evergrande who was always ready to defend against Lin Feng's pass.
So when Tao Wentao dribbled the ball to attack, Guangzhou Evergrande actually gave him a lot of space. This was an extremely big mistake.
Tao Wentao passed the ball to Nie Jiang very easily, and Nie Jiang was very smart after attracting the opponent's Jin Yingquan, and did not let the ball stay at his feet, but made a beautiful knock back.
Immediately turned around and ran into the penalty area.
Nie Jiang's movement attracted the attention of most of Guangzhou Evergrande's defensive players. In addition, Lin Feng also moved laterally in front of the penalty area in a gesture of preparation. Guangzhou Evergrande's defense was all placed in the middle and left.
road.
Tao Wentao was also facing the left side of the goal at this time, as if he wanted to transfer the attack from the right to the left.
But what no one expected was that Tao Wentao used his left foot to make an extremely concealed diagonal pass to the right. All the players were blinded by Tao Wentao's pass, except for the one who penetrated directly into the penalty area from the right.
Pato.
Because Guangzhou Evergrande completely shifted its defensive focus to the left, the defenders on the right were completely distracted. When Pato entered the penalty area to get the ball, no one from Evergrande followed him to defend.
Faced with such an easy shooting opportunity, Pato did not make any adjustments and directly pushed the shot into the far corner with his left foot. The ball passed Zengcheng's hard-stretched palm and went directly into the net.
The Longteng team broke the deadlock by relying on smart midfield moves and Tao Wentao's hidden passing with his toes pointing east and west, and the score became 1:0.
Duan Xuan was also amazed by Tao Wentao's magical pass: "The Longteng team's offense, Tao Wentao got the ball, it was beautiful, this pass deceived everyone, Pato made it alone, shot! The ball went in
Oh, what a beautiful shot! Beautiful coordination! Evergrande’s defense is so neatly arranged, but it’s still useless.”
Xu Yang also praised Tao Wentao's assist with praise: "It's really beautiful. Such an imaginative pass comes from the feet of a young player who is less than 20 years old. It is amazing enough. Since then,
After Ding Huaiyi left the Longteng team, we originally thought that it would be difficult to see such a wild pass again, but unexpectedly, the Longteng team did not let us down, and Tao Wentao did not let us down."
Zhang Sheng also clapped proudly on the sidelines, his face full of joy when Pato and Tao Wentao rushed up to hug him.
This goal reflects the difference between the Longteng team and all Chinese Super League teams.
In other Chinese Super League teams, the central axis is 100% dominated by foreign players, and domestic players are more in a subordinate position. Foreign players will send a few balls to these domestic players when they are happy, but in most cases, they choose
Come by yourself.
Therefore, in the competition between everyone, as long as the players on the central axis are strictly guarded, the opponent's offense will cost more than half. But in the Longteng team, it is completely the opposite. The players on the central axis are all the top players in the country, and they can run.
Position, able to cooperate, able to connect with foreign players to deliver good shots at critical moments, and even score directly.
On this basis, the Longteng team also has two foreign players who are the best in the Chinese Super League, which is even more terrifying.
Unprepared, this is the feeling of all Chinese Super League teams when playing against the Dragons. Now it is Guangzhou Evergrande's turn to taste this feeling of helplessness.
In fact, if you dig deeper, this goal also has a deeper tactical significance.
At the beginning of the game, although the Longteng team still used the usual forward-less formation, it was still obvious that this forward-less formation was derived from the 4-2-3-1 formation. However, after the attack was blocked, Zhang Sheng immediately
The formation has been changed. It still looks like there is no forward formation, but the core content has become a 4-3-3 formation due to Tao Wentao's retreat.
In 4-2-3-1, Lin Feng is the slightly forward one in the 2, which is the most critical point in this formation. When it changes to 4-3-3, there is a 3 in the middle.
Lin Feng and Tao Wentao are two players who can play key roles.
Guangzhou Evergrande lost the ball because they failed to respond in time, allowing Tao Wentao to gain too much space.
In fact, it is not just the Longteng team. In the AFC Champions League competition in the next few years, many teams will also adopt such a style of play, making Guangzhou Evergrande’s AFC Champions League match extremely difficult. Evergrande’s victory will be even more difficult.
Most of them are miserable or small wins. The reason why victory is still the main factor is that in addition to the relatively strong abilities and reserves of Evergrande players, the self-confidence brought by habitual wins is the most critical factor.
Wait until FC Seoul actually introduces Yojiro Takahagi in order to build a multi-core team (Korean teams rarely introduce Japanese players); players like Jeonbuk Hyundai imitate the tactics of the Japanese team, strengthening the kick and more running without the ball.
If Gamba Osaka makes more tactical adjustments, Evergrande's AFC Champions League will be even more difficult to win.
On the other hand, domestic teams suffer from the lack of good local players, and most of them insist on the "single engine" strategy to allow Evergrande to win again and again.
But Scolari is still a top coach after all. After conceding the ball this time, he immediately realized the problem with his midfield arrangement - it is extremely dangerous to rely on Goulart alone to block the attacks of Lin Feng and Tao Wentao.
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Since the Longteng team pulled Tao Wentao back to play 4-3-3, Scolari decisively asked Paulinho to advance forward. This not only allowed him and Goulart to join forces to destroy the cooperation between Lin Feng and Tao Wentao, but also allowed Paulinho to play 4-3-3.
Neo moved closer to the Longteng team's goal to create scoring opportunities.
So after the kick-off again, Guangzhou Evergrande's formation changed from 4-2-3-1 to 4-1-4-1. Evergrande's pressure in the frontcourt suddenly became more pressing.
In the 27th minute of the first half, Guangzhou Evergrande Paulinho made a key steal in the frontcourt. He immediately grasped Lin Feng's passing line and intercepted the ball halfway.
, Guangzhou Evergrande played a beautiful counterattack.
Because the ball was intercepted in the midfield this time, most of the Longteng team's frontcourt players were in front and did not come back. Only Lin Feng and Rock Gill were behind to intercept the ball in the midfield.
Paulinho took advantage of his Brazilian fellow's proficiency with Goulart. Facing Lin Feng's counterattack and Roque Gill's help, he accurately passed the ball to Goulart.
Because the two defensive midfielders were temporarily out of position, Goulart got a chance to shoot. Facing Ma Yongli's attack, he still got out of the way and shot in front of the penalty area, sending the ball straight into the blind corner.
Fortunately, Huang Dawei's attention was extremely concentrated at this time. He quickly fell to the ground and made a save. He touched the ball with his fingertips. The ball changed its direction slightly, hit the goal post and bounced out of the baseline.
After seeing the shot, Goulart shook his hand regretfully, and Scolari on the sidelines also put his hand on his forehead and sighed.
Duan Xuan also felt sorry for Goulart's shot: "Paulinho sent a second pass, and Goulart also used his personal ability to get rid of the defense of the Longteng players and made an extremely beautiful shot, but it was a pity that it hit
The doorpost."
However, Xu Yang saw some clues: "The main reason for this offense is that Scolari made good adjustments. After the Longteng team asked Tao Wentao to retreat, they had two ball-out points in the midfield.
He immediately let Paulinho go up. Guangzhou Evergrande now has a trend, that is, if Paulinho goes up more, Evergrande's overall performance will be better. Once Paulinho can't go up, it will be difficult for Evergrande.
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From Guangzhou Evergrande's attack, Zhang Sheng was keenly aware of a disadvantage of his team, that is, it is no longer realistic to rely solely on the center to support the offense.
With Paulinho, Guangzhou Evergrande may be confused by the sudden change of formation of the Longteng team, but once they are alert, their midfield, which is dominated by domestic players, will suffer even more. Just now, the Longteng team was defeated in the middle.
Pierced.
Thinking of this, Zhang Sheng walked out of the coaching bench and made a gesture to the players on the wing to press forward.
Zhang Sheng's attitude is very obvious - since I have no chance to attack the center, I will go to the wing and use my powerful players on the wing to suppress you. It is good to open a breakthrough from the wing, even if you cannot directly create a goal from the wing.
, once Evergrande’s center comes to support the wing, the gap in the center will definitely be exposed.
Sure enough, when Lin Feng and Tao Wentao were mainly defensive, and their main task became to assist the players on the wing to attack, Guangzhou Evergrande seemed to be under great pressure on both sides.
The first person to feel this side was Zou Zheng on the left.
As the starting left back in this game, Zou Zheng was preceded by foreign aid Robinho. This is an "old man on a bicycle" who likes to break through but does not like to return to defense.
Historically, since arriving in the Chinese Super League, Robinho's status can only be said to be average. He came to the Chinese Super League with a great reputation. As a result, after half a season, he only left three goals and one assist.
Two of the goals were scored against Shanghai Shenxin, who was extremely weak and had already been relegated.
This kind of performance is really unjustifiable.
Specific to his role in Evergrande's tactical system, it is even more pitiful. Due to his age and condition, the speed advantage for which he is famous is gone, and his long-term habit of playing alone makes him not very good.
He likes to play cooperatively, but what's more terrible is that his defensive awareness and attitude are very poor, which makes Evergrande, who likes to press high, helpless.
Some fans even complained that he was Ronaldo's late-stage speed and Torres' late-stage shooting skills.
Historically, after he left the Chinese Super League and returned to Brazil, Atlético Mineiro played in a mess. He often came on as a substitute and could not run for ten minutes, which made the then head coach Aguirre very unhappy.
The current situation is exactly the same. He was swinging his bicycle in the frontcourt at a not too fast speed, trying to break through Zhou Zhou's defense. Unfortunately, the opponent easily used his physical advantage to squeeze him away and steal the ball.
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Robinho didn't make any defensive moves after the ball was intercepted. He just symbolically stopped Zhou Zhou and then gave up the pursuit.
Zhou Zhou easily dodged his interception and dribbled the ball forward. After seeing Paulinho coming to cover, he immediately passed the ball to Pato.
Because Robinho did not return to defense and Paulinho was out of position, Pato got the opportunity to face Guangzhou Evergrande left back Zou Zheng alone.
Zou Zheng was completely at a disadvantage against Pato, who had already started to speed up, and Evergrande's defense on the left suddenly became turbulent!
