The current foreign aid of the Longteng team can be said to be much weaker than last season. The main difference is that Pato, who was killing everyone in the two games at that time, has now left the team. The departure of this foreign aid that Cui Yongzhu was extremely afraid of has made
He had the confidence to shout harsh words.
Of course, in addition to foreign aid, Choi Yong-soo also has other trump cards, which are the two Korean players in the team-Park Ju-young and Yoon Il-luk.
Yoon Il-rok is a player trained by Choi Yong-soo. He is extremely fast and can play as a left and right winger. Historically, he has scored many goals against Chinese Super League teams and was once called the "Chinese Super League nemesis."
But in Zhang Sheng's view, there are too many so-called "Chinese Super League nemesis" in the K-League teams. He and the Longteng team have never taken him seriously, except for Yin Riluo.
As for the other Park Joo-young who formed the "Ade Park" combination of FC Seoul with Adriano and Dejan, making all K-League teams talk about it, Zhang Sheng is not afraid.
Last year, when Park Joo-young faced the Dragons at FC Seoul, his performance was average.
Although this player became famous at a young age and won awards such as the Korean K-League's Best Newcomer, South Korea's Golden Ball and Golden Boot Awards, and the title of Asian Football's Best Newcomer, his strength is not too outstanding.
After Park Joo-young became famous in South Korea, he went to play in Ligue 1. He played well in Morocco at first, but he failed and was relegated with the team.
It's just that he had better luck, and with the help of a Korean consortium, with the investment of Korean sponsors, the Premier League giant Arsenal bought Park Joo-young and wore the No. 9 jersey.
After arriving at Arsenal, due to lack of strength, he was completely reduced to a water dispenser caretaker. At one time, he formed a Japanese and Korean bench combination with the Japanese player Ryo Miyaichi who also went to Arsenal through sponsorship from Japanese companies.
Of course, Zhang Sheng will not underestimate Park Juyong. After all, this player is very fast on the court - he can run 100 meters in 12 seconds, and he is dribbling the ball in the process of breaking through. At the same time, he also has a good free kick to directly attack.
door capabilities.
For such a player, as long as we press him hard, don't give him space, and reduce fouls, there will basically not be much of a threat.
After Choi Yong-soo was humiliatingly eliminated by the Dragons last season, he made a major overhaul of the team. In addition to introducing a large number of excellent foreign players, he also introduced players such as Shen Shenhao, Zhao Canho, Zheng Inhuan, and Zhu Shizhong. These are all
The K-League's core players can allow Seoul FC to form two lineups, which can fully cope with the troubles of multi-line operations.
However, FC Seoul is not without its hidden dangers. Shin Chun-ho, the team's previous absolute main player, has to serve in the military, and his strength in the attacking midfielder position has been greatly reduced.
Historically, before Shin Chun-ho left the team, in Choi Yong-soo's tactical design, he was responsible for the organization and defense of the frontcourt. When he was there, the team was better in both offense and defense than when he left.
After that, he reached a higher level. Although it seemed that he scored fewer goals, in fact, he was second to none in the team's key passes and interceptions.
After Shin Chun-ho left the team, coupled with the team's frequent injuries, Cui Yongzhu was poached by Jiangsu Suning of the Chinese Super League. After the new coach took office, he only won one victory in the second stage of the K-League. This shows that Shin
Chun Hao's impact on the team.
At this time, the Longteng team can be said to be in the best condition due to Roque Gill's return from injury and the return of national junior and national youth team players.
Zhang Sheng had only one sentence to respond to Choi Yong-soo's bold words before the game: "Our goal is to win."
On May 18, the AFC Champions League quarter-finals match between the Dragons and Seoul FC at home officially started.
In this game, the Longteng team sent out its strongest lineup. In the 3-5-2 formation, the three central defenders were still the unbeatable Du Zhenyu, Ma Yongli and Lu Zhihui. The midfielder arranged for Roque Gill to play as a defensive midfielder.
, Qi Ming and Tao Wentao are on the left and right sides, the two wing-backs are Ben Alpha and Xiang Tiange, and Nie Jiang and Chavez are on the front line.
Like the Dragons, FC Seoul also has a 3-5-2 formation, with all four foreign players on the field. The double forwards are Deyan and Adriano, one high and one fast. Osmar and Takaki Yojiro also
They all stood in the midfielder position. Of course, Yojiro Takaki's positioning is more flexible. Choi Yongsu gave him a lot of tactical freedom. He can not only retreat to play the midfielder, but also move up to organize attacks.
It’s a variation on Choi Yong-soo’s tactics.
Liu Jiayuan and Zhou Ning, who are responsible for the commentary, are also looking forward to this collision between the top teams of China and South Korea.
"They are both in a 3-5-2 formation, with fierce pressing and full confrontation tactics. This is a real hard-power confrontation." After finishing speaking, Liu Jiayuan also talked about an interesting point, "But in this game, Korean football
The team has one more Asian foreign player than us. If the Longteng team wins this game, they probably won’t be able to find the excuse they used to say that we relied on foreign aid, right?”
Hearing Liu Jiayuan's complaints about the Korean team and the media, Zhou Ning also said with a smile: "The Longteng team's all-Chinese class strategy was proposed very early, and Zhang Sheng has promised not to introduce Yawai in the future."
He emphasized it in the middle of the season. I still admire his point of view. Without a foreign player, especially Yawai, there will be one more opportunity for domestic players to train. Don't be afraid of making mistakes, young players just have to go up and train."
"I guess many head coaches of teams don't like to hear this. Haha." Liu Jiayuan quickly rounded up the topic, "There are not many head coaches in the Chinese Super League who have the confidence to say this."
Next, after Liu Jiayuan introduced the player lists of both sides, the game officially started.
From the first second of the game, the two teams showed their confidence to win and launched an impact on the opponent's defense.
However, there are still some differences in the offensive methods of the two teams. Seoul FC relies more on long passes from the backcourt to find center Dejan, or relies on the quick breakthroughs of the two wingers to find offensive opportunities, while Long Teng
The team mostly attacks from the midfield and does not easily make long passes to find the center, even though Chavez is a very threatening center in Asia.
In the first few minutes, Seoul FC pressed very fiercely. In order to prevent the Longteng team from tipping the ball in the backcourt, their two forwards, two wingers, and Yojiro Takaki, who often stepped forward to participate in the attack, gathered around the ball.
The three central defenders of the Longteng team and Roque Gill grabbed the ball at their feet.
At this time, the Longteng team's high-quality quick ball movement showed its advantage.
In the eighth minute of the first half, Seoul FC's five frontcourt players not only failed to steal the ball, but Roque Gil passed the ball past Yojiro Takaki who was grabbing it. At this time, Qi Ming was very angry.
After cleverly taking the ball, he no longer sought another short pass. He passed a mid-range pass directly to Ben Arfa's feet.
Because the two wingers came up, the one responsible for defending Ben Alpha was Zhu Shizhong who came in from the defensive midfielder position.
The player Zhu Sejong is nicknamed "Korean Endo Yasuhito" in South Korea. He is a midfielder with extremely rich passing and control skills, long shots, free kicks, and imagination. He can be regarded as a midfielder type of midfielder.
At the same time, his ability to grab the ball is also very good. He doesn't commit many fouls, but he does his small moves very well. He does not seek to knock down the opponent, but he must make it uncomfortable for the opponent to take the ball, dribble and pass the ball.
The method he chose this time was to get close to Ben Alpha, and then pull and release the corners of Ben Alpha's clothes, hoping that Ben Alpha would not be able to pick up his speed.
But he still underestimated Ben Alpha's explosive power. Zhu Shizhong's very subtle pull did slow down Ben Alpha's speed, making Zhu Shizhong and Ben Alpha's positions parallel.
But after a slight pause, Ben Alpha suddenly accelerated. This was a completely unreasonable style of hard driving and then sprinting.
Zhu Shizhong was in a panic now. Although he started to speed at the same time, Ben Alpha had thrown him half a body away in an instant. At this time, Zhu Shizhong did not dare to pull people, because the referee only needed to be strict in pulling people from behind.
Point is the penalty of a yellow card.
Seeing Ben Alpha running away, Zhu Shizhong could only grit his teeth and run along.
Unfortunately, Ben Alpha's flexibility in dribbling the ball at high speed exceeded Zhu Shizhong's imagination. The former's high-speed advancement suddenly changed direction and cut inside.
At this time, Zhu Shizhong did not dare to let Ben Alpha cut in, because at this position close to the penalty area line, Ben Alpha had the ability to score directly.
In desperation, Zhu Shizhong could only pretend to be unsteady from behind, and pressed his whole body towards Ben Alpha, throwing Ben Alpha to the ground.
This kind of attacking action from behind did not escape the eyes of the referee. The latter blew the whistle directly, then gave Zhu Shizhong a yellow card and gave the Longteng team a well-positioned frontcourt free kick.
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"Ben Alpha's breakthrough, this is a foul, the pushing action from behind, haha. It should be a yellow card." Liu Jiayuan shouted happily, "The free kick in this position is not bad. Ben Alpha and Tao Wentao both have kicks.
The free kick is a direct shot. And if you get a yellow card so early, it will be difficult for FC Seoul later on."
"How about the next free kick?" Zhou Ning also looked forward to it.
"Ben Alpha, run-up, no! Tao Wentao shot, beautiful! The ball went in, so beautiful!" Liu Jiayuan did not guess the way the Longteng team played the free kick, "Haha, it is not Ben Alpha who takes the kick.
, he is just a cover, the real shot is Tao Wentao, this is too unexpected."
"Indeed. With Ben Alpha's name, no one would have expected it." Zhou Ning was also extremely happy, "Just ten minutes into the game, the Longteng team scored. This is a perfect start."
At this time on the field, Ben Arfa also happily jumped on Tao Wentao, who carried Ben Arfa to the sidelines and waved to the home team fans who came to watch the game, with excitement on his face.
Compared with Zhang Sheng, who looked like he should score a goal on the sidelines, Cui Yongzhu's face was full of gloom at this time. He had promised before the game that he would come to Jiangcheng to win, but he didn't expect that his opponent would score first.
Okay, this is really intolerable.
At this time, Cui Yongzhu missed Shin Chun-ho very much. In the past, when Shin Chun-ho was on the court, his pursuit and counterattack were always very active and very efficient. If Shin Chun-ho was still there, he would never
Let Qi Ming pass the ball.
Like Cui Yongzhu, Liu Jiayuan also pointed out the key person in the goal: "This goal of the Longteng team is really thanks to Qi Ming. His choice after getting the ball was really smart."
In fact, this is what Zhang Sheng values for Qi Ming. There are many ways to change the rhythm of the attack, including relying on his own speed and technology to break through and causing chaos to the opponent like Ben Alpha, and others like Qi Ming who uses offensive organization.
, speeding up the attack through changes in long and short balls.
For example, Qi Ming can find opportunities on the court and seize them at the age of 21. It can only be said that he is extremely talented. This is also the biggest difference between talented players and ordinary players.
Although he was one goal behind, Choi Yong-soo was a veteran head coach after all. He did not go all out to strengthen the offense, but gave two instructions on the court. One was that the two wing-backs were not allowed to attack in front at the same time.
, one must be left behind to defend. This is also the style of play that Choi Yong-soo often uses, in which the wing-backs become full-backs, and the three central defenders become four defenders; the other is to let Yojiro Takagi harass Qi Ming more and not allow Qi Ming.
There is another opportunity to easily pass the ball to the frontcourt players.
Although Seoul FC's style of play has reduced their investment in offense, their defense has become thicker. It is no longer as easy for the Longteng team to easily hit the front from the backcourt in offense as before.
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Now the Longteng team's offense relies more on the players at the back to constantly switch positions and the players in front to constantly change positions to open up FC Seoul's defensive formation.
This method of attack is safe, but the process becomes extremely long and tedious.
Especially when you encounter opponents with the same playing style, whoever has studied the details of tactics more deeply, who can have more moves, and whoever can slowly gain the advantage on the field.
Compared with Seoul FC's more traditional 3-5-2 play style, the Dragons have sped up the pace and used frenzied tactics. In addition to playing at home, the familiarity of the stadium and the assist bonus from fans, slowly
, the advantage on the field was taken away by the Longteng team.
More importantly, the referee in this game was very fair. Although playing at home, the Longteng team should have more home court advantage, but considering the fact that Chinese teams have been hacked for a long time when participating in international competitions, this is completely
is acceptable.
At the 17th minute of the first half, the Longteng team took advantage of the field and pushed their opponents past the half-time mark. The players saw that although FC Seoul's defensive formation was pushed back, their positions were still very reasonable.
Start experimenting with long shots.
This time it was Tao Wentao who fired the first shot. After receiving the pass from Xiang Tiange, he did not try to dribble the ball forward, but directly took a long shot, because the Longteng team rarely shot from this distance before.
When attacking the goal, FC Seoul did not interfere strongly with Tao Wentao's shot. Tao Wentao's shot aimed at the lower right corner of FC Seoul and was very powerful.
Fortunately, FC Seoul's goalkeeper Ryu Sang-hoon was very focused. He made a timely side dive and pushed Tao Wentao's shot past the baseline with one palm.
