In the past, Kawasaki Frontale's defense was really poor due to Hachihiro Kazama's superstition of No. 10 in the midfield and blindly imitating Milan's four No. 10s.
Look at the team's four foreign aids - Brazilian foreign aid midfielder Eduardo Neto, a former central defender, Brazilian foreign aid right back Elsinho, Brazilian central defender Dudu, and South Korean goalkeeper Zheng Chengyong. All of them are.
Players on the defensive line are extremely rare in Asian leagues.
In addition to the fact that the team does not have enough money to buy good foreign players in the frontcourt, the main reason is that in order to make up for the weaknesses in the defense, they have to accumulate foreign defensive players.
After Guimuda took over, although there was a certain continuation of the previous tactics, the trend of gradually parting ways was still very obvious.
Kazama Hachiro's formation has always maintained a 4-4-2, but when it comes to Onimuda's side, it becomes a 4-2-3-1 with a balanced offense and defense.
For a long time, Onimuda played a supporting role as a tactical analyst next to Hachihiro Kazama. He has always seen the advantages and disadvantages of the team's tactics, and now his changes are very targeted.
Taking into account the departure of Yoshihito Okubo and the departure of two old substitutes, Komiyayama and Hashimoto, at the request of Onimuda, the menopausal Maiyuki Ryu, Abe Hiroyuki, and Akihiro Kanami were introduced to the team, along with Hasegawa Ryuya and Miyoshi Yasu.
New players such as Er, Nara Tatsuki, and Oshima Ryota have been reused, and the team's rejuvenation is proceeding smoothly.
With a large number of young people who are motivated, physically fit and willing to obey, the team's defensive enthusiasm has been raised to a very high level.
In defense, Guimuda asked the players: if they lose the ball, run as hard as they can without the ball; when they get the ball, quickly switch between offense and defense, and in the fierce competition, they must gain overwhelming ball rights and strive to play "to impress the audience"
Boiling fierce defense”.
Onimu's mantra is, "With skills and defense, players like this will naturally become even more powerful."
Different from Kazama Hachiro's tactical thinking, under Oniki, a player who does not participate in defense has no chance to play.
In the end, the Longteng coaching staff's analysis of Kawasaki Frontale is that the personnel have become younger. Although the famous veterans have left, the overall strength has improved to a certain extent; the head coach has basically seamlessly taken over the team, and the team's defense has improved.
There has been a lot of improvement, but there aren't many new offensive tactics.
All in all, the Kawasaki Frontale is on the right track now.
New assistant coach Michael Genk even asserted: Although the team is not strong enough to fight on two lines, if it maintains a single line, the team has the strength to win the championship.
When the coaching staff of more than a dozen people broke down every aspect of the opponent's game into very fine details and made corresponding plans, the game entered the rhythm of the Longteng team from the beginning.
In terms of formation, the Longteng team responded to the opponent's 4-2-3-1 with 4-4-2. Lu Yangyang, who was suspended for two yellow cards, did not play. Lu Zhihui and Li Ming formed a double central defender. In other positions, except for Xiang Tiange, he left the team.
In the World Youth Championship, Huang He replaced him and became the main force.
The two central midfielders Qi Ming and Tao Wentao kept in mind the instructions given by the coaching staff: life and death would not let Nakamura Kengo easily take the ball and organize the advancement.
Hachihiro Kazama, who admires Milan's Christmas tree tactics, has completely imitated it. Two highly skilled No. 10 players Oshima Gyota and foreign aid Eduardo Neto form a double midfielder, known as the "Japanese Harvey"
Kengo Nakamura stood in the attacking midfielder position and became the metronome of the team.
He is almost 37 years old. He made his debut as a college player at Kawasaki Frontale in 2003 at the age of 23. So far, he has played for the team for nearly 15 years. He is known as the Japanese midfield master.
He doesn’t have any experience studying abroad, but he is definitely a banner figure in Kawasaki.
As the captain, he has an extremely good ability to read the game on the field, can keenly observe the ever-changing situation on the field, and can always calmly send a fatal pass to the forward players.
Onimuda, who inherited Kazama Hachiro's offensive routine, also used this as the core of his tactics: after Nakamura Kengo completed the offensive position advancement, he sorted it out in the middle or in the ribs, Kobayashi Yuu and two wingers Abe Hiroyuki and Patriarch Akihiro.
Responsible for pulling and tearing apart the opponent's defense.
Therefore, from the first second of the game, Nakamura Nobuyoshi was always surrounded by Dragons players, making him extremely uncomfortable with the ball.
"The Longteng team's defense is very targeted." Li Xin, who was in charge of the commentary, saw it clearly. "Their defense is deployed from the front. When Kawasaki Frontale counterattacks, Nie Jiang and Chavez will always have a problem.
I personally retreated to interfere with Noritake Nakamura, and the veteran was made impatient."
Kawasaki Frontale couldn't push forward in the middle, and the commonly used routines couldn't be played. As a result, the offense was like constipation, always stopping for a moment. The suddenness in the offense was completely gone. The Longteng team's defense could always be in a complete posture.
to correspond.
The front midfielder position was unable to deliver the ball normally, but Onimuda reacted quickly and handed over the ball delivery task to Oshima Ryota.
Onimuda's choice is indeed the right one. Oshima Ryouta has the common advantages of Japanese players, and his passing ability is really good. His passes can find the spots of several teammates in the frontcourt very accurately.
It is a pity that Kawasaki Frontale's forward players do not have enough physical confrontation, especially on high balls. This is also a common shortcoming of Japanese players.
This season, Kawasaki Frontale's frontcourt players are Yu Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Abe and Akihiro Kobayashi. Unfortunately, one of the latter two is 1.70 meters and the other is 1.73 meters. The tallest Yu Kobayashi who plays center is only 1.7 meters.
Seven, the height of these three people is totally insufficient whether in front of Lu Zhihui or in front of Li Ming.
Oshima Ryota's pass from the backcourt was basically ignored by the Dragons' two center backs and midfielder.
The long pass strategy failed, leaving Guimuda to rely on the wing to attack.
In the 4-2-3-1 formation, attacking from the wing is a double-edged sword, especially when encountering a two-forward formation like 4-4-2. Once the wing is beaten behind, the two center backs encounter the two forwards.
It doesn't matter if you go to fill the position, and it doesn't matter if you don't fill the position. The situation will be very embarrassing.
However, if a football match does not put some pressure on the opponent through offense and relies on pure defense, it is basically impossible. Guimuda has to take certain risks.
It should be said that as a former Japan international, Yu Kobayashi's ability is still very outstanding. Although his confrontation in golf is average, his dribbling and especially running are definitely at the super level in Asia.
Kawasaki's two starting wingers in this game, Abe Hiroyuki and Akihiro Matashi, are not weak either. Especially Abe Hiroyuki, the newly promoted Japan international, is very delicate in winger breakthroughs. He has strong man-ball combination ability, reasonable playing style and speed with the ball.
His running speed is not weak at all. Whether he is cutting in to hit the goal or opening a gap for the full-back on the wing, he is very good at it.
With the center unable to form an overall push, Kawasaki relied on small coordination from the wings to break through and gained many opportunities.
For a while, Kawasaki's offense was so exciting that Dong Lu, the commentator, was still worried about the Longteng team: "Kawasaki's offense is very fierce, and the Longteng team's defensive pressure on the wing is very heavy."
In fact, the Longteng team's coaching staff has already seen the clues to the combination of wing and center that Onimuda has tried since taking over, and made corresponding countermeasures in the report - setting up defensive traps and waiting for Kawasaki Frontale's full-backs to assist.
, and then relied on the attacking speed of De Paul and Fernando to counterattack.
In the 31st minute of the first half, the Longteng team caught such an opportunity.
This time, Kawasaki's right back Elsinho stepped in and broke into the left side of the Longteng team's penalty area. Hiroyuki Abe crossed into the penalty area and made a response. Nakamura Kengo and Oshima Ryouta even more
Waiting for the top of the arc in the penalty area, ready to center or look for opportunities to shoot long range at any time.
Elsinho tried continuously to break through but failed, and chose to pass the ball to Nakamura Kengo in the middle. As a result, his passing intention was too obvious. Cheng Yaojin came out halfway, and Qi Ming intercepted the ball midway.
The instep of his right foot made a beautiful pass, bypassing the head of Eduardo Neto, the other defensive midfielder in the middle, and flying in front of Fernando on the right.
Now it’s Fernando’s turn to compete with Kawasaki Frontale left back Sentaro Kuraya for speed, but it’s not about anyone, it’s simply about starting and running speed, even counting all the players present including the substitutes sitting on the bench on both sides, Fernando’s speed
They are all first class.
"Oh my God, Fernando's speed is so terrifying. In the blink of an eye, he has thrown away Shintaro Kataiya by a whole body." Li Xin suddenly became excited, "I charged in, single-handedly, and fell into the penalty area.
The referee pointed to the penalty spot, did he still need to take out the card? Yes. A yellow card was given to Kamiya Shintaro. The Longteng team counterattacked too fast."
Dong Lu took over the topic: "Yellow point package, there is no way. Shintaro Kuraya is also a full-back famous for his speed in Japan, but in front of Fernando, he is still not enough. This is really a player who is racing on a motorcycle.
.Sentaro Kuraya has no other choice but to foul behind the scenes. And this is the second yellow card for Shintaro Kuraya in the AFC Champions League. He will be suspended for the next game."
Obviously, Dong Lu plagiarized Zidane's evaluation of Reyes.
The home team won a penalty kick, and the fans were extremely excited. However, when Nie Jiang stood at the twelve-yard mark, several fan leaders in the stands of Jiangcheng Sports Center made a gesture of silence with their hands down.
Let the fans not make any noise and cause the Dragons players to take penalty kicks.
Nie Jiang did not live up to the expectations of his teammates and fans. His shot from a ten-point angle was beyond the reach of Kawasaki Frontale's South Korean goalkeeper Zheng Chengyong.
"Team Longteng is leading 1:0." Li Xin said happily, "Once the deadlock is broken, the next game should be more lively."
Just as Li Xin guessed, the morale of the Longteng team was even higher after the goal, and the adrenaline brought by the excitement made the players' pressure even tougher.
In just five minutes, the Longteng team relied on stealing the ball from Kawasaki Frontale in the frontcourt and got three shooting opportunities. In the 39th minute of the first half, Nie Jiang even scored a header with a header in the penalty area.
It hit the door frame and almost extended the score to 2:0.
"Oops, the goal was rejected by the goal frame at the home court of the Longteng team. It seems that the home staff will have a good talk with it after the game." The Longteng team had an absolute advantage on the scene, and Dong Lu also leisurely started a cross talk commentary.
"In this season's AFC Champions League, Nie Jiang has scored seven goals. To be honest, this is a number of goals that can hit the AFC Champions League Golden Boot." Li Xin began to popularize information, "Now the number of goals scored in the AFC Champions League
The historical record is still set by our Chinese Super League player, former Guangzhou Evergrande foreign aid forward Muric, who scored 13 goals. However, at the home court of the Longteng team, Nie Jiang has hit the goalpost three times this season. It seems to prevent him from doing so.
It’s not the opponent’s defense that takes the best shot, but your own goal.”
"Oh. Really? Then the Dragon Team needs to study the goal issue carefully." Dong Lu sounded serious at first, but he couldn't hold back his "haha" laughter.
After the continuous siege was ineffective, the Longteng team, under the command of Qi Ming, very cautiously returned to the formation. He was very clear about the characteristics of the Japanese team that likes to attack at the end of the first and second halves. The coaching staff also knew before the game.
I specifically warned that it would be safest to wait for the Kawasaki Frontale players to come out and then hit them to counterattack.
The coaching staff of Kawasaki Frontale is not for nothing. The Longteng team’s extraordinary physical advantage has always been one of their capitals to gain a foothold in Asia. Guimuda was even more afraid of the Longteng team’s offense in the final stage of the game. One goal fell in the half and two
Being behind by one goal is a completely different concept.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the Longteng team returned to the locker room with a goal advantage.
The halftime break is a time for the Dragons to recuperate, replenish energy, and calm down their passion, but for Kawasaki Frontale, their coaching staff has too much to do.
How to break the Longteng team's 4-4-2 parallel positioning overall pressing tactics, how to organize a more effective offense, and how to ensure that their defense no longer loses the ball, these are all problems that need to be solved.
Many fans and media will praise the head coach for making timely adjustments and making unexpected changes, but for an excellent coaching staff, these are the consequences of mistakes in pre-game work.
The people who most admire this tactical concept are the Italian and German football circles with the strongest tactical atmosphere. For them, they need to make all the preparations as much as possible before the game instead of relying on midfield hair dryers to save the game.
Ancelotti and Loew are the representatives of this concept. Countless people complained about their rigid tactics, lack of flexibility, lack of substitutions, etc. But what everyone did not expect was that they won one after another.
, one championship after another.
After the start of the second half, Kawasaki Frontale's tactics changed again. The team's offense returned to the center, but it no longer insisted on leaving it to Nakamura Kengo to organize it. It relied more on Oshima Gyota, Eduardo Neto, and Nakamura.
Xiangang has been running and cutting all the time, and even appeared on the front line frequently.
This was beyond the expectations of the Longteng coaching staff.
