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Although the Longteng team was forced to draw in this AFC Champions League match, there was good news from another field, Osaka Gamba has not won in the first three rounds and defeated Buriram United away, so that in addition to the Longteng team is now three wins and one draw and 10 points are the first in the group, the other three teams in the same group are one win, one draw and two losses with 4 points. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
This means that the Dragons have already qualified for the group stage with two games left, and unless Gamba or Buriram United win all of them before the next games and beat the Dragons by a big score, then the Dragons should be in the top spot in the group.
After this round of the AFC Champions League, the other three Chinese Super League teams also have different fates.
Beijing Jingguoan, who showed good competitive form at the beginning of this season, is now at the top of the group with three wins and one stable, and as long as there is no rout later, qualifying is a matter of hand.
Another goal lost Guangzhou Evergrande Although it lost to Kashima Antlers away in this round of games, it still ranked first with three wins and one loss and 9 points, 4 points ahead of the second-place team, and there should be no big problem in qualifying.
As for Shandong Luneng, it was ignored again, and the anger suffered by the Longteng team in the AFC Champions League can be vented on Shandong Luneng, because the next round of the Chinese Super League game is precisely the Longteng team away to challenge Shandong Luneng.
Zhang Sheng sees this match as a revenge fight from last season.
At the end of last season, a large number of injuries in the Longteng team caused damage to the team's strength, and as a result, the FA Cup championship was lost, and it was Shandong Luneng who took the opportunity to win the championship at that time.
Before the game, Zhang Sheng looked at his experience that had not yet been promoted, and thought of the embarrassing scene when he called the players at the end of last season, and the feeling of having to win the game was even stronger.
Of course, Zhang Sheng will not act recklessly, after all, Shandong Luneng is not a soft persimmon that anyone can pinch, and his team has just returned to China after playing the away AFC Champions League, not to mention that this round of games is still Luneng's home field.
So in terms of personnel, Zhang Sheng made certain adjustments.
It should be said that the group of players who returned from the National Olympic team in early April allowed Zhang Sheng to solve the urgent need of player shortage, so that Zhang Sheng now has enough space to adjust the manpower.
In terms of foreign aid, Zhang Sheng replaced Roque Gill with Ivo, making it clear that he wanted to play offensive football.
As for the position of the defender, because Lu Zhihui and Xiao Yunfan are now injured, the Longteng team seems to be a little stretched, but Wei Zhimin, a young player who has played three consecutive games on the main left wingback, gave Zhang Sheng a lot of confidence, and he showed his strong offensive ability on the side, which made Zhang Sheng feel fortunate that he would not let him go to the National Olympic team some time ago.
In the only position that Zhang Sheng was worried about, goalkeeper Zhou Wei played very steadily during this time, although Huang Dawei was withdrawn, he still maintained enough vigilance and was very active in training.
Same as Zhang Sheng's worries about the goalkeeper position, the current Shandong Luneng is also worried about the shortage of manpower in the goalkeeper position all day long, after they let go of the substitute goalkeeper Yangcheng, like the Longteng team, there is no qualified substitute, fortunately, Wang Dalei's state during this time is very hot, continuing the previous highlight performance in the Asian Cup.
This game has also become a dialogue between Zhou Wei, the "little Wang Dalei", and Wang Dalei himself.
Compared with the strong guard line of the Longteng team, Shandong Luneng is a mess, because of the emergence of the Longteng team, McGovern did not go to Shandong Luneng as in history, without McGovern's stable high-level Asian foreign players, can only rely on the poor performance of the backline composed of local players.
They have conceded 4 goals in two consecutive AFC Champions League games and 12 goals in 4 AFC Champions League games, which is still a report card submitted under Wang Dalei's many dazzling performances on the left and right, which shows how weak their defense is.
Different from the extremely poor performance of the backline, Luneng at the beginning of this season is still very dazzling in attack, coach Kuka's front field foreign aid frequently changes, running and kicking tactics are basically formed, Montillo, Uso, Aloisio, several foreign aides have played a very high level, coupled with the sudden outbreak of local center Yang Xu, so that their performance in the Super League is still very good, and now three wins and one loss in 4 rounds, the third place in the league can be proven.
After the start of the game, the away Longteng team showed a very positive momentum, for Shandong Luneng players do not like to run, like to stand and kick, the weakness of the confrontation ability, the Longteng team carried out the tactics of high pressing, especially for Luneng's midfield, several front-court players of the Longteng team forced them to pass the ball in a hurry.
Take a look at several starting defenders of Shandong Luneng, Zhang Chi, Wang Tong, Wang Qiang, Zheng Zheng, these are all players who are difficult to play the main force in Luneng later, and you can know what their actual ability is.
In less than ten minutes of the first half, the Longteng team scored, and this time the goal was caused by the mistake of Shandong Luneng players under the pressure of Longteng players.
This time it was Tao Wentao in the middle who ran to the side to help Pato join forces to force Liu Binbin, Liu Binbin's too hurried pass made a mistake, and was stopped by Ivo in the middle, and Shandong Luneng lost the ball in the backfield.
Of course, Ivo will not let go of the opportunity when he encounters such a big gift, he played a very beautiful two-on-two cooperation with Nie Jiang who came to answer, and finally Nie Jiang's pass made Ivo form a single opportunity, he faced Wang Dalei's attack, a beautiful pass formed an empty goal, and then easily sent the ball into the goal.
Wang Dalei, who stood up, looked helplessly at the papier-mâché defense in front of him, with his hands crossed on his waist and had nothing to say.
Duan Xuan, who was in charge of the commentary, also complained about Shandong Luneng's defense: "No matter how powerful such a ball king Da Lei is, it is useless, Shandong Luneng is really a stubborn disease to be afraid of forcing and grabbing, for this kind of high-level pressing, they are not suitable in the AFC Champions League, and they are still not suitable when they return to the Chinese Super League. ”
After losing the ball, Shandong Luneng looked a little annoyed and angry, and they also began to learn the same way to the Longteng team to force the front, but unfortunately the high-level pressing is a thing that requires strong tactics as the foundation, and it takes a long time to practice, Luneng's pressing was quite majestic at the beginning - several front-court players kept running around, trying to stop the ball of the Longteng team's backfield players, but gradually, the Longteng team used their skillful short pass to cooperate, and they were amused, Luneng's front-court pressing effect was not obvious, and finally this round of pressing also ended with a yellow card for a foul by Aloisio on Ma Yongli。
On the field, the rhythm of the Dragons controlling the ball was restored.
Shandong Luneng also seems to have given up the idea of defending and began to attack desperately, obviously they also know that it is difficult to defend in the face of the attack of the Longteng team, so it is better to focus on attacking to see who scores more goals.
Once Luneng really goes all out to attack, their threat is still very big.
Just look at their data. In the past 9 games, Shandong Luneng has scored in every game, with a cumulative number of goals reaching 21 goals and an average of 2.33 goals per game. Among them, in the AFC Champions League, Shandong Luneng scored 9 goals in 4 games, with an average of 2.25 goals per game. In the Chinese Super League, Shandong Luneng scored 12 goals in 5 games, an average of 2.4 goals per game. It can be said that Shandong Luneng's goal efficiency is good enough.
During the period from more than 20 minutes to more than 30 minutes in the first half, Luneng continued to play high-quality offensive cooperation, and their real midfield core Hao Junmin organized several threatening attacks in a row.
He first used a corner kick to let Yang Xu form a chance to hit the goal with a header, and then sent a beautiful through plug to Aloisio, and finally Zhou Wei's agile save blocked the ball out of the goal, Ma Yongli resisted Yang Xu to prevent him from going over to make up the shot, McGovern grabbed the second point in time and drove the ball out of the penalty area.
Duan Xuan saw Luneng's attack and said: "Luneng can indeed play a beautiful attack, but the Longteng team's defense is well maintained, even if the first point can't be grabbed, the second point of protection is also very well done, Zhou Wei's save just now is beautiful, but Ma Yongli's card position, McGovern's timely second point clearance let us see their successful tactical arrangement." ”
Luneng, who missed the opportunity, was soon hit hard.
In the thirty-eighth minute of the first half, Ben Alpha on the left side and Wei Zhimin, who inserted the assist, Tao Wentao, who came to answer, played a quick short pass in a row, and finally Ben Alpha's bottom cross hit the penalty area, Shandong Luneng, who had as many as six defenders in the penalty area, actually let the Longteng team with only two offensive players grab the point, and the close-range header in the Nie Jiang penalty area, which was not strong, caused Wang Dalei to get out of his hands, and the second point was also grabbed by Ivo, who was inserted into the penalty area and unguarded, Wang Dalei, who had just blocked Nie Jiang's header with a god-level save, was still lying on the ground, and could only watch Ivo shoot the ball in.
Wang Dalei, who stood up, angrily kicked the ball in the net, and then turned to his teammates and yelled: "How can you play such a defense." ”
The scene of Wang Dalei yelling at the players was also accurately captured by the camera, Duan Xuan shook his head and said: "Dalei is a little anxious, he shouldn't yell at his teammates like this." “
Then Duan Xuan also expressed his understanding of Wang Dalei's mentality: "But then again, it's no wonder that Dalei is angry with such a defense." During this time, Luneng has conceded 19 goals in the past 9 games, including goalkeepers and defenders conceding goals caused by low-level mistakes, defensive players conceding goals due to lack of concentration, conceding goals caused by unfavorable defense by side defenders, and conceding goals caused by tactical mistakes in the defense line itself, which can be described as a collection of defensive errors. It is no exaggeration to say that if Shandong Luneng does not completely solve the various shortcomings of the defense line, it will be too difficult to play the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League. ”
The Longteng team, who were already leading 2-0, also slowed down the tempo significantly, because the players who had been playing on consecutive away games could no longer support them to continue to attack with high intensity before the end of the first half.
Sensing the situation of his teammates, Ivo used his good ball control ability to play the role of a forward midfielder, slowing down the pace of the attack.
Duan Xuan praised: "This season, the Longteng team did not register Ivo for the AFC Champions League, but look at his performance, there were two goals in the first half, and he also organized attacks many times. ”
With Duan Xuan's explanation, the first half of the game was over, and the players of the Longteng team returned to the lounge with a smile and a smile, while the players of Luneng walked to the players' tunnel with their faces black and their heads down.
At halftime, Zhang Sheng happily encouraged the players: "Everyone played well in the first half, continue to play like this in the second half, be decisive in your feet, and be active in pressing." Then Zhang Sheng joked half-truthfully, "Last year, we were robbed of the FA Cup, and many players were injured at the time and couldn't play, and now is the opportunity for everyone to get back on the field." ”
At this time, Kuka criticized the players in the back line in the dressing room: "If you don't want to play, just tell me, and I'll replace you." ”
Hearing Kuka's threatening words, Luneng's players were silent.
After a fire, Kuka began to make personnel adjustments: "Montillo, you come on in the second half and replace Zhang Chi. ”
Then Kuka quickly changed his face, and the gentle Hao Junmin said: "Hao, can you go play right back?"
After all, Hao Junmin was the only player with a normal performance in the first half of Shandong Luneng, and Kuka was still very satisfied with him, so not only did he have a good attitude, but this time he also had an inquiring tone.
Hao Junmin is very good at being a person, and he is not spoiled, so he quickly stood up and replied: "I know, I can play right back." ”
In the end, Kuka said: "In the second half I want to see your desperate attitude and we have to believe in our quality, now we are the team with the most goals in the Super League, as long as we work hard we can equalise. ”
After the start of the second half, Luneng's players were obviously much more active than in the first half, they began to increase their running, and several foreign aides did not have to fight alone, and finally had teammates around them.
Luneng, who ran up, quickly threatened.
First of all, Montillo, who had just come on the field in the second half, was powerful, and after he got rid of Tao Wentao's pressure in the middle, he played a cooperation with Wang Yonglu who came to answer, and then very smart ran diagonally to open Zhang Hao's defensive attention, but Luneng's back Wusu took this opportunity to insert and shoot decisively after receiving Wang Yonglu's pass.
Because Zhang Hao lost his defensive position, Tao Wentao did not stare at Uso's run, so that Uso's shot was very sudden, Zhou Wei still failed to hit the ball to a safe area after making a save, Aloisio rushed to the second point for the first time, but this time McGovern ran in front of him again, and a big foot drove the ball out and completed a key clearance.