Sure enough, after Ben Alpha saw Wei Zhimin running forward along the sideline, he decisively cut inside.
At this time, Li Xuepeng had to face two choices, either follow Ben Alpha and prevent him from cutting in to the right to pass or shoot, or let his center back step out to defend Ben Alpha and defend Wei Zhimin himself.
In the end, he chose to defend Ben Alpha, who was more threatening.
Ben Alpha's choice was even more wise. When he saw Li Xuepeng following him, he gave the ball to Wei Zhimin without thinking, and at the same time ran towards the penalty area.
The unguarded Wei Zhimin received the pass from Ben Alpha and rushed into the penalty area along the baseline. As the center back, Feng Xiaoting had to put aside the defense in the middle of the penalty area to defend Wei Zhimin.
It should be said that Feng Xiaoting did the right thing. While he prevented Wei Zhimin from shooting directly, he also blocked his pass line from the middle of the penalty area. However, the parallel offensive line was blocked, leaving the gap for the inverted triangle pass exposed.
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Wei Zhimin chose this inverted triangle pass, and he directly found Lin Feng on the penalty area line.
Before, Lin Feng started to move forward after passing the ball. Zheng Zhi was always two positions behind Lin Feng due to his slow start and lack of physical fitness. Now when Lin Feng took the ball and adjusted his shot, Zheng Zhi caught up.
Seeing Lin Feng preparing to shoot without any defense, Zheng Zhi had no choice but to take action. He grabbed Lin Feng's jersey from behind. Lin Feng, who was just about to take the shot, was completely lost under the tug.
Due to the center of gravity, the ball was not kicked accurately and the person fell on the penalty area line.
After Zheng Zhi reached out and committed the foul, Ma Ning blew the whistle decisively and showed Zheng Zhi a yellow card.
Zheng Zhi had no energy to argue at this time. Instead, he held his knees with both hands and kept breathing heavily.
Seeing this scene, Duan Xuan shook his head and said: "Zheng Zhi is really old. He can no longer stand such high-intensity competition and continuous intensive schedule."
Xu Yang also said worriedly: "Guangzhou Evergrande can't do without Zheng Zhi for the time being. His role on the court is self-evident."
Scolari on the sidelines saw it more clearly. He quickly asked Huang Bowen, who was warming up, to come over and said: "You will come up and replace Zheng Zhi later. Your main task after coming on the field is to defend and defend the midfield."
Interception."
The sharp-eyed Duan Xuan saw Scolari's actions, and he introduced: "It seems that Guangzhou Evergrande is going to make a substitution. This is their third substitution. If my guess is good, it should be
It’s Huang Bowen who replaces Zheng Zhi.”
Sure enough, after the Longteng team's free kick was slightly higher than the crossbar by Ben Alpha, Guangzhou Evergrande made substitution adjustments.
Captain Zheng Zhi was replaced by Huang Bowen, and Feng Xiaoting took over the captain's armband from Zheng Zhi.
Zheng Zhi's end also means that Guangzhou Evergrande's tactics have completely retreated. Because compared to Zheng Zhi, Huang Bowen's interception ability in the midfield is really not good. Maybe he has a good kicking ability and a good long-range shot.
, but in terms of the hardness and intensity of midfield defense, it is at least one level behind Zheng Zhi.
In order not to lose the ball, Paulinho could only stand behind Huang Bowen to help him defend. Being further away from the goal would prevent Paulinho from releasing his offensive energy.
Sure enough, in the next game, Huang Bowen faced Tao Wentao, Lin Feng and Roque Gill, and had almost no chance to pass the ball. Paulinho's few long-range shots were also difficult due to the distance from the goal.
Too far away to pose much of a threat.
Guangzhou Evergrande was suppressed again.
This time the suppression was not a simple tactical issue, but more a matter of the strength gap between the players on both sides.
Scolari, who was standing on the sidelines, looked a little helpless. All three of his cards were played. The team was not as strong as the opponent, and the tactics were beyond adjustment except for finding opportunities at set pieces.
Next, the Longteng team and Guangzhou Evergrande played two completely different types of football. The Longteng team relied on the players in the midfield and frontcourt to constantly pass and control the ball to organize the offense. Guangzhou Evergrande retreated across the entire midfield, and the frontcourt only
Gao Lin and Elkeson were left behind, and Feng Xiaoting and Jin Yingquan, who had good footwork in the backcourt, were used to kick high balls and attack with long passes and lobs.
From the scene, it seems that the Dragons played more beautifully, and the mercury-like passing and controlling offense was extremely gorgeous. However, the defensive lineup with Paulinho as the core was extremely tough. As long as the Dragons' offense entered the first thirty meters of the frontcourt,
area, the power of the attack decreases sharply.
On the contrary, Guangzhou Evergrande's long pass and lob play is simple and crude, relying on Elkeson's strong body and extremely fast speed to attack the Longteng team's defense.
In fact, there were not many opportunities for both sides. In the 38th minute of the second half, Ben Alfa continuously broke free from the front edge of the penalty area and then forced his kick to shoot. The ball clearly crossed the arc and went straight to the intersection of the goal post and the lintel.
In the end, it was still a little too high, but this shot also fully demonstrated Ben Alpha's personal ability.
In the 40th minute of the second half, Guangzhou Evergrande retaliated. Feng Xiaoting made a precise long pass from the backcourt and directly found Elkeson. The latter was still stable under the double team of Lu Zhihui and Rock Gill.
He held the ball firmly, and he took advantage of the opportunity to catch the ball and turned around directly. Then Elkeson's non-stop shooting action caused the ball to slightly miss the goal post, which scared Huang Dawei into a cold sweat.
In the last few minutes of the game, Guangzhou Evergrande mustered up its last remaining strength and launched a desperate attack. Zou Zheng, who was playing extremely hard in this game, cut off Pato's ball and ran all the way. Finally, his pass hit Xiao Yunfan.
The bottom line popped up on his body.
Guangzhou Evergrande got a corner kick opportunity.
Faced with this opportunity, Paulinho also rushed into the penalty area. Zheng Long's corner kick really found Paulinho's point. The latter's header was extremely powerful. Fortunately, Huang Dawei made a wonderful move this time.
After making a save, he slapped the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Goulart grabbed the second point again and hit Lu Zhihui with a volley. Then Gao Lin reached the ball again. His shot was too hasty.
, and in the end, he lived up to the nickname of "High Plane", and the ball shot directly into the stands.
This corner kick from Guangzhou Evergrande really frightened Zhang Sheng. Seeing this situation, Zhang Sheng made a decisive substitution. Firstly, he replaced Nie Jiang, who was a little physically weak, with a player, and secondly, in order to delay a little more time.
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Sure enough, when the Longteng team completed the substitution of Zou Weijia for Nie Jiang, the game had already entered injury time.
At this time, the players on the Longteng bench, including members of the coaching staff, were already standing on the sidelines, ready for the end of the game at any time.
Duan Xuan and Xu Yang, who were also in charge of the commentary, kept mumbling: "If it ends with this score, the Longteng team will win the Chinese Super League championship this season."
Xu Yang even said: "Once they can win the championship in their own home court against Guangzhou Evergrande, it will be enough to prove that the Longteng team has stepped on the body of the previous king to ascend to the throne."
In fact, before this game, the Chinese Football Association had sent officials to Jiangcheng with the Vulcan Cup. Obviously, these people from the Football Association were also optimistic that the Longteng team would at least remain undefeated at home.
As long as the Longteng team remains unbeaten, they will be twelve points ahead of Guangzhou Evergrande. With the last four rounds left in the game, plus the two games between the Longteng team and Guangzhou Evergrande, one win and one draw,
According to the rules of the Chinese Super League, the Longteng team will definitely win the championship.
This is actually a very hurtful thing for Guangzhou Evergrande.
The championship trophy of the Chinese Super League is called the Vulcan Cup. This trophy weighs 5.5 kilograms and is composed of pure gold, platinum and Xinjiang Hetian jade. Its value is as high as more than one million yuan.
According to the rules of the Chinese Super League and international practice, whichever team wins the Chinese Super League championship will keep the Vulcan Cup in their own club for one year.
Last season's Chinese Super League champion was Guangzhou Evergrande, so the Vulcan Cup is naturally placed in the Guangzhou Evergrande club, but a replica of that year's Vulcan Cup will be made in the exhibition room.
In other words, the Chinese Football Association made a special trip to Guangzhou to get the Vulcan Cup from the Guangzhou Evergrande Club, and then transported it to Jiangcheng to award the trophy that previously belonged to Guangzhou Evergrande to the Longteng Team.
Although everything was going according to normal procedures, the meaning of slap in the face was really too strong.
So now that the game is about to end, Guangzhou Evergrande's players want to score a goal, and they don't want to be beaten to the championship by the Dragons.
At this time, the players of the Longteng team were indeed extremely nervous, even though a few rounds ago, the Longteng team, which was leading the other teams with a huge advantage, was fully confident that they could win the championship this season.
However, when it came time to win the championship, the players were still in a state of excitement.
During the four minutes of stoppage time, many Longteng players on the court were already spinning their feet. Especially as the midfield organizer, Lin Feng made several passing errors in a row. Such unforced errors
It's very rare that it happens to him.
Although Zhang Sheng was extremely nervous at this time, he still had to stand on the sidelines and roar, hoping to stabilize the situation on the court through his shouting.
However, it seemed that the effect was not obvious. In the second minute of stoppage time, Lin Feng made another mistake in the midfield. His counterattack led to him receiving a yellow card.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Sheng had to make one last adjustment, which was to use his last substitution spot.
After Guangzhou Evergrande's free kick was pushed out of the baseline by Elkeson, Zhang Sheng replaced Lin Feng with Zhang Hao. In addition to replacing a B2B midfielder with a defensive midfielder, this substitution was intended to
In addition to strengthening the defense, another idea is very simple, which is to delay time, because when Lin Feng ends the game as captain, he hands the captain's armband to another player. As the second captain, Zhou Zhou is not on the court. In the end, Lin Feng ran to
In his own penalty area, he handed the armband to the third captain Ma Yongli.
As the referee, Ma Ning also began to look at his watch frequently at this time.
Zhang Hao's appearance and Lin Feng's armband exchange reduced the tense atmosphere on the court a lot. The Longteng team finally returned to normal a little. After Huang Dawei set up the goal kick, he made a move to let his teammates press on. In fact,
In the end, it was a short pass and the ball was handed to Ma Yongli.
Seeing the actions of the Longteng team, Guangzhou Evergrande obviously knew that the opponent wanted to pass the ball slowly to consume the last bit of time. Gao Lin and Elkeson immediately rushed to grab Ma Yongli's ball.
Ma Yongli, who was wearing the captain's armband on his arm, showed his captain's ability. He quickly passed the ball to Wei Zhimin, who came to respond. Wei Zhimin handed the ball to Lu Zhihui under the pressure of Guangzhou Evergrande players. Lu Zhihui passed the ball to Lu Zhihui.
It was returned to goalkeeper Huang Dawei.
Seeing the way the Longteng team passed the ball, the fans in the stands made loud mocking noises, but the targets of ridicule were the Guangzhou Evergrande players. After all, this is the home court of the Longteng team.
After Huang Dawei caught the ball, he passed the ball to Xiao Yunfan again. Xiao Yunfan did the opposite this time and sent the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot. Zou Weijia, who was on the front line, used his physical advantage to get the ball and then put it
The ball was given to Pato.
At this time, Pato's rich experience was reflected. He took the ball straight to the corner flagpole of Guangzhou Evergrande, then stretched out his arms and tightly protected the ball between himself and the corner flagpole.
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Behind Pato were Paulinho and Zou Zheng. They kept using their bodies to hit Pato and at the same time hooking the ball with their feet, hoping to get the ball.
Finally, Paulinho's foot touched the football and kicked the ball out of the baseline. The Longteng team got a corner kick.
Zou Zhengze angrily yelled and complained to Maning, arguing that Pato poked the ball out to get a goal kick.
Unfortunately, all he received was a yellow card from Ma Ning.
Seeing this scene, the fans on the sidelines burst into teasing laughter.
Duan Xuan also said anxiously: "The players from Guangzhou Evergrande should stop arguing at this time and let the players from the Longteng team serve quickly."
But Duan Xuan underestimated Pato's experience. He stood in the corner kick position, played with the ball for a while, called Tao Wentao over, and then took this tactical corner kick.
After Tao Wentao passed the ball back to Pato, Pato once again protected the ball at the corner flagpole.
At this time, the Guangzhou Evergrande players were completely angry. Paulinho used his hands and feet to knock Pato down.
Pato immediately covered his legs and kept rolling on the ground, looking extremely painful. Maning also came over to separate the players on both sides.
Although Pato's series of actions are not above board, they are within the scope allowed by football rules.
Ma Ning came over and warned: "As long as you lie on the ground, I will make up the extra time."
After hearing the warning, Pato quickly stood up as if nothing happened. Anyway, our side had already got the set piece, so there was no need to delay any longer.
Sure enough, Pato passed the ball and hit the ball hard into the penalty area. Zou Weijia failed to get the ball due to the interference of many Guangzhou Evergrande defensive players.
When the Guangzhou Evergrande players were about to take the ball and attack immediately, four minutes of stoppage time had already passed. Maning decisively blew the whistle to end the game.
The Longteng team won the Chinese Super League championship in the 2015 season.
