After the Longteng team kicked off, Zhang Sheng had some doubts, Guangzhou Evergrande did make adjustments in the midfield, Lin Feng went back, Zheng Zhi presupped, this shows that it is a prepared tactic, but with the Longteng coaching staff's understanding of Scolari, after Lin Feng retreated, Guangzhou Evergrande played 4-2-2-2 a lot, Zheng Zhi's participation in the attack is the norm, and the specific situation on the field of Evergrande will be determined after a while.

Zhang Sheng didn't think of the possibility of Guangzhou Evergrande playing 4-3-3, but past experience told him that Scolari's tactics emphasize that the frontcourt players are close to each other and rotate in pairs, and when he plays 4-2-2-2, the three twos on both sides are very flexible, so Zhang Sheng's choice is to wait and see.

After all, the 4-2-2-2 formation itself originated with the Brazilian coach, and came as a variant of the 4-3-3 formation.

Zhang Sheng was waiting, but Guangzhou Evergrande did not have any slackness because of the equalizer, and the Longteng team from the first moment of kick-off, Evergrande's players pressed from the top as always.

Compared with before, there are more people in front of Evergrande here, and sometimes even Lin Feng will rush up to do the card position work of passing.

Such crazy oppression can be said to be rare in recent years.

Guangzhou Evergrande's rare and aggressive style of play has also aroused the passion of Evergrande fans in the stands, every time Evergrande attacks to the front court or the overall pressure and counter-robbery, the fans will give corresponding cheers, which makes Evergrande's players more stimulated and play more actively.

Before the game, Zhang Sheng also discussed with the coaching staff, saying that the referee Tony Shaplon is a master who does not like to play cards, and the scale is more relaxed, which can make the players more active in the confrontation, and by the way, take advantage of Evergrande's dislike of high pressing characteristics to try to counter-rob in Evergrande's half, but the current situation is reversed, and Guangzhou Evergrande is forced to fight in the half of the Longteng team at this time.

Sha Pulong really did as predicted by the Longteng coaching staff, many Evergrande confrontations were ignored by him, especially there were several opportunities for the Longteng team to counterattack, and the players of Guangzhou Evergrande were extremely decisive to interrupt with tactical fouls, in exchange for his verbal warnings.

In addition, the formation of the Longteng team's 4-4-2 parallel line in this game is very compact and dense, and the direction of attack is mainly based on penetration in the middle, giving Guangzhou Evergrande enough defensive space.

Judging from the situation of nearly ten minutes after the equalizer, Zhang Sheng and the assistant coach around him have determined that Guangzhou Evergrande is determined to play 4-3-3, and this formation is precisely the defense advantage in the middle, which can well contain the attack of the Longteng team.

"It's time for some fine-tuning of the tactics on the pitch. Zhang Sheng thought.

Just as Zhang Sheng walked to the sidelines to prepare for the players, Evergrande's organized another attack.

The starting point of the attack was still Zheng Zhi.

Considering Lin Feng's instability in mid-to-long-distance passing, especially his weakness in dribbling with the ball, the ball on the right side was basically handed over to Zheng Zhi, and he did not live up to Scolari's expectations, using good feet to continue to bring the ball diagonally to the right side of the penalty area.

At the same time, Goulart chooses to run inward, attracting Shin Joon's attention.

Qi Ming, who was on the left side of the back, hurriedly came over to fill in the position for Shen Jun to prevent Zheng Zhi from easily getting up and crossing on the right side.

Qi Ming's retreat made room in the midfield, which was left to Paulinho.

If it is an ordinary player, there is a high probability of standing here and waiting, waiting for the result of their teammates' attack, if the attack successfully scores a goal, of course, it is good, once it can't be scored, you can receive the pass of your teammates here, organize the second wave of attack, if it is destroyed by the opposite side, you can grab the second point, the worst result is that the opponent easily resolves the attack of the side, at this time the back must be intercepted here, be sure to stop the opponent's counterattack at the first time.

But Paulinho is no ordinary player, he opted for an aggressive forward cut.

In the tactics arranged by Zhang Sheng, when Evergrande's offense enters the defensive third zone, the opposing players in the front of the penalty area must be followed, and the defensive players can't keep up, so two strikers need to come back and one for close harassment, and it is Nie Jiang who is responsible for this follow-up.

As a striker, Nie Jiang has the enthusiasm to defend, but he does not have much defensive ability, he obviously did not look at Paulinho's forward insertion, allowing the opponent to easily enter the penalty area.

Just as Paulinho was inserting into the penalty area, Goulart had already run from the penalty area to the right side of the penalty area, and smoothly brought Shen Jun out, while also attracting Lu Zhihui's defensive attention.

When Zheng Zhi saw Goulart come out, he quickly distributed the ball to him, and then cut inside and ran into position.

Guangzhou Evergrande's Paulinho, Goulart and Zheng Zhi's continuous running positions created very big difficulties for the defense line of the Longteng team, especially Nie Jiang hesitated for a moment and followed Paulinho to the penalty area, not only did not stare at people, but also completely muddied the position of the Longteng team's backline.

When Paulinho entered the penalty area, Nie Jiang followed him, ready to stop him from receiving the ball, and then Goulart on the right side made a decisive pass, his pass was a slightly above the ground of the external spin ball, the ball speed was very fast.

After the ball bypassed Lu Zhihui's toes with the limit line, it came to Nie Jiang's face, Nie Jiang's first reaction was to block it with his legs, the problem was that he hesitated when the ball flew over, such a pass is not good to block, but it will be directly blocked into his own goal to form an oolong.

It was this half-second hesitation that the football had already crossed Nie Jiang's outstretched leg and flew in front of Paulinho.

At this time, the difference between the experienced and inexperienced goalkeepers is revealed.

In the process of Evergrande's fast interspersed running on the side, Jiang Mingzhi began to stare at the ball tightly, constantly adjusting his position and center of gravity, and preparing to pounce on the opponent's pass or shoot.

However, after Evergrande's players changed positions, especially Goulart went around from the penalty area, Jiang Mingming's vigilance dropped significantly, and Evergrande only had Diego Costa in the middle and Gao Lin in the back of the penalty area at this time, and it was difficult for football to get past a large number of people in front of them.

At the moment when Jiang Mingzhi relaxed his vigilance, the football passed into the penalty area, Paulinho's forward insertion was in place in time, and the final outcome was already conceivable, Paulinho's instep was lightly smooth, and the galloping football suddenly changed the direction of movement and bounced towards the goal.

With such a close ejection, Jiang Mingming didn't have any way, and by the time he finished making the save, the football had already flown into the net.

Guangzhou Evergrande took advantage of the holes in the Longteng team's defense to overtake the score, and the goal was still Paulinho, who completed his brace in the first half.

"Zheng Zhi, Goulart, Evergrande's continuous pull on the right side, Goulart feints, sideways passing! Good pass, Paulinho, the ball is in! Paulinho again, my God, in his farewell game, Paulinho showed excellent form. Lou Yicheng exclaimed, "It's too strong, I can't prevent it at all." ”

"The defensive formation of the Longteng team just now was a little chaotic. Liu Yue analyzed, "Under normal circumstances, Lu Zhihui should guard the passing line of the bottom line, he is too close to the middle. There is dawn in the middle, and Tao Wentao assists in defense, and the goalkeeper's position is also in the middle, so there is no need to think about the problem of the middle lane. ”

"And Jiang Mingming's position is obviously problematic, when Paulinho is forward, he should move to the right and defend the near corner, obviously he is not mentally prepared for Paulinho's forward shot. After criticizing Lu Zhihui, Liu Yue pointed the finger at Jiang Mingming, "The Longteng team let go of the experienced rotation goalkeeper Zhou Wei at the beginning of the season, which is obviously a bit too much. ”

Lou Yicheng also agreed with Liu Yue: "Yes. Even if Zhou Wei left very suddenly at the beginning of the season, the Longteng team should have brought in at least one substitute goalkeeper with Chinese Super League experience in the summer window, and as a result, we saw that they made up for Wang Junlei, a young player who returned to China from Europe, and he was sitting on the bench at this time. ”

"Coach Zhang Sheng still believes too much in his youth training results and his vision for recruitment. Liu Yue complained rarely.

The commentary was analyzing the reasons why the Longteng team lost the goal, Paulinho had already run to the fans at this time, grabbed the Guangzhou Evergrande team emblem on the chest of the jersey, and kissed it affectionately.

Seeing this scene, the eyes of some Evergrande fans were already moist.

Although Paulinho has been famous for a long time, in the eyes of Evergrande fans, this is a player "retrained" by Guangzhou Evergrande, and in more than two years, the former Brazilian international has completed self-redemption, not only returning to the national team again, but also taking the bus to Europe's top giants.

What could be more rewarding than this?

Zhang Sheng on the sidelines could only shake his head at this time, when a top player exploded, he couldn't give him room to play at any time, and he found that Guangzhou Evergrande had made tactical adjustments, but he didn't give the order to make the corresponding decisions, so he was punished unexpectedly.

If you hesitate, you will lose.

Zhang Sheng looked up at the big screen on the sidelines at this time, the first half of the game came to thirty-five minutes, there was still time, and he needed to make adjustments quickly to bring the situation back.

Under the command of Zhang Sheng, the Longteng team who kicked off again changed their formation, from 4-4-2 to 3-5-2.

After the formation change was completed, Shen Jun, Lu Zhihui and Liming formed three central defenders, Qi Ming changed from left back to left midfielder, partnering with De Paul on the left winger, containing Zheng Zhi's ball, and Tao Wentao is similar to the front midfielder - unlike the full-time forward midfielder, he has a certain defensive ability, Fernando put the position of right midfielder, and specially used speed to make a fuss in the space after Paulinho's forward insertion.

Zhang Sheng's idea is very good, and the adjusted Longteng team soon took advantage of the middle of the three central defenders to withstand Paulinho's forward insertion twice in a row, just when the players of the Longteng team wanted to take advantage of the defensive loopholes behind Paulinho's forward insertion, Evergrande chose to retreat.

Evergrande's retreat came from Zheng Zhi's active control, because he felt that there was a problem with his physical fitness and he could no longer participate in the attack on the right side frequently.

Before the game, Scolari had improved, Zheng Zhi and Feng Xiaoting were both in the flu and were still in fever, which meant that the two of them might not start.

Although in the end, the two of them still got on, and it seemed that they had put a smoke bomb on the outside world, Zheng Zhi knew that he was indeed suffering from a low-grade fever.

When the human body has a fever, it is super physically exerting, and the passage of physical energy is far greater than usual when performing high-intensity exercise in a feverish state.

When the first half came to the 40th minute, Zheng Zhi had a problem with his physical fitness, and he had to take the initiative to reduce the pace of the game and retract the overall formation, otherwise, the Longteng team would counterattack, and the lack of physical fitness would lead to a lack of nervous concentration, which may be a big disaster.

After Guangzhou Evergrande took the initiative to recycle the strategy, the Longteng team was a little embarrassed.

With such a high-intensity battle in the first half, it is not possible to say how good the physical fitness of the Longteng team is, but after falling behind by one goal, the team has to attack.

At Zhang Sheng's signal, the Longteng team pressed on it vigorously.

Compared with Evergrande's more monotonous Paulinho, who inserted this move, the Longteng team is obviously more rich in offensive routines.

Chavez can head in the penalty area, Nie Jiang's ability to grab points in the penalty area is also very good, and De Paul and Tao Wentao both have a long shot, not to mention Guangzhou Evergrande's "nemesis" Lu Zhihui.

Just after the forty-fifth minute of the first half, in the first minute of stoppage time, Nie Jiang grabbed a point in the penalty area and caused a corner kick, and Lu Zhihui finally came up.

"Haha. Lu Zhihui arrived in the forbidden area of Evergrande. Evergrande should be very nervous. Lou Yicheng quipped.

"Of course. From the official entry of the Longteng team into the professional league, no matter which time he meets Evergrande, he can always score goals, and always score headers, all of which are headers from set-pieces. Liu Yue also joked, "If Paulinho's forward insertion is something that everyone can't prevent, then Lu Zhihui's header is Evergrande knows that he will definitely participate in the set-piece attack, and he will definitely pose a threat, so he can't prevent it." ”

In the midst of the commentator's jokes, Fernando's corner kick came out, and it was really Lu Zhihui who was looking for it.

Lu Zhihui, who knew that he would be targeted by the focus, was a chicken thief, and when he sent out Fernando's corner, he began to run forward and rush forward, with a posture of heading the ball, but when the ball came, he went around from the middle of the most threatening to the front point.

Like Guangzhou Evergrande's first corner, Lu Zhihui's intention is very clear, nodding the ball in front and rubbing it back, and the threat is great after the ball reaches the middle, and the second point of grabbing is completely a matter of probability.

The ball changed direction under Lu Zhihui's back, and flew to the twelve yards of the penalty area, where Qi Ming happened to be waiting, and when the ball bounced in front of him, he decisively got up and shot at the goal.

As a result, he was not born as a striker, he did not master his footwork well, the ball did not eat the right part, and flew high over the crossbar.

wasted such a good opportunity, in the laughter of Evergrande fans in the stands and the ridicule of the "Gao Lin Possession" on the broadcast platform, Qi Ming gasped and stepped on the turf of the penalty area, covering his face with his hands.

"It's a shame. Lou Yicheng also said regretfully, "Lu Zhihui's ball is in a very good position, and the role of his set-piece is really getting more and more demonic, obviously looking at this point and sending it over, but Qi Ming is too eager to shoot." ”

"I think the Longteng team can just make more corners, and Evergrande may be a little bit sparse. ”