Amidst Xu Yang's nagging, the Bahraini referee Abdullah gave a long whistle, and the game officially started.
After Duan Xuan quickly introduced the starting players of both sides, he specifically mentioned: "This is the second time that Longteng and Guangzhou Evergrande have met in the knockout rounds of the AFC Champions League. Last year, the two teams met in the quarter-finals.
They met together in the AFC Champions League and formed the first "Chinese Super League Derby" in the AFC Champions League. At that time, although the two teams had no winner in the two games, the Longteng team played 2:2 at home and Guangzhou Evergrande played at home.
The tie ended at 1:1. In the end, Guangzhou Evergrande relied on the advantage of more away goals to advance to the semi-finals. However, both games were played at a very high level and the two sides could be regarded as a battle of wits and courage. Now one year has passed.
We look forward to both parties giving us another Chinese Derby feast!"
Xu Yang took advantage of the situation where both sides played a little cautiously after the start and quickly introduced: "The teams are still the same two teams, but both sides have changed a lot. In the two games last year, the Longteng team was still a new team in the Chinese Super League.
Pato, the absolute core player, was injured and missed the game. Ben Arfa was not very skilled in cooperating with the team. But at that time, Ivo was still there. Ivo even scored the leading goal in the second round. Of course, in the first round,
Wen Kai, who scored the goal, and Ding Huaiyi and McGowan, who played well at the time, are no longer in the team. Their captain Shu Jun has even transferred to rival Guangzhou Evergrande. Guangzhou Evergrande has undergone even greater changes. The head coach has changed from
Lippi became Scolari. In terms of foreign aid, the previous Gilardino and Diamanti had changed. The Brazilian combination of Paulinho and Goulart replaced the previous Italian combination. The core players
The game and style of play have completely changed, and only Elkerson, who performed well before, is still on the team."
"Elkerson is definitely a big-time player." Duan Xuan took over, "I'm very much looking forward to his performance in this game."
But at this time, the situation on the field at Guangzhou Evergrande was in great contrast to Duan Xuan's expectations.
Scolari has the unique stubbornness of this top coach in using Elkeson. Elkeson on the field now helps Goulart more by creating space and pulling out to the side, that is,
It is said that Elkeson is the wingman and Goulart is the main attacker.
For example, in the fifth minute of the first half, Guangzhou Evergrande began to try to organize the first attack. Elkeson used his own ability to distract the defensive attention of Ma Yongli and defensive midfielder Rock Gill.
, As a result, Gaola Teqi was ignored, and his long shot in front of the penalty area almost broke through the Longteng team's goal. Fortunately, Lin Feng followed him closely, so that his shot was affected to a certain extent.
Seeing Goulart's shot, Duan Xuan shouted loudly: "Oh oh oh! Goulart, long shot, the football flew out against the goal post. Guangzhou Evergrande's first shot was very effective.
Threat, it seems that Goulart is in very good condition today."
Zhang Sheng on the sidelines was also extremely decisive. He made a gesture to the court, asking Ma Yongli and Lu Zhihui to change positions, and let Lu Zhihui be responsible for the top defense against Elkeson, because Lu Zhihui was in physical confrontation.
Better than Ma Yongli, he is not weak even when facing Elkeson.
It should be said that Zhang Sheng's adjustment was very timely. In the eighth minute, Guangzhou Evergrande launched another attack. Paulinho cooperated with Zheng Zhi in the middle, again putting pressure on the Longteng team's middle defense. Elkson was first
Time came out of the penalty area to create a gap for Goulart, and Goulart inserted diagonally into the penalty area.
This time it was Elkeson who made the transition in the middle. After receiving Paulinho's pass, he leaned against Lu Zhihui with his body, then used his butt to hit the latter, trying to turn around and pass the ball to Goulart.
, but this time he was disappointed. Under the squeeze of Elkeson, Lu Zhihui can be said to be as stable as a rock.
It is extremely difficult for a player to pass a good ball to the attacker without turning around. Moreover, Elkerson is not the kind of center with strong assist ability. His more ability is reflected in destroying cities and strongholds.
superior.
Therefore, Elkerson, who had no advantage in continuous physical confrontation in a very short period of time, could only choose to pass the ball back to Paulinho, and Goulart's smart forward penetration became useless.
Paulinho's next long shot was too far and did not pose much of a threat.
Goulart, who had sprinted in vain, seemed a little unhappy. The timing and route of his forward thrust were very successful, but it was in vain that no one was delivering the shells. After he came out of the penalty area, he shot toward Elk
Sen stretched out his hands to show that he passed the ball immediately.
Elkeson also raised his hand to show that he understood.
Although Elkson did this action, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart. As a center, he takes shooting and attacking tasks for granted, but now he has to play a supporting role. Of course he is not happy.
In fact, this is also related to Goulart's playing habits.
As a former Brazilian international, Goulart is known as an attacking midfielder and has certain abilities in organizing offense, but it was his goals that allowed him to enter the national team.
Goulart helped Cruzeiro win the Brazilian Serie A championship with 10 goals and 15 goals in the 2013 and 2014 seasons respectively. In both seasons, he had 5 assists.
It can be seen that Goulart is an "offensive midfielder" rather than an "organizational midfielder" like Konka.
In fact, after Goulart scored 5 goals in his first 3 official games after coming to Guangzhou Evergrande, most people were saying that Guangzhou Evergrande spent 16 million euros.
It's really worth it, but some people have vaguely raised a question: Is Evergrande's main intention in introducing Goulart to score goals? His help to Ai Shen, in addition to "directly scoring goals for you",
Is there any other more reasonable way?
With Elkson's ability, football intelligence and emotional intelligence, it is natural for him to create opportunities for his teammates, and he does not have too many complaints. But if Elkson does not get strong support from his teammates, especially those who have invested heavily in
The "correct help" given is a bit unfair to Elkson. You must know that Goulart's first official goal came from Elkson's header. The former
Why can't we reciprocate the favor?
It would be wrong to say that Goulart does not have this ability.
During the period when Elkeson was injured continuously, Goulart frequently acted as an organizer. He had wonderful ball blocking in the middle, and his distribution arrangements in front of the penalty area increased significantly. Yu Hanchao once scored a goal.
The winning goal also came from Goulart's high-quality pass from the wing.
Goulart definitely has the ability to be a "organizational midfielder" in the Chinese Super League! There must be other reasons why he doesn't do it.
Therefore, Elkeson's most relaxed and happy period at Evergrande was when Conca was on the team. Because Conca is a standard "organizing midfielder" whose technical ability is absolutely superior to that of Asia.
Even though the performance of Diamanti and Gilardino last season was not satisfactory, with Lippi clearly ordering Diamanti to retreat, the "Diamond" can continue to mobilize fighters through his ability to dispatch medium and long passes.
, coupled with Gilardino's "bridgehead" containment effect, even if Ai Shen must be sidelined in his position, he can still get a lot of help and create a lot of opportunities.
It can be seen from this that the only thing that made Elkerson unhappy on the court was not only his physical troubles, but also the head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Historically, it was not without reason that Elkerson left Guangzhou Evergrande and Scolari brought in Jackson Martinez, because Scolari wanted a strong, restraining player at the center position.
Of course, some unscrupulous reporters, such as Zhao, said that when Brazil lost 1:7 to Germany, Elkeson went to the kitchen to warm up some bread when he was hungry, and when he came back, he found that the score had become 0:3.
Elkeson said that even if he and the Chinese players from Evergrande played against Germany, they would not score 1:7. This is obviously a rumor.
It's just that when Elkeson left Guangzhou Evergrande, he specifically thanked the club and Lippi. He even later said that he was happy to cooperate with a high-level coach like Eriksson, except for Scolari.
Obviously there are still thoughts in mind.
As a time traveler, Zhang Sheng certainly knew how Scolari used Elkerson, and he also made targeted arrangements for such tactics.
Next, as the bridgehead, Elkeson was "taken care of" by Lu Zhihui and Rock Gill in turns. The ball passed to his feet and head by Guangzhou Evergrande always caused the offense to pause.
Scolari, who was standing on the sidelines, frowned tightly, thinking about how to solve this problem through adjustments, because now Guangzhou Evergrande's offensive is extremely fierce, and such an offensive is completely through the players' crazy running and
The confrontation is supporting, but this situation cannot last long. It is impossible for any team to continue with such high intensity. Once they cannot score goals when their physical fitness is at their best, it will be difficult to say what will happen next.
Soon Scolari adjusted the position of the players on the field. Goulart and Elkeson, who were previously concentrated in the middle, both moved slightly to the side, forming a double center impact situation. Guangzhou Evergrande started from the game.
The initial 4-2-3-1 formation became a 4-2-2-2 formation.
This tactical adjustment is a very routine change for Scolari.
When he coached the Brazilian national team for the second time, he was most stubborn about a few points.
First of all, he always likes to use the front line as a bridgehead. When he coached Brazil for the second time, he no longer had a world-class shooter like Ronaldo. He still insisted on using a pure No. 9 and reused Fred under heavy pressure, rather than using a striker-less formation.
The second is that he likes to use wide players with strong up and down assist ability to convert 4231 into 4222. After Neymar began to receive the attention of Scolari, he began to lean more towards the center, close to the goal, and Fred (or if)
A double arrow is formed. At this time, Oscar moves from the center to the left, echoing William's left and right, and the two move inward appropriately, vacating the corridor on the wing for the full-back to attack.
Finally, Scolari also made a change to the 3-4-3 formation, which was just like the formation in the 2002 World Cup, relying on three central defenders and double midfielders to defend the defense line, with the wing backs and the 3R in the frontcourt cooperating through cross movements.
To penetrate the opponent's defense. However, Guangzhou Evergrande does not have such personnel reserves now.
When Scolari changed the formation, Zhang Sheng had expected all this, so Zhang Sheng immediately made adjustments, that is, taking advantage of the weakness of 4222, which does not have pure wingers and can only rely on full-backs for assists.
Let Pato and Yu Bo keep attacking the gap left by the two full-backs of Guangzhou Evergrande after assisting; at the same time, when Lin Feng and Roque Gildo entangled the two forward midfielders Huang Bowen and Zheng Long, they blocked the two midfielders.
The forward's route to deliver the ball; in the end, let Tao Wentao and Nie Jiang defend more, harass Zheng Zhi and Paulinho, and prevent them from easily getting the ball.
Sure enough, in the next game, Guangzhou Evergrande played very awkwardly.
In the 15th minute of the first half, the right wing composed of Huang Bowen and Liu Jian launched an attack on the Long Teng team's left wing. At the same time, Goulart also came to support.
As a unique advantage of the 4222 tactic, it is able to pass the threatening ball in the opponent's two ribs, and this method of passing the threatening ball has an inherent routine, which is a one-two collision between the front midfielder and the forward.
Formula fit.
This time the players of Guangzhou Evergrande chose exactly this method.
As the full-back Liu Jian who came up as an assist, he was actually just a cover to distract the Dragons' defensive attention. The real killer still had to rely on Huang Bowen and Goulart.
Sure enough, when Liu Jian was sliding along the wing, Huang Bowen feinted his ankle to pass to Liu Jian, then suddenly changed direction and passed the ball to Goulart, who came out of the penalty area to respond.
Te's retracement allowed Ma Yongli to follow him, and the man who filled in for Ma Yongli was Rock Gill who came back from the midfielder position.
Rock Gill's movement was the key point that Zhang Sheng emphasized many times before the game, which was to prevent the opponent from taking advantage of the gap left by the central defender. Sure enough, Goulart did not let the ball pass under his feet in front of the penalty area.
Instead of staying, it was a very hidden foot that knocked the ball diagonally. After the ball was touched, the direction it ran was exactly the direction Huang Bowen ran after passing the ball.
As early as when Huang Bowen passed the ball, Yu Bo, as a full midfielder, was already following Huang Bowen. When Goulart passed the ball, Yu Bo immediately squeezed his body.
Qiqi, when Huang Bowen, who weighs just over 130 kilograms, meets Yu Bo, who is 1.86 meters tall and weighs nearly 160 kilograms, you can imagine the consequences.
In such a half chance ball, it depends on whose confrontation ability is stronger. It is obvious that Yu Bo won this time.
After Yu Bo squeezed Huang Bowen away, he immediately chose Guangzhou Evergrande's weakest spot after getting the ball, which was the right wing that was now completely open.
Yu Bo's pass directly found Xiao Yunfan, who quickly came in from the wing.
It should be said that at this time, Yu Bo and Xiao Yunfan's tacit understanding of playing together since childhood came into play. The former knew the latter's speed and touch habits very well. His passing happened to be the most comfortable place for Xiao Yunfan to catch the ball. Correspondingly,
The one who was following Xiao Yunfan was Liu Jian, who was chasing after him crazily.
Seeing Xiao Yunfan cross the half-court, and when he was about to reach the 30-meter defensive zone of Guangzhou Evergrande, a Evergrande player rushed over and used an extremely beautiful slide tackle to the ground to scoop the ball from Xiao Yunfan's feet.
