The victory in the first leg of the fifth round of the FA Cup did not make the Longteng team much easier, because the whole team will go to Changchun to challenge Changchun Yatai away from home on the weekend. This will be the fifth game the Longteng team has played in two weeks.
The density of the schedule and the intensity of the games are unique in China. Fortunately, the Football Association has done a good job in arranging the games. Before, they all arranged home games, so there was no need to travel around, otherwise the games would not be played.
Zhang Sheng once again had to make a lot of rotations for this game. Two foreign players were placed on the bench because they had played all four consecutive games. Central defenders Li Ming and Ma Yongli were also replaced by Huang He and Shen Jun.
The three players in the midfield are Qi Ming, Zhang Hao and Tao Wentao, the two wings are Ni Kai and Xiong Jian, the midfielder is Yan Xiaoyu, and Nie Jiang is in the center position.
As a last resort, Zhang Sheng made adjustments to the formation and changed it to 3-6-1, which was also in the All-China class.
After the start of this season, Changchun Yatai's results of one draw and six losses can be said to have basically announced that they have entered the relegation reserve team. They had to invite Li Zhangzhu, an old acquaintance of Chinese football, but Changchun Yatai under Li Zhangzhu also did not play well.
Unfortunately, after seventeen rounds of games so far (including the twenty-first round played in advance), they only have twelve points, ranking last in the league.
Against the remnant Longteng team, it was a good opportunity for them to score points.
From the first minute of the game, Changchun Yatai was more aggressive than the Longteng team, and their moves were also very big. The game basically ended with the Longteng team players falling to the ground, getting up and being overturned again.
, even the commentator in charge of the commentary complained: "The game was really fragmented."
Because Zou Weijia and Liming, the two leading headers of the Longteng team, were not present, even though they got a lot of free kick opportunities, the Longteng team was unable to score goals. Later, Zhang Sheng simply chose tactical corner kicks for all corner kicks.
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After going through a difficult football "wrestling match", the Longteng team finally took advantage of Changchun Yatai's slight decline in physical fitness to get a penalty kick before the end of the first half. The penalty kicker was Ni Kai on the left.
Afraid of confrontation, he risked injury and rushed into Changchun Yatai's penalty area. He was pulled down by an opponent's player, giving the Longteng team an opportunity to break the deadlock.
Nie Jiang did not let down the hard work of his teammates. His penalty kick deceived Yatai's goalkeeper and turned the score into 1:o.
Zhang Sheng on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief.
After the second half, Changchun Yatai suddenly launched a desperate counterattack. Huang He and Shen Jun were not orthodox central defenders after all, and they still made mistakes in defense. Yatai's forward Morero took advantage of Huang He's loss of position and scored in the penalty area.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he scored with a header to tie the score at 1:1.
To make matters worse, in the 13th minute of the second half, the Longteng team's sharp winger Ni Kai was injured in the scramble and had to be replaced by Cao Jinghao. The Longteng team lost a high-profile player on the wing.
At more than 70 minutes of the game, Yan Xiaoyu, who had been performing mediocrely in the Yatai Muscle Jungle, was replaced by Zhang Sheng and Zeng Fansheng.
After Zeng Wengrong came on the field, he used his good foot skills to create several opportunities. Although he did not score a goal, Yatai received two yellow cards in a row. Yatai's defense seemed a bit shaken.
In the stoppage time of the game, Zhang Sheng made a desperate move and replaced Xiong Jian with Wang Xing, giving the front line an extra high point, hoping to exploit the weakness of Yatai's already exhausted defense to gain a breakthrough at the set piece.
In the last two minutes of the game, Zeng Prosperity once again got a free kick in the frontcourt, and several Longteng players also rushed into the penalty area.
Because Wang Xing was over 1.9 meters tall, he became the target of Yatai's care, but they ignored Qi Ming, who was not too tall.
When Zeng Wengwen's ball came out, Qi Ming had no one to mark him. He easily jumped up and shook his head to attack the goal, breaking the goal guarded by Yatai goalkeeper Wu Yake.
The Longteng team finally defeated their opponent before the end of the game and got a precious three points.
In order to ensure the national team's preparation for the top 12 of the World Preliminaries, this season's Chinese League schedule has been greatly compressed. The Longteng team is even more tired because there are still players to prepare for the Olympic Games, but the other strong teams are not easy either.
, the schedule is originally a double match a week but also includes the Football Association Cup, so as long as the team that broke into the previous round of the Football Association Cup will have a continuous double match a week.
In the past round of the game, when the Longteng team gritted their teeth and insisted on getting three points, Guangzhou Evergrande lost to Guangzhou R&F in the Guangzhou Derby away game. The Evergrande players were obviously more tired than the R&F players.
After playing against Changchun Yatai, the Longteng team happened to be going to an away game to challenge Guangzhou R&F. The difference from Guangzhou Evergrande was that the Longteng team was more tired, because it was a consecutive week of double matches and consecutive away games. It was terrifying.
It had only been three days since the Dragons finished their last game, and they had to fly from the far northeast to the south of the motherland. The journey was extremely draining on the players' energy.
In order to eliminate this impact as much as possible, the team's coaching team is also exhausted.
The physical fitness team must develop a physical training plan for each individual after the game; physical therapists must help players massage; in view of continuous high-intensity games, there are many players with minor injuries, and the medical team needs to check these players every day
Injury; the logistics team must book a hotel for the team in advance before and after the game and prepare equipment.
After each day's training, the players take a rest, but the coaching staff cannot. They have to summarize all the data of each player who trained that day. Some of them need to be judged on the same day, and some need to be entered into the Longteng team and the team.
In the big data platform jointly developed by Jiangsoft Technology, the system can provide relevant conclusions.
Then the coaching team will arrange personnel and tactics based on all the results.
It can be said that the consecutive double matches in a week not only put very high demands on the players, but also put a cruel test on the entire coaching staff.
Even though the players and coaching staff put in great efforts, in the actual game, even if Zhang Sheng made personnel adjustments, the entire team still played weakly.
In the first half, Guangzhou R&F's new foreign aid Zahavi penetrated the Longteng team's door. This was his eighth goal since joining the team. He had seven goals and two assists in the previous five games, and his condition was better than in July.
The weather in Guangzhou is still hot. In the last round against Guangzhou Evergrande, it was his goal and assist that helped the team win the derby 2:1.
Today, the Longteng team, which ranks first in the league, has suffered from him again. Zahavi can be called a wealthy killer.
Liu Jiayuan, who was in charge of the commentary, had to sigh: "Since Zahavi came to R&F, whether it is a relegation opponent or a championship team, he has become the soul behind his sword. Moreover, R&F's offense has been completely activated, fast and smooth.
The passing is very entertaining, at least until now, Guangzhou R&F is playing more like the Dragons than the Dragons."
Seeing Nie Jiang who couldn't run on the court, and Rock Gill who looked weak even after a round of rest, Zhang Sheng could only stand on the sidelines and roar loudly, hoping to activate the players' condition.
In Guangzhou in July, the weather was extremely hot, and the air pressure was low, making it extremely stuffy. Zhang Sheng had been standing on the sidelines for less than ten minutes, and his clothes looked like they had just been fished out of the water.
You can imagine how painful it is for the players who keep running on the field.
After the Longteng team lost the ball, under the supervision of Zhang Sheng, they ran very hard for more than ten minutes. There was a certain improvement in offense and defense. However, the referee soon stopped the game because players from both sides were
Need to rehydrate.
"The scorching hot weather is too testing for the players on both sides." Liu Jiayuan explained, "The referee has the power to suspend the game under appropriate circumstances to allow the players to rehydrate."
The logistics staff of the two teams also quickly moved the mineral water and energy drinks that had been prepared to the sidelines, and the players from both sides gathered around.
Zhang Sheng took this opportunity to encourage the players: "The weather is very hot today, and everyone played very hard."
After speaking to the domestic players, Zhang Sheng also specifically spoke to the two foreign players again in Portuguese. This was also to show respect for their two foreign players. Then Zhang Sheng ordered: "Let's play the pass next."
Control, everyone should run smarter, be more focused, ensure the success rate of catching the ball, and reduce unnecessary running as much as possible. The high-pressure pressing in the frontcourt can be appropriately relaxed. We are hot and they are also hot, and we are tired.
They are also tired. Now let’s see who can be stronger. I believe you are the best in every aspect.”
The mental level of the Longteng team has been greatly improved after replenishing water. Perhaps the replenished water has temporarily improved their physical fitness. De Paul and Nie Jiang got consecutive shooting opportunities, but they did not pose too many threats.
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"The game is pretty good now." Liu Jiayuan also said with a smile, "Both sides were hitting the ground and passing the ball down, and both were very smooth. It was so beautiful. The Longteng team finally showed off its special skills."
In the 42nd minute of the first half, the Longteng team made more than a dozen consecutive kicks in the midfield, completely opening up Guangzhou R&F's defensive formation. Zeng Fansheng, who came on as a substitute for Tao Wentao in this game, had a very effective kick.
An imaginative pass over the top allowed Zou Weijia to get the ball, and the latter's single-handed ball actually missed the goal.
Zhang Sheng almost rushed out of the coach's workspace to celebrate on the sidelines, but had to regret it and stopped midway, holding his head with a look of reluctance.
At the end of the first half, Guangzhou R&F still led the game 1:0.
During the halftime break, although the score was behind, Zhang Sheng still encouraged the players: "Playing football in such weather is indeed a problem, but we played well in the second half and we have a chance to equalize the score.
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Zhang Sheng then analyzed the opponent's tactics: "But to win this game, we need to play smarter. The opponent is a team that mainly plays ground passing and control. We are very familiar with this system. Rather
Compared to all our players, who can handle passes and possessions smoothly, their tactics must revolve around the two frontcourt foreign players as nodes. We have trained for a long time on how to cut off the passes between nodes. We came up with it in the second half.
Our strength comes out."
After the start of the second half, Renardinho, an important node in R&F's frontcourt, became the focus of Longteng players. In addition, Ma Yongli strengthened his defense against Zahavi in a targeted manner. Guangzhou R&F's pass in the frontcourt was reversed.
It seems very dry.
Even Liu Jiayuan saw it: "The Dragons played very smartly. They didn't follow Leonardinho, but tried to destroy his receiving point. Zahavi was led by Ma Yongli.
With a free man in charge, R&F's offense is a little bit out of control."
R&F's offense couldn't take off, which put a lot of pressure on their backcourt. Even if former Longteng player Wang Peng worked very hard, it was still difficult for R&F to drive the danger out of the penalty area.
First, Zou Weijia's play allowed De Paul's long-range shot to slide past. Then R&F's defensive midfielder finally couldn't hold on due to the pressure. Foreign aid Svensson had to bring down Nie Jiang, and he received a yellow card.
The Longteng team was given a free kick in the frontcourt.
Regarding this free kick, Longteng team's center Zou Weijia and Qi Ming, who scored in the previous round, received heavy attention.
When De Paul's free throw came out, he was indeed looking for Qi Ming. Wang Peng, who was responsible for defending Qi Ming, obviously underestimated this junior. Qi Ming's bounce was beyond Wang Peng's surprise, and he
His ability to stay in the air and his waist and abdomen are both extremely strong. Qi Ming leaped high and overwhelmed Wang Peng, and made a powerful head-swing attack that made R&F goalkeeper Chen Yuelei just look at the ball and sigh.
After restraining R&F's tactics and attacking for more than ten minutes, the Longteng team finally scored a goal and equalized the score.
The Longteng team, which had equalized the score, was originally planning to go all out and continue to attack to score a goal, but the referee stopped the game again to replenish water, and R&F also used this time to take a good breather.
After the game continued, R&F tightened the fence and most of the team squatted in the backcourt to defend. Although the Longteng team had a strong offensive, they were unable to do anything to defeat their opponents.
About 30 minutes into the second half, the Longteng team finally had physical problems. Qi Ming, who ran the most actively and consumed the most energy, obviously slowed down, preventing him in a key position from affecting the overall defense. Zhang Sheng could not
There is no need for young player Cao Jinghao to replace him.
Qi Ming's dismissal greatly reduced the control of the Longteng team in the midfield. In addition, the players' general physical fitness reached a bottleneck. The overall formation of the Longteng team was pushed back at least five to ten meters.
The Longteng team's retreat of the overall formation is not without its benefits. This at least gives the players in the frontcourt room to sprint.
At the 37th minute of the second half, Zeng Prosperity delivered a good ball in the midfield again. After receiving the ball, Nie Jiang increased his speed and rushed forward. He continuously changed directions and sprinted again while dribbling the ball, allowing
R&F's foreign aid midfielder Svensson, who had already received a yellow card, did not dare to take action, which gave Nie Jiang a rare space to display.
After dribbling the ball to the edge of the penalty area, facing the R&F center back who came to defend him, Nie Jiang took a decisive shot.
