People outside who are familiar with Xiong Jian have always compared him with Lin Feng, because the characteristics of the two are so similar. They are both midfielders, and they can also play on the right and in the middle. They also rely on different skills.
He stopped running and passing the ball to organize the offense on the field, and he also spared no effort to participate in the defense.
It can be said that, except for Lin Feng's better organizational ability and ability to shoot long shots, Xiong Jian is almost the same as him. Of course, in terms of defense, Xiong Jian is more fierce.
The difference between the two of them is also clear from their potential and ability values: Lin Feng is 83/83, Xiong Jian is 77/78, the gap is not big.
After Lin Feng left the team, Zhang Sheng also thought about using Xiong Jian to replace Lin Feng in the B2B midfielder. However, there were several aspects of Xiong Jian that made Zhang Sheng give up the plan. First, Xiong Jian's awareness of movement.
There is a gap between him and Lin Feng in passing ability. Secondly, Xiong Jian's physical fitness is not as good as Lin Feng. Unlike Lin Feng, he can at least guarantee that under the AFC level confrontation, he can run from both ends of the court and play the whole game.
In view of this, Zhang Sheng made a plan for Xiong Jian during the game, which was to let him participate more in defense and only give him more than 70 minutes of high-intensity game time, which would allow him to use all his abilities.
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This time it was Zhang Sheng's regulations that had the effect.
At the eighth minute of the first half, Xiong Jian, who had not stopped running up and down since the beginning, put great pressure on the left side of Urawa Red Diamonds. As an important means of attack for Urawa Red Diamonds, left center back Makino
Zhizhang's threat of assisting was blocked by Xiong Jian on the right.
This time it was Tomoaki Makino who assisted, but Xiang Tiange and Xiong Jian teamed up to intercept it. Xiong Jian's reaction was the same as that of Lin Feng before. After getting the ball, he quickly passed the ball to the back body.
Tao Wentao, the latter still passed the ball diagonally to Xiong Jian without stopping. Xiong Jian directly distributed the ball to the right wing, who had just teamed up with him to steal the ball and then quickly joined the attack.
Xiang Tiange saw Zou Weijia running in the center of the penalty area and beckoned for it, and passed the ball directly from the edge of the penalty area. At this time, because Tomoaki Makino had not returned to the defensive position, midfielder Yuki Abe was hit by Tao Wentao and Xiong Jian again.
Completely passed, only Endo Hang was defending the 1.92-meter-tall Zou Weijia in the penalty area.
Zou Weijia met the ball with a beautiful header, and the ball flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal. However, Shusaku Nishikawa showed his strength as Japan's national goalkeeper. He stepped on the ground and volleyed sideways to save the ball from the baseline.
The difference between Zou Weijia's header and Chavez's previous one is clear.
Originally, according to a more reasonable way of attacking the goal, it should be to swing the head and attack the goal to the left side. Because the Longteng team's offense is concentrated on the right, Nishikawa Shusaku's position is also on the right. If he had to pay more attention when shooting,
, hitting Shusaku Saikawa's backhand, the opponent could not reach the ball no matter how hard he pounced, and Zou Weijia chose the right side where Shusaku Saikawa could save. In fact, there was only one player in the penalty area who was much shorter than him to defend.
Zou Weijia had enough time to think about this problem in the penalty area.
Of course, this has something to do with Zou Weijia's lack of experience and his eagerness to score goals and make contributions.
Regarding the Longteng team's attack this time, He Wei was also extremely sorry: "Oh, this ball was actually saved. But the Longteng team's combination of long and short plays is right. Zou Weijia and Xiong Jian, who started the game, also let
We saw their strength."
"The basis of the Longteng team's tactics is fast passing and rhythm changes. I have already experienced this when we played against them before." Gong Lei looked proud, "Since this season, they have strengthened their skills.
Once you master this and cooperate with their personnel reserves, you will be able to make further progress. The attack just now already showed signs of this."
In the next corner kick, Zou Weijia once again demonstrated his header ability. His height and jumping far exceeded most of the players on the field. However, due to the interference of the opponent, the top of the ball was deflected.
"We rarely see powerful high center forwards like Zou Weijia nowadays." He Wei said with admiration, "And he is very comprehensive. He is willing to defend actively in the frontcourt and moves very frequently. He is very consistent with the play of a modern center.
Law."
"If he can practice his shooting better, he will be a big hammer on the national team's front line in the future. Such a player will still be very useful when he encounters difficult bones." As a representative of the wretched style of play, he likes to play on the front line.
Gong Lei, who played a high center forward, became more and more fond of Zou Weijia and even promoted him to the tactical level of the national team.
After the Longteng team's attack ended, Urawa Red Diamonds' defenders stepped in and restrained themselves a lot. They made more use of the two wing-backs and the cooperation between Kashiwagi Yosuke and Umezaki Tsukasa to beat the Longteng team's central defender.
A rib that combines the defensive midfielder with the wing-back.
This style of play is indeed a great threat to the three central defenders. In the four-back system, the gaps in the ribs are mostly created between the full-backs and the central defenders. When it comes to the three defenders, central defenders, midfielders, and wingers,
The gap naturally created by wing-backs is more difficult to fill because it involves three people coordinating, which is far more difficult than two people coordinating.
Among them, Takahiro Sekine of Urawa Red Diamonds was particularly active.
Pedrovic is not a head coach who likes to promote new players over the next level. He mostly buys ready-to-play mature players from J-League teams. As for the talents in the upper echelon, most of them are loaned out and slowly polished.
Due to training, only a very small number of players can step by step from the bench to the main force. Of course, this is also in line with the practices of wealthy clubs.
But Takahiro Sekine is an exception. Pedrovic takes this Urawa Red Diamond youth training player very seriously and lets him play in the first team in the official league at the age of 18. At the age of 19, he won his first league title.
League goals, this player who has speed, good passing, and sometimes flashes of shooting ability has now become a regular main player for Urawa Red Diamonds, although he is still a few days away from his 21st birthday.
In this game, Takahiro Sekine, as the right winger, did not focus on defense. He just rushed behind Ben. Alpha. Pedrovic also knew how to defend Ben. Alpha. It was not realistic. It would be better to let Takahiro Sekine and Ben. Alpha face off.
Suddenly, the Dragons had to let their left midfielder Qi Ming help Ben Alpha defend to open up the space for the Dragons' midfield defense.
Pedrovic's approach was really very effective. In the 14th and 22nd minutes of the first half, Takahiro Sekine twice attacked the gap behind Long Teng's left winger Ben Alpha.
Qi Ming had to come over to cover up the defense, while Takahiro Sekine distributed the ball to Kashiwagi Yosuke in the middle, allowing the latter, one of the top ball-handling masters in the J-League, to organize the attack and play the left center back position guarded by Lu Zhihui.
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Yuki Muto and Shinzo Kougai also had the opportunity to shoot from near the penalty area. Fortunately, Huang Dawei performed very well and saved the ball from the bottom line both times, without giving the opponent a chance to score.
Seeing the situation on the field, He Wei was also a little worried: "The Urawa Red Diamonds are attacking a bit fiercely. Takahiro Sekine is too fast. The Longteng team must be careful about the huge space between the winger and the center back."
But not only did He Wei see this situation, but Zhang Sheng on the sidelines knew it well. After discovering Urawa Red Diamonds' self-destructive style of play, Zhang Sheng was still prepared to be on the safe side and discuss it before the game.
A good tactical adjustment, let Ma Yongli return from the deep back midfielder to the central defender, then Lu Zhihui plays the left back, Qi Ming plays the left midfielder from the left back midfielder, and Ben Alpha simply plays the winger, keeping him away from the opponent's goal
Closer.
This adjustment also changed the Longteng team's previous 3-5-2 into a 4-3-3 formation, allowing the two players Qi Ming and Lu Zhihui to lock Sekine Takahiro's wing breakthrough, leaving Ben Alpha without
Without any worries, he went to attack the right side of Urawa Red Diamonds.
In fact, this approach is exactly the same as that of the Longteng team's opponent in the Club World Cup, Mexico's América team. What they bullied was that Pedrovic was rigid and clung to 3-6-1.
Zhang Sheng's change of formation did have quick results.
In the 31st minute of the first half, Takahiro Sekine did use his speed to pass Qi Ming, but he himself was forced to the point where he was about to go out of the sideline. Lu Zhihui's pass pushed away the weak Sekine Takahiro.
, and then picked the ball.
After receiving the ball, Lu Zhihui directly gave the ball to the left winger Ben Alpha. The latter used his beautiful stoppage and dribbling movements to make Ryota Moriwaki's defense useless.
After getting the ball, Ben Alpha went directly into the penalty area of Urawa Red Diamonds. After seeing that he could not shoot directly, he attracted the defensive attention of Endo Hang and handed the ball to Zou Weijia. This time Zou Weijia was much smarter.
He did not rush to turn around and shoot, because he knew that Yuki Abe, who was coming back from defense behind him, was very experienced and did not have many opportunities. Instead, he directly responded with a kick without stopping the ball and handed the ball to the penalty area.
Tao Wentao before.
Facing Kashiwagi Yosuke's kick, Tao Wentao flicked his kick and shot. Because Tao Wentao shot after a fake move, even Urawa Red Diamonds goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa was deceived.
After Tao Wentao's shot, he made the save.
But on the court, such an action would be in vain. The ball had already passed his hands and flew directly into the net.
The Longteng team took a 0:1 lead in the away game.
"The ball has been scored and it's coming to Tao Wentao." He Wei shouted happily, "Beautiful coordination. The Longteng team should have adjusted their formation just now and turned into a four-back formation. The effect is really immediate."
"Urawa Red Diamonds are a little slow to respond." Gong Lei also admired Zhang Sheng's adjustment, "But being able to seamlessly switch formations and tactics during the game like the Dragons, and still achieve immediate results, only
It shows that the coaches and players of this team have gone through countless training and running-in, which requires too much ability from the coaches and players. It reminds me of Guangzhou Evergrande and Lippi in the past."
At this time, Zhang Sheng also looked arrogant. In the game, it is the most fulfilling to defeat the opponent without relying on the strength of the players or replacing players, relying on tactical adjustments and relying on the resources at hand.
Most of the time, the resources in the hands of the coach are fixed. After all, there are only so many rich clubs. It is impossible for all clubs to buy you the best players according to your requirements, let alone the head coach of the national team.
As a coach, there is only so much talent a national team can choose from. No matter how good the players from other countries are, you can't get them no matter how much money you spend.
Whether you can use the resources you have to achieve good results best reflects the level of a head coach.
Historically, the Chinese national team only had so many players. Peilan's coaching was an achievement - he almost brought the national team into a ditch; Gao Hongbo's coaching was another achievement - he barely qualified for the group stage and was beaten in the top 12; and when it comes to
Under Lippi's coaching, the results were different - except for Iran, which was really unbeatable, and not just against South Korea, everything was rubbish.
Zhang Sheng could only say that he was trying to get closer to Lippi.
This goal from the Longteng team pushed Urawa Red Diamonds into a corner.
The situation in Group H, where the Dragons and Urawa Red Diamonds are currently in, is very complicated. In the first three rounds, except for the Dragons, which was obviously stronger and won all three games, the other three teams actually played a game of beast chess -
-They all have one win and two losses, and each of them wins one game.
Therefore, the home game against the Dragons is extremely important. Once they lose at home, what awaits them is likely to be eliminated from the group.
Under such circumstances, Pedlovich was under great pressure.
It has been four years since Pedrovic came to Urawa Red Diamonds, but it is difficult for Urawa Red Diamonds to win a championship. Such a large investment every year and such a good football atmosphere cannot be justified by the "glorious title" of "The Uncrowned King".
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The club will not let him spend another year with nothing, so this season may also be his last chance.
In this AFC Champions League group, although there is the defending champion Longteng in the group, the other two teams, whether it is Sydney FC or Pohang Steelers, are not strong. As the J-League, Urawa Red Diamond Club has a recognized bench thickness.
For the deepest team, qualifying from the group stage can be said to be the minimum requirement, so now Petrovich is really under a lot of pressure.
One goal behind and an unfavorable situation on the field, Pedrovic broke the tradition and was forced to change his formation.
In the 39th minute of the first half, Urawa Red Diamonds' always unshakable back three changed. Endo Hang, who has always been a central defender in the ball organization, made a prerequisite for the position. The two wing-backs were appropriately recovered, and the formation
It became 4-1-4-1.
This change of Pedrovic is exactly the same as the previous change of the Longteng team, which is to use a central defender as a holding midfielder to protect the ribs of the two wingers, and let Tomoaki Makino stay honestly.
From the central defender position, let Endo Hang participate in the offensive organization.
Zhang Sheng on the sidelines was very keen to notice the changes in Urawa Red Diamonds, but he still needed time to verify whether it was a temporary change or a real complete change in tactics.
