The rapid counterattack of the Longteng team is Ben Alpha's favorite way of attacking, there is an open field in front of him, his speed is running again, and Tao Wentao's passing is also very comfortable.

For a player like Ben Alpha, at this level of the Chinese Super League, he can create space without attacking space, let alone give him such a good opportunity to counterattack, and suddenly Guangzhou Evergrande's right side is greatly threatened.

How to play against Ben Alpha has always been the biggest headache among the players of various Chinese Super League teams, but at this time, Liu Jian, as a right wingback, had to defend him.

In the face of Ben Alpha's continuous high-speed dribbling and shaking direction, Liu Jian was completely unable to figure it out, just like a big truck trying to turn with a sports car, and soon Liu Jian completely lost his center of gravity, and the only thing he could do was to subconsciously grab Ben Alpha's jersey and let Ben Alpha, who had passed by him, fall to the ground.

This tactical foul was extremely obvious, and the referee Ma Ning decisively stopped the game and gave Liu Jian a yellow card in the past.

Duan Xuan praised Ma Ning a few words: "This punishment is very accurate. Although it was only a short time after the opening, a yellow card had a great impact on Guangzhou Evergrande's defense. Ma Ning still showed a yellow card very decisively. If other players want to foul later, they have to think about it first. ”

"As long as it's treated fairly, neither the players nor the fans will complain. Xu Yang also added.

The players, including Zheng Zhi, the captain of Guangzhou Evergrande, did not make any arguments about this penalty, but they thanked Liu Jian for this key foul, otherwise they really let Ben Alpha pass, then it would have been a one-handed knife.

Of course, Liu Jian's yellow card also left a very big hidden danger, he was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Ben Alpha, and now he has received a yellow card in less than ten minutes after the opening, and you can imagine his difficulty in the next dozens of minutes.

But now they still have to worry about the upcoming set-piece in the front court, because Evergrande's "nemesis" Lu Zhihui has trotted all the way to Evergrande's penalty area.

For Lu Zhihui's participation in the front-court set-piece attack, Guangzhou Evergrande's players are like big enemies, because for this player, they are too profound, from the beginning of the Longteng team in the second league, to now everyone is equal in the Chinese Super League, Evergrande is crying when he talks about him.

Therefore, in the face of this free kick in front of the Longteng team, not only the players of Guangzhou Evergrande looked at Lu Zhihui very much, but even the two commentators specifically mentioned him.

Duan Xuan said: "Lu Zhihui went up. Evergrande will have to be careful, this player has scored too many goals from set-pieces. ”

"Definitely. Since the retirement of Fan Zhiyi and Li Weifeng, and Dewey's state has declined very much, our domestic central defenders' first-class heading ability has basically disappeared. Lu Zhihui has taken over the guns of these seniors. In the upcoming top 40 and top 12 matches, he should be able to play a lot of role in enriching the offensive routines of the Chinese team. Xu Yang extended Duan Xuan's words and linked them to the national team's game.

In the commentary of the commentator, the Longteng team took this free kick in front, and the penalty was taken by Ben Alpha, who has the best footwork in the team.

While Ben Alpha was still looking for a place to land in the penalty area, Lu Zhihui began to run in the penalty area, and standing next to Lu Zhihui on the left and right were Kim Young-kwan and Paulinho.

Jin Yingquan is in charge of the card position, Paulinho is responsible for jumping and Lu Zhihui to compete for the top, when Ben Alpha's ball flew over, Jin Yingquan felt Lu Zhihui's strong strength in physical confrontation, and he also played center back, Lu Zhihui has a height of nearly 1.88 meters, and his weight is at least ten pounds more than Jin Yingquan, so after the two of them who jumped at the same time collided in the air, Jin Yingquan was completely squeezed away.

Fortunately, Lu Zhihui also has Paulinho by his side, the latter used his forced body to cause great interference to Lu Zhihui's header, although Lu Zhihui is indeed superior in bounce, but under Paulinho's interference, it is still very difficult to form a strong header attack on Guangzhou Evergrande's goal.

It's just that in this set-piece attack, Lu Zhihui already had other plans, and before the penalty kick, he made his own decision using the gestures negotiated within the Longteng team - he did not attack the goal directly, but was responsible for ferrying the ball out.

There is a big difference between a header and a header for a player.

In order to form a threatening attack, in addition to jumping to grab the ball, you must also change the trajectory of the ball to the direction facing the goal, and at the same time, you must hit the appropriate position on the head, and if it is a header, any part of the head can achieve the corresponding effect, which is easy for a player with outstanding header ability like Lu Zhihui.

Sure enough, Guangzhou Evergrande didn't expect Lu Zhihui's intention at all, after Lu Zhihui grabbed the landing point of the ball in the air, he did not attack the goal, but rubbed his head lightly, changed the trajectory of the ball, and pushed the ball to the back post.

Nie Jiang, who had already understood it, suddenly stepped forward to the back end of the penalty area through a sharp run, and the defenders of Guangzhou Evergrande, who had been following him, saw the ball fly to the back post at this time, but it was too late at this time.

Nie Jiang faced the flying ball, shot lightly, and the football flew straight to the goal of Guangzhou Evergrande.

Zengcheng came to save in a panic at this time, but on the field, when the opponent shot from close range, the goalkeeper's save was basically a useless effort to respond to the story.

Sure enough, when Zengcheng saved, the ball had already shot within the goal frame.

When Zengcheng thought that the goal would be scored, he only heard a "bang", and the football did not fly into the goal, but hit the post.

Zou Zheng, the left fullback defender who followed Nie Jiang, kicked the ball out of the sideline with a big kick before Nie Jiang, who had not adjusted his center of gravity after shooting, and Guangzhou Evergrande escaped.

Duan Xuan also shouted excitedly: "The ball of the Longteng team is out, Lu Zhihui really grabbed the point, not the goal, it is the ferry, the back post is Nie Jiang, shoot! Oops, hit the goalpost, No. 25 Zou Zheng's clearance." Guangzhou Evergrande was lucky this time. ”

"It's a shame. The free kick tactics of the Longteng team are very beautiful, which is to use Lu Zhihui's header ability to create opportunities for other players after causing chaos. It's a pity that Nie Jiang's shot hit the post. Xu Yang also said regretfully, and then he praised Lu Zhihui, "Lu Zhihui's header ability is really strong, the two of them hit him, and he can accurately put the ball in front of his teammates." Evergrande really has to be careful, and in the future, it will try to give the Longteng team as few free kick opportunities in the front court. ”

Nie Jiang, who missed the goal, was also remorseful at this time, his teammates had already brought the cake to his mouth, but he didn't expect to spit it out.

But soon Nie Jiang adjusted his mentality, he raised his hands and applauded hard at Lu Zhihui, who was rushing back, and then gave a thumbs up, the latter gestured to Nie Jiang for a penalty while retreating, saying that he was looking forward to the next cooperation.

Scolari and Zhang Sheng, who were standing on the sidelines, were completely different performances.

Scolari roared loudly at the court, making Kim Young-kwon and Paulinho more aggressive, and not giving Lu Zhihui such a chance.

Zhang Sheng felt a little remorseful after seeing the opportunity to take the lead, and applauded the players on the field vigorously to make them continue to work hard.

The attack of the Longteng team also sounded the alarm bell for Guangzhou Evergrande, the Longteng team has Pato and Ben Alpha such top frontcourt breakthrough masters, colleagues they also have a strong set-piece offensive ability and routine, the opening period of Guangzhou Evergrande all pressed on the strong attack looks like a tiger, but at the same time it is too dangerous, must take into account their own rear.

After the counterattack of the Longteng team, Guangzhou Evergrande moved the formation back, and the defenders in the backfield, except for Paulinho, pressed up from time to time to attack for a while, and the others stayed in the backfield very honestly, including the captain Zheng Zhi, and the players with certain offensive organization skills will never take a step beyond the thunder pool.

When Guangzhou Evergrande resolutely played defensive counterattacks, their positional defensive ability was indeed second to none in the Chinese Super League, and the contact coaching of the Italian system Lippi and Cannavaro certainly laid the foundation, but it was more due to the adjustment of Scolari after coming to Guangzhou Evergrande.

Before Scolari came to the Chinese Super League, the reason why Guangzhou Evergrande was able to dominate the world in the Chinese Super League, and at the same time, it also reflected a dominant performance at the AFC Champions League level, relying on the strength of the team's players and Lippi's offensive adjustment, in fact, the real defense is not very stable.

Since Lippi took charge of Guangzhou Evergrande, the most profound image is the flexibility of the offensive formation.

The flexibility of the formation here not only refers to the use of different formations in the face of different opponents, but also the change of formation in the ongoing game, according to different on-field conditions, so we have repeatedly seen Guangzhou Evergrande in the second half through adjustments.

In the 2013 season, when Guangzhou Evergrande won its first AFC Champions League title, Lippi's coaching of the team came to its peak.

The Evergrande team he coached can not only play offensive play like 433, 4141, but also play balanced tactics like 442, and unconventional tactics like 352 at critical moments are also running extremely smoothly, as for the basic formation like 4231, Lippi has played a lot of tricks that others can't play.

In Lippi's eyes, what kind of formation is not the most critical, the most critical core problem is that after the change of formation, Evergrande can gain a partial numerical advantage in a short period of time, which makes most of the Asian teams that only play 4231 feel unguardable.

During this period, players who can have a certain ability in multiple positions have become the most dazzling existence, such as Rong Hao, who can be competent for multiple positions, played 3 positions in a game against Bai Sun God, which is also Rong Hao's highest moment.

But in the 2014 season, since Evergrande swept through Asia, several teams began to change their formations, including Kashiwa Suns, Seoul FC and other Japanese and South Korean teams.

This is very normal in the football world, because as long as you play well and can win, you will become the subject of research for many opposing teams, and they will use specific kicks for the style of play you show, for example, when Evergrande reached the final under the leadership of Conca in 2013, Seoul FC was the first to come up with the idea of dismantling Conca's style of play, and it was successful in the first game of the final.

After the 2014 season, Lippi insisted on promoting the no-ball running training of the 3 midfield formation, and adjusted the team's foreign aid from Brazilian foreign aid to European foreign aid.

The ups and downs of this are also the reasons why Guangzhou Evergrande's results in the 2014 season are not too good.

However, tactics such as high pressing, space-cutting and trapping have been in place since the 2014 season.

In terms of defensive adjustment, Lippi actually has his own considerations, because he has keenly captured an extremely big weakness of Asian teams, that is, he will not change formations, and he is extremely uncomfortable with the opponent's change of formation.

This is actually mentioned in Lippi's own autobiography.

At the same time, Lippi also analyzed the fundamental reason why these teams are afraid of changing formations, that is, the teams at the Asian level are basically single-core, such as Hiroshima Sanfrecce relies on Yojiro Takahagi, Osaka Gamba is Endo Hohito, Seoul FC is Deyang, Jeonbuk Hyundai is Lee Tongguok, and Al Ahly is Ribeiro.

In Asia, because of the lack of high-level players (relative to South American teams) and the shortage of funds (relative to European clubs), the vast majority of teams can only guarantee that they can only have one core team in their team.

Therefore, after Guangzhou Evergrande's defensive tactics slowly took shape in the 2015 season, in the Chinese Super League, Evergrande made Conca unable to receive the ball, so that Guoan's Deyang could not get the ball. In the AFC Champions League, Yasuhito Endo, Yojiro Takahagi, and even Ribeiro all learned the playing style of Evergrande's waste core.

Evergrande's abolition of the core is different from the traditional Chinese popular style of finding someone to specifically mark the so-called core, but knowing that you will pass the ball to the so-called "core", so they wait around the core and wait for the ball to be broken, or deliberately cut off the passing line between the core player and other players, so that the opponent can not pass the ball and paralyze the opponent's offensive organization.

There is a very hidden character in this tactic - Goulart.

If only according to the arrangement on the surface, Goulart is a "forward midfielder", but in the current game, his defensive ability in the front court makes the organizational core of many teams very uncomfortable, and the power of the attack is greatly reduced.

Just like the current match between Longteng and Evergrande, Goulart's defense against Lin Feng can be said to be very successful, and the latter has struggled to organize a very effective attack until now.