Seeing the situation on the field, Scolari could only take the initiative to change, turning the 4-2-3-1 formation into a 4-1-4-1, so that Paulinho completely pretended, forced Zhang Hao to retreat, and widened the distance between Zhang Hao and Lin Feng.

Scolari's move is very dangerous, because Paulinho's forward pressure has the potential to widen the distance between the Dragons' midfielders and the backfielders, and at the same time widen the gap between his midfielders and midfielders.

In order to make up for the hidden danger caused by one of his back pressures, Scolari made the second adjustment, that is, to let the right fullback Liu Jianduo move closer to the middle to help Zheng Zhi defend, as for the right side of the team, he completely gave up, since Liao Lisheng could not form pressure on the left side of the Longteng team, simply let him retract and change from a fullback to a defensive forward.

Scolari's adjustment this time is a three-point bet.

One is to bet on Zhang Hao's state. In fact, all practitioners in the industry can't get rid of the old Chinese saying - the fist is not separated from the hand, the song is not separated from the mouth, and the same is true for football players, which means that once a player does not participate in official competitions for a long time, it is extremely difficult to maintain the state.

Generally, for a player to go from a pure bench player to adapt to the rhythm of high-intensity games, there must be 3-5 games for him to adjust, Liao Lisheng's current performance on the court is very different from last year, and it is related to his long-term absence from the game.

It's good that Liao Lisheng can barely hold on under the repeated onslaught of Ben Alpha and Xiao Yunfan, thanks to his usual training is very active, otherwise it would be even more unbearable now.

Scolari is also counting on Zhang Hao's state not being able to maintain, after all, Zhang Hao is also a 10,000-year substitute in the Longteng team, maybe Paulinho's pressure on him is greater, Zhang Hao can't stand it.

The second point that Scolari gambled on was that Zheng Zhi, who was a single midfielder, could prevent the impact of Tao Wentao and Lin Feng.

As the captain, Zheng Zhi has always been Scolari's most trusted domestic player (Wang Shangyuan, who later made him lose his trust, is not counted, that is more like his son), and when the team encounters difficulties, his first thought is to let Zheng Zhi take more responsibility.

The last point is Scolari's injury-fearing mentality.

The reason why Liao Lisheng was able to play in this game was that Scolari used his characteristics of active running and good defensive attitude.

Specifically, Liao Lisheng's defensive ability is actually very average, because his physical condition cannot support him to play like a defensive midfielder, but it is one thing to be able to defend himself, and it is another thing to be willing to participate in defense, at least Liao Lisheng's defensive attitude is still good.

Before the game, Scolari also deliberately explained to Liao Lisheng that he made his defensive actions more ferocious, because Ben Alpha is a player who likes to break through and is prone to injury, for example, he was injured and rested for more than two weeks some time ago, maybe Liao Lisheng's defensive aggression is greater, and Ben Alpha's offensive threat will be a little less.

In fact, this is also a very commonly used tactic of Scolari later, in the 2017 season after the Super League teams have strengthened foreign aid, Guangzhou Evergrande's fouls and yellow cards have been high, in that season, Guangzhou Evergrande fouls are the first in the Chinese Super League, and the number of yellow cards is also the first in the Chinese Super League.

Of course, there is also an objective reason for this - being required by the upper echelons of the club, like to press up to play an oppressive attack, which is destined to make their backfield easy to be counterattacked, fouls and yellow cards are expected, after encountering the strength of the team above them, it is more and more obvious, in the last round of the AFC Champions League, Guangzhou Evergrande faced the attack of the Longteng team and ate multiple yellow cards, resulting in many people being suspended.

Scolari's adjustment did make Zhang Sheng a little unexpected, Paulinho's ability to attack with all his strength is indeed not something that Zhang Hao, who only relies on his body to eat, can resist, within a few minutes after Guangzhou Evergrande changed formation, Zhang Hao continued to retreat, and the last time he blocked Paulinho's attack by fouling.

Zhang Hao's foul not only received a yellow card, but also gave Guangzhou Evergrande a valuable free kick in frontcourt.

For this free kick, Evergrande's side attaches great importance to it, and when it can't create a shooting opportunity in the positional attack, the free kick becomes an opportunity that Evergrande must grasp.

As the first free taker of Guangzhou Evergrande, Paulinho stood in front of the ball.

Since the last time Paulinho scored a free kick, the players of the Longteng team have seen his power, although this time the free kick is nearly 30 meters away from the goal, everyone is still facing the enemy, the wall as close as possible to prevent the ball from passing through the gap in the wall.

After the construction of the human wall, the referee signaled that the free kick attack could begin, and Paulinho slightly widened the distance from the ball, ready to run a little longer, which was clearly a heavy bombardment.

When Paulinho shot the ball out, it was evident that the ball had an arc in the air, whizzing past the very edge of the wall and heading straight for the top right corner of the goal.

At this time, Zhou Wei took out his best efforts, he took off when the ball shot out, when the ball reached near the goal, his palm touched the ball, the ball because of too much power, when Zhou Wei touched, did not change too much direction, but was slightly elevated, and then the ball hit the lintel hard, and then popped up the bottom line.

"Guangzhou Evergrande's free kick, Paulinho stood in front of the ball. When Evergrande won the free kick, Liu Jiayuan began to look forward to it, "Paulinho's violent elevator ball 40 meters away when he faced Bai Sun God in the AFC Champions League was a blockbuster. I don't know if this AFC Champions League game is another critical moment, whether he can repeat that god-level goal. ”

"That ball was really amazing. Xu Yang also recalled, "At the beginning, the British sports media compared Paulinho's goal to Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick, describing it as a rocket that can turn and fly into the goal." ”

"Paulinho run, shoot!" Liu Jiayuan shouted loudly, "The ball speed is too fast, oops, hit the lintel, it's too bad luck!"

"It seems that Zhou Wei touched the ball just now. Xu Yang observed more carefully and said, "Let's take a look at the replay." ”

"Oh! I really touched it with my fingers. Liu Jiayuan also saw it from the replay and exclaimed, "This is too critical." Otherwise, this goal would have gone in. It's really a wonderful shot, and it's a beautiful pounce. ”

"Zhou Wei is doing well. Liu Jiayuan continued, "In the past, he would often lose concentration and make mistakes, but now he is much better. Take a look at the defense of the Longteng team in this corner next. ”

At this time, Paulinho on the field covered his head with remorse, and quickly ran to the penalty area to participate in the corner kick attack.

Scolari on the sidelines also shouted loudly to the players on the field, Paulinho's free kick was almost scored just now, but he didn't expect to be destroyed by Zhou Wei, which completely ruined his plan.

In Scolari's tactical arrangement, what he designed is to attack, no matter what, he has to score a goal first, and then use the rich experience of the team's old players to wear down the patience of the Longteng team.

What he didn't expect was that it was Guangzhou Evergrande who lost the ball first, and then the game made it extremely tormented, just now Paulinho's free kick gave him hope, but he didn't expect Zhou Wei to turn the ball away, so the next corner kick is even more important.

Zhou Wei's free kick save just now did surprise the players of the Longteng team, and everyone also attached great importance to this corner kick, Paulinho's many corner headers made him the focus of the Longteng team's players, Lu Zhihui, as the strongest header in the team, took it for granted to mark Paulinho.

When the ball was sent, Guangzhou Evergrande's corner kick landed here Paulinho, Lu Zhihui, who stayed next to Paulinho, jumped up decisively, ready to face the ball and push the ball out of the bottom line, Zhou Wei also attacked at this time, his target was also the ball, as a result, Lu Zhihui and Zhou Wei did not cooperate well with each other, the two collided together, Zhou Wei was okay, he was rushing out, in a state of active body control, and Lu Zhihui was different, after he jumped up, he didn't notice Zhou Wei coming out to hit the ball with both hands, and his body was knocked down by Zhou Wei and pressed to the ground。

In the end, although the ball was knocked out of the penalty area by Zhou Wei, Lu Zhihui fell in the penalty area, covering his waist in pain, and the referee also quickly stopped the game at this time.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Sheng was also taken aback, but he didn't expect such a problem to occur with a simple corner kick in the penalty area.

When Li Xiang came down, Zhang Sheng hurriedly went over to ask about the situation, and Li Xiang said: "It seems to be a problem with the waist, when I landed, my waist was pushed by the other party, and I had to go to the hospital to take a film to know the actual situation." ”

Zhang Sheng secretly scolded "Damn" in his heart, and he could only quickly replace Du Zhenyu.

In fact, Lu Zhihui's injury and Zhou Wei's play are really not small. When Huang Dawei played the main force before, he was a goalkeeper with very good goal-line skills, and he was relatively conservative in goalkeeping, so he didn't like to attack very much;

Lu Zhihui has been cooperating with Huang Dawei for so long to defend, and now he is suddenly replaced by Zhou Wei, and the two sides did not cooperate well for a while, which led to this injury.

This substitution also caused the commentators to worry, Liu Jiayuan said: "Lu Zhihui is now injured, the impact on the Longteng team is still quite big, in addition to the defense of the header in the penalty area, Lu Zhihui's offensive header in the set-piece has always been the most feared thing by Guangzhou Evergrande, and now it can be said that they are relieved a lot." ”

And it's really hard to say how Du Zhenyu performed. Xu Yang was also worried, "After all, he is a substitute player, and the position of central defender is difficult." ”

But soon they put this idea in their minds, Du Zhenyu after playing, he was very confident, in terms of body, he is not worse than Lu Zhihui, and it can even be said that he is stronger than Lu Zhihui, judging from his several confrontations with Elkeson and Paulinho, he is not at all behind, and even in a grab with Elkeson in the penalty area, he squeezed away the opponent with his body.

Seeing Du Zhenyu's performance, Liu Jiayuan also had to be impressed by the strong player reserves of the Longteng team: "This player is really good." With the ability he has shown, strong physical confrontation ability, tall height, and not too clumsy to turn, if this development continues, the future central defender of the Chinese national team will have a place for him. ”

During this time, the Longteng team was able to stabilize the defense line and Lin Feng's slight retreat has a certain relationship, after Zhang Hao received a yellow card, Zhang Sheng let Lin Feng get closer to Zhang Hao to help him defend Paulinho, so that although the attack of the Longteng team in the middle is slightly weaker, but the impact is not great, because the Longteng team is just used for transition in the middle of this game, relying on two wings.

In the thirty-second minute of the first half, the Longteng team launched an attack from the left side, because Guangzhou Evergrande basically gave up the attack on this side, not only Ben Alpha was in a very high position, but even Xiao Yunfan saw that there was basically no danger on his side, and he also began to move forward sharply.

This time it was Liao Lisheng who stuck Ben Alpha, and the latter directly handed the ball to Xiao Yunfan who was inserted from behind, in the face of a player like Xiao Yunfan who relies on speed to eat, once his speed is up, it is still very terrifying, Liao Lisheng himself is not a player who is good at speed, in the face of Xiao Yunfan's high-speed insertion, he can't catch up at all, and can only count on his teammates to help defend.

It should be said that he was lucky, Guangzhou Evergrande had a qualified and diligent captain - Zheng Zhi, when Ben Alpha and Xiao Yunfan were working on the wing, he commanded Liu Jian to take his place and rushed over to help Liao Lisheng defend.

But sometimes diligence and hard work can not be exchanged for good results, Xiao Yunfan after seeing Zheng Zhi come to defend himself, handed the ball to Tao Wentao, who was temporarily empty after Zheng Zhi left his position, the latter was also very decisive, after seeing Liu Jian coming, he kept plugging and passed the ball to the position after Liu Jian left his position, and Ben Alpha had already aimed at this position and ran in place.

After receiving the ball, Ben Alpha took the ball and went directly to the penalty area, Liao Lisheng, who was desperately trying to chase back, had no choice but to trip Ben Alpha from behind, fortunately he kicked in time, and the foul was not in the penalty area, but on the edge of the penalty area, and escaped a penalty.

Of course, such a tactical foul that trips behind the back will definitely not escape the yellow card, and Liao Lisheng's situation will be even more difficult next.

After being almost scored by Guangzhou Evergrande's front-court free kick and also causing injuries to players, the Longteng team finally ushered in a chance to counterattack.

Because Lu Zhihui is off the field now, many players in Guangzhou Evergrande are a lot more relieved, and from the free kick position of the Longteng team this time, it can be seen that this should be a tactical free kick, not a direct shot, after all, this position is a bit too biased.

So when Guangzhou Evergrande's players were preparing to defend in the zone to defend against the attacking players of the Longteng team, Ben Alfa's direct free kick made them completely unexpected.

The ball looked like it was a Longteng player looking for the back point, but when the ball was about to fly around Zengcheng's palm and about to fly to the post, it suddenly fell and fell into the net, and the Longteng team used Ben Alpha's unexpected shot to extend the score to 2:0