Being able to buy Diego Costa is the most exciting operation of Guangzhou Evergrande this year.
Taking advantage of the little conflict between the players and the club, and relying on super high annual salary, they ended up buying top European stars like Diego Costa. I really should give Guangzhou Evergrande's front office a thumbs up.
As a center forward, Diego Costa can't compare to Suigi, and a goal-scoring machine like Lewandowski will even be compared to an English forward like Kane. But as long as the team operates normally, he can guarantee the league's golden boot.
The performance of level competitiveness - no matter which league it is in.
Despite his much-criticized playing style, he actually still has many excellent characteristics.
First of all, his running position is very weird. In the fierce and sometimes even deliberate physical confrontation with the defensive players, he can often run behind the defensive players when the ball is passed and get faced.
The goalkeeper's chance to shoot is a rare ability for a top center forward.
Secondly, looking at his rough face, strong body, and rough playing style, many people subconsciously think that he is a center who is not good at foot skills. That is a big mistake. How can a Brazilian player who was born in street ball play?
Maybe his dribbling ability is weak? Many times people are just deceived by his appearance. Even in the five major leagues, Costa has the ability to open up situations for the team with his personal skills.
Then there is the style of play, which also has pros and cons. Being aggressive and ruthless, and using any means necessary is certainly easy for him to be targeted by his opponents and is taken care of by the referees, but it also shows his iron-blooded nature - never giving up, and always being a striker.
Willing to defend with all his strength.
When he was in La Liga, he hit a goal post and a big bloody hole was made in his calf. When receiving treatment from the team doctor in the locker room, Diego Costa even used a camera to record the healing process with great interest.
, while recording, he talked to the team doctor: "Give me the nail gun (for medical use). I saw the (leg) bone. It's okay. I'll do it myself."
Later, the head coach who was familiar with him also joked: "I'm not worried about him. I'm worried that the goalpost will be injured more seriously."
Having such a fierce warrior in the team will greatly improve the team's mental strength.
After Diego Costa joined, Guangzhou Evergrande not only increased its offense significantly, but also conceded a lot less goals, which has nothing to do with him.
Before the game, Scolari also looked confident: "We are well prepared for this AFC Champions League game."
Scolari's confidence corresponded to Zhang Sheng's headache.
Players like Diego Costa are very difficult to guard. He has the ability to work alone, but also has very good coordination, especially the ability to play the ball. He is not afraid of confrontation and likes to be mean--of course, he can't really beat him.
Afraid, the problem is that you can't really hit him. He is a striker with a sharp edge and a hob. But Zhang Sheng knows what the most correct attitude is when dealing with such a super player: don't be afraid, just do it and concentrate.
Stay close to him at any time, cut off the connection between him and the offensive organizer, and interrupt the rhythm of his first touch of the ball.
After all, when it comes to shooting skills, Diego Costa can only be regarded as a top striker. He rarely shoots as wildly and imaginatively as Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or even Ibrahimovic.
For this reason, Zhang Sheng specially arranged for Du Zhenyu to be the villain.
Since Du Zhenyu's special training mission was completed, his marking ability has been greatly strengthened. It can be said that he is the best candidate to mark Diego Costa. If Du Zhenyu can overcome his sometimes lack of concentration during the game
So at the same time, Zhang Sheng equipped Du Zhenyu with Ma Yongli as a back-up player. In this game, he who used to be responsible for playing the ball from the backcourt will focus more on defending Du Zhenyu.
From an overall tactical point of view, Zhang Sheng's purpose in this game is to speed up the pace of the game, take advantage of the youth of his players, and strengthen the pressing against Zheng Zhi in a targeted manner.
Although Lin Feng has slowly integrated into Guangzhou Evergrande this season, Scolari also consciously began to let Lin Feng take over part of Zheng Zhi's midfield metronome tasks, but Zhang Sheng and the coaching staff have analyzed this season
After all the previous data from Evergrande, it was found that Zheng Zhi's midfield ball control time is still much higher than that of Lin Feng.
In terms of strength alone, Paulinho, another midfielder of Evergrande, is certainly better than Zheng Zhi on both offense and defense, but Paulinho averages 3 steals per game (first in the team) and 6 goals.
Judging from the situation of attacking the opponent's 30-meter area, in addition to defending in the midfield, his energy is more about penetrating into the penalty area. The real scheduling and organization still rely on Zheng Zhi.
So as long as Zheng Zhi is restricted, Evergrande's operation will be half wasted.
In addition, Zhang Sheng's other trick in this game is to play on the wing. Zou Zheng has just recovered from a serious injury and will definitely not be able to play in the whole game. Zhang Sheng knows Shu Jun on the other side very well.
A player who basically doesn't have much assist ability can attack with confidence.
A few minutes before the game, it suddenly started raining in Guangzhou, which had been sunny during the day, but the temperature of 23-32 degrees was very suitable for the game.
Since West Asia has not won the AFC Champions League for many years, this game is also called the AFC Champions League final held in advance. Sports media across Asia have focused their attention on this AFC Champions League "Chinese Derby".
From the first second when the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the field became intense. The two teams that were already very "familiar" did not do any more testing and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
"Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides." CCTV arranged the strongest partners He Wei and Xu Yang for this game. Seeing the situation on the court, they slightly accelerated the must-go process of commentary. However, the fierceness of the game
The level was still much higher than they expected.
In the 30th second of the opening period, Gao Lin passed a long pass from the right into the penalty area. Diego Costa grabbed the point under Du Zhenyu's close guard. His header passed the ball to the center, and Goulart followed up and hit the ball.
However, due to interference from Ma Yongli, the ball was not kicked well and the anti-aircraft cannon was fired.
"Shoot! Goulart's shot was so close." He Wei, who was still introducing the players, quickly introduced the situation on the court, "Guangzhou Evergrande made a beautiful attack at the beginning. Diego Costa's center role was very good.
Very powerful.”
Zhang Sheng waved his hands vigorously on the sidelines and shouted to Du Zhenyu: "Concentrate! Pay attention!"
Du Zhenyu also nodded quickly.
Evergrande's routine just now was very simple. Just find a little space and hit the ball into the penalty area to find an opportunity. If it were another team, it might be criticized, but several foreign players in Guangzhou Evergrande are really strong, and this simple tactic is
It produced good results.
Evergrande played with momentum, and the Longteng team did not show weakness.
Less than a minute before Evergrande's attack, De Paul on the left side of the Longteng team made consecutive sudden stops and turns, opening up Shu Jun's defensive distance and then passed a direct pass into the penalty area of Guangzhou Evergrande. Tao Wen
Tao quickly cut into the penalty area, received the ball, and shot decisively.
Zheng Zhi is very qualified as a defensive midfielder. He followed Tao Wentao when he started. When Tao Wentao finally shot, the angle was basically lost due to Zheng Zhi's interference and blocking, and the football just hit the side netting.
"Tao Wentao's shot! The Longteng team's offense is also very sharp!" The Longteng team's attack also caused He Wei to interrupt the introduction of the substitute players, "The pace is too fast. Sorry, I have to hurry up to introduce the substitute players.
Already."
After He Wei finished introducing the substitute players at a fast pace, Xu Yang also smiled and said: "I found that as long as it is a game between the Longteng team and Guangzhou Evergrande, the pace is very fast."
The current situation on the field is indeed the same as what Xu Yang said. After getting the ball, Guangzhou Evergrande used skillful passing to avoid the pressure of the Longteng team in the frontcourt and pushed the front line into the midfield. This style of play is completely different from
After other teams in the Chinese Super League got the goal kick, the goalkeeper swung the ball for a long time, then waved for his teammates to press on. As a result, he kicked the ball into the frontcourt and resigned himself to fate.
Of course, being able to use the skills at your feet to advance in this way relies on three midfielders with super technical abilities, Zheng Zhi, Paulinho and Lin Feng.
After the football approached the 30-meter area of the Longteng team, the Longteng team's defensive formation became more compact. Although Diego Costa in front was running non-stop, Du Zhenyu followed very closely, unless the latter was far away from the penalty area.
Very far, running into the defensive area of the defensive midfielder.
After Guangzhou Evergrande patiently fell down for a while, they suddenly accelerated their speed when they used Diego Costa to bring Du Zhenyu out of the penalty area. Zheng Zhi passed the ball to Diego Costa with his back.
, the latter, under the interference of Du Zhenyu, held the ball very steadily. After quickly trying to shake his body and turn around to no avail, he chose to knock the ball across to Goulart, and then turned around and ran.
If it were an ordinary player, such a set of tactics would be a common and basic operation, but Diego Costa is no one else. When he was fighting against Du Zhenyu, he grabbed the latter's jersey with his hands and took the ball.
When he turned around, he grabbed the flesh on Du Zhenyu's body and twisted it secretly. This operation caused Du Zhenyu to almost jump in pain.
Du Zhenyu didn't expect this move from the opponent at all. While suffering the pain, his speed slowed down a step. Diego Costa took advantage of this opportunity and rushed to the penalty area line. Goulart's pass just came over at this time.
, this was a very beautiful one-two match at the top of the penalty area. Ma Yongli and Qi Ming, who was returning to defense, formed a closing trend on the penalty area line. Then Diego Costa chose to shoot by himself. In the end,
Huang Dawei fought hard to save the football from the bottom line, and Guangzhou Evergrande got a corner kick opportunity.
As soon as the ball was dead, Du Zhenyu began to complain to the Iraqi referee Casey about Diego Costa's behavior just now. He lifted up his jersey and showed the opponent the red replacement that had been twisted.
Maybe it was because of the language barrier, or because it was rare for the referee to do something like this. He didn't pay much attention to it. On the contrary, in the next corner kick defense, Diego Costa looked at Du Zhenyu with a joking expression. To be honest, if it wasn't
On the court, Du Zhenyu must have punched him in the face.
He Wei also noticed the whole process, and he said a bit cryptically: "Du Zhenyu seems to have suffered a small loss in the confrontation with Diego Costa. The latter is not easy to guard against."
Du Zhenyu, who was already burning with anger in his chest in the penalty area, suddenly remembered what Zhang Sheng had specially told him before the game: "Diego Costa's little moves on the court are very dirty. In addition, provoking others with his expressions and eyes is also his most important thing."
The usual method. So, no matter how dirty he is on the court, you have to stay calm. If he goes too far, you go to the head coach. As long as you don't let him score, after the game is over, you can despise him as much as you like.
.”
Thinking of this, Du Zhenyu put aside his distracting thoughts, concentrated his attention, stretched out his hand and tightly hugged Diego Costa's waist to prevent him from running and jumping. Sure enough, in the end, Guangzhou Evergrande's corner kick was stabilized by Huang Dawei
It was not confiscated.
In less than three minutes, the two teams had already completed three shots, which shows the fast pace of the game.
The rest of the game was all about racing in the fast lane.
In the fifth minute, Huang He on the right side of the Longteng team bullied Zou Zheng and Gangyu did not dare to use too much force. He just used his body and speed to beat the opponent on the wing. Then he cut inside along the penalty area line and dribbled the ball at high speed.
In the process, he spotted the opportunity and passed the ball to Chavez in the penalty area. The latter responded without stopping and passed the ball to Tao Wentao who came in the middle of the penalty area. In the end, Tao Wentao's push shot slightly missed the goal post.
Attacks like this basically never stopped on the court. Whether it was the fans of Guangzhou Evergrande or the Longteng expedition team who came from afar, they vented their love for the team to their heart's content, and the cheers from both sides
One after another, the party with more people certainly wants to show its advantage of having more people, and the party with less people is not willing to be outdone.
"This game is lively." The game has only started less than 20 minutes, and He Wei has already said this for the first time. "Although both sides lost several generals before the game, they can still play at such a high level now."
It’s a rare match.”
"There is a reason why these two teams have reached this point." Xu Yang also said, "These two teams basically form the main framework of the national team. This season they are fighting on the third and fourth lines. Evergrande is in the same league
After five left backs were injured, there are still left backs available. If they were to be used by other teams, the defense would have collapsed. Not to mention the Longteng team, their wing backs on both sides have never stopped, but no matter
Whether they are the main players or the players who come on the bench, they all remain above the standard. As for Suning and SIPG, once someone in the main lineup is injured, the team's strength will drop sharply. Therefore, the Chinese Super League will participate in the AFC Champions League next season.
If the team wants to achieve good results, it is necessary to strengthen the bench strength."
Xu Yang was still analyzing why the Dragons and Guangzhou Evergrande were able to stand out in the AFC Champions League when something happened on the field again, and it was Diego Costa who made the mistake. This time, the person he was looking for trouble was not Du Zhenyu, but
