Under the supervision of Hori Takashi, Urawa Ruby's two wingers Kikuchi Daisuke and Komai Zenari pressed forward.
During the period of Master Pei, he was stubborn and conservative and didn't like to rotate. Urawa Club spent a lot of money to buy it and gave high hopes to many young people he trained who could not make it. Except for Sekine Takahiro who transferred to the Bundesliga in the middle of the season.
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Players like Daisuke Kikuchi, Zengei Komai, and Toshiyuki Takagi are in dire straits. Their main players are injured, and they finally get a chance to play. It is almost impossible for them to be reused.
Whether it was to value young players or to cultivate his own direct lineage and remove Petrovic's imprint on the team, Hori Takashi made use of these good wing players after taking office.
Toshiyuki Takagi was suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards and did not come to this game. Daisuke Kikuchi and Zenari Komai started one on the left and one on the right.
The Dragons had done a good job suppressing Urawa Ruby before. The two wingers were completely turned into wing-backs, and their offensive characteristics were not revealed.
Now the head coach wants them to show off their skills. The Longteng team's formation has retracted to give them space, and the time to perform has arrived.
First, Zenari Komai, who has excellent dribbling ability, came to the first wave.
In the 41st minute of the first half, Komai Zenge received a pass from Yajima Shinya on the right and used rapid and continuous rhythm changes to pass De Paul. This suppressed the Urawa Ruby for nearly half of the game.
The expeditionary force was very relieved.
Instead of letting the Dragons excel, all of a sudden, the song of Komai Zenari was heard in the stands of the fans of the away team.
Although Qu Wenming's second wave of defense pushed Komai Zenge to the sideline and did not give Urawa Ruby a chance to penetrate the left wing, after all Urawa still showed his characteristics on the right wing.
After all, Komai Zenge is not a pure winger. He has certain defensive attributes and occasionally plays as a defensive midfielder. After being paid more attention by the Dragons' left players, he slowly stopped.
But then left winger Daisuke Kikuchi, who is more inclined to attack, stepped forward.
When the Urawa Reds signed Daisuke Kikuchi from relegated Shonan Marine at the end of last year, there were some doubts - mainly from Master Pai.
With Takashi Sekine traveling to Germany and Yuya Uga suffering from long-term injuries, Daisuke Kikuchi restored Urawa's past speed advantage on the left.
In the 44th minute of the first half, Urawa Ruby also used its usual method of using the width of the field to pull left and right.
After Zengei Komai dribbled continuously on the right, he found that he could not break through again. He passed an accurate pass to Yuki Abe in the center, who passed the ball to Daisuke Kikuchi on the left.
Daisuke Kikuchi used his speed to quickly surpass Tao Wentao. Fortunately, Fernando was active enough and chased him all the way from near the frontcourt to the sideline of the 30-meter defensive zone in his own half, forcing Daisuke Kikuchi to slow down.
Come down.
"Urawa's side is attacking. It's a traditional skill for J-League teams to suddenly exert force at the end of two halves." He Wei became a little nervous, "The Longteng team needs to concentrate."
As he spoke, Daisuke Kikuchi had already reached the left area of the Longteng team's penalty area. Including Takuya Aoki and Li Zhongcheng were cooperating with him to help him move. They kept using short-distance passes to open up gaps, and they were slightly far away.
At the spot, center Shinzo Kougai and even Shinya Yajima pressed to the top of the penalty area, preparing for the second wave of attack.
After five or six consecutive passes in the narrow zone on the sideline, the Longteng team's defense on the right became more and more urgent. As a team that has long used pressing tactics, the defensive positions of the players were compact and layered. The players
The scale of his defensive actions was very good, and he did not give his opponent any chance to take a free kick in the frontcourt.
No matter how strong your Urawa Ruby players are in terms of footwork and passing and receiving ability, football always needs space to pass. Seeing that this attack was about to be ended again, Daisuke Kikuchi made a decision and after dodging a little space,
A cross passed the ball into the penalty area.
However, as a player known for his speed, the quality of crosses has never been Daisuke Kikuchi's advantage. His passes are weak, high and floating. Judging from the height difference between the Dragons and Urawa players, this is probably the difference between the Dragons and Urawa players.
The favorite type of pass of the two tall centre-backs.
Liming easily crushed Shinzo Kougai in the penalty area, and a powerful header pushed Daisuke Kikuchi's pass out of the penalty area. It was time for Urawa players to compete with Dragons players for the second point at the top of the arc.
At this time, Lu Yangyang, who is shorter but more flexible and has stronger explosive speed, played an role. Lu Yangyang, who was defending Aoki Takuya, and his opponent also started from the top of the penalty area. One faced the football, and the other needed to turn his back.
Looking back at football, it is obvious that the former has an absolute advantage.
Lu Yangyang, who was in a different position than Takuya Aoki, got the ball first, and then he turned around in a stunning way to get rid of Shinya Yajima, who was coming towards him. He missed the ball, and then he released the ball without hesitation, looking for
The key point is the right wing, which is completely empty because Daisuke Kikuchi and the others are in an offensive state after half the court.
Finally it’s time to compete for speed on the wing.
"Lu Yangyang's escape was beautiful! The ball was distributed. Oops, the pass was a bit big." He Wei was about to praise Lu Yangyang when he suddenly realized that the pass given by Lu Yangyang had a very large lead time. "Hey, no, it's okay.
Catch up."
A very terrifying scene happened on the field at this time. After Lu Yangyang passed the ball, Fernando, who was still more than 20 meters away from the ball, chased him like lightning. At the same time, the opposite left center back Makino was also chasing the ball.
Zhizhang, he is probably about fifteen meters away from the ball.
Then Fernando, who was further away from the ball, caught up with the ball at a speed visible to the naked eye. Makino Tomoaki was still more than one meter away from the ball at this time. As a last resort, the latter could only throw his whole body out and made a sliding tackle.
When it comes to football, he doesn't care whether this defensive action will lead to a foul.
"Oh my god, this speed." Xu Yang opened his eyes wide and couldn't believe this scene on the court, "The ball was passed by others, it was beautiful, it was a one-shot."
Fernando was clearly prepared for Tomoaki Makino's defense. He lifted the football to a high height, allowing Tomoaki Makino's tackle to miss the football. Then he himself jumped lightly and passed over Tomoaki Makino's body.
The Longteng team once again got a chance to stand alone on the right, but this time Tomoaki Makino didn't even have the chance to stop the attack with a foul.
Tomoaki Makino was passed, and Mauricio had to move over to wipe his teammates' butts. They are all Brazilians, and Mauricio has seen too many Brazilian players like Fernando who are famous all over the world with their speed and ball feel.
If you cut off the line for this kind of player to receive the ball, or just make it uncomfortable for him to receive the ball, reducing the space for him to start sprinting, his power will be greatly reduced. But once you give him the opportunity to sprint,
Then just pray that you won’t be punished.
The fact is, there are always things you don't expect. Mauricio, who was rushing over to see if he could use physical contact to block Fernando's one-on-one shot, didn't even get close, but Fernando passed the ball.
The Longteng team's center forward Chavez received Fernando's pass in the middle. This time he faced an extremely empty goal.
"Fernando took the lead and passed the ball. Chavez pushed and shot into the empty goal. Shusaku Saikawa had nothing to do. The ball went in." He Wei had already expected this result. With a three-on-two frontcourt and such a large space, as long as
If you don't make low-level mistakes, scoring goals is inevitable.
"Actually, Fernando could have shot this ball by himself. Of course, the shooting angle would be smaller, but he still chose the safest pass. The Longteng team led 2:0 in the first half, which is not good news for Urawa Ruby." Xu
Yang praised Fernando's generosity very much.
"Urawa lost the ball. In the final analysis, Kashiwagi Yosuke was unable to play. They were unable to rely on passing and organization to create a threatening offense in the positional offense. You see, before Urawa lost the ball, Kikuchi Daisuke also made a beautiful breakthrough on the left.
The problem was that Takuya Aoki was unable to organize the next attack. When the attack speed dropped, the Longteng team's defense was quickly deployed. In the end, Daisuke Kikuchi's reluctant pass gave the Longteng team a chance to counterattack."
While watching the replay of the Longteng team's goal, He Wei analyzed the Longteng team's goal.
Xu Yang also added: "There is another problem on Urawa's side. Their midfielder Yuki Abe is too old. The 81-year veteran is already 36 years old this year. When the Dragons counterattack, he can't run at all.
It started again near the center circle, and by the time we got to the penalty area, Chavez had already left him half a street away."
The goal conceded by Urawa Ruby made their head coach Hori Takashi realize that he had been deceived. It was not that the Dragons did not have the physical ability to continue to press themselves, but they gave themselves the illusion that they had laid out a defensive trap and were waiting for their team.
Stick your head out and blow your own head off at any time.
Look at the final counterattack, Fernando, Chavez, Nie Jiang and De Paul on the left. Their speed in the second wave of Qi Ming was obviously faster than the players on Urawa's side, and the distance they sprinted
longer.
It's a very obvious deceptive tactic to lure the snake out of its hole.
The two-goal lead not only broke Urawa Ruby's expectations of an equalizer, but more importantly, it was a blow to their morale. After conceding the second goal, Urawa's players clearly had a mental problem.
In the first minute of stoppage time in the first half, the Longteng team almost expanded the score again. This time, De Paul's breakthrough from the left caused a foul by Yuki Abe. Then the Longteng team got a very well-positioned free kick.
Urawa set up a human wall of four people. On the left side of the wall stood Qi Ming of the Dragons. When De Paul sent the free kick with a short pass, there was no one defending Qi Ming around him.
, allowing him to easily take the ball, turn around, take a step horizontally, and then shoot. If Shusaku Nishikawa, as a veteran, had not relaxed his nerves and made an extremely beautiful save, it is very likely that Urawa Ruby would have won in the first half.
It's going to be bloodbathed by three balls.
In the end, referee Hassan's half-time whistle gave Urawa Ruby a chance to breathe. The Dragons easily returned to the home lounge with a 2:0 advantage at their home court.
"Urawa must make personnel adjustments. Defense is their old problem. There may be less room for adjustment, but they can't even attack offensively. This is unacceptable. Hori Takashi will definitely improve the frontcourt personnel.
Make a substitution." He Wei speculated in the midfield commentary in the live broadcast room.
"Yosuke Kashiwagi's injury before the game was a huge blow to Urawa. Whether it was Takuya Aoki's b2b style prepared by Takashi Hori or Li Zhongcheng's defensive pseudo-midfielder style, it did not help Urawa's offense at all.
In the second half, Takashi Hori still had some cards in hand. Not to mention that they had Yuki Muto, an old rival from the Chinese Super League team, on the bench. The personal ability of their other forward, foreign aid Rafael Silva, was also the same.
Very strong.”
As He Wei analyzed, the first thing Hori Takashi did at halftime was to announce the substitutions. It can be said that there was no scene in the first half. The attacking midfielder Li Zhongcheng, who had basically disappeared, was replaced by Yuki Muto.
The home team was very relaxed. Zhang Sheng's only request was to attack first at the beginning of the second half to consume the opponent's energy. Regardless of whether a goal was scored or not, after twenty minutes, the team would withdraw and fight back.
After the start of the second half, although He Wei did not say it clearly, his proud tone was still palpable: "As expected, coach Takashi Hori replaced Yuki Muto for the first time. This is a frontcourt player who plays very hard and is very good at disrupting, shooting, and breaking through.
They are good at running and receiving passes. Urawa Ruby allows such players to play as substitutes. I can only say that the thickness of their bench is indeed good."
As the commentator can think of, the coaching staff of the Longteng team was well prepared before the game. Watching the person passing the ball to him, and once he gets the ball, immediately getting close to him is the most effective defensive method. As for the Longteng team,
Also well done.
Without the imaginative passing of Kashiwagi Yosuke, Aoki Takuya's passing always seems relatively "hard", and it is easy for the Dragons players to see his intentions. Muto Yuki is very active and keeps running.
He went to receive the ball, but it was very difficult to get the ball passed to him. Even if he got the ball, he was unable to turn around because of the two central defenders of the Longteng team, Lu Zhihui and Liming.
On the contrary, the Longteng team's frontcourt pressing in the second half paid off again.
In the seventh minute of the second half, De Paul teamed up with Qi Ming on the left, causing a mistake in Endo's pass. He and Komai Zenge did not agree on the idea. The latter did not start when the former passed the ball.
, let the ball pass in front of him.
Facing Qu Wenming coming to grab the half-goal, Komai Zensei was a step too slow and kicked Qu Wenming on the calf, knocking the latter to the ground.
The referee decisively called a foul on Urawa Ruby and gave Komai Zenge a yellow card.
"Hirashi Endo's state this season is really hard to describe." He Wei was obviously paying attention to the previous situation of Urawa Ruby. "Before Mauricio came, the middle of the three central defenders he was in was the biggest loophole. Now he comes to the right.
The condition is also very average.”
"Then let's take a look at this free kick." Seeing the Longteng team setting up the ball, Xu Yang also took over the topic.
