Ordinarily, Director Wang’s approach is the same as the actual youth training of players. The idea of reusing young people and giving them more game experience is a good idea, and the path taken is not wrong.
But the actual situation is not good. In the current list of 2017 international referees confirmed by FIFA, there are 7 Chinese chief referees and 9 assistant referees. Most of these people are born in the 80s, and there are even Zhang Yue.
For a referee who was born in 1987 and is still under 30 years old, you must know that just two or three years ago, he was an intern at the Referee Office of the Chinese Football Association.
It is almost impossible to expect these inexperienced referees to play a smooth game. In many cases, they even do a disservice on the court - they make misjudgments and make a lot of blind calls, which leads to vindictiveness between the players on both sides. There are not a few conflicts until the people.
After the daily newspapers also began to criticize the quality of these referees, the Chinese Football Association changed the referee's decision-making plan formulated at the beginning of the season and temporarily added foreign referees in many focus games.
This is the case in this game. The referee in charge of the referee is Tony Chapron from France.
Chapron is considered a famous whistle in France. At only 44 years old, he is regarded as one of the best referees in France in the past ten years. He has more than 200 experience of refereeing top European games, including the Europa League, Champions League, and U21 Europe.
Championships are a regular fixture for him.
The coaching staff of the Longteng team specifically analyzed his information before the game.
This is a referee who doesn’t like to play cards. His law enforcement philosophy is that the smoothness and rhythm of the game always come first. For this reason, the coaching staff specially warned the players that with such law enforcement standards, it is very likely that Evergrande will
Players will adopt tactics of frequent fouls, so they must make full use of the principle of favorable ball and play Evergrande's fast break. At the same time, foul immediately when the foul is due. As long as it is in the opponent's half, the action is not bad, and the counterattack can be more decisive.
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Speaking of this referee, there is another interesting story.
In real history, when he was officiating a French Ligue 1 game in 2018, in the last few minutes of the game, the home team's defender knocked him to the ground. After he got up, he fiercely swept the opponent with a "sweeping leg"
, and then showed a yellow card to the opponent, because the player had already received a yellow card before, and was sent off.
And it was also in the last few minutes that the home team, which had one less player to play, lost a goal and lost the game 0:1.
This penalty caused an uproar after the game. Looking back at the game video, it was obvious that the defender did not do it intentionally. Although Chapron apologized to the player and said that he was hit with an unhealed wound, he overreacted for a while and also expressed his regret to the player.
The French Football Federation submitted an application to cancel the second yellow card, but he was still suspended and punished by FIFA.
But from this incident, we can see that this is a very sensitive referee.
How to legitimately benefit from the referee, analyze and guess the referee of the game has also become a very important task for the coaching staff.
At the beginning of the game, Guangzhou Evergrande, who kicked off the ball first, started a strong attack. After all, as old rivals, the two sides meet every season, and the head coaches have been coaching for a long time. Everyone is so familiar with it that there is no need for any early testing.
, go directly to the topic.
Scolari used his usual 4-2-3-1 formation for this game. The goalkeeper is veteran Zengcheng, the four defenders are Shu Jun, Du Zhenyu, Feng Xiaoting and Li Xuepeng, and the two defensive midfielders Paulinho and
Zheng Zhi is in front and behind, and the three frontcourt players are Lin Feng, Goulart and Gao Lin, with Diego Costa at the front of the team as the center.
In the second minute of the first half, Gao Lin made a beautiful fake breakthrough on the left wing and turned around to smash the ball away from Huang He. He stepped out of the gap and sent a pass to Diego Costa in the penalty area. After Li Ming's close contact,
Due to interference, he headed the ball in the wrong position, and the ball finally flew high and over the baseline.
Gao Lin was able to create an opportunity to get the ball on the left mainly because of Paulinho's forward penetration in the middle. After Tao Wentao was attracted away, he did not run to the right in time to help Huang He defend.
From the initial attack, we can see Guangzhou Evergrande's confidence in winning this game, and it also reflects Paulinho's desire to attack.
Different from the first round match at the Longteng home court, today's Evergrande was obviously more proactive. The bonus of home court advantage to a team is very scary.
After Diego Costa had his first shot, his whole body became active. He began to frequently wander between the Longteng team's back line and the midfielder, repeatedly knocking the two Longteng team's center backs out of the penalty area.
He brought it out and attracted the defensive attention of Qi Ming and Tao Wentao at the same time, creating conditions for Paulinho's forward attack.
Guangzhou Evergrande's current attitude on the field was a bit beyond the expectations of Zhang Sheng and the coaching staff before the game.
Since Scolari took over Guangzhou Evergrande, he has obviously been on the same page as the previous two head coaches.
During Lippi's coaching, his strategic goal was very clear, divided into three steps: the first step is to use three excellent foreign players in the frontcourt to drag seven domestic players - which is the 703 tactic that many Chinese Super League teams are still using.
The second step is to wait until the local players improve, then assist three powerful foreign players in playing - this is the famous tactic of seven people carrying the piano and three people playing the piano. The third step is the ultimate goal - domestic players can integrate with the foreign players.
Together, they form a smooth-flowing whole.
After coaching Evergrande for several years and constantly hoarding international-level players, Lippi was disappointed to find that with the current capabilities of domestic players, reaching the second step is already the ultimate.
After other teams in the Chinese Super League also began to increase their investment, Lippi, who could only bring the team to the second stage, found that the team had slowly lost its previous terrifying advantages. His resignation can be seen as a sign of seizing the current situation and quitting bravely.
In real history, when Lippi came back to take over the Chinese national team again, he made a request for the Chinese Football Association to strongly support his naturalization of a large number of foreign players in the Chinese Super League. The goal of naturalization was also very clear - to do what he had done before at Guangzhou Evergrande.
In the second stage, it can be said that without this condition, Lippi, nicknamed "Silver Fox", will definitely not easily return to his old career.
The person who took over the position of Guangzhou Evergrande who successfully resigned was Cannavaro, the current head coach of Tianjin Quanjian. As a direct disciple of Lippi, he was a youth storm when he came up. He picked up the most popular pressing style in Europe.
, Guangzhou Evergrande’s game was once again full of passion.
Although the high position can win the team many opportunities for secondary attacks, it has slightly poor control over the rhythm of the game and will also compress the players' space to handle the ball. Domestic players with slightly rough skills are even more unsuited to this style of play-
-This is after Evergrande has plundered almost all the international players it can plunder.
The weakening of control was followed by unstable results. Boss Xu, who had a reputation as a famous coach, spent a lot of money, and the World Cup coach was appointed halfway.
Many fans criticized Scolari's arrival. Compared with Lippi's flexible tactics and on-the-spot substitutions based on the situation on the field, the team's tactical style was apparently monotonous and the game was extremely boring.
In fact, for a team like Evergrande that aspires to be the league's hegemon, facing more and more powerful opponents in the Chinese Super League, the team's consistent control and stability in the long season are the top priority.
This is exactly what Boss Xu wants.
Therefore, the first thing Scolari did after taking over was to adjust the team's pressing area from the high position to near the center circle, and rely on the running ability and physical advantages of midfielders Paulinho, Lin Feng, Zheng Zhi and others to strangle the opponent;
When facing strong teams such as the Dragons and AFC Champions League opponents, they even gave up space in the frontcourt and retreated to the half court to perform positional defense.
On the offensive side, the frontcourt players are given more freedom to switch positions in pairs according to the situation on the field to disrupt the opponent's defense, while at the same time creating space for Paulinho Zheng Zhi in the midfield to organize from behind.
The defense is as stable as a dog, which is the biggest improvement after Scolari took over the team compared to Cannavaro's period.
The reason why Zhang Sheng and the coaching staff have doubts is that most of the time before, compared with the Longteng team's radical three-line widening premise and the formation of a multi-layer breakwater style of play, Evergrande's style of play was obviously defensive and counterattack.
And in this game, they all squeezed out.
Evergrande, which pressed heavily, quickly formed an offensive advantage at its home court. Lou Yicheng, who was responsible for commentating this game, was describing Evergrande’s situation: “After the 7:2 victory in the last game, this game
Evergrande also had great morale. They gave the Longteng team a powerful start from the very beginning. At least in the first ten minutes of the game, they suppressed the Longteng team."
"The significance of this game is very special." Liu Yue analyzed, "According to outside news, Paulinho has basically decided to go to Barcelona, so this game is likely to be his swan song in Evergrande and the Chinese Super League.
.To send Paulinho off with a victory, this is probably the idea of many Evergrande players."
Lou Yicheng also smiled and said: "It should be mutual. The Evergrande players want to see off Paulinho with a victory, and Paulinho also hopes to give Evergrande a victory, end the history of losing against the Longteng team, and complete a good story.
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"Team Longteng probably won't agree." Liu Yue's retort quickly caused the two of them to laugh.
As the game continued, Zhang Sheng also gradually saw some of Evergrande's flaws, which was excessive attacking and defending, resulting in frequent defensive gaps. Zheng Zhi had already made exhausting defenses in the midfield several times in a row.
Led by Paulinho, Evergrande was very fierce in pressing players on the defense. It tried its best to stick to the ball-carrying player of the Longteng team to prevent the opponent from turning around. At the same time, other teammates gathered together to form a local numerical advantage and control the ball.
For example, in the eighth minute of the first half, Fernando received a pass from Li Ming on the right. Evergrande's Li Xuepeng immediately stepped forward. The latter kept squeezing Fernando forward with his body, preventing him from turning around.
At the same time, Paulinho and Goulart formed a triangular encirclement, surrounding Fernando.
The triangular attack circle made Fernando very uncomfortable. All his passing routes were blocked. The only thing he could do was to use his unexpected foot skills to turn around and break through Li Xuepeng in a small space. Even if it didn't work, he could still score a goal.
Side kick.
Once the players placed their hope on luck, Murphy's Law came into effect. Fernando's turn not only failed, but Paulinho was forced to snatch the ball away. The Longteng team finally advanced to the midfield attack, and again
Guangzhou Evergrande took the ball back.
After winning the ball, Paulinho moved forward again. This time, after attracting Tao Wentao's defense, he chose to connect with Goulart in the middle. Then Diego Costa also participated, and he connected with his back.
After Goulart made the ball, he stuffed the ball into the penalty area, and Paulinho also moved forward and inserted into the penalty area.
"The Longteng team was too passive. Fernando hesitated a little and the ball was intercepted by Paulinho. Let's take a look at Evergrande's attack." Lou Yicheng raised his voice to arouse everyone's emotions, "
Goulart received the ball and passed it to Costa. It was a beautiful pass and he shot through the ball. The referee signaled that it was a corner kick."
"Let's take a look. Goulart is responsible for dispatching in the frontcourt, and Costa plays the role of the center to the fullest. This through ball completely penetrated the Longteng team's defense. Paulinho penetrated forward.
The timing was just right. Fortunately, Qi Ming's defensive attention was very focused and he was always close to Paulinho. It was crucial for him to stretch his legs to block this shot. Otherwise, the goalkeeper would not have been able to hit the goal with such a powerful shot from behind.
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"There's really no way." Lou Yicheng praised, "Everyone in the world knows that Messi wants to break through, but you just can't stop it. All the opponents know that Robben wants to cut in and shoot, but he can complete it.
At least at the Chinese Super League level, in the South American budget competition stage, everyone knows that Paulinho is going to go forward and shoot, but you still can't prevent it."
"Haha, that's true." Liu Yuechang thought while Guangzhou Evergrande was arranging corner kick tactics, "We also hope that after Paulinho goes to Barcelona, opponents all over Europe will also sigh when they see his forward penetration."
"That is definitely the biggest publicity for our Chinese Super League." Lou Yicheng seemed to have seen what Liu Yue said, "Let's take a look at this corner kick. It is Lin Feng who takes the penalty."
"Since transferring to Guangzhou Evergrande, as long as Lin Feng plays, he has replaced Huang Bowen and is the team's first corner kick taker. It seems that Sri Lankan coach trusts his corner kick kicking skills." Liu Yue has obviously analyzed it.
Evergrande’s corner kick data.
"The penalty was taken, the header, oops, hit the lintel." Lou Yicheng exclaimed, "For Costa's header, Lin Feng accurately found this point. In the end, the goal was rejected by the Tianhe Stadium goal frame.
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"The Longteng team was marking and missing people. It was originally a zone defense, but in the area where Lu Zhihui was responsible, he went to watch the ball and didn't look at anyone at all." Liu Yue carefully analyzed the shot of returning to defense.
Zhang Sheng was a little unable to stand on the sidelines. He shouted loudly to the court: "Concentrate." At the same time, he made a gesture to quickly pass the ball out from the backcourt.
Because the coaching staff did not prioritize Evergrande’s high-post press before the game, many players did not react for a while. At this time, as the head coach, after clearly observing the situation on the field, he must make tactical adjustments immediately.
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This kind of adjustment does not refer to changing formations or substituting players. It mainly reminds the players to counterattack the opponent's plan B and come up with the plan B prepared by the team during normal training.
