Liu Dianzuo's mistake stunned Mei Fang, who was filling in behind him.
When Liu Dianzuo rushed out of the small penalty area and took off, Mei Fang also took off. At this time, he saw the football suddenly flying past Liu Dianzuo towards him. In desperation, he blocked the football with his right hand that was raised in the air after taking off.
This action is as standard as the blocking action in volleyball.
After the football hit Mei Fang's hand, it popped out of the penalty area.
The Longteng players in the penalty area saw this scene clearly. Everyone raised their hands immediately to indicate that this was a handball in the penalty area, and it was intentional. A penalty kick must be awarded.
The referee Kesiri was not far from where the incident occurred. He rushed decisively into the penalty area of Guangzhou Evergrande and then pointed at the penalty spot.
"This..." He Wei did not expect such a scene, "Liu Dianzuo, this mistake is too serious. But why did Mei Fang also make the same mistake? Is this handball a bit crazy?"
"De Paul's pass. If Mei didn't stop it, it would have really flown into the net." Xu Yang said fairly, looking at the Guangzhou Evergrande players who were still defending the referee on the court.
, "There should be some slow motion later."
Sure enough, the slow-motion replay clearly showed the process of Mei Fang's handball. If he didn't stop it, the ball would really fall and fly into the net.
"Liu Dianzuo has been unable to play for a long time. In such a game, he is a bit worried about gains and losses." Xu Yang expressed his guess, "Hengda still needs reinforcements in the position of substitute goalkeeper."
This time it was He Wei's turn to explain to Evergrande: "There is nothing we can do about the position of substitute goalkeeper. Players with quality will definitely not want to play as a substitute in this position. There are too few opportunities. It is also difficult to find someone with the ability in the market who is willing to do so."
Substitute goalkeeper."
"The two goalkeepers of the Longteng team are not bad at all." Xu Yang retorted.
"This is a special case, a special case." He Wei explained again, "Zhou Wei has always been the main force before, and Huang Dawei took advantage of the opponent's injury. Let's take a look at this penalty first. In the last league game, Chavez took the penalty.
The penalty kick was saved by Yan Junling. This time the Longteng team chose to trust this foreign player. Chavez stood in front of the penalty spot. He took off and shot! The ball went in!"
In the last game against Shanghai SIPG, Chavez missed a penalty kick and the team was tied. This game was even more important. Zhang Sheng still gave him trust before the game.
In the penalty kick arrangement before the game, Zhang Sheng still ranked Chavez first, although Nie Jiang also desperately needs AFC Champions League goals - he has already scored 4. If this penalty kick can be scored, it will be
Reached 5. Last season Nie Jiang scored 8 goals in the AFC Champions League. Due to injuries and other reasons, Nie Jiang did not score many goals in the AFC Champions League this season. He has always wanted to equal the goals scored last season--
However, in order not to undermine Chavez's confidence, he chose to give up this opportunity.
Chavez did not live up to Zhang Sheng's trust in him. Faced with this penalty kick, in such an important game, he withstood the pressure and chose to hit the blind spot of the goal. The power of the shot was also very powerful, which made Liu
The people in the palace looked at the ball and sighed.
"This is Chavez's second AFC Champions League goal this season." Xu Yang began to comment, "He was able to take penalty kicks in consecutive games against SIPG and Evergrande, and he took the penalty kick in the last game.
After losing, it is not easy to overcome the psychological difficulties and score again."
"I heard that Longteng is the only club in the Chinese Super League that has a dedicated team of psychologists." He Wei broke the news a little bit, "And I heard that Director Zhang's wife is a psychiatrist, and she is a member of the Longteng Club.
Head of the psychological team. This should be of great help to the players."
"Indeed. It can be said that this is more advanced than many European clubs." Xu Yang was very proud, as if he had also received this light.
Chavez, who was on the court, rushed towards Zhang Sheng and gave his coach a big hug.
Zhang Sheng also patted Chavez on the shoulder comfortingly: "Well done. You are the best!"
This is the advantage of a multilingual head coach, who can communicate in the native language in which the players can best feel their emotions.
The goal of the Longteng team was not just as simple as equalizing the score, but mainly because the team found the opponent's weakness, formed an effective attack method, and scored, although this score was related to the opponent's players' mistakes.
As an excellent coach, Scolari had actually discovered the problem before, but there was nothing he could do. There were only so many players, and the only orthodox left back was Zou Zheng. He could only finish the first half first.
Under Scolari's command, Evergrande's formation slightly retracted, and accordingly the space for the Long Teng team to attack Zou Zheng became even narrower. Evergrande was able to temporarily stabilize the situation.
When the referee blew the halftime whistle, the score of 1:1 was a result acceptable to both sides.
Scolari returned to the locker room with a huge headache. This is the home court of Evergrande, and it is inevitable to compete for more goals. However, because of the left back, the Longteng team focused on this point, causing the team to have to return as a whole.
To make up for this loophole, the barrel principle is fully reflected this time.
Moreover, Zou Zheng's injury in the first half made him worried about the player's health. When his eyes drifted over Zou Zheng, he obviously looked very sluggish. He probably knew that his performance in the first half was insufficient.
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Whether it is from the perspective of team tactics or from the perspective of ensuring the players' health, Scolari must make adjustments.
Scolari must be cautious about how to adjust when there are no suitable substitute players.
While the players were changing clothes, resting and replenishing water and energy, Scolari had urgent communication with his coaching staff, and the coaching team also came up with several plans.
One is to maintain the formation. You can consider letting Han Pengfei play at center back and move Mei Fang to play at left back. This is an operation that Evergrande has done before. Mei Fang also played several times before coming to Evergrande.
The left back, but Han Pengfei is really worried about being a substitute to play the center back Scolari. Apart from his height and body, this player is a mess; another thing that can be considered is to let Zheng Long, the left winger, play on the left.
Defender, Evergrande has had this situation before, but it is rare, and the opposite Huang He has strong offensive ability, Zheng Long's defense is a big problem.
There is another situation, just play three central defenders, but Scolari is even more worried about the change of formation. It is not that he has never used the three central defenders formation. Remember when he led Brazil to win the World Cup in 2002,
It was also a tactic of three central defenders, and it was also the last team to win the World Cup with three central defenders. But this formation is very demanding on players, and Scolari didn't want to use it in a game like the AFC Champions League semifinals.
Go on an adventure.
In the end, Scolari chose stability. Mei Fang had more left back experience than Zheng Long and became a reference target, although Mei Fang's left back performance was not that good.
"Han Pengfei, come on, Zou Zheng will rest in the second half, there is still the second round, don't rush." Scolari still took Zou Zheng's face into consideration and gave an explanation for replacing him, "Mei Fang, you go and play on the left.
Defenders, try to stay safe."
Compared with Evergrande, Zhang Sheng did not make any adjustments. The players have implemented the tactics laid out before the game. All that is left is to encourage them.
"Evergrande has made a substitution. Han Pengfei comes on, and Zou Zheng comes off." When the players came into the field to cheer for the team in the second half, He Wei noticed the changes on the field, "Zou Zheng was injured in the first half, I hope it's not for this reason.
.I think Evergrande fans would rather hope that Zou Zheng was replaced because of poor performance than because he was injured again."
"The Longteng team has not made any changes." Xu Yang continued to give his prediction, "But the main focus of playing on the wing will not change. It is hard to say what Evergrande's substitutions will be."
Guangzhou Evergrande, who had just been replaced, was very strong. In the first few minutes of the second half, perhaps because they felt that Mei could at least defend the left side, Evergrande's players pressed out. Diego Costa's movement allowed Du Zhenyu and Luo Zhenyu to
K. Gil was very uncomfortable. After adapting in the first half, he learned to find the critical point in the defensive area between the two players of the Longteng team, resulting in frequent mistakes in cooperation between the two.
In the eighth minute of the second half, Diego Costa received the pass in this area again. Du Zhenyu's follow-up was a little hesitant, allowing Diego Costa to find a little space. He relied on Du Zhenyu's rush to squeeze.
, turned around successfully.
Facing the penalty area, Diego Costa is extremely powerful. There is not much space. His speed picks up immediately, and the ball is at a very suitable distance from him. Not only that, with such precise control of the ball,
He was still looking up to observe the situation on the court.
At this time, Qi Ming was chasing desperately from behind. Ma Yongli came to intercept. Diego Costa made a sudden change of direction and accelerated, and then pulled the ball after a sudden stop, shaking Ma Yongli.
It was clean, Huang Dawei quickly came over to block the near corner, because Du Zhenyu and the returning Rock Gill were blocking the far corner of the goal.
After Diego Costa passed Ma Yongli, he accelerated the ball again, got rid of the squeeze of Qi Ming who was chasing after him, got out of the shooting angle, and decisively chose to shoot. Huang Dawei stretched out his hand, but
Without touching the ball, the ball passed his hand. He could only subconsciously turn his head and look at the goal. After all, the shooting angle was not very wide. As a result, the ball hit the goal post and bounced off the baseline.
"Diego Costa broke through, he entered the penalty area! He passed Ma Yongli, passed Qi Ming, and shot! Oops! The goal post!" He Wei shouted excitedly, "Beautiful. What is a star? This is a star.
, one person passed the entire defense line of the Long Teng team, which is the best defense line in Asia. The Chinese Super League has conceded the fewest goals, and the AFC Champions League has conceded the fewest goals. It is like nothing in front of Diego Costa. If this ball is hit
It scored, and it is definitely a strong contender for the best goal in the AFC Champions League this season."
"It is indeed a pity. If we were to comment on the best signing in the second half of this season's Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League, it must be Diego Costa. His personal ability is too strong." Xu Yang strongly agreed with He Wei's opinion.
"It's hard to say. With Diego Costa's current state, if they can surpass the Dragons, maybe he will be the best foreign player in the AFC Champions League this season." He Wei boasted even more powerfully.
After Diego Costa shot on the field, he buried his head in the turf, slapped the ground with both hands, stood up angrily, and walked out of the penalty area.
Although the goal was not scored, it made Zhang Sheng nervous on the sidelines. The subsequent series of breakthroughs were certainly a reflection of Diego Costa's personal ability, but before that he had been wandering between Du Zhenyu and Rock Gill.
But it was the starting point of this attack.
Previously, the connection between the Longteng team's back line and midfield relied more on Ma Yongli, a free man in the backcourt, to connect up and down, but his physical fitness was not enough to compete with Diego Costa, so Zhang Sheng chose Du Zhenyu to defend.
, Roque Gil added, now Diego Costa discovered that there was something unfamiliar in the Long Teng team's tactics, and he decisively took advantage of it.
Just like Scolari had to make a substitution at halftime, Zhang Sheng also had to make a choice quickly, either to bring back Ma Yongli to take on Du Zhenyu's current responsibility, or to use Du Zhenyu to the end and let him do the post-
Free man on the field.
In the end, Zhang Sheng chose to use people without suspicion. Since Du Zhenyu was chosen to play this position at the beginning of this game, let him play until the end.
Under Zhang Sheng's command, Du Zhenyu nervously took over this task and at the same time focused his attention to the extreme.
Du Zhenyu, who was focused, performed at a very high level. He restricted Diego Costa to death, and even completed one-on-one defense on several occasions.
"Du Zhenyu performed very well in this game. Diego Costa hasn't had a good chance since his last shot." He Wei is still very tolerant of young local players.
"Even if he didn't shoot, Diego Costa's role was still very obvious. Goulart and Paulinho got a lot of opportunities. However, the overall performance of the Longteng team's defense in this game was very good, especially Huang Dawei and Liu
Compared with the throne, the gap in strength between the two is still quite obvious." Xu Yang summarized the situation on the court.
During this period of time, the Longteng team and Guangzhou Evergrande formed a stalemate. Neither winger had much assist ability, so Evergrande's offense could only rely on a few frontcourt players, while the Longteng team was unable to break through the two Evergrande teams.
A full-back who focuses on defense.
It wasn't until the 25th minute of the second half that the game changed again.
After continuously attacking Mei Fang's defense to no avail, the Longteng team shifted its focus to Shu Jun's side.
Evergrande's left back is tired this season, and the right back is not relaxed either. Shu Jun has reached the critical point of his physical reserves for the season. Playing at this time in such a high-intensity game seems a bit out of his depth.
De Paul keenly seized this opportunity. After receiving Qi Ming's pass, he did not cooperate anymore, but chose to break through on the wing. Shu Jun was a step slower in defense, allowing De Paul to succeed in the bottom line.
, passed the ball comfortably into the penalty area.
In Evergrande's penalty area at this time, Chavez and Nie Jiang were also in place at the same time, forming a double ghost attack. Guangzhou Evergrande's goal was in danger again.
