I have to say that Urawa Red Diamonds are still very resilient.
After continuously attacking the Longteng team's defense line with no results, they also started the same routine as the Longteng team - counterattack in the frontcourt.
As a team with a three-centre-back system, counter-attacking is something that must be learned in order to prevent its weak defense from being attacked. Therefore, Urawa Red Diamonds are very experienced in this area. After all, they also practice this.
It’s been more than four years.
They are also three central defenders. These three central defenders of the Longteng team are much more reliable. They are all genuine central defenders. Their defensive experience and ability are much more reliable than those of Urawa Red Diamonds. Of course
, Compared with the Urawa Red Diamonds, one thing that the Long Teng defenders are inferior to is their kicking skills.
However, Zhang Sheng's tactical arrangements are much more flexible than Petrovic's. The three central defenders are pressed hard by their opponents. If they cannot use short passes to attack the position, they can directly pass long passes to the frontcourt.
The pivot of Chávez and Nie Jiang.
Among them, Chavez plays a particularly important role in the frontcourt. He is 1.87 meters tall and has extremely strong ability to hold the ball with his back and head the ball. The long pass sent by the Longteng team from the backcourt, he and Urawa
The Red Diamond defender's confrontation success rate is as high as over 80%. This efficiency puts great pressure on Urawa Red Diamond's defense.
Especially when Urawa Red Diamonds invested a lot of troops in the frontcourt to participate in the counterattack, their defense was short of manpower, which gave the Longteng team many opportunities.
In the 39th minute of the first half, the Longteng team finally seized a chance.
This time it was Ma Yongli who escaped the pressure of Urawa Red Diamonds in the backcourt. A long pass directly found Chavez. He jumped high and used his chest to steadily unload the ball, and then passed the ball back.
To Nie Jiang.
After getting the ball, Nie Jiang faced Yuki Abe's defense and passed the ball to Xiang Tiange on the right. Xiang Tiange used his speed to get rid of Takuya Aoki from the backcourt and assisted. There was no one around him.
to defend him.
Such a relaxed environment allowed Xiang Tiange's speed advantage to be fully utilized. After inserting between the two central defenders of Urawa Red Diamonds, he knocked the ball horizontally to Nie Jiang.
Nie Jiang just entered the penalty area and pushed the ball without stopping. The ball drew an arc and penetrated into the gate of Urawa Red Diamonds.
The Longteng team made another quick counterattack and attacked the Urawa Red Diamonds goal, extending the score to 2:0.
Liu Jiayuan shouted happily: "The Dragons scored a goal, a shot from Nie Jiang." After that, he turned his attention to Chavez, who did perform extremely well even though he did not score a goal, "Ben Alpha just showed us
How to use breakthroughs to reflect his personal abilities. Now Chavez has fully demonstrated the fulcrum role of the center. He took the ball with his back in the frontcourt, made the ball, turned around and pushed forward, and suppressed Urawa Kurenai by himself.
Get through the two central defenders here."
"Perhaps Pato's performance before was too dazzling, which made everyone focus on him. In fact, several other foreign players in the Longteng team are also very capable. Now that Pato is gone, everyone has shown their talents.
Light." Liu Jiayuan then sighed, "First Ben Alpha, then Chavez, and of course our young player Nie Jiang, all of them showed their fangs. Coach Zhang Sheng's individualized teaching is really outstanding.
Targeted."
The score of 2:0 made the Longteng fans on the sidelines watch with great interest, but also demoralized Urawa Red Diamonds to the extreme.
Petrovic could only ask the team to retreat across the board and defend the last few minutes of the first half.
It should be said that this choice was wise, because in the last few minutes of the first half, the high-spirited Longteng team used the half-time mad attack commonly used by J-League teams, leaving Urawa Red Diamonds in front of the goal.
Danger abounds.
Urawa Red Diamonds relied entirely on the tactics of stacking defensive personnel and blocking the eye-catching way to survive these difficult minutes.
Relying on the retracted defense of as many as eight players, Shusaku Nishikawa's excellent performance, and good luck, Urawa Red Diamonds finally heard the referee's whistle to end the first half.
"The first half of the game is over." Before the Longteng team scored, Liu Jiayuan also said regretfully, "The Longteng team failed to expand the score, but if the opponent does not make any obvious improvement in the second half, the game will be very difficult to win."
During the halftime break, Petrovic replaced Ljubijankic and replaced him with the team's pseudo-center Shinzo Hingryu.
In the J-League, there is no doubt about Ljubijankic's performance, because his height of 1.86 meters makes him very special in the J-League, which generally does not pay attention to physical collisions and ignores headers. He always plays well in the J-League.
Can serve as a fulcrum in the frontcourt.
But when facing a Chinese Super League team, especially a team like the Dragons, Ljubjankic didn't have much inspiration.
Just look at the three central defenders of the Longteng team and you will know that Du Zhenyu is 1.88 meters tall, Lu Zhihui is 1.87 meters tall, and Ma Yongli is 1.84 meters tall. No matter which one they are, they can completely carry it when facing Ljubijankic.
live.
Since the high center is not effective, Petrovic's first choice is to simply use a more flexible pseudo-center to gain advantage through movement.
Shinzo Koro is very similar to Shinji Okazaki, who is currently playing in the Premier League Leicester City team. During the game, he kept running back and forth, connecting, connecting, and fighting. He is a troublemaker with the ability to score goals.
stick.
Petrovic also counted on Xing Lu Shinzo to save the situation in the second half.
After the start of the second half, Koro Shinzo was indeed much better than Ljubiyankic. He was said to be the center, but he switched positions with the two shadow forwards too frequently. Behind him, Muto Yuki and Umezaki Tsukasa kept switching positions.
position, and these three people also perform their own duties. Yuki Muto is responsible for breakthroughs, Tsukasa Umezaki is responsible for passing, and Shinzo Koro is responsible for passing the ball in series. They have an extremely tacit understanding.
Although the Longteng team's current 3-5-2 formation is indeed impressive offensively, it is far from mature defensively, especially when it comes to the old problem - the cooperation between the midfielder and the three central defenders has not formed a tacit understanding.
, so facing the frontcourt trident of Urawa Red Diamonds, the Longteng team was a little confused defensively.
As a result, in the second half of the game, the Dragons suppressed Urawa Red Diamonds in the frontcourt. Urawa Red Diamonds used three forwards and two wing-backs to frequently threaten the Dragons' defense.
At the 11th minute of the second half, Umezaki switched positions to the right. After forming a cooperation with Uga Kamitoya and Kashiwagi Yosuke, he tore apart the Dragons' defense on the left, including Ben Alpha, who was not good at defense.
, left center back Lu Zhihui, left midfielder Qi Ming, midfielder Rock Gill, and center back Ma Yongli were all attracted to them.
Umezaki Tsukasa's pass then went directly to the back of the Longteng team's penalty area, where Yuki Muto, who had switched positions with Kōro Shinzo, outflanked him. Then he pushed the ball forward and the ball flew straight to the upper left corner of the Longteng team.
Fortunately, Muto Yuki was too focused on the angle of the ball, and the ball was a little higher, and finally flew out of the bottom line after grazing the goalpost. Although Huang Dawei made a save, the ball finally slid past the goal with a look of joy on his face.
It can be seen from the Longteng team's defense that the team really has problems defensively.
The Urawa Red Diamonds only invested three people in the attack on the right, while the Longteng team not only came to defend, but also Lu Zhihui and Qi Ming as the main defenders, and Roque Gil came to help defend.
But Ma Yongli, as a central defender, was also completely attracted. The Longteng team's back point was also vacant because Du Zhenyu went to fill Ma Yongli's position, and Muto Yuki had the opportunity to easily shoot.
Of course, this is also related to Urawa Red Diamonds' own tactics. Since they don't have a high point in the middle, their favorite tactic is to use the passes they are familiar with at their feet, make full use of the width of the court, open up gaps on the wing, and attract the opponent.
After getting the defensive attention, the ball passes through the middle of the defense, allowing Shinzo Kōro and Yuki Muto to use their good running characteristics to complete the second wave of offense or shoot. This is generally biased in the defensive awareness of Asian teams.
It has strong lethality even when weak.
Urawa Red Diamonds played well offensively, and the Dragons performed even better on the offensive end.
In the 20th minute of the second half, Ben Arfa once again got the ball on the left. This time it was still the pressure from the Longteng team in the frontcourt that caused Urawa Red Diamonds to be forced into a small space on the wing.
Qi Ming got the ball from the opponent's feet. After getting the ball, Qi Ming used his body to block the opponent, and then made a beautiful pass to Tao Wentao.
The Longteng team's offense went very fast. Although it was no longer a personal breakthrough like Ben Alpha, the players' direct and fast passing has always been one of the Longteng team's offensive weapons.
Facing Urawa Red Diamonds with three central defenders, the offensive power of the Longteng team was undoubtedly revealed. After a series of quick passes, Nie Jiang received the ball from Chavez and made a beautiful shot that allowed Nishikawa Shusaku to do his best.
It took a lot of effort to save the ball.
Next, the Dragon Team's corner kick once again posed a great threat to Urawa Red Diamonds. Chavez's header hit the goal post and flew out of the baseline, shocking Shusaku Nishikawa.
Petrovic looked at the situation on the court, made a conscious decision, and made adjustments. He replaced Takuya Aoki, who was more defensive, with the Korean-Japanese player Li Zhongcheng, and then used extremely fast speed.
Komai Zenge, who has stronger breakthrough ability, replaced Yuya Uga, who had a balance of offense and defense. He simply used offense as defense, thinking of breaking the Dragon Team's defensive chain by scoring goals.
Seeing Petrovic's two substitutions, Liu Jiayuan was also surprised: "Is this going to give it a try?"
"Not to mention, the current defense of the Longteng team is not stable." Liu Jiayuan, as the commentator, also knows the situation on the court, "We have to guard against the crazy play style of Urawa Red Diamonds."
Li Zhongcheng is a player of Korean descent. Koreans are known for their bravery. This name gives him too much aura. After he came up, he really played like crazy. Compared with the slightly weaker Japanese players, Li Zhongcheng was
He was particularly fierce when it came to attacking the second half of the ball, often risking injury to confront Longteng players.
The Longteng team's defense suddenly became even tighter, and the three players in the midfield looked extremely passive when facing the three forwards.
However, Liu Jiayuan also underestimated Zhang Sheng's on-the-spot adaptability. After observing the situation on the court for more than 20 minutes, Zhang Sheng also made a change. He pushed Ma Yongli from the central defender position to become
He used the deep midfielder, and then let Lu Zhihui and Du Zhenyu get closer to play as double central defenders. Ben Alpha dragged back as a winger and a pseudo full-back. It shows that he has strong offensive ability and can suppress the opponent's offense, not to mention there are
Qi Ming is filling his place.
Petrovic is clinging to 3-6-1, but Zhang Sheng is not a stickler for old times. Since the opponent is playing a pseudo-center tactic, there is no need for him to stick to three central defenders.
Sure enough, in the next game, Ma Yongli's lift supported the positions of Qi Ming and Roque Gill, making the defense on the two wings even stronger, and firmly blocked the Urawa Red Diamonds' three forwards who frequently changed positions.
They were locked in the midfield and far away from the goal, making it difficult for them to have good scoring opportunities.
With no chance in the positional battle, Urawa Red Diamonds did score a goal from a set piece. This time, Tao Wentao fouled Komai Zengei in the middle of the field 256 meters away from the goal, giving the opponent a free pass in the frontcourt.
Ball opportunity.
The person responsible for taking the corner kick was their center back Tomoaki Makino. When he took the free kick, he kicked the ball into the legs of Rock Gill who jumped up. After the ball changed its line, it flew straight to the goal.
To the left, Huang Dawei had already rushed towards the right direction of the ball's original flight. This time he had no choice but to watch the ball fly into the net.
Liu Jiayuan, who had been saying in the commentary that Zhang Sheng's on-court tactical adjustment was very successful, also said in shock: "This ball, alas, bad luck, Tao Wentao shouldn't have fouled in this position."
After scoring the goal, Tomoaki Makino quickly called on his teammates to grab the ball from the Longteng team's net and hurry back, hoping to get another chance to attack.
But such a lucky ball cannot bring any advantage to the tactically lagging Urawa Red Diamonds.
Shortly after losing the ball, Zhang Sheng saw that Tao Wentao had physical problems, so he replaced him with Xiong Jian, allowing the latter to take advantage of his ability to run and continue to increase the pressure in the frontcourt.
Sure enough, in the 34th minute of the second half, the Longteng team took advantage of Urawa Red Diamonds' eagerness to attack and equalize the score, and launched a beautiful counterattack.
Xiong Jian teamed up with Rock Gill in the midfield to intercept the ball from Tomoaki Makino who was assisting in the frontcourt, without giving him a chance to foul, and quickly advanced to the frontcourt.
After receiving a pass from Rock Gill, Nie Jiang got rid of the pressing of Yuki Abe, who was not physically fit, and passed the ball straight to Ben Alpha who inserted into the penalty area from the left. The latter did not do much after receiving the ball.
He made adjustments and hit the upper left corner of the goal resolutely. His powerful shot flew over Shusaku Saikawa's hands and went into the net.
The Longteng team once again widened the score gap to two goals.
