Villas-Boas knows that the team is now at a disadvantage, but he still chooses to believe in the two super foreign players. There is a very profound reason for this, and that is the team's poor away record.
Except for the victory in Seoul in the first game of the AFC Champions League, SIPG only achieved 2 draws and 3 losses in the remaining away games (three league games and two AFC Champions League games), especially the away draws with Quanjian and Hyundai Lifan respectively. The team was in control.
With an absolute advantage in ball rate and number of passes, he only scored two goals and scored two points. So when facing the Dragons in the fourth away game of the league, Villas-Boas began to use a simpler and more direct way to burn the flames of war.
The opponent's hinterland.
What can make a difference is foreign aid.
Seeing that Hulk and Oscar alone could not penetrate the Longteng team's defense, Villas-Boas chose to take a risk, which was to use Akhmedov's premise and U23 youngster Zhang Huachen to play as a defensive midfielder.
After Akhmedov stepped forward, his offensive attributes were immediately released.
In the fifteenth minute of the first half, while Hulk and Oscar had attracted most of the Dragons players, Akhmedov suddenly sped up in the frontcourt, and his pass found Wu Lei on the left.
Compared with Hulk and Oscar who were being marked, the unguarded Ahmedov passed the ball with just the right intensity this time. Coupled with Wu Lei's top level when he received the ball, the Longteng team failed to cause an offside.
Wu Lei formed a single sword.
"Wu Lei went solo, and Ahmedov's through ball completely penetrated the Longteng team's defense." Lou Yicheng also became excited, "Huang Dawei attacked, and Liming fought back desperately. Wu Lei's push shot,
Oops, it was blocked by Huang Dawei and SIPG got a corner kick."
"Osborne served the ball, headed the ball high! It's Akhmedov again. Coach Villas-Boas's Akhmedov still played an role in this game." Liu Yue praised the Uzbek player.
The player from Stan gave a thumbs up, "In the previous match between the Chinese team and the Uzbek national team, he was also the biggest threat."
"There is a problem with the defense of the Longteng team." Faced with the replay of Shanghai SIPG's attack just now, Lou Yicheng analyzed, "The moment Akhmedov passed the ball, Liming was behind and did not follow the overall conditions of the defense.
, Wu Lei seized the opportunity, and of course Wu Lei caught the ball and started it, which is absolutely world-class."
"Li Ming is indeed a hidden danger in the defense line of the Dragons. His physical fitness, jumping, etc. are absolutely top-notch in Asia. He is even 50-50 against European and American players, but his intermittent loss of position must be improved.
Question." Liu Yue has a very sharp eye and has done a lot of research on the Soaring Dragons. He can easily pick up Liming's strengths and weaknesses.
Realizing that he had made a mistake, Liming embarrassedly extended his hand to his teammates, saying that it was his fault just now.
Akhmedov's premise reminds the Longteng team not to ignore any of SIPG's foreign players. It is not for nothing that Villas-Boas plays Elkeson and Akhmedov plays.
After SIPG's attack, the Longteng team slightly pushed their formation back, reducing the space for SIPG's forwards to sprint, and also making it easier to set up defensive traps to wait for opportunities to counterattack.
The Longteng team's strategic retreat made the game on the field appear much more balanced.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, Akhmedov once again sent a long pass over the top. These Longteng teams were much more prepared. Although Hulk quickly penetrated forward, Huang Dawei's attack was timely and grabbed the lead.
Before Hulk got the ball, a hungry tiger pounced on it and crushed the ball underneath him.
Because Hulk was too heavy, under the action of inertia, he couldn't hold it back at once, and his whole body was pressed against Huang Dawei's body.
A lump of one to two hundred kilograms of meat hit him. No one could withstand it. Huang Dawei immediately let out a muffled scream.
Hulk's collision immediately caused the entire Jiangcheng Sports Center to boo.
As the captain, Lu Zhihui rushed over immediately and pushed his body against Hulk, who had just gotten up. With an angry look on his face, he said that the opponent was deliberately not holding back and his move was too dangerous.
Hulk, who had just stood up, could not stand firmly. As an international star, he leaned back and squatted on his butt and fell to the ground. Then he lay down and covered his face.
"You fell on your butt and squatted. It should hurt your butt, not your face. Stop pretending, you fake fall." Seeing Hulk's performance, Lu Zhihui was even more furious, regardless of whether Hulk listened or not.
He understood and started to curse.
Then Lu Zhihui turned around to look anxiously at Huang Dawei's condition, waving to the sidelines in the hope that the team doctor would come in.
Seeing Hulk fall to the ground, the SIPG players did not shrink back.
The conflict in the penalty area quickly attracted the referee. The referee first observed Huang Dawei's condition. Seeing that Huang Dawei was still covering his head in pain, he quickly signaled for the Longteng team doctor to enter the field.
After Li Xiang entered the scene with his assistant, he first judged Huang Dawei's consciousness and waved his hand in front of Huang Dawei: "Can you see clearly?"
"I can see clearly." Huang Dawei also slowly regained his composure at this time.
"What is this?" Li Xiang asked again, holding up four fingers and curling his thumb.
Huang Dawei answered clearly: "Four."
Li Xiang secretly exhaled, carefully checked Huang Dawei's body, and helped him stand up slowly.
Because the football match stipulated that the goalkeeper was injured and the game had to be suspended. Seeing that Huang Dawei was fine, everyone ran to the sidelines to replenish water. After all, it was already a bit hot in Jiangcheng in mid-May.
After the player's injury was resolved, the referee began to resolve the conflict between the two sides. At the reminder of the linesman, Hulk and Lu Zhihui each received a yellow card.
The referee's decision obviously did not satisfy the fans. The fans of the Longteng team at home booed wildly, and the sound of "black whistle." could not be heard.
But no matter what, the referee's decision cannot be changed. Lu Zhihui, who is carrying a yellow card, still suffers a lot as a central defender.
After the kick-off again, the Longteng players exerted their strength, and the intensity of the midfield confrontation suddenly increased by a level, especially Zhang Hao's sweeping ability became more prominent.
In just a few minutes, Zhang Hao and Hulk had three consecutive physical encounters. Neither of the two muscular men could overwhelm the other.
Especially in the 30th minute of the first half, Hulk took the ball with his back on the wing. Zhang Hao blocked him behind him, not giving him a chance to turn around. Hulk seemed clumsy but flexible with his feet continuously.
He dribbled the ball in an attempt to get rid of Zhang Hao, but the latter was very focused and kept his center of gravity very steady, preventing Hulk from turning around.
In the end, the experienced Hulk played a little trick. When Zhang Hao pushed forward again, he relaxed his body. To outsiders, he was knocked to the ground by Zhang Hao. This is what Hulk often used in the Chinese Super League.
One trick--cheating set kicks.
Zhang Hao, who was tricked, also seemed helpless. In front of an old fox like Hulk, 25-year-old Zhang Hao is still too young.
When the Longteng team's defense cannot be penetrated, set kicks have become a good scoring method. The location of Zhang Hao's foul this time was about 345 meters to the left in front of the goal. Others may think it is a bit far, but
For a terrifying heavy gunner like Hulk, this is definitely a good opportunity.
Hulk also attached great importance to this opportunity. After carefully observing the Longteng team's wall and position, he took a few steps back to distance himself from the ball, pulled up his shorts, and exposed his terrifying thigh muscles.
"Look at Hulk's muscles, they are so strong." Lou Yicheng sighed, "No wonder his shooting power is so powerful. He must have practiced a lot in the gym."
Lou Yicheng was still sighing at Hulk's strength. The latter had already started to run up. Then he rushed up and hit the football hard with his left foot. The football obviously changed direction and then flew rapidly towards
The Dragons' goal.
"Hulk's shot, Huang Dawei pounced and let it go. His second reaction was very quick and he suppressed it." Liu Yue raised his voice, "As expected of the Hulk, it was more than thirty meters away, and it hit the door frame.
He was able to hit such a powerful shot inside, causing the goalkeeper to miss, which is amazing.”
Shanghai SIPG had several consecutive attacks, and the Longteng team did not fall behind. At the 36th minute of the first half, the Longteng team's threatening attack came.
This time, the Longteng team relied on its own offensive cooperation to completely penetrate SIPG's defense.
After Zhang Hao received the pass from Lu Zhihui, he knew that he did not have much ability to move forward, so he knocked the ball horizontally to Qi Ming, who came to respond. Qi Ming's ability to control the ball was much stronger. After receiving the ball, he
The ball was quickly handed to Tao Wentao, who was still backing up. Tao Wentao didn't even think about it and just passed the ball back without stopping.
In this three-person pass, SIPG implemented a press in the midfield and frontcourt, and five players, including a midfielder and a full-back, participated.
But Qi Ming decisively chose to transfer the ball after receiving the ball. The direction of his pass was in the gap behind the full-back. At this time, Xiang Tiange on the right was cutting in at high speed.
The person responsible for guarding the left wing of Shanghai SIPG in this game is Fu Huan. This is a player who is not lacking in speed, but no matter what, at the same speed, a player with his back can never catch up with the player facing him directly. This time
Xiang Tiange turned away from the talisman ring that he was chasing after.
Just when SIPG's left center back He Xiu came over to cover his position, he passed the ball to Tiange.
"Xiang Tiange came in at high speed and made a pass." Lou Yicheng sped up his speech, "This pass was a bit big. There was someone in the back, it was De Paul, and the back spot was empty, so he shot.
Yan Shuai once again made a key save, the ball went out of the baseline and it was a corner kick for the Longteng team."
"This time SIPG followed the rhythm of the Longteng team." Liu Yue analyzed the Longteng team's attack just now, "The Longteng team focused on attacking from the right, and the SIPG players also followed, but they were defeated by the Longteng team.
There are too many holes in the team's defense. Fortunately, Yan Shuai was in a very hot state in this game, otherwise, the score on the field would never have been 0:0."
As Yan Shuai once again jumped high in the corner kick and picked off the ball, the Longteng team's attack was completely ended.
There were less than ten minutes left in the first half, but the tempo on the court accelerated again. SIPG relied on the personal abilities of three foreign players and Wu Lei's running raid to contribute two shots. The Longteng team
Bian also got a lot of opportunities, but unfortunately he failed to score.
Until the fourth official on the sidelines raised the overtime sign, SIPG was playing away from home after all, and could not compete with the Long Teng team in terms of physical fitness, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Taking advantage of Shang Gangsong's words, the Longteng team launched a desperate attack.
In order to maintain the tie in the first half, SIPG strategically retreated. After Tao Wentao received Qi Ming's pass in the midfield, there was no immediate interference from his side, allowing him to take the ball.
After Tao Wentao dribbled the ball to the 30-meter area, SIPG became nervous again. Akhmedov secretly pulled Tao Wentao's jersey, hoping to slow him down, but Tao Wentao suddenly exerted force.
After breaking away, the referee was about to call Akhmedov a foul, but when he saw Tao Wentao stumbling forward with the ball, he directly signaled that the offense was favorable.
Then Tao Wentao came to the front area on the right side of the penalty area. The SIPG players were all very familiar with Tao Wentao and knew that this player was Zhang Sheng’s favorite player. The media had long analyzed that Tao Wentao was the most popular member of the Longteng team after Ding Huaiyi studied abroad.
He is close to a player with the ability to study abroad. However, in many interviews, he said that he only played for coach Zhang Sheng, so this statement was ignored.
However, the outside world unanimously believes that Tao Wentao is actually one of the best in the Longteng team. He has superb skills, good passing skills, and a good long-range shot ability from outside the penalty area. He has repeatedly helped the Longteng team break the deadlock.
This time Tao Wentao came to this position, SIPG's other young defensive midfielder Zhang Huachen pounced over, left center back He Hao also pressed forward, and right center back Shi Ke also moved to the center of the penalty area to block the angle of Tao Wentao's shot.
At this time, Tao Wentao sent a through ball, and the position he sent it to was the gap left after Smith Kline left. Nie Jiang, who returned from outside the penalty area, quickly ran to this point. This was an excellent opportunity, because it was a perfect opportunity.
Yan Shuai is also staring at Tao Wentao to prevent him from shooting.
When Nie Jiang rushed into the penalty area and became unmarked, Yan Shuai reacted and wanted to block the right side of the goal. Unfortunately, Nie Jiang did not give him a chance. He faced the pass and pushed with the instep of his foot, and the football quickly penetrated into the net.
nest.
The Longteng team relied on a through ball in the middle to break the deadlock at the end of the first half and the score became 1:0.
"This offense of the Longteng team is very efficient." After shouting the goal excitedly, Lou Yicheng praised the goal of the Longteng team, "It's the connection between the midfielder and the forward, the pass is beautiful,
The run was also timely, and the two parties had a great understanding."
"Looking at this goal, it was completed by two players. But it is not easy for other players of the Longteng team to run without the ball." Liu Yue analyzed the tactics of the Longteng team, "As early as when Tao Wentao was dribbling the ball, Nie Jiang and Cha
Wes was already running. The difference was that Chavez ran from outside the penalty area into the penalty area, and then from inside the penalty area to outside the penalty area, while Nie Jiang turned around and ran back to the penalty area. Fernandola
Wing went to the left and attracted SIPG's right back, and De Paul connected on the left side of the penalty area."
"The movement of these players just attracted SIPG's defensive players and created a channel for Tao Wentao to pass the ball directly to Nie Jiang. As long as Tao Wentao makes no mistakes in passing the ball, Nie Jiang will
If you can run to this position, you will definitely be able to form a threatening shot. As a result, the goal will be achieved." Liu Yue clearly analyzed the situation on the court.
