After the Longteng team kicked off, Zhang Sheng had some doubts. Guangzhou Evergrande did make adjustments in the midfield. Lin Feng returned and Zheng Zhi stepped forward. This showed that it was a prepared tactic, but with the Longteng coaching staff facing Sco
Larry's understanding is that after Lin Feng retreated, Guangzhou Evergrande often played 4-2-2-2. It was normal for Zheng Zhi to participate in the offense. The specific situation on the Evergrande field needs to be observed for a while to determine.
It's not that Zhang Sheng didn't think about the possibility of Guangzhou Evergrande playing 4-3-3, but past experience told him that Scolari's tactics emphasized that the frontcourt players were close to each other and switched positions in pairs. He played 4-2
At -2-2, the three 2's on both sides are very flexible, so Zhang Sheng's choice is to wait and see.
After all, the 4-2-2-2 formation itself originated from Brazilian coaches and is a variant of the 4-3-3 formation.
Zhang Sheng was waiting, but Guangzhou Evergrande did not relax at all to equalize the score. From the first moment of the Longteng team's kick-off, Evergrande's players pressed forward from above as usual.
Compared with before, Evergrande has more people in front, and sometimes even Lin Feng will rush up to block the pass.
Such crazy oppression can be said to have been rare in the past year.
Guangzhou Evergrande's rare radical play also aroused the passion of Evergrande fans in the stands. Every time Evergrande attacks the frontcourt or presses and counterattacks as a whole, the fans will cheer accordingly. This makes Evergrande even more excited.
The players' condition was stimulated and they played more proactively.
Before the game, Zhang Sheng also discussed with the coaching staff, saying that the referee Tony Chapron is a referee who does not like to play cards and has relatively loose standards, which can allow the players to fight more actively and take advantage of Evergrande's dislike of high-position pressing.
The characteristic is to try to counterattack in Evergrande's half, but the current situation is reversed. Guangzhou Evergrande is now forced to counterattack in the Longteng team's half.
Shapron was just as the Longteng coaching staff predicted. Many Evergrande confrontations were ignored by him. Especially when the Longteng team had several opportunities to counterattack, the Guangzhou Evergrande players decisively used tactical fouls to fight.
He broke off, and all he got in exchange was a verbal warning.
In addition, the Longteng team's 4-4-2 parallel line formation in this game was very compact and dense, and the direction of attack was mostly penetrating from the middle, giving Guangzhou Evergrande enough defensive space.
Judging from the situation in the past ten minutes after the score was equalized, Zhang Sheng and the assistant coaches around him have determined that Guangzhou Evergrande is determined to play 4-3-3, and this formation has an advantage in defense in the middle.
, which can very well contain the Long Teng team's offense.
"It's time to fine-tune the tactics on the field." Zhang Sheng thought.
Just when Zhang Sheng walked to the sidelines to prepare for the players, Evergrande organized another attack.
The starting point of the attack was still Zheng Zhi.
Considering Lin Feng's instability in mid- and long-distance passing, especially his weakness in dribbling, the right to hold the ball on the right was basically given to Zheng Zhi, and he did not live up to Scolari's expectations.
Using his good feet, he continued to bring the ball diagonally to the right side of the penalty area.
At the same time, Goulart chose to run inward, attracting Shen Jun's attention.
Qi Ming, the left midfielder, quickly came over to cover for Shen Jun, preventing Zheng Zhi from easily making a cross from the right.
Qi Ming's retreat made room for Paulinho in the midfield.
If you are an ordinary player, you will most likely stand here and wait for the result of your teammate's attack. If the attack is successful and you score a goal, of course it is good. If you fail to score, you can receive the pass from your teammate here and organize it.
If the second wave of offense is destroyed by the opponent, you can grab the second point. The worst result is that the opponent can easily resolve the attack. At this time, the midfielder must intercept here and be sure to intercept it as soon as possible.
The opponent's counterattack was stopped.
But Paulinho is no ordinary player, he chose to aggressively push forward.
In the tactics arranged by Zhang Sheng, when Evergrande's offense enters the defensive third zone, the opponent's players in front of the penalty area must be followed by someone. If the defensive players cannot keep up, two forwards need to come back and one of them will harass them personally.
The one following and guarding was Nie Jiang.
As a forward player, Nie Jiang has the enthusiasm to defend, but does not have much defensive ability. He obviously did not watch Paulinho's forward penetration, allowing the opponent to easily enter the penalty area.
Just when Paulinho inserted into the penalty area, Goulart had already run from the penalty area to the right side of the penalty area, and successfully brought Shen Jun out, while also attracting Lu Zhihui's defensive attention.
When Zheng Zhi saw Goulart coming out, he quickly handed the ball to him, and then cut inside and ran.
Guangzhou Evergrande's continuous movements of Paulinho, Goulart and Zheng Zhi created great difficulties for the Longteng team's defense, especially when Nie Jiang hesitated and followed Paulinho into the penalty area.
Not only did the defense fail to mark anyone, it also completely confused the positioning of the Dragons' defense.
When Paulinho entered the penalty area, Nie Jiang followed him, preparing to prevent him from catching the ball. Then Goulart on the right passed the ball decisively. His pass was an outspin ball slightly above the ground.
, the ball speed is very fast.
After the ball bypassed Lu Zhihui's toes in an extreme route, it came to Nie Jiang. Facing the pass, Nie Jiang's first reaction was to block it with his legs. The problem was that he hesitated when the ball came over.
, if such a pass is not blocked well, it will directly block into your own goal and cause an own goal.
Just in this half-second of hesitation, the football had already crossed Nie Jiang's outstretched leg and flew in front of Paulinho.
At this time, the difference between experienced and inexperienced goalkeepers becomes apparent.
In the process of Evergrande's rapid movements on the wing, Jiang Mingzhi kept his eyes on the ball at first, constantly adjusting his position and center of gravity, ready to pounce on the opponent's pass or shoot.
However, after Evergrande's players exchanged positions, especially Goulart's detour from the penalty area, Jiang Mingzhi's vigilance dropped significantly. At this time, Evergrande only had Diego Costa in the middle and Diego Costa in the back.
For Gao Lin, it is difficult to get past a large crowd of people in front of them.
At the moment when Jiang Mingzhi relaxed his vigilance, the football passed into the penalty area. Paulinho's forward thrust was in place in time. The final outcome was already conceivable. Paulinho's instep gently moved, and the speeding football suddenly
It changed the direction of movement and bounced towards the goal.
Jiang Mingzhi was unable to do anything about the ejection from such a close range. By the time he finished making the save, the football had already flown into the net.
Guangzhou Evergrande took advantage of the loopholes in the Longteng team's defense to overtake the score, and the goal was Paulinho, who scored twice in the first half.
"Zheng Zhi, Goulart, Evergrande pulled continuously from the right. Goulart faked a move and passed the ball sideways! Good pass, Paulinho, the ball went in! It's Paulinho again, my God,
In his farewell game, Paulinho showed an excellent state." Lou Yicheng exclaimed, "He is too strong and can't be guarded at all."
"The defensive formation of the Longteng team just now was a bit confusing." Liu Yue analyzed, "Under normal circumstances, Lu Zhihui should guard the bottom line passing line, but he is too close to the center. There is Li Ming in the center, and Tao Wentao is assisting in defense, and the goalkeeper
My position is also in the middle, so I don’t have to think about the middle at all.”
"Moreover, there is obviously a problem with Jiang Mingzhi's positioning. When Paulinho penetrates forward, he should move to the right and guard the near corner. Obviously, he is not mentally prepared for Paulinho's forward shot." After criticizing Lu Zhihui.
, Liu Yue pointed the finger at Jiang Mingzhi, "The Dragons let go of experienced rotation goalkeeper Zhou Wei at the beginning of the season, which was obviously a bit too much."
Lou Yicheng also agreed with Liu Yue's point of view: "Yes. Even if Zhou Wei left suddenly at the beginning of the season, the Dragons should at least introduce a substitute goalkeeper with experience in the Chinese Super League during the summer window. As a result, we saw that they made up for it.
Wang Junlei, a young player who returned from Europe, is sitting on the bench at this time."
"Coach Zhang Sheng still believes too much in his youth training results and his vision for signings." Liu Yue made a rare complaint.
While the commentator was analyzing the reason why the Dragons lost the ball, Paulinho had already run to the fans, grabbed the Guangzhou Evergrande emblem on the chest of his jersey, and kissed it affectionately.
Seeing this scene, some Evergrande fans' eyes were already wet.
Although Paulinho has been famous for a long time, in the eyes of Evergrande fans, he is a player "retrained" by Guangzhou Evergrande. In more than two years, the former Brazil international has completed his self-salvation, not only once again
He returned to the national team and got on the bus to Europe's top clubs.
What could be more fulfilling than this?
Zhang Sheng, who was on the sidelines, could only shake his head at this time. When a top player explodes, he is never given room to display. He found that Guangzhou Evergrande made tactical adjustments, but it has not yet made a move.
If you are ordered to make corresponding decisions, then you will be punished without any accident.
If you hesitate, you will lose.
Zhang Sheng looked up at the big screen on the sidelines at this time. The first half of the game had reached thirty-five minutes. There was still time. He needed to make adjustments quickly to get the situation back.
The Longteng team kicked off again. Under the command of Zhang Sheng, the formation changed from 4-4-2 to 3-5-2.
After the formation change was completed, Shen Jun, Lu Zhihui and Li Ming formed a three-centre defender. Qi Ming changed from the left midfielder to the left midfielder, partnering with De Paul on the left wing to contain Zheng Zhi's ball, while Tao Wentao was similar to the attacking midfielder.
Position--Unlike a full-time attacking midfielder, he has certain defensive abilities. Fernando was placed in the right midfield position, specifically using his speed to create trouble in the space after Paulinho's forward penetration.
Zhang Sheng's idea was very good. After the adjustment, the Dragon Teng team quickly took advantage of the three central defenders and withstood Paulinho's forward thrusts twice in a row. Just when the Dragon Teng team players wanted to take advantage of Paulinho's forward thrusts, they fell behind
When there was a defensive vulnerability, Evergrande chose to retreat.
Evergrande's retreat came from Zheng Zhi's active control, because he felt that there was a problem with his physical fitness and he could no longer participate in attacks on the right side frequently.
Before the game, Scolari mentioned that two players, Zheng Zhi and Feng Xiaoting, were suffering from the flu and still had fevers. The implication was that they might not start.
Although the two of them got together in the end, seemingly setting off a smoke bomb for the outside world, Zheng Zhi knew that he was indeed running a low fever.
When the human body has a fever, it consumes a lot of physical energy. If you perform high-intensity exercise while having a fever, your physical energy will be lost far more than usual.
By the 40th minute of the first half, Zheng Zhi was already having problems with his physical fitness. He had to take the initiative to slow down the pace of the game and retract the overall formation. Otherwise, if the Dragons counterattacked, his lack of physical fitness would lead to a lack of concentration.
It could be a disaster.
After Guangzhou Evergrande took the initiative to take back the strategy, the Longteng team was a little embarrassed.
In such a high-intensity battle in the first half, it is not certain how good the Longteng team is physically, but being one goal behind, the team had to attack.
At Zhang Sheng's signal, the Long Teng team pressed forward heavily.
Compared with Evergrande's relatively monotonous Paulinho who intervened in this move, the Longteng team obviously has more abundant offensive routines.
Chavez can header the ball in the penalty area, and Nie Jiang is also very good at grabbing points in the penalty area. At the same time, De Paul and Tao Wentao are both capable of long-range shots, not to mention Guangzhou Evergrande's "nemesis" Lu Zhihui.
Already.
Just after the 45th minute of the first half, in the first minute of stoppage time, Nie Jiang grabbed a point in the penalty area and caused a corner kick. Lu Zhihui finally came up.
"Haha. Lu Zhihui arrived in Evergrande's penalty area. Evergrande must be very nervous." Lou Yicheng joked.
"Of course. Since Longteng officially entered the professional league, no matter which time he meets Evergrande, he can always score goals, and he always scores headers, all of which are set-piece headers." Liu Yue also joked.
, "If Paulinho's forward thrust is something that no one can guard against, then Lu Zhihui's header is something Evergrande knows will definitely participate in the set-piece attack and will definitely pose a threat, but it still cannot guard against it."
While the commentator was talking and laughing, Fernando's corner kick was taken, and it was really Lu Zhihui who was looking for it.
Lu Zhihui, who knew that he was being closely guarded, was a thief. When Fernando's corner kick came out, he started running forward, as if he was going to head the ball, but when the ball came, he went around from the center where the threat was greatest to the front.
point.
Just like Guangzhou Evergrande's first corner kick, Lu Zhihui's intention was very clear. He would nod the ball in front and rub it later. Once the ball reaches the center, the threat becomes greater. The second point is completely a matter of probability.
The football was rubbed behind Lu Zhihui, changed direction, and flew to the twelve yards of the penalty area. Qi Ming happened to be waiting here. When the ball bounced in front of him, he decisively kicked the ball and shot.
As a result, he, who is not a forward, did not master his footwork well and the ball did not hit the right position and flew high over the crossbar.
Such a good opportunity was wasted. Amidst the roars of laughter from the Evergrande fans in the stands and the taunts of "Gao Lin is possessed" by the broadcast platform, Qi Ming gasped and lay on the turf of the penalty area, covering his face with his hands.
"What a pity." Lou Yicheng also said with regret, "Lu Zhihui's ball was in a very good position. His role in the set ball is really getting more and more magical. He obviously sent it to this point, but
Qi Ming was too eager to shoot."
"I think the Longteng team can just create more corner kicks. Evergrande's side may be too close and sparse."
