The next day's Korean media criticized Jeonbuk Hyundai like a storm.
The huge investment at the beginning of the season and the promises made before the game ended up being unable to win even when the opponent's investment was reduced in strategy. At the end of the game, they were still beaten. The two lineups that the club spent a lot of money to prepare at the beginning of the season were:
What's the meaning?
The verbal criticism of Jeonbuk Hyundai reached 9 o'clock in the evening when another Korean club finally took away the blame.
Because in another AFC Champions League game that just ended, Shuiyuan Samsung went away to challenge Guangzhou Evergrande and were beaten 6:0.
Not only the Korean fans couldn't stand this score, but the Chinese fans themselves found it incredible, but this is the strength gap between the two teams.
Guangzhou Evergrande, playing at home, showed terrifying offensive capabilities. Diego Costa, who transferred during the break, destroyed the entire defense line of Shuiyuan Samsung by himself. His strong body and terrifying impact
, top-notch foot skills completed a hat trick in the first half.
Then Paulinho scored twice and Goulart's icing on the cake made the second round completely meaningless.
Compared with Guangzhou Evergrande, although Shuiyuan Samsung invested less this season, the 0:6 score did stimulate the Korean media. Labels such as "the most embarrassing day for Korean football" and "the shame of the K-League" were
On the body of Shuiyuan Samsung.
Suwon Samsung players who returned home were even attacked with rotten eggs by fans at the airport. Then the players had no choice but to kneel down and beg the fans for forgiveness, and almost cut off their fingers or had their abdomen disemboweled.
In this round of the AFC Champions League knockout rounds, the club's one win and one draw gave the Chinese national team a boost of confidence for the upcoming top 12 of the World Cup preliminaries.
Chinese domestic media are full of confidence in the upcoming war between China and South Korea.
Some compare the players from both sides. First, they list the players from the two teams who are in Europe. Among them, the Korean national team has six players, including Son Heung-min, Ki Sung-yong, Koo Ja-cheol, Lee Ching-yong, Ji Dong-won and so on.
In addition to Huang Xican, who joined Red Bull Salzburg this season; the Chinese team also has six players, they are Li Yun, Qin Minghao, Ding Huaiyi, Zhang Linpeng, Xu Mingyu and Zhang Yuning.
Although in terms of overall quality, these Korean players who have played in the Premier League and Bundesliga for a long time have been famous for a long time. Especially Son Heung-min, who is only 24 years old this year and has already worn the title of "Asian Football King", and there is still a lot of opposition from the outside world.
Small; on the other hand, among the Chinese team's foreign players, only Li Yun and Qin Minghao play in the five major leagues, and they were just promoted from the Bundesliga this season. They have not been tested in many Bundesliga games. If the other players had not been in the Bundesliga,
The Eredivisie, Austrian League, or second-tier leagues like the Portuguese Liga, Zhang Linpeng, or even the third-tier league in Italy.
But in terms of numbers alone, at least the two sides were even.
In terms of comparison of domestic players, the media unanimously believe that Chinese clubs that have continuously dominated the AFC Champions League in recent years have proven the strength of Chinese domestic players, especially in the league where they have received excellent and even world-class foreign players.
Domestic defensive players in forward friction are much better than South Korea.
Some media have reviewed the history of competition between Chinese and Korean teams and the comparison of competition results in the past three or four years. From the 1993 National Youth League to the recent Olympic Games, whether it is direct dialogue between the two teams or comparison of final rankings,
The Chinese team obviously performed better.
This media even came to the conclusion that in this top 12 competition, the younger Chinese team players will become more mature, more capable, and more experienced as they play later. They are optimistic about this.
The two games between China and South Korea were tied away from home and won at home.
The optimism of the media gave fans more confidence. Chinese fans who wanted to witness the good results of the Chinese national team flocked to Seoul. In order to fight for the interests of the fans, the Chinese Football Association also opened their mouths - they asked South Korea in one breath
50,000 tickets have been reserved.
You must know that the venue for this game, the Seoul World Cup Stadium, can only accommodate a total of 66,704 people. How could South Korea allocate 50,000 tickets to China? In the end, the Korean Football Association allocated 15,000 tickets to the Chinese Football Association (Dragon Football Association)
Team Fans Association), while Korean travel agencies sold about 15,000 tickets to Chinese audiences (overseas students, tourists, etc. loose tickets).
These more than 30,000 tickets can be said to make the Korean team's home court less "home". The Chinese fans who occupy half of the venue will give the Chinese team great support, and may even overwhelm those who play at home.
Korean fans, so South Korea is also calling on Korean fans to come to the scene to cheer for the Korean team.
On August 29, the Chinese team, which was training in China, flew directly to Seoul. For this purpose, the Chinese Football Association specially chartered a China Southern Airlines plane, and it was equipped with seats that could be folded flat for sleeping. It could be said that they were not fully prepared.
While half of the Chinese media circle and the entire football circle are worried about the World Cup preliminaries, South Korea is also slowly recovering from its huge defeat in the AFC Champions League.
Compared to history, they began to pay more attention to collecting information about the Chinese national team.
For the domestic players of the Chinese team, the Korean Football Association has specifically consulted Korean practitioners who play and coach in the Chinese Super League. The Korean team’s current training roster includes five players: Kim Young-kwon, Jang Hyun-soo, Hong Jeong-gyeong, Kim Ki-hee, and Zheng Yourong, among whom
The clubs they play for, Guangzhou Evergrande and Jiangsu Suning, both have Chinese international players.
The Korean media proudly revealed that several players from the Chinese Super League had held detailed talks with the Korean team coach Stillik and told them everything they knew about the Chinese players. Among them, the main forward of the Longteng team is also the main forward of the current national team.
Nie Jiang's various details and characteristics on the field are described in extremely detailed way. It just so happens that these Korean players are the absolute main force in the back line of their respective clubs, and they play against Nie Jiang at least twice a year. Although they are basically
They have all been scored on, but their information has become increasingly valuable.
In addition to these five Korean players, there are also many Korean coaches currently coaching in the Chinese Super League, including Choi Yong-soo, Hong Myung-bo, Park Tae-ha, Lee Jang-soo, and Zhang Wai-ryong.
Among these people are Lee Jang-soo, who has coached a big club like Guangzhou Evergrande and knows Chinese football well, Zhang Wailong, who has coached many small and medium-sized Chinese Super League clubs, and Hong Myung-bo, who once served as the coach of the South Korean team.
It is said that they have handed over all the relevant information and their own suggestions, especially the bits and pieces of the match against the Dragons, to the person in charge of the Korean Football Association. It is reported that their unanimous suggestion is to use current and former Dragons players as the main force
The Chinese national players in the framework did not get a good rest. They are currently suffering from injuries and are extremely tired. The South Korean team must seize the advantages of physical fitness and speed and carry out pressing attacks.
Korean soldiers who are familiar with Chinese football are working together, and Korean overseas players who are the absolute core of the team are also cheering the team on.
Son Heung-min, as the header star, said: "I know China has made a lot of preparations, and their strength has grown rapidly in recent years. But we also know the importance of this game. This is the first game of the World Cup preliminaries. I hope the ball
The team can show the advanced side of Korean football in the game. In this regard, the team needs to stay focused and everyone needs to unite to win the game. We also need the support of the fans."
"We hope to win this game at home." Finally, Sun Xingmin expressed his confidence in this game.
As the game approached day by day, and all the players of the Chinese team gathered together, Perlan, who had always looked unhappy, finally had a smile, especially when domestic players from the Longteng Team and Guangzhou Evergrande came to the team with undefeated records.
The entire Chinese team finally became a little angry.
In fact, when these two teams played in the AFC Champions League, the normal training of the Chinese team's players should not have been enough. According to the regulations of FIFA and AFC, the number of players registered for each team in the top 12 for a single game is
23 players, but for the sake of preparing for training and uniting the team, the Chinese team brought all 25 players from the roster to South Korea, which not only ensured that they could practice tactics temporarily, but also stabilized everyone's mentality, which can be regarded as a material achievement.
Use it to its fullest, benevolent and righteous to the fullest.
The only dissatisfaction is that the training ground provided by South Korea to the Chinese national team is a place with "wind leakage from all sides". Although Perrin proposed a closed training request, in the end the effect was not achieved at all - the training ground was simply separated by barbed wire.
As long as your eyesight is fine, you can clearly see the training situation of the Chinese team. Not to mention that there is a hillside on one side of the stadium. Standing on the hillside, you can have an unobstructed view of the training content of the Chinese team.
When the Chinese team was training, at least ten Korean media outlets came to the scene and set up cameras. One hundred percent of these images will be taken away by the Korean Football Association for study.
Amid this open and covert struggle between the two sides, the game officially started at 19:00 on September 1, Beijing time.
When the starting lineup was announced, Perrin's arrangement was a surprise, because both the player selection and the possible formations were really confusing.
Like most Chinese fans, Zhang Sheng was confused about the starting lineup he got at this time, because judging from the selection of players, Li Yun, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Ma Yongli plus Shu Jun, and then
Including Zheng Zhi, as many as six players who can play as defenders start.
"Are you going to play five defenders?" Zhang Sheng was very surprised, because since Perrin started coaching the Chinese team, although the tactics have been changing constantly and there are as many players selected as crucian carp across the river, he has never played five defenders.
, the consequences of choosing such a drastic change of formation before such an important game are really hard to predict.
In the midfield, Ding Huaiyi and Xu Mingyu did not enter the starting lineup. Lin Feng, who was more active in defense and more balanced in offense and defense, was used. On the front line, Wu Lei, who had been vocal before the game, was replaced by Zou Weijia. Obviously Peilan's plan is to start in the front line.
Hold the ball firmly and then organize the attack.
After the game officially started, the Chinese team's 5-3-2 formation was very obvious. Zheng Zhi's position is the same as that of the club, which is the midfielder. It can be seen that this is a Chinese team that is fully defensive.
The formation of the head coaches of both sides determined the situation on the court after the game. The Chinese team, whose entire formation was deeply retracted, was trapped in the half court and basically couldn't get through.
In preparation for the game, Jianglong Data, a subsidiary of Jiangsoft Technology, the largest sports big data company in China - an affiliate of Longteng Group - analyzed and analyzed the data of the 29 games since the head coach of the Korean team Stillik took charge.
predict.
Zhang Sheng, through his connections in Germany, handed these data to the chief intelligence analyst of Jianglong Data, German football star Matthaus, and commissioned him to make an analysis report.
Matthaus made it clear that given that the South Korean team can guarantee an average of more than 70 passes every 15 minutes against strong European teams like the Czech Republic, and more than 70% of the mobile offensives come from the wing, pressing and pressing
The heat map area is concentrated on both sides of the frontcourt. It can be said that their advantages are passing, controlling, pressing and fast breaks from the wing.
While pointing out the advantages of the Korean team, Matthäus's more than 60-page ppt also gave the Chinese team suggestions, that is, positional warfare, flexible running and defensive counterattacks against the Korean team's full-backs.
The Longteng Club solemnly handed over this report to the Chinese Football Association, hoping that Perrin could use it as a reference.
Judging from Perrin's formation, it is obvious that he is a bit presumptuous. He starts with more muscles than brains and relies on the iron-blooded stranglehold of the center back to gain defensive strength. Is this how he wins this game, or does Perrin simply have to do it?
There is no hope of winning this game. Getting one point is his ultimate goal.
Different from the Chinese team in history, Gao Hongbo at that time used Zheng Zhi as the central defender and Ren Hang, who had been suspended for several months, as the left back. As a result, Zheng Zhi caused the first own goal and Ren Hang caused
Lost the next two goals.
Now Perrin's Chinese team has European players like Li Yun and Zhang Linpeng, as well as outstanding young defenders like Ma Yongli. Although their offensive skills have been ruined, their defense is still very stable.
It's just that the players on the field were playing extremely hard - we are not here to accompany the Koreans in offensive and defensive drills.
Compared to the Dragons' comfortable performance at Jeonbuk Hyundai's home court a few days ago, Guangzhou Evergrande's devastating victory over Shuiyuan Samsung in Tianhe. At this time, the Chinese national team built on the framework of these two teams has completely changed.
Under passive defense, the South Korean team made full use of the width of the two courts and the speed of Son Heung-min and Ji Dong-won on the wings, attacking Zhang Linpeng and Shu Jun's left and right wings again and again.
Even with the defensive help of Ma Yongli and Feng Xiaoting, the wing, which was already slightly inferior in strength, was still extremely embarrassed.
The United Arab Emirates referee Hassan, an old friend of Chinese football who officiated this game, was very strict about foul calls. When only half of the first half was played, he had already warned Zhang Linpeng and Shu Jun at least twice.
The Chinese fans who came from the stands were like carrying fifteen little rabbits in their arms - they were up and down, feeling happy that the team had not conceded a goal, but also frustrated that the team could not pose a threat to the opponent's goal.
On the other hand, the fans of the Korean team are in high spirits. Every time the Korean team makes a breakthrough from the wing, they scream, as if this attack can lead to a goal.
Compared with the performance of club teams, the two national teams of China and South Korea are really in a state of ice and fire.
