Yan Xiaoyu's appearance made SIPG's offense stronger, but its defense in the middle was infinitely weak.
In the short five minutes he played, the Longteng team continuously penetrated SIPG's center. Yan Xiaoyu's defensive role in the center can be said to be minimal.
"Judging from the situation of Yan Xiaoyu coming up, coach Boas's previous choices still have their own reasons." Lou Yicheng nodded.
Since Yan Xiaoyu transferred to Shanghai SIPG for a sky-high price of 150 million, countless people have given him great expectations. His organization and scheduling in the midfield are very comfortable, and his skills at his feet are also very smart. Everyone is very optimistic about him.
This little player is nicknamed "Chinese Kongka".
As a result, after the start of the season, Yan Xiaoyu did not have many opportunities under Villas-Boas, which was greatly criticized by the outside world - the club spent so much money to grab an excellent local player, but you let go
He is not used on the bench, and coupled with his attitude towards Wu Lei and Yu Hai - everyone thinks that he is biased against Chinese domestic frontcourt players.
Especially after Yan Xiaoyu's outstanding performance in the AFC Champions League in the last game, the call for him to play has reached its peak. Fans are beginning to look forward to SIPG's frontcourt with several top domestic and foreign players forming a powerful offensive team to kill.
Quartet.
However, judging from the actual game situation, Yan Xiaoyu's physical fitness is thin and his weakness of poor defensive ability is extremely magnified in front of a team like Longteng that plays a pressing offense.
Villas-Boas will definitely not give up Akhmedov just for Yan Xiaoyu to play. After all, the gap in strength between the two is still quite large. The subsequent performance of Akhmedov also proved that Boas
With his eyes, he saw that his position and that of Yan Xiaoyu overlapped a bit. He took the initiative to retreat, no longer stepped forward, and concentrated on doing the dirty work of midfield defense. This is indeed what the SIPG team is doing now.
The most appropriate change.
With Akhmedov's ability, when he only focused on defense, SIPG's midfield defensive barrier suddenly stood up in a short period of time. The Longteng team's offense was also unable to sustain under the long-term high intensity and was slightly dormant.
stand up.
The Longteng team took a breather and gave SIPG a chance.
In the 32nd minute of the second half, Yan Xiaoyu got the ball in the midfield. Zhang Hao, who had been fighting in the midfield with high intensity for nearly 80 minutes, had a significant decline in physical fitness. There were problems with his concentration in the game and his defensive attention.
For his former teammate, he did not press him immediately, but watched him dribbling the ball.
When Yan Xiaoyu picked up his speed, Zhang Hao, who was far behind in both speed and agility, couldn't keep up. His next choice was the right one - reaching out to pull Yan Xiaoyu. With his strength, he wanted to pull Yan Xiaoyu back.
It can be said that it was a piece of cake for Xiaoyu, but Yan Xiaoyu's movements were obviously faster than his, and the latter had already quickly distributed the ball.
Midfielder Zhang Hao's mistake prevented the Longteng team's defense from reacting for a while. As the captain, Lu Zhihui had the most experience, and he rushed towards the most dangerous point - Wu Lei.
Yan Xiaoyu's pass can be said to have fully demonstrated his ability. The passing movement is concealed and sudden, and the direction of the passing ball is also chosen to combine with the opponent's defense, and the passing footwork is very targeted. He
Before passing the ball, Wu Lei's characteristics were obviously taken into consideration - top running ability, reasonable first touch of the ball, and strong explosive power in a moment - all this through ball has a certain amount of advance, which gives Wu Lei the opportunity to use
space for your own advantages.
Sure enough, when Lu Zhihui rushed over to block Wu Lei, his explosive power was not weak. He was horrified to find that he was still one step slower than Wu Lei. For a central defender, if he made a mistake in his attack, the opponent's forward would most likely be hit.
Eight or nine will require a single blow.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through Lu Zhihui's mind, and he finally chose to tackle directly from the front to expand his defensive area to intercept the opponent.
Wu Lei, who was running at high speed, was indeed one step faster, but when Lu Zhihui's legs stretched out, he could no longer avoid the tackle. He was carried by Lu Zhihui's feet and fell to the ground.
"Beep!" There was a loud whistle, and the referee quickly rushed over and decisively gave Lu Zhihui a yellow card. Then he took out the ruby card and Lu Zhihui was sent off.
Even before taking the shot, Lu Zhihui had considered the consequences if he failed to tackle the ball. He had already expected the referee's decision, so when faced with the red card, Lu Zhihui did not argue much and just silently handed over the captain's decision.
The armband was handed to Qi Ming and he walked straight to the sidelines.
"Yan Xiaoyu's through ball, Wu Lei!" SIPG's sudden force made the commentator excited, "Lu Zhihui took a step too slow, oh, it should be a foul. Lu Zhihui put a shovel in the front, and Wu Lei covered his feet,
I hope he doesn’t get hurt.”
"Both of Lu Zhihui's feet were close to the ground, and he closed them at the end. Wu Lei should be fine." Liu Yue saw clearly, "But the referee decided that this was a dangerous move and had to take out the card. Lu Zhihui had a lot of blood on his body."
The one with a yellow card will be dismissed now, there is a problem with the Longteng team's defense."
"SIPG's foreign aid had too much impact on the Longteng midfield, and Zhang Hao, who was in charge of defense, reached his physical limit." Lou Yicheng analyzed the situation, "Coach Zhang Sheng should make substitution adjustments."
Lu Zhihui came off the field, and Zhang Sheng quickly made arrangements. The central defender position was indispensable. Lu Yangyang replaced Zhang Hao, and the Longteng team played a single defensive midfielder.
For this free kick in an excellent position, SIPG arranged three people in front of the ball, Oscar with the right foot, Hulk with the left foot, and Yan Xiaoyu, a young player with free kick skills.
"With a distance of twenty meters, the three people in front of the ball have the ability to score directly. It just depends on how the tactics are arranged."
Accompanied by the voice of the commentator, there was no fancy running cover. After Hulk's run-up, he hit the goal with a heavy shot. His free kick relied on his strength.
There was only a sound of "Bang!". Under Hulk's abnormal power, the football flew straight towards the Dragons' goal like a meteor, and then hit the goal post hard.
"A super violent shot. Oops, it hit the goalpost." Lou Yicheng roared, "Wu Lei's follow-up shot, beautiful! The ball went in. SIPG's heavy offensive investment has achieved results.
After getting a red card, we even recovered a ball. The game is still in suspense."
"The loss of the ball by the Dragons has a great impact on Lu Zhihui's end." Liu Yue quickly analyzed, "Lu Zhihui is not the strongest center back in the Dragons, but he is definitely the most experienced.
In previous games, as long as he was on the court, he would be responsible for the defensive command. In his absence, there was Ma Yongli, but now Ma Yongli is in the injury period. This time the ball was lost, and the position command at the second point was the same.
It has a lot to do with it. The two central defenders, Ming Ming and Lu Yangyang, are still a bit young."
"Originally, Shanghai SIPG's He Hao and Jia Shike were already one of the youngest central defenders in the Chinese Super League. Now Liming and Lu Yangyang are 19 and 18 years old. They are too young for the position of central defender.
Experience is still needed." Lou Yicheng also agreed with Liu Yue's statement, "Next, the young central defender combination will be tested by the team with one player less. The opportunity to SIPG has come."
After the temporary central defender combination resulted in a loss of the ball, under the command of Zhang Sheng, the command of the defense was taken over by Huang Dawei. Although he was young - only nineteen years old, he had much richer game experience.
Huang Dawei then continued to control the defensive focus of the defense line by shouting, waving, catching and passing the ball. Due to the compact formation of the Longteng team, most of the time, both the offensive and defensive focus can only choose one direction. Someone can direct it.
It couldn't be better.
Wu Lei was very excited after scoring the goal. He kept running, hoping to get another chance, but the Longteng team's tactics couldn't be more obvious, which is to defend these three points. The offense is more like an assassin's sword than an attack.
The results achieved by Wu Lei from City Hammer were not good.
Forty minutes into the second half of the game, SIPG suffered from physical problems in consecutive away games. Wei Guoguo was sent on to replace the diligent Lu Luoba, and then Zhang Wei replaced Fu Metro.
For these two substitutions, Wei Guoguo took advantage of his strong impact and threat of individual breakthroughs, while Zhang Wei took advantage of his good passing ability.
The effect of Villas-Boas's substitution was good. Soon Xiang Tiange fouled Wei Guoguo who broke through him. Maybe he had given the Longteng team a red card. The referee wanted to find a balance and was merciful and only gave the team a red card.
A free kick was given to SIPG and no card was taken.
Wei Guoguo was obviously very unhappy and yelled directly at the referee. As a result, he received a yellow card.
The home fans also burst into laughter.
The fans saw the excitement, but Zhang Sheng saw the danger. Xiang Tiange obviously couldn't keep up physically, so Huang He soon came on the court and replaced him.
When the game entered the stoppage time, SIPG's offense became more and more fierce. Except for He Xiang who was late, all the players rushed to the front. The offensive methods were also extremely rough. Except for the 45-degree slanted lob, they were from the outside.
long shot.
"It's so embarrassing." Lou Yicheng sighed, "The Longteng team has rarely been suppressed like this at home. Chavez even returned to the penalty area to defend the header."
Zhang Sheng on the sidelines had a lot of thoughts in his mind at this time. He knew that there were too many things that he needed to summarize after the game, but now he needed to keep the three-pointers he got.
Because of Lu Zhihui's red card and the subsequent conflict with Wei Guoguo, the referee gave a very long stoppage time, a full six minutes. This period of time made the Longteng fans in the stands extremely tormented.
Zhang Sheng made the last substitution, replacing Fernando with Qu Wenming. At the same time, he made a gesture to the court to press out the team's formation. He could no longer be beaten. Blindly defending would make it easier to lose the ball.
Qu Wenming, who was new to the game, was very tough. He pressed Oscar in the midfield as soon as he came on, and forced him to follow him from the 30-meter defensive zone to the midfield line. Oscar continuously spiked the ball, changed direction, and dribbled without being able to turn around.
After success, he had to pass the ball back to He Hao. The latter passed his big foot to the right corner, trying to find Hulk. As a result, Hulk was not physically fit enough and could not jump high enough, so the football flew directly out of the baseline.
"Even Hulk's physical fitness is no longer good. Continuous away games have had a great impact on SIPG." The game was about to end, Liu Yue began to compare the two teams, "But think about two weeks ago, Long Teng
The team has four consecutive away games at home and abroad, and the team’s results are four consecutive wins. If SIPG wants to flourish in multiple fronts, it still needs to learn from the Longteng team in this aspect."
Lou Yicheng also nodded and said: "Indeed. Since the first season of entering the Chinese Super League, the Longteng team has been fighting on the third line. They are already very familiar with this and have extremely rich experience. SIPG must further improve their physical arrangements and rotations.
.”
"Okay. The referee blew the whistle to end the game." Lou Yicheng said while answering the call and looking at the situation on the field. "The Longteng team won 10 against 11 at home, with Nie Jiang scoring twice.
This crucial game."
"Since this season, Nie Jiang's performance has become more and more mature. He has repeatedly scored goals in key games and has become the thigh of the Longteng team." Liu Yue praised Nie Jiang very much, "It can be said that the Longteng team has many forwards.
We have acquired a foreign aid-level player. I hope he can maintain this state. In the top 12 matches in a month’s time, Nie Jiang will definitely be the backbone of the national team’s forward line.”
"Actually, Wu Lei's performance in this game was also very good." Lou Yicheng did not favor one over the other, "He scored SIPG's only goal. In the past two years, whether in the club or in the national team, Wu Lei's growth
He is also very fast. I believe he will be a good assistant to Nie Jiang on the front line in the national team."
The post-game summaries of the two commentators became a hot topic in the media.
In a focused battle, the goals from both sides were scored by local players, and the two players who scored the goals were the two most popular players, which made everyone think about the top 12 matches a month later.
"I have always said that the national football team's forwards are weak, but now I get happiness all at once. It's double the happiness. It's so exciting."
"Everyone go to Europe."
Rumors about Nie Jiang studying abroad are not uncommon. Not only fans and media, but also many Chinese Super League coaches mentioned it more than once after the game against the Longteng team: "Nie Jiang is already a European player."
A player of this level, he can gain a foothold in Europe."
But this time the topic of Wu Lei studying abroad has also been heated up. I don’t know if he really thinks Wu Lei has the ability to play football in Europe, or if he has other motives behind it. Anyway, many media are unanimous
Mentioned that in the past few seasons, Wu Lei has consistently scored more than ten goals in each season in the Chinese Super League. Wu Lei, who has entered the top ten scorers at the end of the season many times, should go to a higher-level league in Europe to hone his skills.
Just like the players who left the Longteng team.
Even SIPG officials specifically stated on their official Weibo account: "We support Wu Lei's landing on a higher stage, but he should be a participant rather than a bystander in the past."
The news all went to SIPG, and the Longteng team was ignored, but in fact, the Longteng team was the team worthy of attention after the game.
