As the game continued, Qu Wenming became more and more skillful in commanding the midfield defense. Not only was Hulk unhappy with being double-teamed on defense, Oscar's many midfield supports and breakthroughs were also stifled by the Dragons.
"In the previous match between the Dragons and Shanghai SIPG, their former main defensive midfielder Zhang Hao relied on his extremely strong body to fight against Hulk and restricted the opponent to death. I wanted to take a look before the game. Zhang Hao left the team. Dragons
What will the team do this time? It seems that Qu Wenming has given an answer that satisfies head coach Zhang Sheng."
As the first half of the game came to an end, Liu Yue began to comment on the players' performance.
"The Longteng team's overall defense, especially the layout of defensive traps, has become more mature this season. In addition to Qu Wenming, including the starting left back Shen Jun, there is room for players who can thoroughly implement the team's tactics and are willing to work hard without complaining.
It’s bigger.” Lou Yicheng responded.
The words of the two commentators are also the thoughts of many fans watching the game. Before the game, everyone was still thinking about the wrestling confrontation between Zhang Hao and Hulk on the court. What they saw was that the Hulk fell into the Pansi Hole.
It’s getting harder and harder.
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was fixed at 0:1, and the Longteng team took the away lead.
During the halftime break, the coaching staff of the Longteng team was more concerned about the players' health, whether they were injured, whether they were physically weak, etc., while SIPG was worried about tactical matters.
Obviously, Villas-Boas's promise before the game that Akhmedov's absence would have little impact due to his age was slapped in the face.
In the 4-2-3-1 double defensive midfielder, one of them must be able to play both offense and defense. However, Cai Huikang on the court now is defensive but not effective, and Yan Xiaoyu is offensive but not defensive.
Looking at the several defensive midfielder substitutes, they all lack game experience, and their respective shortcomings are obvious.
Known as the "Zero God", Lin Chuangyi's performance is very average. His body is too thin and he has great weaknesses in defense and confrontation. Although he has a certain ability to organize offense, he is not outstanding. He has suffered a lot on the court this season.
Fans questioned.
As for the other midfielder Zhang Yi, he is a purely defensive midfielder, the same type as Cai Huikang.
Boas had another candidate in mind, that is, Yu Hai at the top and Yan Xiaoyu at the bottom.
The problem is that according to the competition rules of the Chinese Super League, a U23 player must be retained on the field. What should we do if Yan Xiaoyu fails and the U23 quota requirement is not met?
Thinking of this, Villas-Boas suddenly became envious of his opponent Longteng team. Looking at their U23 players on the field, they didn't have to think about this issue at all.
After thinking about it for a long time, Villas-Boas made up his mind to play Yuhai, Elkeson, and Wu Lei and Hulk on the front line, playing 4-4-2.
Before Ahmedov came to SIPG, Cai Huikang and Yu Hai's midfielder combination had been working together for a long time, so there was no need to consider their tacit understanding on the court.
It’s just that Elkeson is unhappy.
Of course, with Boas's character, he doesn't care who is unhappy.
After the start of the second half, SIPG's formation changes were quite surprising.
"I replaced a foreign forward with a defensive midfielder. Villas-Boas did see the problems in the defensive midfielder position, but this substitution is still rare." Lou Yicheng almost directly questioned this substitution.
People.
Liu Yue had a different opinion this time: "Sometimes, when there is a problem in offense and defense, it is not a problem with the forwards and defense, but a problem with the midfield."
It didn't take long for Liu Yue's statement to be verified.
Although Elkerson was off the field, it seemed that the front line was missing a powerful striker and a foreign aid, but in fact, Shanghai SIPG played better overall.
In the 13th minute of the second half, Yu Hai cooperated with Cai Huikang in the middle to intercept the return ball from Chavez, and then launched a counterattack.
Yan Xiaoyu, who came over from SIPG to respond, took advantage of his flexibility. At only 1.68 meters tall, he half-turned very lightly when faced with Tao Wentao's overcoming attack, and deftly sent the ball to the Longteng team.
Between left back Shin Jun and left center back Lu Zhihui.
Hulk also responded to the ball at this time. Facing the approaching closing defense of Shen Jun and Lu Zhihui, he just found a gap to shoot. The shot was powerful, had an angle, and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.
Jiang Mingzhi's ability is still lacking. After being sneak-attacked by Oscar before, he was still not fully prepared this time. When he pounced sideways, the football flew past his palm.
There was only a "bang" sound, and the goalposts of the Shanghai Stadium were shaking constantly. Hulk's shot still pursued the angle too much and concentrated on the door frame.
Fortunately, Jiang Mingzhi's second reaction was pretty good. He quickly got up and pounced on the football, which bounced back into the penalty area and landed in front of him.
It can only be said that he is quite lucky.
In addition to the goal frame this time, after Yu Hai came on the court, the defense in the defensive midfielder position was no longer so weak.
At the same time, Yan Xiaoyu's positional prerequisites no longer share the defensive task, giving him more opportunities to organize offense.
The two forwards of Wu Lei and Hulk, relying on the liberated Yan Xiaoyu and Oscar, frequently sent the ball to the two defensive ribs of the Longteng team, and were able to suppress the two central defenders and two full-backs of the Longteng team.
In the second half.
It can be said that SIPG's defense and offense suddenly came alive.
Seeing SIPG regaining its vitality on the court, Zhang Sheng's mind on the sidelines began to spin crazily, considering countermeasures.
Judging from Villas-Boas's formation changes, he strengthened the midfield defense and liberated the forwards.
For this change of formation, Lou Yicheng and Liu Yue gave many words of praise. In the first twenty minutes of the second half, they praised Boas for his strong on-the-spot command ability, like Xiang Lin's wife, they repeated it countless times.
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Zhang Sheng was still thinking about how to deal with it in the midfield where Villas-Boas changed formations at first, but after thinking about it, under the existing 4-4-2 formation, there are only so many midfielders, and there is no need to worry about playing in the midfield.
Whether to strengthen offense or defense, it will always be like a seesaw, when the gourd is pressed, the scoop will rise.
In fact, when I changed my mind and thought about it, Zhang Sheng was familiar with this scenario, with two forwards pressing two central defenders. The Longteng team's previous 3-5-2 was used repeatedly to deal with this formation.
Moreover, after becoming a five-man midfielder, the width of the defense will become much wider, which can effectively cover the defensive gaps in the ribs.
Once the decision was made, Zhang Sheng shouted Lu Zhihui's name loudly and made a gesture to the court, which was a signal to change the formation.
As the captain, Lu Zhihui understands this deeply.
Soon, the Longteng team became the three central defenders of Shen Jun, Lu Zhihui, and Liming. De Paul and Huang He became the two wing backs. Qu Wenming served as the defensive midfielder and Tao Wentao and Fernando became the two wing backs.
The role of the attacking midfielder.
After the change of formation, the Longteng team quickly stabilized the situation. Tao Wentao on the left spent more energy to help De Paul defend. Together with Qu Wenming, they cut off the connection between Yan Xiaoyu and Hulk.
Hulk became a one-man battle again.
After the Longteng team's defense stabilized, the offensive threat came up. Especially Wang Lian, who was on the right side of SIPG, had a yellow card on his back. He became the focus of Fernando's attack.
Considering that this game was Shanghai SIPG's home court, it can be said that the referee was merciful. Wang Lian's consecutive fouls were just warnings.
Zhang Sheng has seen a lot of home field advantage. This level of bias is completely within Zhang Sheng's acceptance range, but as a head coach, he cannot let go of the opportunity to put pressure on the referee.
When Cai Huikang helped Wang Lian brother foul Fernando again, Zhang Sheng stood on the sidelines and started to complain to the referee.
"Coach Zhang Sheng seems to have objections to the referee's several penalties." Lou Yicheng reflected Zhang Sheng's emotions truthfully, "But Fernando's style of play is indeed easily violated."
"How should I put it?" Liu Yue was very matter-of-fact. "Boas also complained to the referee and the fourth official on the sidelines many times because of Hulk's foul. The referee did not play any cards. More
It’s just a verbal warning. Neither side should suffer.”
"Indeed. Brother Wang Lian's previous yellow card was mainly due to his shoveling people from behind." Lou Yicheng gave an analysis, "And Hulk was more harassed by small actions. These players of the Longteng team, regardless of their youth,
His understanding of the scale of fouls is really top-notch."
"It's true. Just looking at age, the players here in SIPG are generally older." Liu Yue said with a smile, "But these players in the Longteng team have many international players and have played in the AFC Champions League. They have accepted the training in the international arena.
Having experienced and been influenced by various referees of different styles, the club must also be very serious in their daily training and have thoroughly studied the standards of referee enforcement and the standards of player fouls before games. In this aspect, they are actually better than SIPG.
The players are more experienced.”
While the two commentators were analyzing the foul, something else happened on the court.
In the 32nd minute of the second half, SIPG had a rare opportunity to counterattack. De Paul participated in the attack a bit too much this time. He reached the bottom line and was intercepted by the opponent.
After stealing the ball, Fu Huan acted very decisively and drove the ball past the midfielder with a big kick. Hulk used his strong foot skills in the frontcourt to unload the ball beautifully.
Qu Wenming immediately pushed forward and hit Hulk with his body. The latter obviously had to force himself more and stabilized his center of gravity. The former also reacted quickly and immediately applied it like a dog-skin plaster. His purpose
It is very clear that the goal is to delay Hulk's advancement with the ball and wait for Shen Jun to come over to help defend.
There is a reason why football stars are called football stars. Although Hulk is very thick and heavy, he is extremely explosive in an instant. He is experienced and uses his elbows and butt to push away the players who are sticking to him.
After Qu Wenming came out, it was as if a superglue truck with full power rushed out.
Fortunately, Shen Jun, who came to defend, had a clear mind. He did not rush forward, but maintained a good defensive distance, protected Hulk's cutting route laterally, and retreated calmly. His purpose and
Qu Wenming did the same as before, waiting for his teammates to come over to help defend.
Shen Jun's strategy of driving Hulk to the outside was successful. In addition to Qu Wenming, who was chasing Hulk from behind, another defensive midfielder Tao Wentao also arrived quickly.
Seeing that the opponent's defenders were getting more and more, Hulk chose to attack hard and directly hit the gap between Qu Wenming and Tao Wentao.
Hulk, who had been holding back for a long time, showed his greatest determination this time. He just pushed through Qu Wenming and Tao Wentao and closed the door.
"Beep!" the referee's whistle sounded. Hulk also fell to the ground at this time, patted the ground, and complained to the referee who ran over that he was pulled down by the opponent.
It can be seen from the TV broadcast footage that he was pulled to the ground by Tao Wentao's jersey. Obviously Hulk's strong attack just now was at the end of his strength, and he fell down as soon as he was pulled.
The referee decisively gave Tao Wentao a yellow card and gave SIPG a good frontcourt free kick.
If there are no accidents, this is a very common foul and handling, but Villas-Boas on the sidelines stopped doing it.
"This is a red card, this should be a red card! Porra! filho da puta!" Boas even said some curse words in Portuguese, as if he was afraid that the referee wouldn't understand. When the referee came to dissuade him, he specially translated it into
In English that the referee can understand, "fxck! you!"
Oh, now this is an extraneous matter.
Obviously, the Chinese Football Association pays a lot of attention to Villas-Boas, and some people even privately say that he has been blacklisted.
Although these are just rumors, the referee's next actions made people feel that some of his words were not groundless. He obviously understood Villas-Boas's dirty words and quickly took out the cards just like he punished Tao Wentao - the difference is that this
The second time he got a red card.
Villas-Boas, who was punished, obviously didn't take it seriously. He gave the referee a look of disdain and kept nagging.
The SIPG coaching staff was divided into two groups. One group was trying to persuade Villas-Boas, and a few others were arguing with the referee, hoping that the latter would take back the red card.
But the referee, who was possessed by Boas like a Tang monk, who had been buzzing and arguing for nearly 80 minutes, was a bastard eating weights - determined, he looked at Boas with a businesslike expression, and then resolutely
He pointed his finger outside the field, asking him to leave the field immediately. At the same time, he also warned the SIPG coaching staff who came to dissuade him.
At this time, the Shanghai Stadium was filled with deafening boos.
Realizing that the result could not be undone, Villas-Boas was persuaded to leave the field by his colleagues. When he left the field, his face was still full of anger.
As a native of Shanghai, Lou Yicheng smiled bitterly and said: "This is the third time that Bo Shuai has received a red card and been sent off this season. It can be said that this number of times is more than many players with hot tempers have received in a season."
"He should control his emotions. After all, SIPG is one goal behind now." Liu Yue added.
In fact, Zhang Sheng didn't quite understand why Villas-Boas suddenly lost his temper at the referee. In this game, the Longteng team never dealt with the ball or the person, and there was no malicious harm at all.
After this incident, SIPG's players were obviously affected. Hulk's free kick flew high out of the court, and their players committed more and more fouls.
Seeing that the game was coming to an end, Zhang Sheng quickly replaced Tao Wentao, Fernando and Qu Wenming, who had received the most "care" from the other players.
The final score was fixed at 0:1, and the Longteng team won the away game with a penalty kick.
What was originally a decisive battle between dragons and tigers turned out to be an anticlimax.
