26. Equalize by strength
As Guangzhou Evergrande's top scorer, Goulart stood in front of this penalty spot.
The hustle and bustle before Tianhe Sports Plaza also seemed to have stopped, and the eyes of all the fans and all the cameras focused on Goulart.
After Fan Qi blew the whistle for the penalty kick, Goulart shot straight into the middle of the goal after a short run, and it was still a half-high ball.
Huang Dawei chose to pounce to the left for the first time, he chose the right one, and his left hand pounced on the ball.
The football flew into the penalty area under the block of Huang Dawei, and he saved Goulart's penalty!
However, before Goulart rushed up to shoot, another person in the Guangzhou Evergrande team was faster, that was Paulinho, who grabbed the first landing point of the football before everyone else, and this time his ultra-close header disappointed Huang Dawei, who had just gotten up to make a save.
The ball passed over Huang Dawei's palm and fell into the net.
Guangzhou Evergrande scored a penalty kick without danger.
'Goulart came to take the penalty. Liu Jianhong was also very nervous, "Huang Dawei of the Longteng team rarely has a chance to save a penalty, I don't know if he can turn the tide this time." ”
"Goulart shot, it was too positive, Huang Dawei saved, made up shots, Guangzhou Evergrande's side made up shots, it was Paulinho. In, in, in!" Liu Jianhong's mood was also like a roller coaster, "Paulinho is too experienced, after Goulart finished shooting, he rushed into the penalty area for the first time, before everyone. ”
"Goulart's penalty is not of good quality. Huang Jianxiang commented, "Shoot in the middle, or a half-high ball, such a penalty goalkeeper likes it the most, Huang Dawei's save is no problem, the Longteng team obviously did not make the psychological preparation for the opponent's penalty not to score, Paulinho was the first to think of this." ”
"Anyway, Evergrande is now ahead of the Longteng team. Liu Jianhong also said excitedly, "In the past four seasons, Guangzhou Evergrande and Longteng have played each other 12 times, including four times in the AFC Champions League, four times in the league, three times in the FA Cup, and one time in the Super Cup. Regardless of whether the Longteng team is a second-division team or a first-division team, Guangzhou Evergrande has never won a game, whether it is home or away. Now this time can be said to be the closest to victory, the home field has an advantage, the main back of the Longteng team is injured again, can Guangzhou Evergrande break this curse this time?"
It's pitiful to say. Although Guangzhou Evergrande has never been soft on the Longteng team, and they are staring at the captain of the team, no matter how they dig, it is difficult to win against the Longteng team in a single game, but they have lost several times.
The outside world has also been criticizing Guangzhou Evergrande for this, believing that in addition to taking money to poach people, they have not contributed to the talent training of Chinese football at all.
Of course, Zhang Sheng would not pay attention to these things at this time, what he was thinking about now was how to change the situation on the field, and after looking at several players who were warming up, Zhang Sheng still decided to let Nie Jiang play.
The starting center of this game is Zou Weijia, he works very the field, fights hard, runs back and forth, and keeps making balls for his teammates, but his limitations are also very large, trapped in the general technique at his feet, Zou Weijia does not have the ability to change the offensive rhythm in the front court, and his range of activities is relatively small, at most about ten meters outside the big penalty area, which causes Chavez to run back and forth in order to connect the midfielder and the striker, which is not only inefficient, but also often easy to be broken by Guangzhou Evergrande's back.
"Nie Jiang is going to go. Liu Jianhong also noticed the situation of the Longteng team on the sidelines, "Some time ago, Nie Jiang was injured and rested for more than half a month, and now he should be able to recover from injury, and the Longteng team still chooses to strengthen the attack." ”
Huang Jianxiang is obviously very optimistic about Nie Jiang: "If Nie Jiang is really in good health, Guangzhou Evergrande should be careful." In my opinion, Nie Jiang is now the best local striker in China, and may even be the most comprehensive and capable striker in Asia, and Guangzhou Evergrande's back line must be paid attention to. ”
After Nie Jiang came on the court, he stood slightly behind Chavez.
The position he is in makes Guangzhou Evergrande's players very uncomfortable, and it is impossible for the central defender to run out of the penalty area to defend him, after all, Chavez is a Guangzhou Evergrande central defender who can't completely prevent death, and the back Zheng Zhi is also responsible for the ball, and it is impossible to retreat to completely make a defensive back, as for Paulinho, Scolari can't wait to use him as a striker.
After only three minutes on the field, Nie Jiang made Guangzhou Evergrande suffer.
In the twenty-ninth minute of the second half, Nie Jiang received an oblique pass from Xiang Tiange who came up from the assist at the position of the shadow striker, and in the face of Zheng Zhi who started at the same time, Nie Jiang accelerated the ball with a beautiful catch and changed to wipe the ball, and completely threw Zheng Zhi away.
Zheng Zhi, who had been playing for nearly eighty minutes in the super high confrontation game, couldn't support him to run at a high speed after all, and as a last resort, Zheng Zhi couldn't kick the ball when Nie Jiang changed direction, so he simply kicked Nie Jiang's support leg, causing Nie Jiang to fall to the ground.
The foul in the first 20 meters of this penalty area is extremely dangerous for Guangzhou Evergrande.
Not to mention that the Longteng team got a free kick opportunity in the front court in an excellent position, and the fact that Zheng Zhi alone had a yellow card on his body also made all Evergrande players and fans pinch a cold sweat.
Fan Qi, the referee of this game, was very stingy with his cards, and he came over and just warned Zheng Zhi and let go of the foul.
The players of the Dragons had no choice but to give up after the protest was ineffective.
Finally, Ben Arfa's free-kick ended just over the crossbar.
As the game progressed, Scolari on the sidelines frowned seriously, this is not a good signal, Nie Jiang's threat in the front court is too great, he can contain all Zheng Zhi's energy alone, and at the same time, Lin Feng has to fill Zheng Zhi from the side many times.
The already precarious right side is now even more dangerous, and the powerful impact of Ben Arfa and De Paul has completely blinded Guangzhou Evergrande's right-back Shu Jun.
In the 32nd minute of the second half, the Dragons broke the ball against Paulinho at the back.
After Qi Ming got the ball, he found that there are many more points than before, not only De Paul or Tao Wentao, Nie Jiang's running position in the middle is also very smart, and the Longteng team's connection point in the middle is finally there.
After pretending to pass to De Paul, Qi Ming's feint tricked Goulart, who retreated to defend and turned on the spot with a sudden smash in the middle and passed the ball to Nie Jiang.
After Nie Jiang received the ball in the middle, he showed his strength, although Zheng Zhi wanted to interfere with him, kept carrying him with his body, and wanted to snatch the ball from Nie Jiang's feet, but the effect was not obvious. Because Nie Jiang's physical fitness is very good.
In addition, Tao Wentao was also actively inserting forward at this time, trying to help Nie Jiang distract himself, and the defenders on the two wings of Guangzhou Evergrande had to help back to defend.
In particular, Lin Feng on the right also followed De Paul to the middle.
Nie Jiang saw that he had attracted the attention of Zheng Zhi and Lin Feng, and the frequency of his feet suddenly accelerated, using his speed to eat Zheng Zhi strongly, gaining space to pass the ball, and then he made a beautiful straight kick and found Ben Alpha.
Although Lin Feng had a very good chance with De Paul and Ben Arfa on the left side, he took advantage of the situation after receiving the ball, entered the penalty area, and at the same time evaded Shu Jun's defense, and then found De Paul with a cross in the penalty area, because Chavez attracted the attention of Kim Yingquan, and De Paul faced Feng Xiaoting alone.
At this time, De Paul showed the ability of a high-level foreign aid, a light smash after the shot, not only deceived Feng Xiaoting, but also deceived the goalkeeper Zengcheng, his shot passed through Zengcheng's belated side save and flew into the goal.
"The Dragons are now defending in the middle better than before. Liu Jianhong also noticed the changes in the Longteng team on the field, when Qi Ming and Ma Yongli teamed up to cut off Paulinho's ball, he said, "After Qi Ming defends full-time, the effect is still obvious." ”
"Beautiful! When Liu Jianhong was still chattering, Huang Jianxiang saw Qi Ming's feints and passes to Goulart in the midfield, "Nie Jiang received the ball, Nie Jiang accelerated the pass, this is a straight stopper, Ben Alfa got the ball, arrived in the penalty area, crossed! De Paul, a button, a shot, in! This cooperation! Look at the cooperation of the Longteng team!"
"Entered, entered, entered!" Liu Jianhong also reacted at this time, "The Longteng team has a series of beautiful cooperation, basically relying on the skills of the feet, it is really beautiful, Nie Jiang's play, the connection and offensive rhythm of the Longteng team in the midfield and the change of offensive rhythm are too great." ”
Qi Ming's pass is also crucial. Huang Jianxiang nodded with satisfaction, "Although it was Ben Alpha who assisted and De Paul who scored the goal, the real offensive initiation and the key pass came from our two young players." These two players really have a bright future. ”
Zhang Sheng on the sidelines was even happier, Nie Jiang didn't say anything, Qi Ming has been promoted to the main position this season, and his growth can be said to be visible to the naked eye - his ability value has also increased from 75 before the season to 80 now.
Seeing Qi Ming playing, people who don't know still think that he is a veteran who has been playing for five or six years, and his calmness and decisiveness on the field are not at all like a young man who is only 21 years old.
Of course, this goal of the Longteng team can also be said to be a reflection of the team's strength.
In addition to the foreign aid with Guangzhou Evergrande, the strength of the domestic players on the field of the Longteng team is higher than that of Guangzhou Evergrande as a whole, not to mention that Guangzhou Evergrande does not have players with an ability index of more than 90 like Nie Jiang, Tao Wentao 86, Qi Ming 80 plus two central defenders with more than 80 ability, such a configuration completely overwhelms Guangzhou Evergrande.
In terms of the shortcomings of the players, the Longteng team is also better than Guangzhou Evergrande. For example, in Guangzhou Evergrande, Shu Jun only has an ability value of 71, and Zou Zheng is also just over 75, the two of them are lower than any player on the field of the Longteng team, and Shu Jun has become the breakthrough point of the Longteng team's "care".
In the confrontation of strong teams, it is often not a few flashpoints that determine a team's victory or defeat - these flashpoints will definitely be taken care of - most of the team's losses are caused by a certain weakness, which is very much in line with the shortcoming theory.
After the equalizer, the morale of the Longteng team was even stronger, taking advantage of the characteristics of the players who are generally young and full of physical energy, they launched wave after wave of attacks against Guangzhou Evergrande, and also maintained the full-court pressing at the beginning of the game.
"To be able to maintain such a high-tempo confrontation until the end of the game, the physical preparation of the Longteng team is really sufficient. Liu Jianhong's face was incredible, "I used to talk about the poor physical fitness of Chinese players, but now I really have practiced it." ”
Huang Jianxiang insisted on his consistent view: "So I have always said that the Chinese Super League is to introduce good foreign aid and introduce top coaches." A few years ago, China's youth training declined, most of the players do not pay attention to the skills of the feet, now it is finalized, the only thing that can be improved is physical fitness and confrontation, these things can only be improved by the guidance of top coaches, and excellent foreign aid confrontation, this is the only thing we can improve quickly at this stage. ”
"If you add players with good skills like the Longteng team has cultivated in recent years, I am optimistic about the future of Chinese football. Liu Jianhong also has a heart for his face.
In the commentary of the two people, the Longteng team, which represents a new generation of players, once again played a beautiful attack.
In the forty-first minute of the second half, Guangzhou Evergrande, which was unwilling to accept the average, began to make a desperate bet.
Paulinho, Goulart and Alan are connected again, relying on Paulinho's superior skills and strength, he broke through the defense of Qi Ming and Ma Yongli, and passed the ball to Alan, Goulart received Alain's ball in the penalty area, and attacked the goal of the Longteng team with a volley, Huang Dawei's position this time was very in place, and in the face of the incoming ball, he knocked the ball out of the penalty area with both fists.
The ball was grabbed by Qi Ming outside the penalty area, and after he rubbed his head back, the ball flew to the midfield, near the midfield at this time, it was Nie Jiang and Zheng Zhi, who was responsible for defending Nie Jiang.
It was also started from the half of the Longteng team, when the ball flew over, the two of them went to grab the landing point of the ball at the same time, but Zheng Zhi's acceleration ability at this time was far inferior to Nie Jiang, almost at the same moment of start, Zheng Zhi was one step behind, as the captain on the field, Zheng Zhi did not give up defense, he desperately chased after Nie Jiang, but the distance between the two was getting farther and farther, seeing that his physical strength had reached the limit, he had no choice but to reach out and pull Nie Jiang to the ground.
This tactical foul was so obvious that referee Fan Qi did not hesitate and rushed over and took out a yellow card.
Fan Qi, who finished taking out the card, was also stunned for a moment, remembering that Zheng Zhi already had a yellow card on him, so he had to take out another red card.
"Oops, Zheng Zhi was sent off with a red card, and Evergrande is a little dangerous now. Liu Jianhong said regretfully.
"Zheng Zhi has done his best. He can't be blamed. Huang Jianxiang could only shake his head to excuse Zheng Zhi.