Guangzhou Evergrande, which is one goal behind, can now be said to have shown all its strength.

In the 38th minute of the first half, it was Goulart who used his individual ability to force a breakthrough on the right flank to get a chance to shoot, and his long-range shot went slightly over the crossbar again.

Seeing Goulart continuously attacking his left side on the field, Zhang Sheng began to worry.

It seems that the combination of Yu Bo and Xiao Yunfan is indeed difficult to resist Goulart's attack, and the absence of Ben Alfa has not only weakened the offensive threat on the left side a lot, but now even the defense has begun to tighten.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sheng made adjustments to the positions of the players on the field, Zhou Zhou and Xiao Yunfan made a position adjustment, and simply let Pato's side attack more fiercely, and Zhou Zhou came to help Yu Bo defend.

The effect of this adjustment is still quite obvious, after Zhou Zhou played the left wingback, although the attack on the left side of the Longteng team was basically abandoned, but it was a lot more stable in defense, and Zhou Zhou, a defensive fullback, was really stable.

This change of position not only silenced Guangzhou Evergrande's right attack, but also dealt a blow to Guangzhou Evergrande's left defense.

In the forty-second minute of the first half, Zou Zheng, who was tortured by Pato for half the court, had a physical problem, and he also wanted to accelerate to defend after seeing Pato suddenly accelerate, but unfortunately his speed did not rise, but he used too much force and strained his muscles.

Zou Zheng's injury this time made Pato completely lose the pressure of defense, and when Pato, who was undefended, was about to rush into the penalty area with the ball all the way, Zheng Long, who was chasing back from behind, grabbed Pato's jersey and pulled him to the ground.

The foul did not escape the eyes of referee Abdullah, who rushed over to give Zheng Long a yellow card for the tactical foul, and also gave Longteng a free-kick in front.

Zheng Long, who got this card, looked very excited, and kept looking for the referee to theorize, Zheng Zhi, as the captain, hurriedly came over to pull him away, these West Asian referees on the AFC Champions League field are not as good as domestic, they took out the red card and never cared about it, if Zheng Long really ate the card again, then the game would not have to be played.

Duan Xuan, who saw this scene, also asked strangely: "Zheng Long's foul is very obvious, what is there to fight for, aren't you afraid of eating another card." ”

Xu Yang explained to Zheng Long: "I saw Zheng Long pointing at Zou Zheng who fell to the ground just now, as if he was complaining about something. Did Zou Zheng have physical contact with Pato just now?"

When the slow-motion replay was played, the two commentators saw that when Zou was accelerating, he suddenly didn't run, but instead jumped on the spot with his thighs covered and sat on the ground a few times.

At this time, Duan Xuan knew that Zou was injured: "Oops." Zou Zheng should have pulled it this time. ”

"Yes. Pulled, pulled, should still pull not lightly, can't stand. Xu Yang also said worriedly, "It is estimated that Zheng Long was complaining to the referee just now that a teammate was injured, and Pato did not stop attacking." ”

Duan Xuan shook his head and said, "Pato himself has accelerated to dribble the ball, how could he suddenly stop." Zou Zheng's injury this time is too inopportune, and the national team game is coming soon, and this injury will definitely not be able to catch up. ”

"I guess it's too tired. Xu Yang said regretfully, "This season, Zou Zheng has been the main left full-back for a season. And I just looked at the yellow card list, Zheng Long got this yellow card, and the next AFC Champions League will be suspended. Before the game, we said that Guangzhou Evergrande's players had many yellow cards, which made it even more troublesome. ”

Zou Zheng's injury really hit the morale of Guangzhou Evergrande, the team's offense is now very improving, and this side has injured a general, which is too inopportune.

Zhang Sheng on the sidelines also shook his head silently in his heart, in history, Zou Zhengzhen was injured in the semifinals of the AFC Champions League, but it was only a minor injury, and he went to participate in the national team's training camp without much rest, and the next Chinese Super League, the AFC Champions League and the Club World Cup overwhelmed him, and in the Club World Cup match with Barcelona, he fractured his fibula, his ankle was displaced, and he rested for nearly a year after surgery before he returned, and his state was not as good as before.

It seems that the strain in history is a signal that Zou Zheng's body has reached its limit.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sheng was also a little glad for Zou Zheng, although a strain is a very headache for football players, it is much better than a fracture of the fibula and a displacement of the ankle, which can ruin the career of a professional player.

Maybe this injury will really allow him to escape that catastrophe.

Zhang Sheng is very fond of this rare domestic player with a high degree (graduated from Qingdao University of Science and Technology), overseas experience (he has lived in New Zealand for three years since he was a child), strong English ability, and a brave full-back.

After Zou Zheng was carried off the field on a stretcher, Li Xuepeng was substituted, but Evergrande's offensive momentum was obviously reduced, and there were only a few minutes left in the first half, and both sides also tacitly slowed down the pace.

In the end, the Dragons relied on Pato's magic stroke and entered the halftime break with a 0:1 lead.

In the half-time lounge, the players on both sides are completely two mindsets.

Because of the lead on the side of the Longteng team, everyone seemed very relaxed, the players who changed into new jerseys were eating bananas, drinking water, chatting, and the physical coaches were asking about everyone's physical condition one by one.

Only Zhang Sheng was still considering the possibility of Guangzhou Evergrande's tactical changes in the second half, discussing various countermeasures with He Lijun and Xu Erle.

At this time, in the Guangzhou Evergrande locker room, Scolari, as Zhang Sheng expected, made a new adjustment to his tactics - to make Paulinho play more flexible.

Since Paulinho came to Guangzhou Evergrande, although he has scored a few key goals, but in general, he is more involved in the game as a "drag back defender", just look at his few goals, all the goals are free kicks and corner kicks.

In the Chinese Super League, the goal against Guizhou Renhe came from a burst in the penalty area after a free kick from Guangzhou Evergrande, the goal against Beijing Guoan came from a corner kick in the penalty area, and in the Club World Cup, Paulinho's goal against the América team still came from a corner kick, and the goal against Sanfrecce Hiroshima still came from a corner kick.

The only goal in the field was against the Dragons, and it was after Scolari gave an account of how far he was expected to shoot.

Therefore, although Paulinho's goals are very crucial, they are not goals in sports battles, and his greater role is to erect a solid barrier in front of Guangzhou Evergrande's backline.

Even in the last life-and-death battle with the Dragons, Paulinho still showed restraint in attack, and the same was true in the first half of this game, Paulinho would be plugged in, but after plugging in, he chose more long-range shots, as a standard B2B player, he only did one of the Bs.

And now in order to score goals, Scolari has chosen to take the risk - let Paulinho give full play to his attacking ability and participate more in the offensive coordination of the frontcourt, even if this will reduce the quality of his team's central defense, he can't care so much.

However, Scolari finally gave an encouraging advice: "Don't forget about defense, I'm sure you can do both!"

Paulinho is the happiest one to hear Scolari's arrangement, which means that his status in the team will be even higher, because most of the previous work in charge of playing the ball in the back has belonged to captain Zheng Zhi.

While Scolari was arranging tactics, Duan Xuan and Xu Yang were also discussing how Guangzhou Evergrande could turn around.

Duan Xuan clearly raised his own doubts about Scolari's tactics in the first half: "This game is the home of Guangzhou Evergrande, although their attack seems to be fierce, but we should note that Paulinho is not actually involved in the attack of the front court much, he has the opportunity to play, and he would rather stay in the back position if he has no chance." That's a bit conservative. ”

"This should have something to do with the goals we conceded last time we played against the Dragons in the league. Xu Yang said, "After the Longteng team scored, Paulinho stepped forward to attack and pulled back, but the gap behind him was repeatedly used by the Longteng team, if it wasn't for the bad luck of the Longteng team in that game, the result of the game was definitely not a draw." Because the offensive counterattack speed of the Dragon Teng team is too fast. ”

"But it's hard to score goals without taking risks. Duan Xuan retorted, "Don't look at the Longteng team's goals this season, in fact, they pay much more attention to defense than everyone thinks, among which Roque Gill as a foreign aid back, is not without the ability to organize the attack, but he rarely does this, this is of course related to the strength of several players in the front court of the Longteng team, and he doesn't need to go up, I think it should be more that Coach Zhang Sheng has requirements for him and doesn't want him to rush up." Now Guangzhou Evergrande wants to score, and it must completely liberate Paulinho's offensive energy. ”

"Yes, indeed. Xu Yang thought for a while and nodded and said, "If you can't win at home, the second leg will be difficult." It's up to Scolari to make arrangements. ”

After the start of the second half, Guangzhou Evergrande's tactics really changed, Paulinho's position on the field was higher, and the corresponding overall formation of Guangzhou Evergrande was also moved forward.

Guangzhou Evergrande's tactics are extremely risky, because whether it is behind Paulinho or behind the entire defense line, the space is too big, so big that Duan Xuan is worried: "Evergrande's side is fighting." The overall formation is pressed so high. If you are beaten, it is too dangerous. ”

"Definitely. Nie Jiang and Pato on the front line of the Longteng team are fast enough. Xu Yang agrees with Duan Xuan's statement, "Once you are counterattacked, it is very likely to lose the ball." ”

It's just that what the two of them thought of didn't happen, because the Longteng team had two great weaknesses that were exposed, the first is that the team has too little tactical practice for long passes, and there are too few players with good long pass ability.

When Guangzhou Evergrande pressed on the whole line and attacked the middle, the Longteng team still played the old tactic - short pass cooperation, advancing layer by layer.

Now Guangzhou Evergrande's double foreign aid center is constantly retreating, harassing and pressing, Paulinho's first interception in the midfield, and Zheng Zhi's second interception in the midfield, so that the Longteng team's positional counterattack tactics can't fight at all.

For example, in the eighth minute of the second half, Paulinho made a mistake in the front court and Goulart, Roque Gill broke the ball halfway, Paulinho chose to counter-rob for the first time, and responded to several teammates of Roque Gill, Lin Feng was next to Elkeson who came back from the penalty area to force the grab, Tao Wentao was next to Zheng Zhi, Yu Bo's running line was not very good, he stood behind Huang Bowen, as for Pato on the right, he was stared at by Zheng Long and Li Xuepeng, especially Zheng Long, he knew that he couldn't play the next game, and now he simply broke the jar and fell, and kept moving on Pato's hands and feet, because the referee will definitely be more cautious about the second yellow card of the same player, as long as Zheng Long's action is not too bad, the referee will not take out the card.

Roque Gill saw that he did not have a chance to play forward, so he could only pass the ball horizontally to Xiao Yunfan, who came from behind to respond, and in the pause of a few seconds, Guangzhou Evergrande's defensive formation in the midfield had already been established, and the counterattack of the Longteng team lost speed.

In the fifteenth minute of the second half, it was Roque Gill and Lin Feng who teamed up to cut off Paulinho's ball, and Lin Feng, who was just about to pass the ball, was pulled to the ground by Huang Bowen, who rushed over.

Of course, this is not without a price, for example, like this time Huang Bowen received a yellow card, he will not be able to play in the next game because of the accumulation of two yellow cards.

Duan Xuan also mentioned this matter: "Before the game, we said that Guangzhou Evergrande had too many yellow cards, and the next game would be more difficult, but now it is really like this." Zheng Long and Huang Bowen can't play the next game. ”

"I don't think Evergrande is afraid. Xu Yang explained, "Evergrande is far stronger than any other Chinese Super League team in terms of player talent reserves, except for the Longteng team, which continuously replenishes youth players." Like Zheng Long can't play, Gao Lin can take his place, and the strength of the team has no effect; Zou Zheng is injured, there is Li Xuepeng, at most the style of the players is different; Huang Bowen can't play, Yu Hanchao can completely top, among the substitute players, they also have Liao Lisheng, Gao Jun and other players who can play on the left and right. Which of these players is not well-known. Guangzhou Evergrande has gathered all the international players that can be hoarded. ”

When Guangzhou Evergrande let go of their hands and feet and worked the field, at home, their strength was really terrifying. Now on the field, the Longteng team is very suppressed, and Evergrande's foul tactics make the Longteng team's passing and playing style extremely destructive.

At this time, it was Zhang Sheng's turn on the sidelines to prepare to make tactical adjustments. 2210