The Chinese team's successful promotion made all Chinese fans happy, but Zhang Sheng didn't feel that way.
It would be really strange if the current Chinese team cannot qualify from the group stage. Compared with history, this Chinese team can be said to be extremely strong, but it was really bad in the hands of Perrin.
He injured his player Nie Jiang.
According to the news from the national team doctor after the game, Nie Jiang will need at least 3-4 weeks to participate in training after his injury. This means that the main forward of the Longteng team will not be able to play for a month. Zhang Sheng has to
Tactical adjustments were made again.
But the next match for the Longteng team is still very intensive. Two days after the national team game, the Longteng team will welcome Guangzhou R&F in the league, who is interested in qualifying for the AFC Champions League this season. In the next three days, the Longteng team will fly to Japan to play.
The AFC Champions League, and then another league game awaits them in the next three days.
It can be said that this season is so intensive that the team can only do physical recovery during the break between games, and it is difficult to carry out any tactical training.
For this reason, while Zhang Sheng told Nie Jiang to calm down and cultivate himself calmly, he was very anxious. There is really no one in the team who can replace Nie Jiang, so he can only let Zou Weijia rush to the top to take over.
As for the center position, let Chavez replace Nie Jiang, but I don't know how it will work in actual games.
Sure enough, Zhang Sheng was right to worry. In this game against Guangzhou R&F, except for Nie Jiang who could not play, the other three Longteng players who played in the last national team game also had to sit on the bench due to physical reasons.
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Among them, Ma Yongli and Xiang Tiange, one is a key figure in changing the team's three central defenders into two central defenders, and the other is the team's most trustworthy local attacker on the wing. It can be said that the state of the entire Longteng team is not good.
On the contrary, Guangzhou R&F played very well.
Different from history, although Guangzhou R&F did not win the AFC Champions League last season, the players also avoided the trouble of fighting on two fronts. Driven by Ivo, a Chinese Super League player, the entire team played extremely distinctively. They even
It can be said that among the entire Chinese Super League teams, apart from the Longteng team, the game is the most entertaining and practical.
Here we have to talk about their head coach Stojkovic.
After taking over the team last season, he slowly integrated his coaching philosophy into the team. The team gradually evolved from the backward and old-fashioned wing attack 4231 to the 541 that focuses on ball control and counterattack.
As time goes by, the team's tactics are becoming more and more successful. Xiao Kuailing's playing style not only has the style of Cantonese football in the past, but also has the firmness brought by Stojkovic's long-term coaching in Japan.
A firm mark.
Their quick passing at their feet can be said to be one of the best in the Super League.
After the game started, Guangzhou R&F gave the Longteng team a powerful blow. The Longteng team's frontcourt press made a mistake, allowing Guangzhou R&F to make a beautiful counterattack, and it was Guangzhou R&F's team that completed the counterattack.
Two former Longteng players.
As the captain on the field, Wang Peng passed a beautiful ball to Wang Song who came over to help. The latter cooperated with foreign aid Renaldio with continuous short passes and quickly advanced to the Longteng team's defense. In the end, Ivo
A beautiful shot hit the post.
Since Wang Peng moved to Guangzhou R&F, he quickly replaced the team's old captain Zhang Yaokun. His central defender partnership with foreign aid Zhang Xianxiu has greatly improved Guangzhou R&F's defense. At the same time, he has been trained in the Longteng team for a long time.
His ability is also very consistent with Stojkovic's tactical philosophy and he is a stable point for the team's defense.
However, it was the Longteng team that scored first. This goal was completely a reflection of Ben Alpha’s personal ability. He continuously broke through the defense of three people on the left side of Guangzhou R&F and found Chavez with a beautiful pass.
Si, the latter's shovel shot was so fast that R&F's goalkeeper did not rush to save, and the Longteng team took the lead 1:0.
But this kind of attack is not what Zhang Sheng wants to see. The individual abilities of the foreign players are far less convincing than the team's overall cooperation in scoring goals.
Sure enough, Guangzhou R&F equalized the score in the first half. The cooperation of Ivo and Renaldio caused Liming, who replaced Ma Yongli to play as a defensive midfielder, to make a defensive mistake. With his height, he was actually beaten by someone who was only 1.67 meters tall.
Renaldio grabbed the header and the score on the field became 1:1.
In the second half, Zhang Sheng had to make adjustments to his tactics. Du Zhenyu moved to the defensive midfielder position first, and the substitute right-winger Huang He, who did not perform very well, came back to play as a full-back.
After this change, the 4-1-4-1 formation was obviously more powerful, the players' positions became clearer, and the Longteng team finally gained the initiative on the court.
Soon the team scored their second goal. Zou Weijia used his physical advantage to lean on Wang Peng and then turned back to get the ball. Ben Alpha received the ball from outside the penalty area and directly shot into the far corner to score again.
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After taking the lead, the Longteng team created many opportunities, but as the center, Zou Weijia repeatedly wasted passes from his teammates.
Especially after Chavez sprained his knee in an attack in the second half and was replaced, the Longteng team's scoring ability became even weaker.
In the end, the Longteng team won the game with difficulty 2:1, but judging from the result, it seemed that the gain was not worth the loss.
After the game, many media began to criticize the Longteng team's tactics and impulsiveness during winter training.
As the team that played the most games last season, the Longteng team had shorter rest time than others. Later, in order to hone his tactics, Zhang Sheng insisted on taking the team to Europe for training. They were the last team to return to China.
The Chinese Super League teams have been playing high-intensity games, so the players are not in the best condition.
At the same time, the mad dog tactics that Zhang Sheng formulated for the team consume a lot of physical energy. If there are not more rotations, it will be even harder to predict what will happen next.
After the game, Zhang Sheng asked the team doctor about the situation and was slightly reassured. Chavez's sprain was not serious and he would be able to rest in about 2-3 weeks.
Compared with the criticism from the outside world, Zhang Sheng is more worried about how to play in the next AFC Champions League, because the day after the game ends, the team will fly to Japan to challenge Urawa Red Diamonds away from home.
Nie Jiang and Chavez are both injured now, so how to adjust the team's personnel is a big problem.
After discussing with the coaching staff for a long time, it was finally decided to let Zou Weijia start at center and Tao Wentao take Nie Jiang's place. Because the foreign player registration rule for the AFC Champions League is "31", De Paul did not register for the AFC Champions League spot.
, then there is no chance for De Paul to play in the Chinese Super League. In terms of midfield arrangement, Xiong Jian can only be used to replace Tao Wentao.
In this way, the Longteng team can only play two foreign players.
Another issue that makes Zhang Sheng dizzy is the home atmosphere of Urawa Red Diamonds.
No matter which Chinese Super League team it is in the past, including Guangzhou Evergrande, no team has ever been able to win at Urawa Red Diamonds' home court. In real history, the Chinese Super League team's results there are one draw and five losses.
, at an absolute disadvantage.
The cheering of Urawa Red Diamonds' home fans is indispensable for this. As the team with the best performance and the largest number of fans in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Urawa Red Diamonds' home court is a devil's home stadium that is famous in Asia and even the world.
Fox Sports Channel once ranked Urawa Red Diamonds fans among the top five die-hard fans in the world along with fans of Argentina's River Plate, England's Liverpool, Turkey's Galatasaray, and Spain's Barcelona.
It can be seen from the statistical data that Urawa Red Diamonds’ home attendance has ranked first 14 times in the 18 seasons of the J-League. Their home court has also been praised by the media as having the best attendance in the entire J-League.
fans dancing and cheering chants.
Shanghai Shenhua has always been famous for the fanaticism and cheering of the fans throughout the Chinese Super League, but historically when they met Urawa Red Diamonds in the AFC Champions League, at Shenhua’s home court, Red Diamonds completely overwhelmed Shanghai Shenhua with only 3,000 fans.
Fans, they basically never stopped singing the "Red Blood Eleven" cheering song throughout the game. The cheers of Red Diamonds throughout the game made it impossible to hear the cheers of Shenhua fans. That time Red Diamonds let China
Fans have seen what real cheering is.
After the Longteng Club took over the team, it spared no effort to help the loose Jiangcheng Fans Association, including providing better communication opportunities with foreign fans, etc. Among them, like the famous domestic Shenhua Blue Devils Fans Association, the Longteng Club
The first goal of learning is to focus on Urawa Red Diamonds.
It should be said that several big fan associations of the Dragons have learned a lot from the Urawa Red Diamonds fan group. Just relying on this little knowledge has made the home court of the Dragons a nightmare for many teams.
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It can be said that in terms of fan culture, the Chinese Super League teams still have a long way to go before they can reach the J-League.
During this period, Urawa Red Diamonds were in a very hot state in the league. They were undefeated with 4 wins and 1 draw in the five main matches, ranking first in the J-League, and scoring two goals steadily in every game.
Pretty smooth, scoring 6 goals in 5 consecutive games.
However, the absence of Nie Jiang and Chavez of the Longteng team greatly reduced the offensive strength of the frontcourt. Before the game, Zhang Sheng was very low-key. When interviewed by reporters, Zhang Sheng said sincerely: "Recently we have
The team is in a bit of difficulty, Urawa Red Diamonds’ home court is difficult, but we will work hard to win.”
Urawa Red Diamonds, on the other hand, was working hard to win. In this focus match of the AFC Champions League, the fans of the Red Diamonds Club were extremely enthusiastic. Three tickets were sold in the three days before the game.
More than 16,000 tickets, because the visiting team fan area at Saitama Stadium, including movable seats, only has more than 3,500 seats at most. It is impossible for Chinese fans to be mainly visitors in the K League and J League like in the past.
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Even so, they are still not satisfied. Urawa Red Diamonds club president Keizo Fuchida appealed to the fans of the home team before the game: "Even if we don't make money, we can't lose our home court."
At his request, in order to attract more Urawa fans and even local citizens to cheer for Urawa Red Diamonds, the Red Diamonds Club announced on April 2 that it would reduce the ticket price for that day by as much as 20%, which is the highest rate in the J-League.
An extremely rare situation.
According to the custom of Urawa Red Diamonds, the J-League is more important than the AFC Champions League. It can be seen from their usual attendance rate-the attendance rate of the J-League is 36,000 people. AFC Champions League games usually
There will be less than 30,000 people.
But in the afternoon before the game started, more than 40,000 people poured into the stadium. This is unique for Urawa Red Diamond Club. You must know that the day of the game is not a weekend, let alone Saitama Stadium, which is the closest.
The subway station is half an hour away, and it is very painful for fans to go home after the game.
So when the Dragons arrived at Saitama Stadium to warm up, they were really shocked by the scene. The flags in the sky, the extremely huge TIFO, the deafening roars, and the uniform stands made it seem like the game hadn't even started yet.
It has reached fever pitch.
The Dragons players were doing simple pass-and-receive warm-ups on the court. They had to shout loudly to hear what they said to each other. In such a noisy environment, the Dragons players hurriedly warmed up and returned to the locker room.
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"Everyone has seen it." Zhang Sheng clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention, "The other party attaches great importance to our game, and we can't live up to others' good intentions, because you can participate in this game.
It shows that you are all the best."
"As for tactics, we have practiced many times before the game. No matter which team it is, our tactics remain unchanged. I heard that no Chinese Super League team has ever won here, so let us be the first." Zhang
It gave the players a lot of confidence.
In fact, Zhang Sheng was speaking from his own heart. As a club that aspires to become the best team in Asia, self-confidence is extremely important. The team will always encounter difficulties of one kind or another in a season. In Zhang Sheng's view, on the contrary,
It is better to encounter difficulties early than late. It is better to encounter difficulties in the group stage than in the knockout rounds.
After the game officially started, Urawa Red Diamonds, playing at home, tried their best to play a high tempo, and this was exactly what Zhang Sheng meant - the Longteng team's strategy was to win quickly.
In just three minutes of the first half, both sides scored a shot each, and both shots were on target. The only difference was that the Urawa Red Diamonds saved the ball, while the Longteng team gave it to the opponent.
A corner kick.
In this game, Petrovic learned the lessons from the previous round and did not start Ljubijankic. Instead, he sent the team's main forward Shinzo Xingzhi. The midfielder also made adjustments, with Takuya Aoki sitting in.
On the bench, Takahiro Sekine, who has stronger offensive ability, started the game, which made it clear that he wanted to take three points at home.
In the few minutes after the opening, the pace of both sides was so fast that even the commentators, He Wei and Gong Lei, repeatedly praised: "The pace of this game is really fast. Both sides are going underground, but they can successfully cooperate. Such
The gold content of the competition is really high.”
As the commentator sighed, the Longteng team turned against the visitors and launched a wave of successful attacks, and it was Xiong Jian who came on as a substitute in this game who made the contribution.
