Zhang Sheng's first step in adjusting his tactics was to signal to Ma Yongli and ask him to play a long pass.
As the Long Teng team's player with the strongest long-passing ability on the field, when his team's passing control in the midfield is blocked by the oppressive defense, Ma Yongli's passing can perfectly combine long and short offense.
In the 20th minute of the second half, the Longteng team's midfield transmission was forced back to its own half. Guangzhou Evergrande's overall formation also moved forward to press. At this time, the football also happened to be at Ma Yongli's feet.
As soon as Ma Yongli got the ball, Elkeson's press came closer. Ma Yongli also passed the ball to Lu Zhihui very wisely. After Lu Zhihui got the ball, Elkeson ran towards him again. Lu Zhihui didn't even think about it.
, handed the ball to Ma Yongli again.
At this time, Guangzhou Evergrande's players were pressing in the frontcourt. They were all pressing higher up. Ma Yongli made a little observation after receiving the ball and passed the ball to the frontcourt with a long pass.
While Ma Yongli passed the ball, Pato cleverly made a move to retreat and then suddenly advance forward. He was in an offside position before retreating, so Feng Xiaoting did not take his running seriously at first.
But when Ma Yongli touched the ball and passed the ball, Pato had already retreated to a position parallel to Feng Xiaoting. By the time Feng Xiaoting reacted, Pato seemed to have successfully caught Ma Yongli's pass by countering offside.
Pato, who was running with the ball at high speed, shocked the Evergrande players because now Pato has become a one-man player.
After being single, Pato faced the attacking goalkeeper Zengcheng and pushed a beautiful ground ball. The ball passed through the armpit of Zengcheng, who was lying on the ground, and went into the net.
After scoring, Pato raised his hands excitedly and ran to the sidelines to celebrate the goal.
The defenders of Guangzhou Evergrande all raised their hands to indicate that the ball was offside.
The referee Abdullah was not sure whether the goal was offside. He went directly to the linesman on the sidelines and asked him about the result of the goal.
After the linesman exchanged a few words with Abdullah, the latter pointed his hand to the place where Pato had just received the ball, indicating that the ball was an offside kick.
Seeing this penalty, the Guangzhou Evergrande fans were satisfied. They all clapped vigorously to express their gratitude to the referee for the change of decision, but this time it was the turn of the Longteng players and the people in the coaching bench to be dissatisfied.
Zhang Sheng quickly complained to the fourth official on the sidelines about the penalty.
Since video referees had not yet been introduced into football rules at this time, the final decision on the field was entirely up to the referee. The fourth official ignored Zhang Sheng's protest. Of course, he was also safeguarding the authority of the referee.
Regarding this penalty, Duan Xuan and Xu Yang did not dare to rush to a conclusion. Instead, they both said in unison: "There should be a slow-motion replay later. Whether it was a misjudgment or not will be clear later."
Sure enough, the broadcast camera soon showed the slow motion of the goal. Judging from the slow motion playback, before Ma Yongli passed the ball, Pato was indeed in an offside position, but when Ma Yongli passed the ball,
Pato had already retreated. The moment Ma Yongli kicked the ball, Pato's position was basically parallel to Feng Xiaoting's. However, because Pato's starting speed was too fast, his arm reached out before Feng Xiaoting. At the same time, his body
It was also half a body offside.
This offside penalty is indeed correct. It should be said that Ma Yongli and Pato did not have a tacit understanding of long passes after getting the ball.
The Long Teng team's long pass attack did not result in an effective goal this time. Instead, it had the counter-effect of alerting the enemy. The next few long passes of the Long Teng team were easily missed by Guangzhou Evergrande players either because Ma Yongli's long pass was not accurate enough.
either got it, or simply passed it to a place where the Dragons players couldn't reach it.
Ma Yongli's non-stop passing attracted the attention of the Guangzhou Evergrande players, because every pass in the backcourt came from his feet. Before, Elkeson and Goulart were often between Ma Yongli and Lu Zhihui.
After running back and forth and fighting for the ball, they later discovered that the ball would always return to Ma Yongli's feet. Under Scolari's instructions, they simply stared at Ma Yongli.
In desperation, Ma Yongli handed over the ball-playing task to Lu Zhihui, and the accuracy of the latter's long passes was even more unreliable.
It should be said that the last penalty had a psychological impact on the Longteng team, but it was a great encouragement to Guangzhou Evergrande.
The Longteng team seems a bit impatient with their frequent backcourt plays, and Guangzhou Evergrande's offensive threat in the middle is becoming more and more threatening.
Shortly after the Longteng team's offside kick, Guangzhou Evergrande scored.
In the 30th minute of the second half, after continuously pressing the Longteng team's center, Guangzhou Evergrande aimed their target at the right guarded by Xiao Yunfan.
After Zheng Long received the pass from Paulinho, he did not send the ball to the center again, but gave it to Elkeson on the left. This time Elkeson and Zheng Long made a collision-like cooperation.
After Zheng Long got the ball, he did not rush into the penalty area. He turned around and handed the ball to Paulinho in the middle. After Paulinho got the ball, he played a one-two with Zheng Long again.
What the Longteng team did before was to block the one-two on the wing, which made many of Guangzhou Evergrande's attacks useless. This time, they did not expect that after the one-two on the wing had no effect, their attack on the wing was just a cover.
The real focus is on the middle.
After a one-two with Zheng Long, Paulinho got rid of Roque Gil's defense and had an opportunity to shoot from the front of the penalty area. At this time, Roque Gil pulled him down without even thinking.
For this foul, Roque Gill not only received a yellow card and was unable to play in the next round, but also gave Guangzhou Evergrande a free kick opportunity in a good position.
In fact, this is also a microcosm of the Longteng team's performance in the middle of this game. Paulinho's forward threat was too great, which put the Longteng team in an extremely passive situation in the middle.
Guangzhou Evergrande attaches great importance to this free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. In addition to Paulinho standing in front of the ball, Huang Bowen is also covering him.
Sure enough, it was Paulinho who took the free throw in the end. Before he took the free throw, Huang Dawei kept directing his teammates to line up on the wall, hoping to block all Paulinho's shooting angles.
When the referee blew the whistle for the penalty kick, Paulinho used the power of his run-up to hit the ball hard.
Paulinho's shot was a ground ball that hit the ground. Just when the Longteng players jumped up, it passed under their feet. Facing this extremely fast and powerful shot, he waited until
When Huang Dawei fell to the ground and went to save the ball, it was already too late.
After Guangzhou Evergrande attacked the Big Ten for dozens of minutes, they finally got the reward.
Duan Xuan was also completely impressed by Paulinho's ability: "Guangzhou Evergrande should thank Paulinho for this goal. He organized the offense by himself, created free kicks by himself, and then scored by himself. In addition, he played in the midfield before
Many key steals, what is a B2B midfielder? This is a model of B2B midfielder!"
"His ability is the same as Pato's, and he is definitely more than one level higher than the entire Chinese Super League players." Xu Yang also praised, "And his position is more critical than Pato. This position in the middle of the midfield is the backbone of a team.
, when this position improves, the entire team improves."
Zhang Sheng felt that he was indeed responsible for this conceded goal. Paulinho often pushed forward after the opening, but he still only focused on Evergrande's wing attack. When the task of organizing the offense shifted from Evergrande's two
When the attacking midfielder became Paulinho, he did not make any corresponding arrangements at all. He let go of marking the opponent's core personnel, and conceding the ball became inevitable.
It is not that Guangzhou Evergrande has no weaknesses now, and the weaknesses are very obvious, that is, they are pressing the attack now, and the gap behind them is extremely large. However, there is indeed no long-term player with an extremely beautiful kick among the players on the field.
Pass to the person who breaks down the opponent's defense.
Thinking of this, Zhang Sheng turned around and looked at his bench, and soon his eyes were fixed on Cao Jinghao.
This young player in 1998 is a cooperative player. He has a particularly big advantage, that is, he has good long passing skills, but his current ability is not enough to confront the opponent's players in the midfield.
How to arrange his position is a question.
Thinking of this, Zhang Sheng had his own idea. He asked Cao Jinghao and his teammates to warm up first and prepare for substitutions.
At this time, the Longteng team on the field seemed a little confused because they had to guard against attacks from the wings and Paulinho's forward penetration in the center.
After Cao Jinghao and his teammates finished warming up, Zhang Sheng asked the other players to rest, called Cao Jinghao alone, and then said: "Our form on the field is a bit passive now. The main reason is that no one is giving anything to the teammates on the forward line.
Good goal. Ma Yongli is looked down upon by the opponent very much now. I need you to go up and break this situation. After you go up, you can take Zhou Zhou's position and play as a full-back. You don't need to go to the midfield to confront the opponent. You are still capable now.
If it’s not enough, just guard the wings and give good balls to your forwards, using your favorite long pass.”
Cao Jinghao was very excited to be able to play in such a game and play as a savior.
Zhang Sheng's substitution also made Duan Xuan and Xu Yang a little confused, because Cao Jinghao, as a player who is less than 17 years old, is too young. Now he is playing left midfielder to replace Zhou who is left back.
Zhou, everyone is a little confused.
But they soon found out.
This time Guangzhou Evergrande naturally aimed their attack at the left guarded by Cao Jinghao, but Cao Jinghao was far more mature than they thought.
Under Zhang Sheng's instructions, Yu Bo, as a full midfielder, provided excellent defensive assistance to Cao Jinghao, while Cao Jinghao fully utilized his characteristics - first-class running, passing and receiving abilities.
When Goulart and Huang Bowen came to press, Cao Jinghao first handed the ball to Yu Bo, and then Yu Bo handed the ball to Lin Feng, who came to respond. Lin Feng's retreat allowed Paulinho to come over and participate in the press. At this time, Cao Jinghao
With no one around to defend him, Lin Feng pushed back and handed the ball to Cao Jinghao.
In the few seconds when Lin Feng passed the ball, Cao Jinghao had already looked up and observed his teammates on the forward line - Pato was now under tight surveillance and could not start. Next to Tao Wentao was Zheng Zhi, the only one.
Only Nie Jiang was shorted.
Seeing this situation, Cao Jinghao made his own judgment. When Lin Feng's ball came over, he did not make any adjustments, but directly made a long pass. The ball passed Goulart who came to press, and passed the midfielder.
Zheng Zhi, who jumped up and raised his head, flew directly to Nie Jiang's side. At this time, Nie Jiang happened to bypass Feng Xiaoting's defense by running and inserted through the space between Jin Yingquan and Feng Xiaoting.
The Guangzhou Evergrande players reacted and began to pursue desperately. Duan Xuan also shouted loudly: "The Long Teng team's long pass counterattack came from Cao Jinghao's long pass."
At this time, Jin Yingquan was the last line of defense, and Feng Xiaoting was chasing behind Nie Jiang. Facing Nie Jiang's constant changes in direction while dribbling the ball at high speed, it should be said that Jin Yingquan raised his concentration to the limit, retreating while defending.
Be ready to follow Nie Jiang's changes in direction at any time to intercept Nie Jiang's ball.
At this time, Nie Jiang's honed foot skills were effective. While dribbling the ball at high speed, he firmly controlled the ball at the most suitable distance under his feet. Jin Yingquan did not dare to take a shot at all. Instead, he was knocked down by Nie Jiang's continuous shaking.
I can't keep my center of gravity anymore.
Soon Jin Yingquan's balance reached the limit. Facing Nie Jiang's another change of direction and acceleration, he could only try his best to stretch out his foot to see if he could break the ball. Unfortunately, his legs were not strong at all.
After touching the ball, just when Nie Jiang was about to go solo, Feng Xiaoting, who was catching up from behind, grabbed Nie Jiang's jersey, then quickly stopped his hand and extended his hand to show that he had not touched it.
Nie Jiang, who was running at high speed, was pulled away and completely lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground. He immediately began to complain to the referee who ran over panting.
The referee looked at the foul very carefully and without thinking, he showed Feng Xiaoting a yellow card and gave the Longteng team a well-positioned free kick in the frontcourt.
The Guangzhou Evergrande players did not argue with this penalty. After all, the foul was still obvious. However, the Longteng players stopped because if Feng Xiaoting did not pull this move, Nie Jiang would most likely have a chance to score a goal alone.
The referee could have given him a red card and sent him off.
Duan Xuan also said: "The referee should be merciful. Although Nie Jiang still has Jin Yingquan in front of him, he has lost his center of gravity. With Feng Xiaoting's pull, Nie Jiang's single sword was gone. Maybe he took into account the factor of the home court.
, Feng Xiaoting only received a yellow card."
"Getting a yellow card is just a way to avoid this game." Xu Yang said, "Feng Xiaoting had a yellow card. If he gets another one this time, he will be suspended in the next round! To be honest, Scolari
I guess I have to worry about the lineup for the next round.”
"It should be said that it was Cao Jinghao who made the contribution." Duan Xuan changed the topic and said, "I asked coach Zhang Sheng why he replaced him because of his long pass."
At this time, the broadcaster was playing the slow motion of Long Teng's attack, which happened to show Cao Jinghao facing Lin Feng's pass. He passed the ball directly without stopping and found Nie Jiang's running position extremely accurately.
"Tsk tsk! Look at this kick." Xu Yang also praised, "There are really too many good players in the Longteng team."
