lost two goals, Zhang Sheng was trying to find a way, and the players of the Longteng team were also trying their best to recover.

Lu Zhihui, the captain of the team, first went to comfort Liming: "I don't blame you for this ball." I'm moving slowly, so let's focus a little more. ”

"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have stretched my feet indiscriminately. Huang He was also explaining to Liming, "I'll definitely watch him later." ”

The encouragement of his teammates comforted Liming, and he nodded gratefully: "I'll pay more attention to it next." ”

At the same time, it was Qi Ming who was remedy, and he pulled Tang Jin over first: "It was my problem just now." Later, if they still play three central defenders, according to the pre-match requirements, then you have to withdraw more times to defend Yuga Kami, and don't let him play the ball easily. ”

Qi Ming, the people in the team were still very convinced, Tang Jin hurriedly nodded: "Okay, okay." ”

Then Qi Ming walked to Cao Jinghao's side: "We were a little careless just now, I shouldn't follow Yosuke Kashiwagi, and you should also be optimistic about Yajima Shinya here." The goal was conceded because both of our defenders in the middle lost their positions. ”

Cao Jinghao hurriedly nodded yes.

Sure enough, after Tang Jin defended more actively and Qi Ming and Cao Jinghao cooperated more closely, Urawa's attack on the left side also stopped.

Urawa is here to stop, and the Dragons team will not stop.

Facing the midfield lineup with average physical fitness and average defensive ability of Urawa Ruby Issui, the Longteng team began to counterattack.

The complete collapse of the Longteng team that the domestic commentators and Zhang Sheng feared did not happen.

In the final minutes of the first half, Endo's one-back defensive coverage was clearly unable to keep up, and the Japanese team's usual end-of-game force could not be used at all.

Uga Kamitomo even paid the price of a yellow card for defending Fernando, who was bent on shame.

In the last minute or two, the Longteng team got consecutive opportunities to shoot, and Urawa relied on the defense of all members to barely hold the goal.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the half, although the score was 0:2 down, the Longteng team did slowly recover its vitality.

In the halftime lounge, before Zhang Sheng could speak, captain Lu Zhihui took the initiative to stand up: "Coach." I'm sorry, it was our fault for falling behind in the first half and we know how to do it. ”

Zhang Shengyi, who originally wanted to train the players, raised his eyebrows: "Oh, tell me, what's wrong?"

"We are too careless, too careless. Lu Zhihui showed sincerity, "Wise game inexperience, I should be in charge of the defense, but I didn't remind them in time, and I myself was not attentive enough, resulting in two goals conceded." ”

"Team Lu has helped me. Seeing that the captain took the initiative to take the blame, Liming blushed and quickly stood up, "I rose to the top twice, the main responsibility is on me, I didn't take the opponent seriously before the game, I didn't prepare in my heart, I definitely won't in the second half." ”

"I'm also responsible. Qi Ming pulled the somewhat excited Dawn, "Yosuke Kashiwagi retreated so deep to catch the ball, I didn't even think about it, I followed it, it's a bit too much to take it for granted." ”

Zhang Sheng looked at Qi Ming with interest: "Then do you think you should follow or not, and what is the reason?"

Qi Ming cautiously answered the head coach's question: "You shouldn't follow, the reason is very clear." Yosuke Kashiwagi is characterized by a superb left foot, strong organization, the ability to pass the ball over the top, and the threat of free kicks and corners is very high. But his physical confrontation ability is average, his speed is mediocre, his dribbling ability is not strong, and he does not have too many long passing habits. ”

Glancing at Zhang Sheng's expectant gaze, Qi Ming continued to analyze with encouragement: "He retreats so deeply, even if he gives him the ball, it doesn't matter." If he really takes the ball and wants to dribble the ball, I, Jing Hao, and even Tang Jin can defend him. Even if he takes the ball and plays a long pass, our defenders are much better than their strikers' headers, so don't be afraid. ”

"All. On the contrary, I recklessly followed him so deeply, giving Urawa more space in midfield. Qi Ming said his judgment.

Seeing that there are still players who want to stand up and admit their mistakes.

Zhang Sheng leaned against the table in the center of the locker room, pressed his hand to signal that everyone didn't need to stand up one by one to explain, and nodded at the same time: "Originally, I was ready to talk about you." But now it seems that you all know your mistakes. ”

"Everyone has done so much preparation before the race, not only you, but also the coaching staff, including the whole team, to run for you before and after, just to try not to disturb your training and preparation. Zhang Sheng looked around at all the staff in the locker room, "I don't want the good environment that everyone has worked hard to create to become an absent-minded reliance on your field." ”

"If you say more, I won't repeat it. Now that everyone knows what the problem is, then take your actual actions, and I want to see the results. Zhang Sheng stared at everyone seriously.

Lu Zhihui immediately responded: "We will." ”

Unlike the Dragons, Urawa's locker room was lively, and Takashi Hori encouraged everyone vigorously, emphasizing that there was only two goals behind, and that there was still a full half of the game to change the result.

In the end, he even elevated the elimination of the Longteng team to the height of giving Chinese football a little color and saving the face of the J League.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, both Urawa Ruby and the Dragons came on the pitch with a confident and energetic mentality.

And both sides did play a good game.

Urawa's two wings, according to the focus of the attack, kept switching between the three central defenders and the four defenders, while the Longteng team saw the moves, using their physical advantages, actively seeking confrontation and squeezing the opponent's space.

Under the watchful eye of Shin Joon and Huang He, Rafael Silva and Toshiyuki Takagi have less and less room to play, while Urawa is losing in the physical confrontation between midfield and back.

Like Qi Ming, Cao Jinghao, Chavez and Tang Jin, each of them is more than 1.8 meters strong, Chavez and Tang Jin are more than 1.85 meters, and Urawa Ruby's side, Endo Hang, Abe Yuki, and Moriwa Ryota are only 1.77 meters, and the highest point of the defense is actually only 1.83 meters of goalkeeper Nishikawa Shusaku.

Whether it is in the physical confrontation or the header in the penalty area, Urawa is very at a loss, if it weren't for their home advantage, the defense would have been broken down long ago.

When the second half of the game came to about 30 minutes, Urawa Hope's goal was delayed, but his own goal was full of rumors.

In the thirty-fifth minute of the second half, Endo Hang, who was a single midfielder, couldn't stand it, and in order to help Uga Kamiya go to defend against the yellow crane inserted in the back row, he received a yellow card for his tackle.

The only defensive midfielder on the field received a yellow card, and the game situation was already very dangerous.

At this time, the suspension of Tomoaki Makino, Takuya Aoki and Yuki Muto was very completely exposed.

Takashi Hori looked at his bench, only Tamura Yu, Komai Yoshinari can play a cameo role in the back, but the latter is only 1.68 meters tall and is not a candidate for defensive midfield.

But the position of the midfielder is too important, and to win the game, the waist must be hard.

After Endo received a yellow card, Hori Takashi began to change, and he went to Tamura Yu, after all, this is a 1.86 meter central defender, which can be said to be rare in Japanese football.

At the same time, Tamura can also free up Yuki Abe, who can return to his old position at the back.

If you just look at the above idea, killing two birds with one stone, very good, but the actual situation is not so.

The height of 1.86 meters does not mean that the team's header defense ability has become stronger.

Just the second minute after the substitution, the Dragons won a corner.

In the penalty area, Mauricio followed Chavez as usual, and the task of guarding Tang Jin was handed over to Tamura Yu from Abe Yuki.

As a result, when Ni Kai's corner kick came out, it was precisely Tamura who had a problem with his position and missed Tang Jin's point, and the latter's powerful lion shook his head and knocked the football into the net.

"The ball is in!" Liu Jiayuan shouted excitedly, "After getting the advantage on the field step by step, the Longteng team finally got the goal." It was a decisive away goal. ”

"Definitely. One away goal, Urawa side has to make up for it with two goals. It's so important. Xu Yang was also very happy. Long Teng's excellent performance in the second half made his unhappiness and worries in the first half long gone.

After the goal, Tang Jin frantically celebrated his hard-won achievement.

"I have to say that the players of the Longteng team are too strong. In this game, foreign aid De Paul did not play, and striker Nie Jiang did not play, but the performance of the starting striker Tang Jin was remarkable. Xu Yang smiled.

Liu Jiayuan retorted: "Compared with the young general Tang Jin, Nie Jiang is even more of a young general." ”

On Xingtou, Xu Yang didn't care: "Yes." Nie Jiang is 98 years old, Tang Jin is 96 years old, and he is even bigger. ”

Our commentator was happy, but the situation reversed, and it was the turn of the Japanese commentator to be happy.

'Even though we conceded a goal, we still have hope. The Japanese commentator was still struggling, "The fact that we were able to score two goals in the first half shows that they have defensive problems. ”

"I hope Hori Takashi can be able to redeem it. Another Japanese commentator was about to give up.

He was right, but Hori quickly made another personnel change, and Shin Yajima, who was already a little unable to run, was also replaced by the team's high school striker Zlatan Ljubiyankic.

Like the other Zlatan, Ljubiyankic is 1.86 meters tall and has very good heading ability, so he is called Slovenian Ibrahimovic.

is also a veteran of the post-80s, and the 83-year-old Lyubyankic is even 2 years younger than Ibrahimovic, but his ability and condition are not the same.

Seeing a high school striker coming up, Dawn, who has been looking forward to atonement for his sins with excellent performance, seems to have seen a beautiful woman, and the time has come to perform.

Sure enough, Ljubijankic did not take advantage of the slightest advantage in the next header scramble.

It seems that the fake Eevee is completely incomparable to the real Eevee, and it can even be said that Li Ghost touches Li Kui.

When the game came to the final minutes, Hori Takashi gave up completely, and he replaced Shinzo Kogaki with Komai Zenari and began to prepare for the next tournament.

The Longteng team also began to make orderly substitutions, Zeng Prosperity, Qu Wenming and Peng Langjun replaced Chavez, Cao Jinghao and Huang He in a row, and also began to save strength for the league four days later.

After playing a good half, although they lost the game 1:2 away, the Longteng team finally eliminated Urawa Ruby with an aggregate score of 5:2 and entered the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League and the final of the East Asian zone.

After the game, Zhang Sheng was mixed.

The worry is that the team is now generally complacent, but the good news is that everyone is aware of their problems and quickly made changes.

From this game, Zhang Sheng also saw that the strength and investment of J-League clubs are improving.

For example, Rafael Silva, who scored twice in this game, is definitely a strong foreign player, and Mauricio, who has a solid performance, is also a player of the main level of the Portuguese Super League, which has rarely been brought in by J-League clubs in the past.

Zhang Sheng, who has lost the advantage of crossing, doesn't know, or if he blocks it, Urawa Ruby will play more and more attention in the future, and finally they even won the AFC Champions League trophy this season.

After the Chinese team qualified for the World Cup, not only the fans on the Internet, but even some people in the circle were carried away by the momentary results, and for a time the argument that Chinese football caught up with Japan and surpassed South Korea filled the entire Chinese football world.

But Zhang Sheng saw the depth of the J-League heritage from this game.

Regarding the strength of Chinese football, Zhang Sheng has a mirror in his heart: if it weren't for the plug-in, relying on the accumulation of domestic football before, not to mention the easy qualification for the World Cup, even if the Longteng team invests more money, as a latecomer club, there are no domestic players who can play in the AFC Champions League.

A few years ago, Guangzhou Evergrande hoarded international players, introduced foreign aid from the super class, and took advantage of the lack of attention from Japanese and Korean clubs, sending a breath of fresh air to the Chinese football that had been sluggish for a long time.

In real history, Evergrande won the last AFC Champions League championship in 15 seasons, from 16 to 18 seasons, it was South Korean and Japanese teams that won the championship, and in 19 seasons, it was also the J League that reached the finals.

Taking Urawa Ruby, which played against the Dragon Teng team this time, as an example, it can still beat the Dragon Teng team without three big generals, and its player reserves can be seen.

Compared with the three leagues in East Asia, the Chinese Super League is the worst and the biggest bubble, and by 2020, more than 15 clubs from the Chinese Super League to the Chinese Super League have withdrawn from the league because of "poverty".

The same league copyright is sold for a lot of money, the Chinese team can't survive, but the Japanese team is getting more and more nourishing.

In 2017, broadcaster DAZN spent 210 billion yen (13.6 billion yuan) to buy the broadcast rights of Japan's third-tier professional leagues for the next 10 years, increasing the distribution of bonuses for the top four teams, prompting the J1 League to cancel the unreasonable "play-offs" to determine the league champion's system, and add 80 million to the winner of the Emperor's Cup as a bonus for the "AFC Champions League support fund".

The high royalties also make the basic income of the Japanese J1 League team reach 350 million yen (23 million people), and the championship can get as much as 2.2 billion yen (140 million people.

In addition, Japan's youth training has achieved remarkable results, the player reserve is extremely sufficient, the club has enough bargaining space, and the player's salary can be controlled in a relatively reasonable position, like the Kashima Antlers, the traditional powerhouse that is now ranked first in the J League, even if they don't get the championship bonus, they have an income of 4 billion yen, and the salary of the entire first team is less than 1 billion.

In addition to these. In this game, the quality of the turf at Saitama 2002 was completely unspeakable, and even then at halftime, the home team made up for the turf that had been kicked in the first half.

If you look at the atmosphere created by Urawa fans at home, aside from the highlight of the Longteng team led by Zhang Sheng, the overall backwardness of the Chinese Super League is all-round.