Ben Alpha's goal immediately suppressed the morale of Urawa Red Diamonds. Zhang Sheng then made another substitution adjustment. Qi Ming, who also had physical problems, was replaced by Yu Bo.
After Yu Bo came on the field, his physical strength and ability to protect the ball were quickly demonstrated. Although his shooting ability was a bit poor, he was still very effective in controlling Komai Zenge's wing breakthrough in the midfield.
Komai Zenge, a player who is obsessed with his speed, was suppressed by Yu Bo. As a result, Urawa Red Diamonds' idea of taking a free kick in the frontcourt was completely frustrated.
In the last few minutes of the game, the Longteng team completely suppressed the opponent's offense and formed a siege on their gate. This situation was exactly the same as the situation at the end of the first half.
Liu Jiayuan also lamented: "Before, when the Chinese Super League teams played games against the J-League, they were always suppressed at the end of the half. Now the situation has changed, and the Longteng team has taken advantage of their physical strength to besiege the opponent. I really hope that we can play in the Chinese Super League."
There are more teams that can grow like this."
As the referee's whistle sounded at the end of the game, Liu Jiayuan said proudly: "Another big victory. The Longteng team has won three consecutive games in the group. They are in really good shape now. Their opponents in the AFC Champions League are all
Be careful."
Liu Jiayuan's words are actually modest. In this season's AFC Champions League, the Chinese Super League teams can be said to be popular across the board. Except for a few teams in the first round who had a slight problem of running-in between newly introduced players and old players, in the second round
In the round, the four Chinese Super League teams achieved a complete victory record.
In the third round of the AFC Champions League, all the Chinese Super League teams still had an undefeated record and scored the most points in the Asian League. Among them, Guangzhou Evergrande was much better than in history. You must know the historical AFC Champions League in 2016.
Guangzhou Evergrande did not qualify in the group stage, and in the first three rounds, it was difficult to win with two draws and one loss.
The current situation is that Guangzhou Evergrande has more training time during the winter break, and they have brought in Lin Feng to help Zheng Zhi share more work, giving them full confidence in their two-line operations.
Except for the unexpected away loss to Melbourne Victory in the first round, the rest of the games were extremely easy. Everyone thought that the champion team that dominated the AFC Champions League was back.
What is different from history is Jiangsu Suning. After being completely beaten in the Super Cup with Longteng, their head coach Petlescu gave a domestic player who performed well in the game a transfer from Longteng.
He had great trust in Xiao Yunfan in the past. He took advantage of Xiao Yunfan's ability to play on both sides and constantly asked him to change sides to attack the opponent's defense. At the same time, he used his passing, ball-making and running abilities to do more
Contacting the foreign players in the frontcourt suddenly gave Jiangsu Suning an important point to play the ball.
So in a key match of this round - facing Tokyo FC away from home, Xiao Yunfan used his assists to help the team defeat the opponent 0:1 away from home.
Jiangsu Suning has been eliminated from the group in history. This game was tied 0:0, so that Jiangsu Suning was eliminated by Tokyo FC with a one-point advantage.
At the end of the three rounds of the AFC Champions League, except for Shanghai SIPG, which ranked second in the group, the other three Chinese Super League teams were all first in the group. This is the second time that the Chinese Super League team ranked first in the AFC Champions League after last season's AFC Champions League.
To achieve an overall leading position.
After finishing the AFC Champions League, the national match day is coming, and the Chinese national team will face the last two games of the top 40 group stage of the World Cup preliminaries.
The Chinese national team, which has a huge advantage in the group, has made a big rotation this time. In addition to a few core players and players who play in Europe, Perrin has sent many former substitutes and even players to other positions.
This is the first time a player has been selected for the national team.
In the first game against the Maldives, the Chinese team, which completely overwhelmed the opponent, won another victory 8:0, which made a good start for the last crucial game and also completely determined their qualification.
According to the rules of the World Preliminaries, after excluding the results of each team's match with the bottom team in the group, the four second-placed teams with the best results will be shortlisted for the top 12.
After 5 rounds of games, the Chinese national team now has 15 points for a complete victory. Even if it loses the game with Qatar by a large margin and is ranked second in the group, it can still have 15 points. In other groups, the points
The highest is Syria, which is ranked second in Group E. They currently have 12 points. The other teams ranked second only have 10 points.
In other words, the Chinese national team will definitely be ranked second among the four groups with the best results, and the position in the top 12 has been secured.
Thinking about the history, in order to qualify, the Chinese national team not only had to defeat Qatar in the last game, but also kept paying attention to the situation in several other games. All Chinese fans could not wait to get a calculator in their hands and calculate at any time.
Points and goal difference for several second-placed teams.
Now it's completely different.
In the last game, Qatar was greatly damaged due to the yellow card suspension of three core players. However, the current situation forced Qatar to attack the Chinese team in the away game. Now it is their turn to do like the Chinese team in history.
It’s “brain-burning” because they have to qualify and winning this is the safest thing.
After the game started, although Qatar played harder, the advantage of the dominant Chinese team on the field was still very obvious.
In this game, the Chinese team fielded an all-main lineup. On the front line was Nie Jiang, who was in great form recently. The three frontcourt players on the left, center and right were Ding Huaiyi, Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu. The two defensive midfielders were Lin Feng and
Zheng Zhi, the four defenders are Zhou Zhou, Li Yun, Ma Yongli and Xiang Tiange, and the goalkeeper is Zengcheng.
Players from Longteng and Guangzhou Evergrande occupied all eleven starting lineups.
Compared with the previous cautious tactics, Perlan required the players to play very openly in this game. He gave the frontcourt players responsible for the offense a very large degree of freedom. Nie Jiang, Ding Huaiyi and Xu Minghao were often in the position.
Make transformations.
Liu Jianhong, who is responsible for the commentary, has always praised Nie Jiang's performance: "Look at Nie Jiang's performance on the court. He cooperates with several players in Europe. There is no awkwardness at all, except because they are all from the same origin.
In addition to the advantages of his playing style, Nie Jiang’s own strength is enough for him to play in Europe.”
While Liu Jianhong was explaining, the Chinese team's frequent position changes and movements in the frontcourt created opportunities. In the 15th minute of the first half, Nie Jiang's retreat attracted the attention of the Qatari central defender and pushed him
After being brought out of the penalty area, Ding Huaiyi, who was holding the ball, made a beautiful and continuous breakthrough from the left wing. He was as smooth as a loach among three Qatar defenders. The opponent was unable to steal the ball from his feet.
When another Qatar midfielder was also attracted, Ding Huaiyi made a very imaginative pass into the penalty area. Qin Minghao timely inserted into the penalty area from the back row, and then shot without stopping the ball.
It penetrated the fingers of Qatar goalkeeper Lecomte and the Chinese national team took a 1:0 lead.
"Beautiful, so beautiful." Liu Jianhong shouted excitedly, "Ding Huaiyi's performance, yes, it was a performance. Qatar was completely unable to adapt to it. The last pass was too imaginative, and there was no sign of my feet at all.
He made a pass with one kick, and the opponent was completely clueless. As long as Qin Minghao can reach the position of passing the ball, it will be too easy for him to shoot."
Ding Huaiyi's performance is actually his performance with Red Bull Salzburg this season. After a year of adaptation period, Ding Huaiyi has become a gearbox for Red Bull Salzburg's offense. Although he is in the team
He doesn't score many goals. So far this season, he has only scored seven goals, but he has as many as fifteen assists. And as long as he is on the court, the opponent always has to put at least two on his offensive line.
The above defensive players give their teammates a lot of space.
It is said that many teams in the five major leagues have taken a fancy to him and are planning to introduce him after the end of this season. This means that next season Ding Huaiyi is likely to become the first former Longteng player to appear in the five major leagues.
players, even ahead of Qin Minghao and Li Yun.
The Chinese team's goal made Qatar's offense even more crazy. They fought more bravely on the court. In the 21st minute of the first half, Qatar's midfielder fouled Qin Minghao. This was a very bad step.
, the referee showed the yellow card without hesitation. Fortunately, Qin Minghao protected himself well and lay on the ground covering his calf for a while before standing up and continuing the game.
Next, Qatar, who was even more eager to attack, became more aggressive, and the referee's penalty scale was also very loose. He didn't pay attention to many confrontations, and the movements of Qatari players on the field were getting bigger and bigger.
In the 33rd minute of the first half, when Nie Jiang was picking up the ball in the frontcourt, he was kicked hard in the ankle by the opponent's defender. Although the opponent received a yellow card, Nie Jiang was also carried off the field on a stretcher.
Although he returned to the court after a little processing, Nie Jiang obviously felt a little awkward when running in the next game.
Due to Qatar's aggressive game, although the Chinese team had the advantage on the field, they did not have many scoring opportunities.
Although there are many Dragons and former Dragons players in this Chinese team, after all, they are not as smooth as the Dragons and cannot resolve the opponent's foul tactics with quick passes.
At the end of the first half, the score was fixed at 1:0.
During the halftime break, Nie Jiang couldn't hold on anymore, and Perlan had to replace Nie Jiang with Wu Lei.
Seeing that Nie Jiang was not on the court in the second half, Liu Jianhong was also very worried: "It seems that Nie Jiang can't hold on anymore, and I don't know how injured he is. Qatar played too rough on the court."
Nie Jiang's demise had a huge impact on the Chinese national team's frontcourt. Although Wu Lei, who replaced him, was stronger than Nie Jiang in sudden starts and instant explosive power, his ability to play the ball in the frontcourt, his ability to protect the ball, and his physical fitness
In terms of confrontation ability, or the most important shooting ability, the two people are really far apart.
In the second half, the Chinese team had no chance, because Qatar was eager to equalize the score. Their formation often pressed out to attack. Qin Minghao, Ding Huaiyi and even Xu Mingyu gave Wu Lei several beautiful passes and even single-handedly opportunities.
But Wu Lei was obviously a little eager for success. There were several times when he got the ball and either forced a confrontation with the opponent. With his height of 1.72 meters, he lost the opportunity when he was squeezed by Qatar's strong central defender.
When taking a single shot, the ball is easily saved by the opponent's goalkeeper or directly deviates from the goal and flies out of the baseline.
Another disadvantage is that Wu Lei does not have the ability to be a fulcrum in the frontcourt. It is a bit difficult for him to grab headers. Sometimes the Chinese team can only use Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu, who are responsible for organizing the offense, for long passes from the backcourt.
The Chinese team's counterattacks are often severely restricted by Qatar. There are good opportunities in the frontcourt, but they cannot be converted into shots.
The Chinese team's reduced pressure on the opponent's back line also made Qatar's offense more aggressive. Fortunately, Zheng Zhi and Lin Feng's midfield interceptions and Li Yun's command on the back line did not give the opponent many chances.
More often, long-range shots from outside the penalty area are used to threaten the Chinese team's goal, which does not bother Zengcheng.
Seeing this situation, Perlan quickly made adjustments. He replaced Ding Huaiyi with Yang Xu, letting Wu Lei play on the left, and Yang Xu moved to the center position. This change quickly achieved results.
Yang Xu's fulcrum role is still very obvious. He can hold the ball after coming on the court, especially when his back is turned, he can avoid the ball being intercepted by the opponent.
However, Yang Xu's own running and shooting abilities are too poor. He can hold the ball but cannot pass the ball well. His slow pace on the court makes the Chinese team's offensive efficiency very low.
Thirty minutes into the second half, Perrin replaced Zheng Zhi with Wu Xi to see if Wu Xi could adapt to the central midfielder position.
However, after Zheng Zhi came off the field, the Chinese team's midfield creative ability declined even more severely. Now the task of organizing the offense completely falls in the hands of Qin Minghao alone.
The appearance of several rough guys made the performance of the two teams more monotonous on the court. Although Wu Xi made up for the loopholes of reduced coverage after Zheng Zhi's physical decline in the second half, the offense seemed even more dull.
When the game ended, the Chinese team defeated Qatar 1:0 at home and achieved a complete victory in the group in the top 40.
But judging from this game, it is not realistic to find players who can improve the Chinese team's offensive strength from the existing domestic players who have been famous for a long time.
Qin Minghao's goal came from the cooperation of the three foreigners in the frontcourt and Nie Jiang. Lin Feng was stared at very hard by the opponent in this game. It was obvious that he could not perform well in the fierce confrontation.
There is no chance to organize an offense unless the Chinese team plays a fast passing tactic like the Long Teng team.
But in any case, the Chinese team's appearance in the top 12 again after 15 years has given the rapidly recovering Chinese football another shot in the arm. It can be predicted that in the coming days, there will be more domestic football players.
