"Such a tactic must have been practiced countless times by coach Zhang Sheng and his coaching staff in training." Lou Yicheng took over the topic, "The Longteng team often has a lot of changes in tactical details, often playing
There are some beautiful little collaborations between two or three people, which shows that they have worked hard in their daily training."
"Indeed. This is also the cornerstone of the Longteng team's good results in the Chinese Super League in recent years." Liu Yue nodded in agreement, "The first half of the game is about to end. SIPG did not play badly, but they still need something.
Let’s sum it up and see how we can come back in the second half.”
During the halftime break, falling behind by one goal became a point emphasized by both coaches.
Zhang Sheng said to the players seriously: "We are one goal ahead now. Everyone knows that this is an extremely unsafe score. Whether it is Hulk or Oscar or even Ahmedo in the SIPG team
Husband, it is possible to get a goal back with one breakthrough and shot."
"I always tell you, don't be obsessed with the personal abilities of the stars." Seeing the players looking at him with serious expressions, Zhang Sheng was very satisfied, "But we should never ignore the personal abilities of the stars. I have always been
Emphasizing the universality and particularity of players to the team's overall tactics, I hope you will understand this truth."
If you don’t know, just listening to Zhang Sheng’s last sentence, you would think that there is a lecture on Marxist philosophy in the Longteng team’s locker room, but sometimes football tactics contain these philosophical principles.
After explaining his point of view, Zhang Sheng concluded: "So we must not take it lightly." Zhang Sheng pointed to his head again, "We must concentrate and strive to preserve our results."
Finally, Zhang Sheng encouraged the players: "Of course. Everyone performed well in the first half. As long as we keep playing like this, victory will definitely belong to us, so this is our home court, and we are...
"
The players also continued Zhang Sheng's slogan in unison: "Team Dragon."
"Victory is...", Zhang Sheng guided again.
"Ours. Come on! Come on! Come on!" All the players of the Longteng team gathered together shouted loudly.
In the locker room on the other side, Villas-Boas, like Zhang Sheng, insisted on his own tactics.
In the last round of the Chinese Super League, Villas-Boas's star model led by personal ability and supplemented by passing, allowed the team to easily defeat Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng 3:0 at home. The team's passing and receiving changed.
Less, but more goals, and the offense is more efficient, which gives Villas enough confidence.
"I'm very dissatisfied with the goal conceded in the first half." Villas-Boas decided to sing bad words first. His angry expression and super-fast speech made the translator almost unable to keep up, "Why do you want to
Losing vigilance at the end of the game. My team will never allow any slack on the court."
"I'm sorry, coach, this will never happen again." As the captain of the team, Brother Wang Lian made a serious promise.
Seeing that some player representatives came out to relent, Villas-Boas also slowed down his tone: "I know you are very tired. You flew to Australia last weekend and flew back from Australia this week to continue playing away games. Physical fitness is our disadvantage, but I hope you
can overcome these difficulties."
Then Villas-Boas began to cheer: "From the first day I came to the team, my attitude has been very clear - I came here to lead everyone to win the championship. Before the game, the outside world was saying that we have never won here.
, but this is not a reason for us to relax, but should be our motivation to win. The Longteng team was the previous championship team, and now we will win this game here and embark on our road to the championship."
"Being behind by one goal is not a big deal." Villas-Boas looked very excited, "I believe everyone should still remember our first game in the Chinese Super League this season. That was also my first game in the Chinese Super League.
We conceded a goal at halftime, but in the end the victory was ours, and we won 5:1."
"So, implement the tactics we arranged before the game. As long as we do our best, we can defeat any opponent." Boas waved his fist vigorously, "But I need your help."
After saying this, Villas-Boas looked at the players expectantly.
Everyone in the visiting team's locker room was emotionally aroused. Hulk, who could directly understand Villas-Boas's Portuguese, took the initiative to stand up and shouted: "Come on."
The players from SIPG also gathered around, and everyone pressed their hands together and shouted slogans.
The rest time is always very short, everyone's fifteen minutes disappear in one go, and the game enters the second half.
"There are no substitutions on either side." Lou Yicheng paid attention to the situation on the court. "It seems that the coaches on both sides have no big objections to their tactics in the first half. I just don't know if there will be any differences in positioning."
different."
"Both teams had chances in the first half." Liu Yue said, "But judging from past data, the Longteng team maintained an undefeated record of 42 games at home, while the AFC Champions League was undefeated in 20 games.
With a record of losing, they have a record of 73 unbeaten games in all competitions. The previous holder of this record was Dalian Wanda. They were unbeaten in 55 games and maintained 59 home games in the years when they won the championship.
The Longteng team still has a long way to go to catch up with its undefeated record in the league."
"But this is also the second unbeaten record at home in the Chinese Super League, and the Longteng team's momentum is still very good. Of course, to break Dalian Wanda's record, it will take at least one season of games." Lou Yicheng also touted.
The Dragon Team is coming.
It was the Longteng team that kicked off the second half. The players who remembered Zhang Sheng’s instructions put a lot of pressure on Shanghai SIPG from the beginning. In just five minutes, the Longteng team completed two threatening shots.
, in which Chavez clearly suppressed SIPG's two central defenders. The second Longteng team's shot was a free kick received by He Xiu after fouling Chavez in front of the penalty area and receiving a yellow card.
"The Longteng team's offense is very fierce." Lou Yicheng doesn't like to watch games with too big a gap. "Someone on SIPG's side must pass the ball."
At this time, SIPG was on the court because of Akhmedov's condition, and there was no one responsible for connecting the midfield and backcourt to deliver the ball. Zhang Huachen was not capable enough. Under the pressure of the Longteng midfielder, he could not turn around and could only return frequently.
Pass, the yellow card given to He Xiu just now was because his return pass was not accurate enough and gave He Xiu a ball. He Xiu took the blame completely.
Villas-Boas, who was originally planning to attack immediately, had to make the decision to defend first. Akhmedov, who has excellent sweeping and interception skills, once again returned to the defensive midfielder position.
Zhang Sheng's strategy of relying on pressure to crush the opponent's offensive momentum had obvious results.
After Akhmedov returned, SIPG's sluggish midfield improved slightly. At least it didn't have to be like the first few minutes of the second half, where the central defender had to blindly look for the forwards in the frontcourt, and SIPG again
Without Elkerson, there is no fulcrum player to grab the header. After all, whether it is Hulk, Oscar or Wu Lei, they are not the kind of players who can pass the ball through the air, pick up the ball with their backs, and then make the ball.
Although Shanghai SIPG's midfield has stabilized, the team's ability to move forward has not improved. In order to close the distance with Akhmedov, both Oscar and Hulk must retreat deeper to be able to play in Longteng.
Guarantee possession of the ball despite interference from team players.
When football came to Oscar and Hulk, dribbling with the ball became their choice. This choice has advantages and disadvantages.
The good thing is that these two players have really strong personal abilities. Although the Longteng team did a good job of pressing and stealing, they still missed opportunities many times.
In the 12th minute of the second half, Hulk got the ball on the right wing. Fernando strictly followed Zhang Sheng's requirements and stepped forward to press. Zhang Hao was responsible for the ball route in the middle of the card, while De Paul was responsible for passing the ball from the wing.
line, but Hulk chose to eat hard.
He used his body to forcefully knock away his fellow Brazilian Fernando, and then in a short distance of less than one meter, he made two or three consecutive fake movements of riding a bicycle to move forward, and completed the last movement of riding a bicycle.
After that, he accelerated again. De Paul was obviously staggered. When Hulk accelerated, he lost his center of gravity. He had to use a pulling foul to stop Hulk.
"Hulk pushed away Fernando. It was a normal physical confrontation and there was no foul." Lou Yi was impressed by Hulk's personal ability. "The bicycle started pedaling beautifully. It passed De Paul, who had no choice but to take advantage of it.
, this should be a yellow card. Sure enough, SIPG not only allowed the Longteng team to get a yellow card, but also received a free kick in the frontcourt. This is very important for SIPG."
Oscar's next pass accurately found Akhmedov in the penalty area. The latter's header went too far and did not pose any threat to the Longteng team.
In the 18th minute of the second half, Oscar used his dribbling to get a free kick in the frontcourt. Both commentators had to lament the strength of SIPG's foreign aid.
"SIPG can be said to have used its two top foreign players to the extreme." Liu Yue raised his doubts, "But if you play like this, your physical energy will be consumed too quickly, and the chance of injury will also increase...
..."
Just as Liu Yue said this, the Longteng team launched a counterattack. The starting point of the counterattack was exactly where Hulk took the ball too long and lost the ball. It was Zhang Hao who stole the ball.
After Zhang Hao poked the ball away from Hulk, the latter habitually complained to the referee. Maybe he wanted a free kick, maybe he wanted to sit on the ground and recover some strength, but this time the referee did not argue with him.
He directly followed De Paul who received the ball from Zhang Hao and ran away.
When Hulk was still struggling with the referee and Oscar had no time to return to defense, the Longteng team's offense quickly passed through the midfield. Akhmedov and Zhang Huachen simply could not defend the midfielder.
area.
After the midfielder was penetrated, the Longteng team had the opportunity to penetrate directly from the center, and they could also choose any side to pass from the bottom. In the end, Tao Wentao's pass accurately found Xiang Tian who came in from the right.
Song, who was completely unguarded, aimed at passing the ball into the penalty area. Chavez jumped high and hit a powerful header.
Yan Shuai's reaction was very quick. He subconsciously reached out and slapped Chavez's header. In a hurry, he couldn't choose where to hit the ball. Anyway, as long as it was not in his own goal, the result was just right.
Flying to Nie Jiang's side, Nie Jiang opened his mouth and ate the pie that fell from the sky - he swept the football into the empty goal with one sweep.
"The Longteng team's counterattack, Hulk hasn't gotten up yet." Lou Yicheng obviously had objections to Hulk's choice, "SIPG's midfield was suddenly empty. The Longteng team passed the ball quickly, and Tao Wentao went straight to the side.
It was so comfortable to pass the ball to Tiange. Yan Shuai pounced on Chavez's header. Nie Jiang grabbed the second point and shot the ball. The Longteng team led 2:0."
Liu Yue shook his head regretfully: "Actually, I believe that SIPG can perform better with the strength of Hong Kong. The Longteng team's tactics today have given me a strong sense of déjà vu. I have been thinking about it for a long time, and now
Now I remember why, this tactic is too similar to the parallel 4-4-2 tactic played by Simeone’s Atletico Madrid.”
"Since this season, the Longteng team has been trying hard to practice compact tactics." Seeing Nie Jiang, who scored twice on the field, being surrounded by Longteng teammates in the center for a head-to-head kill, Liu Yue analyzed, "Before, the Longteng team
It uses tactics like 3-5-2, which uses the numerical advantage in the midfield and the front to press high, and the current parallel 4-4-2 is the 13-14 season after Simeone led Atletico Madrid to win the La Liga championship.
The European style of play relies on confrontation and movement."
"No matter what, the Longteng team, under the leadership of coach Zhang Sheng, pursues and learns from Europe's top tactical ideas, which is very precious to these young players on the field, and Nie Jiang is one of the best." Liu
Yue praised Zhang Sheng and Nie Jiang's master and apprentice at the same time, obviously he recognized the Dragon Team very much.
If the first goal had no impact on Villas, then the Dragons' second goal made Villas reflect on the current situation on the court. He soon made substitution adjustments, using Yan Xiaoyu
Zhang Huachen was replaced. This was a substitution of an attacking midfielder for a defensive midfielder. It was also in line with Villas-Boas's character - he refused to admit defeat and was very adventurous.
Before Yan Xiaoyu came on the field, Villas-Boas stopped him and gave him some instructions. Lou Yicheng, who had a keen eye, saw it immediately: "SIPG is recruiting Yan Xiaoyu, a former Longteng player who transferred here at the beginning of last season.
"After he came to SIPG, he didn't have many opportunities to play, but his performance in the AFC Champions League against Australia's Western Sydney Wanderers was very good."
"Yes. His midfield planning in that game was far beyond the maturity of a 21-year-old." Liu Yue must have made up for it before the game. "Coach Boas probably asked him to come up to strengthen the organization and connection in the frontcourt.
, and his small skills can also help the team get more set pieces."
