Of course, this idea is only in Zhang Sheng's own mind now. How to realize a news event that will inevitably be earth-shattering once it occurs, he must have extremely careful arrangements.
After all, there is still the second leg of the FA Cup final to be played.
For this game, Zhang Sheng's requirement is very clear, which is stability.
In the last game, the Longteng team's defense against Hulk prevented the opponent from posing much of a threat, but this was the result of Shen Jun, Qi Ming, and DePaul taking turns to mark him throughout the game.
Shin Jun also received a yellow card on Hulk.
Therefore, with Villas's stubborn character, the focus of his offense in this game should still be on Hulk, so the Longteng team's defense against Hulk must be even tighter.
In fact, Zhang Sheng's guess was correct.
After the start of the second round, Shanghai SIPG's offense basically became Hulk's performance. In this game, Villas-Boas did not play Yan Xiaoyu, but deployed Akhmedov and Cai Huikang in the midfield.
The double defensive midfielders completely left the frontcourt offense to Hulk and Oscar.
The Longteng team is also very direct. De Paul and Shen Jun on the left, plus Qi Ming in the midfield, and left center back Ma Yongli, the four of them take turns coming to "take care of" Hulk. If they can hold him back, they can hold him back.
, if you can't hold it off, you'll foul.
The chief referee of this game is Ted, a referee from the United States. His whistleblowing standards are relatively loose, and as a result, there are more frequent fouls on the field.
Of course, as a "foreign aid" specially recruited from abroad by the Chinese Football Association, Ted's whistleblowing level is still very good. Although he is loose on confrontation, he is very poor in judging flagrant fouls, tactical fouls, especially fouls without the ball.
Very accurate.
Throughout the first half, the two teams were evenly divided in terms of score, both sides were 0:0, and the gap in yellow cards was larger, the two teams were 1:3. On the Longteng team, DePaul got it from Hulk.
A yellow card. Shen Jun failed to stop Hulk that time, and DePaul had to pull the opponent down in the pursuit defense.
Compared to the Dragons who received a yellow card for the left midfielder because of Hulk's explosive point, the three yellow cards given to Shanghai SIPG were for the two defensive midfielders and the right wing back.
Judging from the distribution of yellow cards, the Longteng team's offense is very comprehensive. After many points bloomed, Shanghai SIPG had to try its best and used fouls in multiple positions to interrupt the opponent's offense.
But I have to say that the first half of the game was a rare high-tempo and high-confrontation half in this year's Chinese Professional League.
Villas-Boas changed his formation in this game and once again used the formation he used in the AFC Champions League semi-finals with the Longteng team some time ago: 3-5-2.
The only thing that limits Villas-Boas is the U23 policy of the Chinese Super League. Because there must be a U23 player on the field, among the three central defenders, he has to start Wei Zhen, who complies with the U23 policy. Shi Ke, who is more powerful, has no choice.
I can only sit on the bench,
This is also the reason why the two defensive midfielders Akhmedov and Cai Huikang received yellow cards for intercepting in the midfield. Wei Zhen behind was really worrying.
On the other hand, on the Longteng team, except for three foreign players, everyone on the court complies with the U23 policy - it is difficult to find a non-U23 player among the Longteng team's main players.
Perhaps reflecting on the fact that there was no center as a fulcrum in the penalty area in the last round, the team was unable to form an effective shot in the penalty area, and there was no one to act as a fulcrum in the frontcourt. Villas-Boas sent Luoba, who was suspended for a yellow card in the last round,
Pushed to the center position.
It should be said that this arrangement played a certain role. Finally, the two central defenders of the Longteng team were not able to easily press up the defensive formation like they did in the previous round.
It's a pity that although Luoba's nickname is Drogba of Chongming Island, his physical fitness is actually very different from Drogba. A player who is 1.85 meters tall weighs only 71 kilograms, which is destined to rely on his body.
There is little hope of standing firm in the Dragons' penalty area.
Whether it is Li Ming, who is 1.89 meters tall, or Ma Yongli, who is 1.86 meters tall, their weight is higher than Lu Luopa's.
When the second half started, Villas-Boas changed the formation. After all, the total score was 0:2. Shanghai SIPG needed goals, not defense. He had to take risks.
While changing formations, Villas-Boas also made substitutions. In order to ensure compliance with the U23 policy, when Wei Zhen was replaced by Shi Ke, Yan Xiaoyu was replaced, and Cai Huikang could only make room for Yan Xiaoyu.
Shanghai SIPG returned to the same 4-4-2 as the previous game.
This kind of old-fashioned adjustment method has not had any impact on the Longteng team at all.
In the 13th minute of the second half, the Longteng team took advantage of the weakness of Shanghai SIPG's right back Fu Metro to form a successful counterattack.
The offensive triangle of DePaul, Tao Wentao and Nie Jiang penetrated Fu Metro's defensive area. Finally, DePaul got the ball and entered the penalty area. He Xiu, who couldn't keep up with the rhythm, had to take the risk of putting a shovel in the penalty area. DePaul also
No nonsense, he pushed the football aside to avoid the opponent's outstretched foot, and his body naturally fell into the penalty area.
The ball was not tackled in the penalty area and he was knocked down directly. The referee decisively whistled a penalty kick.
Even though he heard the loud boos from the home Longteng players, He Xiu didn't complain too much. This was an obvious foul and it should have been a penalty kick.
The subsequent VR video referee also confirmed the penalty kick.
As DePaul scored the penalty kick he created into the Shanghai SIPG gate, the total score came to 3:0.
At this time, Zhang Sheng, who was on the sidelines, was completely shocked: "The next step should be to sprint for the Club World Cup."
Not long after Zhang Sheng let go of his guard, to his surprise, Shanghai SIPG finally scored.
In the 20th minute of the second half, Oscar actually ran to the right wing of the court, where he rarely appears. This has always been Hulk's territory. Shen Jun's defense obviously failed to keep up, and actually gave Oscar an opportunity to pass the ball easily.
Oscar's passing skills were also completely perfect.
Under the transport of Oscar, the football not only bypassed the players at the front point of the Longteng team, but also almost flew past Huang Dawei's palm that stretched out to intercept after jumping up. Then it fell rapidly and landed at the back point.
Huang He, who was defending from the back, was obviously not as good as Wu Lei in terms of understanding of movement, so Wu Lei got in front of him and headed the ball into the goal.
Shanghai SIPG finally got a goal. The game reached 1:1, and the total score became 3:1.
Zhang Sheng clearly saw this lost ball. The actual offensive organizer was Yan Xiaoyu! He should have seen Hulk on the right before he got the ball in the midfield. After Hulk entered the penalty area, Shen Jun habitually focused on
The gap left after reaching Hulk.
Oscar obviously saw this gap, so he ran into position, and Yan Xiaoyu, who had just received the ball in midfield, passed the ball over.
Next came Oscar's pass and Wu Lei's goal.
It can be said that this is the correct way to use Yan Xiaoyu. Villas-Boas has been completely wasting his resources because of his previous contempt for local players.
Thinking of this, Zhang Sheng quickly came to the sidelines and made a gesture to Shen Jun: You are the left back, not specifically responsible for marking Hulk. No matter who comes over, you must be responsible for your own defensive area.
Knowing that he was missing someone in defense, Shen Jun quickly signaled that the goal conceded was his fault.
In fact, this is also a common problem for young players like Shen Jun. Because of his constant victory, he has formed a fixed mindset. After the coach asked him to focus on a certain person, he forgot that he actually still had his own job to do on the field.
This is the player's lack of experience in the game.
Next, Shen Jun really played a lot smarter, and he no longer took Oscar lightly. Although Oscar still passed the ball into the penalty area, due to the interference of Shen Jun and his teammates, the quality of the pass was not good.
Gao, either the Longteng team's center back destroyed the ball, or goalkeeper Huang Dawei picked it off.
In the 28th minute of the second half, the Longteng team took advantage of a corner kick, and Nie Jiang scored with a header, taking the lead again. The Longteng team's total score of 4:1 allowed Zhang Sheng to be sure of the championship.
Zhang Sheng felt that the game was stable, but Villas-Boas was unwilling to give up. He saw hope in Yan Xiaoyu, so he simply replaced Lu Luoba with Zhang Yi, using Zhang Yi to escort Yan Xiaoyu, while keeping Hulk in
In the penalty area, don't go to the wing casually.
It can be said that this is the first time that Villas-Boas has used Hulk as an auxiliary member of the frontcourt attack, and the focus has been placed on Yan Xiaoyu and Oscar, the midfield organizers.
Hulk also worked very hard. Villas-Boas asked him to serve as the fulcrum of the ball in the frontcourt, so he obeyed and did the dirty work, fighting hand-to-hand with Li Ming and Ma Yongli.
This effect is quite good. After all, his physical confrontation ability is much better than Luoba's. His weakness is that Hulk is not used to the center's playing style, and his experience and ability to play the ball behind the back are not enough.
Villas-Boas is now extremely hopeful that he can introduce an excellent center at the beginning of the season. Looking at the diligent performance of the Longteng team's foreign aid center Chavez on the court, he remembered that he had always looked down on this little-known center before.
Argentinian player: "It would be great if he was in my team."
Thinking of Elkeson, who he had always had conflicts with, Villas-Boas even became resentful that when he took over the team, he suggested changing to a center, but Shanghai SIPG disagreed.
Unfortunately it's too late now.
"This is a club that is no longer suitable for me to stay at." Villas-Boas thought bitterly in his heart, "I should leave."
Zhang Sheng can't understand Villas-Boas's self-pity. He is now ready to change players to prepare for the next Club World Cup.
First, Nie Jiang was replaced by Tang Jin, then Peng Langjun replaced Shen Jun, who was out of breath from exhaustion, and finally Qu Wenming replaced DePaul, adding to the defense of the midfield.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the score, the Longteng team won the 2017 FA Cup with a total score of 4:1 over the two rounds.
An unprecedented four crowns were produced in the Chinese Super League.
After the game, countless media began to praise the Longteng team for another round.
"If we say that in the late autumn of 2013, Guangzhou Evergrande shocked all Chinese fans with an AFC Champions League. Then this year, Jiangcheng Longteng's four-time champion brought the Chinese Super League club to a new height. At that time, we thought that we had covered most countries.
Guangzhou Evergrande, which has introduced Asia's top foreign players, is the pinnacle of Chinese football clubs. Now our Chinese Super League has top intercontinental clubs like Barcelona, which won six crowns, and Real Madrid, which won four crowns.
Football Club--Jiangcheng Longteng.
Clubs in the same era as the Dragons are lucky. They are lucky to see the birth of a top Chinese football club, but at the same time they are also the most unlucky, because the protagonist is not them, and they can only look up to it.", This is Jiangcheng.
The content on the front page of the local "Jingchu Metropolis Daily" the day after the Longteng team won the championship.
Not only the domestic media, but also the official website of the AFC specifically reported on this incident, congratulating the Longteng Club on its "remarkable achievements" in 2017.
At the same time, countless fans were also discussing on the Internet that the Longteng team won the title of "Four Crowns".
“That’s awesome.”
"The scary thing is that their local players are all trained by their own clubs. Before the foreign players were introduced, I didn't know any of them, but they are really capable."
"If you don't ask the Dragons to give us Nie Jiang, don't expect their midfielders to sing in unison, I'm just too jealous of their two full-backs. Now I really don't have any good full-backs."
"We'an are very pragmatic. Let me put it bluntly, we want their two central defenders. It's too stable."
"Our little Pogang is really stupid. We brought over such a useful player like Yan Xiaoyu and didn't give others room to play. He played so well in the second half of the last game. Isn't it good to treat Yan Xiaoyu as a real hole card?"
Just thinking about relying on foreign aid. According to me, Villas-Boas gets out!"
"Look at the young players of the Longteng team, and then look at the young players of our Taishan team. How come there is such a big difference?"
"You have too high expectations. Dalian Yifang will play in the Chinese Super League next year, so the Longteng team can only give us five or six substitute players."
"You are thinking nonsense. Which of the Longteng team's substitute players is not the core of the national youth team, the national youth team, and is not a candidate for the future national team? We Shenhua still want them."
"Hahahaha. Even if I don't give it to you, our Dragon Team will be the only one in the world."
"Go away... When the season is over, let's all dig together. Don't we understand that the Dragon Team will sell it for money! We don't even look at how many captains you have sold."
"..."
The media and fans are still talking about the quadruple crown, while Zhang Sheng has begun preparations for the Club World Cup.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
In the Club World Cup, you have to meet the world's top clubs like Real Madrid. If you want to be upset, you must have the qualifications to be upset. Compared with the players of Real Madrid, the ability of many players in the Longteng team is really too high.
Their abilities must be raised.
What can help Zhang Sheng now is the system.
With the thought, Zhang Sheng decisively opened the long-lost system.
In the system space, fireworks bloomed all over the sky, and the long-awaited system girl also smiled: "Congratulations to Coach Zhang Sheng for winning the four-time championship. The system can be upgraded again!"
"Huh? The system has finally been upgraded again?" This was the news that Zhang Sheng wanted to hear most, and he was pleasantly surprised. "I wonder what updates will be included in this upgrade?"
