47. Steady progress

As one of the few clubs in the Chinese Super League that has developed on the basis of a prefecture-level city, Yanbian Fude's flaws are innate.

The total economic volume is low, the population is small, and the players of the ethnic minority are mainly Koreans, so it is very painful to have no money.

However, as one of the best regions in China with a football atmosphere, they have always been active on the map of Chinese football. Although they are a weak team, they are not conservative, they run actively on the field, never afraid of physical confrontation, use their foot skills to hit the ground pass, not blindly big foot long pass counterattack, can be regarded as a clear stream in the Chinese Super League team.

At the same time as the style of play is beautiful, their results are not bad, the league has played so far, Yanbian Fude ranks ninth in the league, as a promoted horse, this is a very good result, and their results at home are especially advantageous - three wins, one draw and one loss - super ability to grab points.

The Longteng team, which had just finished the game three days ago, was obviously extremely uncomfortable with Yanbian Fude's crazy pressing.

Yanbian Fude obviously carefully analyzed the last game between Longteng and Guangzhou Evergrande, their foreign central defender Petkovic is tall and strong, and he has been pressing Zou Weijia closely, not allowing Zou Weijia to have the opportunity to transfer the ball. Nie Jiang, another striker of the Longteng team who scored twice in the last game, obviously has a bit of a physical problem, and he is also very dead by their defender Chi Zhongguo.

In addition, Zhang Sheng rotated Tao Wentao in the midfield and Xiang Tiange, resulting in a sharp decrease in attack power throughout the game.

Yanbian Fude with the power of the home field, taking advantage of the weakness of the Longteng team's physical fitness is to play well in attack, and the foreign aid Kuaestif keeps changing positions to impact the two wings of the Longteng team.

In the face of such a foreign aid who purely relies on speed to play football, the three tall central defenders of the Longteng team look extremely embarrassed.

In the eighteenth minute of the first half, South Korean foreign player Ha Tae-gyun of Yanbian Fude sent a very beautiful through ball, and it was a gap between the two central defenders of the Longteng team.

Steve started along the line of the football, his speed was obviously faster than the central defender of the Longteng team, and in the blink of an eye Steve inserted into the penalty area to form a breakthrough, and then he did not hesitate more, and shot directly, Huang Dawei was obviously not prepared for this shot, and by the time he saved, the football had flown into the net.

Yanbian Fude took a 1-0 lead at their home stadium.

The commentator in charge of commenting the game gave Yanbian Fude constant praise from the beginning of the game, and after Steve scored, he also said: "Yanbian Fude scored! Although their opponent is the Longteng team, I want to say that this goal is reasonable." There are significantly more opportunities in Yanbian. ”

Zhang Sheng was very dissatisfied with this conceded goal, the players were obviously not in shape, and more importantly, the full-court pressing and high pressing tactics he required were not reflected at all, but the opponent implemented this set very well.

If the state is not good, it is understandable, after all, everyone is very tired after three games in ten days, but the pressing and pressing are not in place, it is a matter of attitude.

Zhang Sheng stood on the field and loudly reprimanded the players on the field: "Be positive, be positive!"

Obviously, Zhang Sheng's words are still useful, and after conceding the goal, the Longteng team began to desperately press and attack.

It's just that Chi Wenyi, the goalkeeper on Yanbian Fude's side, didn't give the Longteng team a chance, and the goalkeeper who is only 1.83 meters tall continued his hot form this season.

First, after Nie Jiang's long-range shot hit the post, he saved Zou Weijia's follow-up shot with great reflexes, and a few minutes later, it was Chi Wenyi who saved Liming's close-range header from a corner.

In the 35th minute of the first half, the pressure of the Longteng team in the front court caused the defender of Yanbian Fude to make a mistake in the return pass, and the substitute for Huang He, who played in Tiange, formed a single knife, and Chi Wenyi made a key save again, he held Huang He's one-on-one shot in his arms, and did not even give a corner kick to the Longteng team.

On the contrary, in the 42nd minute, another South Korean foreign player of Yanbian Fude, Yoon Bigaran, played his excellent free kick characteristics, and his direct free kick hit the goal frame of the Longteng team, almost extending the score to 2:0.

Next, facing the Longteng team who were eager to score, in the 45th minute, Yanbian Fude made a comeback, they used the Longteng team's big pressure formation, played a quick frontcourt three-on-three attack, Qi Ming had to use a risky foul to complete the defense.

While receiving a yellow card, Qi Ming also injured the knee of his left leg in the confrontation with his opponent and was carried off the field on a stretcher, Zhang Sheng could only use Zhang Hao to replace him unwillingly.

The Dragon Teng team is really a disaster!

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Yanbian Fude unexpectedly led the league leader 1-0.

At halftime, the players were very worried, after all, in the face of the promoted horses, it was a poor team, everyone did not expect that they would fall behind, and the head coach's face was also very unsightly.

"I don't know what you're thinking. Zhang Sheng said to the players with a gloomy face, "I said before the game, this is a team that is desperate in every game. ”

After a pause for a few seconds, Zhang Sheng's words went straight to the bottom of the players' hearts: "Do you think that we are now the first in the league, we defeated Evergrande, and all of you are talents who have been selected for national teams at all levels, you are very remarkable?"

"The score is what reality has taught you. Whoever underestimates football will give them the most realistic results. Zhang Sheng said earnestly, and made an adjustment to the substitution, "Nie Jiang, you rest in the second half." Yan Xiaoyu, pay attention to the rhythm of the midfield. ”

Zhang Sheng also knows that criticism alone cannot solve the problem, and only personnel and tactical adjustments can achieve immediate results on the team. Since Nie Jiang is obviously not in good health, don't let him kick it forcibly, otherwise it will be worth the loss if he is injured like Qi Ming.

Fortunately, after Qi Ming's second half, the team doctor carefully examined and found that although there was a bruise in the knee, it was only a hard injury, not a tendon or bone, and it could recover after a week or two of rest at most, which was a rare "good news" for the Longteng team.

After the start of the second half, the intensity of the game was even more intense than the first half, and the pressing and confrontation between the two sides did not have any momentum of dimensionality reduction.

First of all, the adjusted Longteng team relied on Yan Xiaoyu to organize several threatening attacks in a row, and finally the shots were all kept by Chi Wenyi to keep the goal intact, and then Yanbian Fude relied on a quick pass to counterattack by two foreign strikers with two chances to shoot on goal, Huang Dawei's performance was not weaker than Chi Wenyi, and both times he held the ball steadily.

Thirty minutes into the second half, Yanbian Fude, who had been affected by the fast pace of the Longteng team, finally couldn't hold it anymore.

After all, the Longteng team is used to such high-intensity games, and they are also consciously maintaining this rhythm, Yanbian Fude is not good, and may be able to rely on the strong morale for a while to maintain it, but they are exhausted, and then they can't hold on to it at this time.

Even though Yanbian Fude made three substitutions, their formation was gradually completely overwhelmed by the Longteng team across the half. The two players who were particularly responsible for defending De Paul's side could no longer keep up with the former's pace.

At this time, Zhang Sheng also made the final adjustment, Ni Kai replaced Xiong Jian, let Zhang Hao go to the right side, De Paul played the left midfield, and Ni Kai used speed to impact the left side.

In the 35th minute of the second half, Yin Bigaran's follow-up flying tackle De Paul received a yellow card, and in the next 38th minute, Petkovic saw that he was about to be broken through by Ni Kai, and directly pushed down the opponent, and received a yellow card, and Yanbian Fude's defense was already in danger.

By the 42nd minute of the second half, defender Chi Chungkook was completely rid of Yan Xiaoyu, whose pass was handed to De Paul, who cut in from the back row, and De Paul used the same acceleration as Steve in the first half to get into the box between Yanbianfude's full-back and central defender.

In the face of Ji Wenyi, De Paul made full use of the disadvantage of Ji Wenyi's lack of height, rubbed the ball up and hit a hanging shot, the ball passed over Ji Wenyi's raised hands, and fell into the net.

The Dragons finally equalised just before the end of the game.

After the goal, the Longteng team was unforgiving, still a quick pass hoping to pull the defense line of Yanbian Fude, especially Ni Kai on the left side, with speed and technology, he was in good shape not long after he came on the field, in the last minute of stoppage time, Ni Kai even passed the opponent's two people in a row, and got the opportunity to shoot, but unfortunately Chi Wenyi made a magical save again and held the door.

In the end, Yanbian Fude scored a point on the Longteng team and broke out a big upset in this round.

With this game coming to an end, the Dragons have also gone through a three-game schedule in ten days and ushered in a two-week break – except for a FA Cup game in the second week.

Of course, not all Longteng players will be able to get rest, nine players, including Nie Jiang, have been selected for the national Olympic team, and they will play three warm-up games in these two weeks, and the opponents in the warm-up games are not fish belly, and they need to go all out.

In this national Olympic team, Zhang Sheng saw a player who had disappeared from everyone's vision for a long time - Zhang Linpeng, the former right defender of Guangzhou Evergrande.

Since Zhang Linpeng transferred to Leicester City, he was placed in Parma Club by Leicester City manager Ranieri because of his labor certificate.

For Parma, who is short of money, Zhang Linpeng, who is free of charge, still has some opportunities to play as a substitute, but it happened that Parma was completely bankrupt after the end of the season because of financial problems, and Zhang Linpeng faced the embarrassing situation of having no ball to play.

It should be said that Zhang Linpeng's decision was very wise, he did not leave because of Parma's bankruptcy, but stayed with those teammates in the newly formed Parma 1913 club.

Zhang Linpeng's choice is incomprehensible to many people, after all, Parma 1913 will play in the regional league in the 2015-2016 season.

In the eyes of the vast majority of Chinese fans, such a low-level league has no "face" at all, and it is a waste for a former main player of the national team and an absolute main player of a former Asian hegemonic team to play in a league of this level.

But after a season, Zhang Linpeng's choice reflects the wisdom, Parma entered Serie C in 1913 with crushing results, and Zhang Linpeng, who has been playing in the regional league with the team, has also determined his main position, and next season's Serie C has been stabilized.

At this time, no one said that they looked down on Serie C, after all, the Super League was not much more advanced than this. In fact, Parma 1913 has performed extremely well in history, and after the 2017-2018 Serie B season, they were directly promoted to Serie A, which means that they have jumped back to their former position once a year.

Zhang Linpeng's performance also attracted the attention of Rick Link, the head coach of the National Olympic team, and when selecting 3 overage players, adhering to the core idea of choosing players to play in Europe, Zhang Linpeng, who passed Rick Link's assessment, was selected.

Just as the National Olympic team began to play warm-up matches, on June 21, the summer transfer window of the 2016 Chinese Super League officially opened.

On the first day of the summer window, Guangzhou R&F took the lead, and the Israeli striker Zahavi, who has been paying attention to the Longteng club, was officially announced by them, and the transfer fee was the highest in the club's history - 6.3 million euros.

Because of the bye of the Longteng team in this round of the Chinese Super League, Zhang Sheng first gave the players who were still in the team a two-day vacation, and then began to prepare for the FA Cup match with Henan Jianye.

As many as nine players were drawn (although Qi Ming did not make the trip, but was injured and could not play), so that Zhang Sheng's arrangement this time was very disturbing, and finally Zhou Wei replaced Huang Dawei's goalkeeper position, the three defenders were Huang He, Liming, Shen Jun, the two wingers used Ben Alpha and De Paul's double foreign aid, the midfielder was Roque Gill, Zhang Haojia was prosperous, and the front line put a combination of Yan Xiaoyu and Wang Xing.

It should be said that this lineup is not bad, except for Wang Xing, who has few opportunities to play, there is no shortage of other players who have the opportunity to play, and even started to play the whole game.

This match will also be Ben Alpha's farewell match for the Dragons, after which he will end his football journey in Asia with a transfer to Nice for 6.8 million euros.

Maybe it was to leave something before leaving, or maybe Henan Jianye didn't pay too much attention to the FA Cup game, and put all their energy into the league against Beijing Guoan three days later, Ben Alpha played in this game in excellent form.

At the end of the first half, Ben Alfa scored twice to set the score at 2:1, at the beginning of the second half, Ben Alfa gave Yan Xiaoyu an assist, allowing the latter to score the first goal of the league, and in the third minute of the second half, he entered the penalty area after a dragon pass on the left side, and shot decisively from a very small angle to complete the hat-trick of the game.

Shortly after the goal, Zhang Sheng replaced Ben Alpha and asked him to accept the applause of the fans, although the game was an away game, but whether it was the Longteng fans who came to Zhenzhou with the team or the fans of Henan Jianye, everyone did not spare their applause and enthusiasm, and gave Ben Alpha great respect.

Shen Fangjian, who was in charge of commenting the game, also said very affectionately: "A 'bad boy' is leaving the Chinese Super League. When Ben Alpha first came to the Super League, everyone questioned that he was here to make money, full of fat, no longer sharp speed, and disappeared over. But in the past two years of the Chinese Super League Longteng team, he has overcome these difficulties and become the top attacker in the Chinese Super League. Today he is leaving the place where he was born again and returning to his hometown, and let us wish him a bright future. ”

In the end, the Longteng team defeated Henan Jianye, who had no intention of fighting, 1:4 away from home, and advanced to the fifth round.