26. The development of young central defenders

The score of 1:3 made Duan Xuan a little unexpected. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Duan Xuan also said with a stunned face: "Luneng really has nothing to say about losing this game." Low-level mistakes are endless, and Aloisio is red-carded, Montillo is injured, and it really loses his wife and soldiers. On the other hand, the Longteng team, two youngsters one after the other, although one made a mistake, but drove low and walked high, and the other scored a goal when he came up, and it has always been said that Luneng's young players have strength, and the younger Longteng players performed better in this game. ”

Like Duan Xuan's attitude, after the game, all the media were disappointed with the strong dialogue between the first and third in the league, especially the performance of Luneng, they were very dissatisfied, and the suppression of the whole game was not the performance that a strong team should have.

At the same time, Du Zhenyu, who performed very dramatically, also attracted attention, and everyone had mixed reviews of him, some said that he should not give a penalty recklessly as a central defender, and some people praised him for not being affected after making a mistake, and also caused the opponent to be red carded, which is a material that can be made.

Compared with the evaluation of the outside media, Zhang Sheng didn't care, he praised Du Zhenyu after the game: "Zhenyu, you performed very well in this game, the ball should be played like this, the situation on the field is changing rapidly, when you deal with it, you should make a kick, especially in the central defender position, decisive handling is the most critical." ”

For the penalty caused by Du Zhenyu, Zhang Sheng still has that attitude, when Du Zhenyu expressed regret for this mistake, Zhang Sheng said: "Don't worry about this penalty, we have to look forward, you are still young, since I sent you on the field, I am ready to accept any situation." But what you showed was far better than I could have imagined. ”

After this game, the Longteng team has consolidated their position at the top of the table, with four wins and one draw yet to taste defeat this season.

The Longteng team, which returned to Jiangcheng, rested for a day with a happy mood before training, and such a rare leisure time for the weekly game made Zhang Sheng quickly loosen the reins for the players.

While the players were resting, Zhang Sheng took the time to visit McGovern.

After the game, McGovern was diagnosed with a broken collarbone and needed to rest for at least a month and a half.

Zhang Sheng came over this time to comfort him and let him recuperate.

At the weekend, the Longteng team ushered in the sixth round of the league, this time against this season's promoted horse Shijiazhuang Yongchang.

For this opponent, Zhang Sheng is extremely vigilant in his heart, as a traverser Zhang Sheng knows that Shijiazhuang Yongchang is absolutely tough this season, and they ended this season in the seventh place in the league in history.

If you look at their current stats, their results are not a fluke.

Shijiazhuang Yongchang is now two draws, two losses, two points, ranked thirteenth, because the game with Changchun Yatai is located in the northeast, the weather is bad, and the game is postponed and one less game.

Don't look at them without a win, they have few points and they have a poor qualification, but that's not very telling, because judging by their goals scored and conceded, a lot of games are small defeats.

This shows that at least their defense is still very good.

Different from other promoted polo teams, Shijiazhuang Yongchang's defense is a very efficient and stable overall defensive tactics, under the tutelage of head coach Yasen, they give the opponent not many opportunities per game, a lot of conceded goals are purely the strength of the opponent's players is too strong, and their own active mistakes are very rare.

Once again, they proved their defensive prowess after the start of the match against the Dragons.

In the game, their defensive line is very distinct, and the assistance and complement between the various levels are also in place, although the players of the Longteng team have repeatedly tried to use the short pass cooperation in the front court to tear apart the opponent's defense, but in the end they have been terminated.

After stabilizing the position, Shijiazhuang Yongchang began to make a tentative attack on the defense line of the Longteng team.

Before the game, many media speculated about how the Dragons' defense should be arranged.

In particular, whether Du Zhenyu, a young player who made mistakes in the last game, will continue to play has given everyone a topic of discussion.

Now although the Longteng team lacks experienced central defenders, but like Zhang Hao, Xiong Jian have good defensive ability, they are older than Du Zhenyu, and they have more experience in the game, it is difficult to predict whether Zhang Sheng will let them go to the away central defender.

And because of the large-scale injuries in the back line of the Longteng team, whether it is appropriate to insist on playing the back four has also become a topic of discussion, plus the Longteng team has also played a 3-4-2-1 formation for a period of time before, so everyone speculates whether the Longteng team will adapt to the players by changing the formation.

However, the list submitted by the Longteng team before the game proved that they thought too much, Zhang Sheng insisted on his practice of trusting newcomers and training newcomers, and arranged Du Zhenyu in the position of starting central defender.

This arrangement still made everyone sweat for Zhang Sheng.

In this game, Shijiazhuang Yongchang's counterattack was also very purposeful, that is, to beat Du Zhenyu.

Throughout the first half, whether it was Mao Jianqing, the attacking weapon in the front court, or the black and hard center Mulunga, or the shadow striker Longdong, they all specifically looked for Du Zhenyu.

When facing Long Dong, Du Zhenyu can still rely on his strong body to fight hand-to-hand with the other party, but when facing Mao Jianqing and Long Dong, who are extremely fast, he is tall and slower to turn around.

In addition, Shijiazhuang Yongchang plays a defensive counterattack, and the suddenness of the attack is very strong, as a central defender, how to maintain a high level of alertness, how to face the high-speed breakthrough of the opponent's speed player, very particular about the experience of a player.

In the thirty-second minute of the first half, Du Zhenyu made an undeserved mistake, Mao Jianqing used his speed to form an impact on Du Zhenyu, and then changed direction successfully in the high-speed breakthrough, Du Zhenyu rashly adjusted his defensive center of gravity, and was shaken by Mao Jianqing, forming a single knife Mao Jianqing passed the ball to Longdong who was inserted behind, and Longdong's shot passed over Zhou Wei's save and turned the score into 0-1.

The weaker Shijiazhuang Yongchang took the lead away from home.

The commentator also directly pointed out the reason for the loss of the goal of the Longteng team: "Du Zhenyu is still inexperienced, in the face of Mao Jianqing's feints, his defense is a little too taken for granted, as a central defender, it is very dangerous to hand over his center of gravity so easily." ”

After conceding the goal, Du Zhenyu also looked a little frustrated, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhang Sheng on the sidelines, wanting to know Zhang Sheng's opinion on his mistake.

And Zhang Sheng on the sidelines behaved very calmly, and after seeing Du Zhenyu aiming at himself, he made a gesture of pressing down with both hands, which means that it is obvious that it is to let him stabilize his mentality and not affect his performance later.

Lin Feng, who was the captain of the field in this game, also came over and touched Du Zhenyu's head, comforting him: "It's okay, don't be discouraged, play well in the back, and we'll help you get the ball back." ”

After kicking off again, Mao Jianqing, who tasted the sweetness, was ready to break through Du Zhenyu again, but this time Du Zhenyu stood in a good defensive position and forced Mao Jianqing to the sideline with his body, and finally Mao Jianqing could only kick the ball to Du Zhenyu's body when he couldn't turn around, causing a corner kick.

Shijiazhuang Yongchang found Du Zhenyu's point again after sending a corner kick, but the header in the corner kick defense was Du Zhenyu's strength, he withstood the high-altitude ball Mulenga who had a super ability to compete for the top, and a header cleared the ball and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

Roke Gill, who had been protecting the defensive area at the top of the penalty area as a midfielder, grabbed the second point and then handed a beautiful ball to Ben Arfa on the left, and this time it was the turn of the Dragons to counter-attack.

As the leading side, Shijiazhuang Yongchang has a lot of people coming up from the corner kick this time, and Ben Alpha's counterattack is particularly threatening.

He made a beautiful combination with Lin Feng in the middle of the high-speed dribble, tore apart the opponent's defense, and then entered the penalty area to form a single knife, and finally Ben Alfa's shot made Yongchang's goalkeeper Guan Zhen helpless, the ball rolled into the goal from Guan Zhen's armpit, and the Longteng team equalized shortly after conceding the goal.

In the next game, although Yongchang still insisted on playing Du Zhenyu, he was very stable in resolving it.

Zhang Sheng also applauded Du Zhenyu's performance on the sidelines, making him play more confidently.

In the second half of the game, although Du Zhenyu still made a few mistakes, Ma Yongli, two fullbacks and midfielders helped him a lot, which stabilized the Longteng team's defense.

Pato's goal then put the score in the lead, and the game was once again in the hands of the Dragons.

Especially after Nie Jiang's goal in the 35th minute of the second half, the 3:1 leading Longteng team made the game seem meaningless, Zhang Sheng also began to make personnel adjustments, replaced several foreign aides in the front court, and let several substitute players increase their experience.

It's just that what Zhang Sheng didn't expect was that Du Zhenyu, who was too relaxed, made a top rise before the end, which made Mulenga successfully pick up the leak, and the score became 3:2.

Seeing that Shijiazhuang Yongchang, who had the hope of equalizing, pressed all over the line, the Longteng team was very embarrassed to withstand the last two minutes and could keep the victory.

After the game, Du Zhenyu's performance was unanimously criticized, in the face of Shijiazhuang Yongchang's continuous impact, his defensive area was once precarious, if it were not for the help of his teammates, Zhou Wei's beautiful save, the Longteng team is likely to continue to concede goals.

In the face of the external media's verbal criticism of Du Zhenyu, Zhang Sheng seemed very indifferent, the position of central defender has always been abused, and Du Zhenyu's performance is already good among young players.

In order to be afraid that Du Zhenyu would be affected by the comments of the outside world, Zhang Sheng also made a special trip to comfort him: "Don't criticize the media in the accident world, although you lost the ball in the last game, but in the end we still won." As long as you try to learn from your lessons, I will continue to let you play the main team in the next games. ”

In fact, Zhang Sheng's approach is based on a lot of players who have been abused into masters in the position of central defender, not to mention that Zhang Sheng has a systematic blessing, knows the potential of players, knows which player has growth value, and which player is not worth cultivating.

Think about Bayern's former central defender Demichelis, how badly was he abused?

When commenting on Bayern's game, many commentators always say a few words when they encounter the opponent's attack, which is "Demichelis, why is it so slow?", "This ball... It's Demichelis again, it's been picked so easily", "Alas, how to defend this ball, this Demichelis should have fouled a long time ago...", "This Demichelis... Alas, this Demichelis ...

But then he played at a very high level.

Think about Real Madrid's Ramos, in the first few years of his debut, he was even directly called a "parallel import" by Real Madrid fans, and even Chinese players gave Ramos a nickname of "Water Master".

And when he went through the game, he grew into the pillar of Real Madrid's defense, not only becoming the captain of Real Madrid, but also being the highest rated player of the best in the 2012 European Championship as a defender.

Of course, the most extreme should be Juventus's three central defenders.

In later generations, there was a popular saying: "If you don't want to win, you won't lose the game." Although this is a joke about Allegri, it also proves the strength of the Juventus backline - they can block any opponent if Juventus want to defend.

For example, in the 2017 Champions League, Juventus relied on their strong backline to make all opponents tremble.

In the group stage of the Champions League, they only conceded 2 goals in 6 games, and after entering the knockout round, it was even more jaw-dropping zero goals, whether it was facing Porto in the Champions League, or Barcelona, which has the highest attack power in Europe, or the dark horse Monaco, which is known as "I score three goals per game, you score as many as you want", their defense has made these opponents completely useless.

Allegri's impressive results are closely related to Juventus' three capable central defenders.

But were the three centre-backs very strong from the start? quite the opposite!

Juventus' three centre-backs are Giorgio Chiellini, Barzagli and Leonardo Bonucci, who are also the three main players of the Italian national team.

Now they have really shown that they are strong enough, and at Euro 2016, there was "reinforced concrete, not as good as Chiellini." Impregnable, no match for Barzagli. But before, they had grown up through countless failures.

Among them, Chiellini, who grew up the most smoothly, also grew up in countless ups and downs.

Chiellini, who first played as a midfielder and later switched to full-back, was disliked by countless people in his early career, especially in the period when he had just transformed from full-back to central defender.

It just so happened that Juventus was really short of central defenders in those years, and then Chiellini was pulled over to play central defenders every time, as soon as he came on the field to greet him, he was greeted by the boos of the home fans, and his various unreliable leaks and toppings were simply miserable.

It wasn't until later that he slowly played the name of Italy's No. 1 central defender.