77. Technical knockout

With the Longteng team's free kick on the goal, Jeonbuk Hyundai obviously knew that the wave at the end of the half should not be of much effect, and when the two minutes of stoppage time were over, the Longteng team easily entered the halftime break with a score of 0:1.

The tactical and strength advantage made Zhang Sheng very relaxed at half-time, and he said to the players who were replenishing energy: "Everyone performed very well in the first half. We continue to maintain this kind of pressure in the frontcourt, concentrate, improve the speed and accuracy of passing and receiving, in the second half their fitness problems will be greater, any team, no matter how tenacious they are, physical fitness is the first element, as long as the ball is at our feet, the initiative is at our feet, use the pass to drag them down, the last ten minutes of the game is when we open up the score gap. ”

At this time, Cui Kangxi looked at his disciples with a serious face, and after the players of Jeonbuk Hyundai looked at him in horror, Cui Kangxi raised his voice and said: "I am very dissatisfied with the first half of the game. I don't see in you the spirit of the Republic of Korea, nor do I see your flexible minds. Especially you, Leon, I need a calm warrior, not a willful reckless man on the court. ”

Hearing Choi Kang-hee's criticism, Leonardo lowered his head.

'In the second half we have to strengthen the midfield defence. Seeing Leonardo's expression, Choi Kang-hee also knew that he realized his mistake, and he also made adjustments to his tactics, "Luis, you replaced Lee Geun-ho in the second half, your task is very clear, that is, to strengthen the marking of their midfielder No. 8 Lin Feng, he is the midfield tandem of this team, as long as he is restrained to death, their offensive power will be at least half less." ”

Choi Kang-hee's adjustment this time can be regarded as a repositioning of this game.

Previously, Jeonbuk Hyundai used two midfielders to help the wings to suppress the opponent, using the impact of Leonardo and Han Jiaoyuan to suppress the opponent, so it was a completely offensive lineup.

But now neither Leonardo nor Han Jiaoyuan, who is known as "South Korea's Wu Lei" in the Chinese media, has not had too many opportunities on the wing, but has made it impossible for the two midfielders to take care of the middle when assisting the wing, and the players in the front court have become a big problem.

Now Choi Kang-hee has put Louis Enrique, a foreign aid with strong defensive ability, on the field in order to solve the shortcomings of Lee Geun-ho's poor defensive awareness and ability, so that he can strengthen the pressing of Lin Feng as soon as possible and prevent the Longteng team from playing a quick counterattack.

Of course, it also depends on whether Luis Enrique, who has played for Jeonbuk Hyundai for five years and returned to the team during the break, can carry the attack of the Dragons at the age of 34, after all, as a forward midfielder, he has to organize the attack and defend at the same time, and the physical requirements are very high.

Cui Kangxi also specially told Luis Enrique for this reason: "You must always pay attention to Lin Feng's position on the field, and at the same time, you must also insert the attack at any time, once you cut off Lin Feng's ball, immediately hand it over to the two wings, and our counterattack speed must be fast!"

When the managers of both sides reconfirmed their tactics, the second half began.

Shortly after the start of the game, Jeonbuk Hyundai almost pulled the score back.

This time, it was Luis Enrique who took advantage of his active defense to break Lin Feng's ball with Lee Jae-seong, who came up to grab it.

In the first half, when Lin Feng took the ball to organize a counterattack, Jeonbuk Hyundai relied more on Lee Jae-seong and Choi Cheol-chun to form an interception in the midfield, and Lee Geun-ho stayed in the front court to prepare for his teammates to organize a counterattack after breaking the ball.

Although Lin Feng also immediately counter-robbed after being cut off, Luis Enrique did not let the ball stay at his feet longer, but directly handed it to Leonardo on the left side, who did not insist on going his own way in the face of Roque Gil and Zhou Zhou's defense in the first half, but quickly returned the ball to Luis Enrique, who handed the ball to Park Jae-won, who assisted Park Jae-won, and Park Jae-won made a decisive kick-up cross to the penalty area on the left side.

Because the defense on the left side was destroyed, Ma Yongli had to come out to mark Luis Enrique, and the result was that Lu Zhihui was the only one left in the penalty area to mark Li Tongguo.

Lee Tong-guk once again played the level of Asia's top striker, he got a pass from Park Jae-won at the back point, and the ball stopped extremely beautifully, and while avoiding Lu Zhihui's up-and-comm, he directly faced the goal.

It's a pity that Li Tongguo made an extremely low-level shooting action after stopping the ball beautifully, and he actually kicked the ball away, so that the opportunity to face the empty goal would actually kick the defect, it is really unimaginable that it will happen to Li Tongguo.

Seeing that the ball was deflected out of the goal, Li Tongguo knelt in the penalty area of the Longteng team with regret, and covered his head in disbelief, he didn't expect such a low-level mistake to happen to him at all.

Park Wencheng shouted the voice of the goal the moment Lee Tong-kook received the ball: "Lee Tong-guk, shoot, gool!, I actually missed it." I didn't kick the middle part when I shot at goal, how could this be, this is Jeonbuk Hyundai's best chance to score. ”

Bai Shengcai, who rarely spoke before, almost scolded South Korea's national scolding "Assi", but fortunately, he stopped the car and said: "It's a pity that such an opportunity is squandered, and you will be punished." ”

Choi Kang-hee on the sidelines was also ready to celebrate the goal, but when he saw Li Tongguo's shot, he shook his fist fiercely, and then gave Li Tongguo a round of applause, he knew that now the players urgently need their own encouragement, because the team's tactics have worked, maybe the goal is not far away at some point.

At this time, Zhang Sheng gave Lin Feng instructions in a panic on the sidelines, asking him to be careful about the front and back attacks at any time.

Lin Feng hurriedly raised his hand on the field to indicate that he knew.

In the next game, Jeonbuk Hyundai's offense has been greatly improved compared with the first half, because of Luis Enrique's active defense, Lin Feng can only choose a more safe horizontal pass, the attack speed and suddenness of the Longteng team have decreased a lot, and the overall formation of Jeonbuk Hyundai has also gained the opportunity to move forward.

However, the Dragons' retraction also gave the team's players a shorter passing distance between them, and everyone's pass success rate in the midfield and backfield was suddenly much higher.

Thinking of the requirements of consuming the opponent's physical energy explained by Jang Sheng in the middle of the field, the players of the Longteng team began their usual pass-down tactics, and Jeonbuk Hyundai resumed the active pressing in the front court at the beginning of the first half.

Although Lee Tong-guk missed a great opportunity to score just now, his attack brought great encouragement to the team, and as the team's morale rose, Jeonbuk Hyundai really played a few dangerous attacks.

In the thirteenth minute of the second half, Lee Jae-seong, who had been dull in the first half, gradually became active, and he played to his advantage.

As another young player trained by Choi Kang-hee, Lee Jae-seong has always been regarded as "Park Ji-sung second" in South Korea, he can grab, pass and shoot in the midfield, and his ability is very comprehensive.

In 2014, after Choi Kang-hee entered Jeonbuk Hyundai from the college team, he won the title of the best rookie in the K League that season.

South Korean football circles think it won't be long before he makes it to the Europa League and become another top Korean player like his predecessors Park Ji-sung and Son Heung-min.

In just over a year of professional football, he has beaten the Chinese national team and Chinese Super League clubs many times, in this year's AFC Champions League, he faced Shandong Luneng in two AFC Champions League group stage games, but also sent two assists, in the AFC Champions League knockout match against Beijing Jing Guoan, it was his golden goal in the away 0:1 defeat, the first leg away 1-1, the initiative of the North Jing Guoan eliminated.

In history, in this year's East Asian Cup, in the game against the Chinese team, he completely mastered the rhythm of the game as an organizer and defender, not only contributed many steals, but also sent two fatal assists to help the South Korean second team beat the Chinese team 2:0.

Even with the appearance of the Longteng team now, he still sent a wonderful assist in the East Asian Cup some time ago, helping the South Korean team to defeat the Chinese team 1-0, and in that game, Lin Feng, who is also an organizer of the back, was completely crushed by him.

Li Zaicheng seems to be another "bitter master" of the Chinese team and the Chinese Super League club.

In the eighteenth minute of the second half, after Li Zaicheng got the ball, he inserted it from the right side at high speed, and in the face of Lin Feng's pressing, he gave full play to the advantage of his flexibility at his feet, swinging his body twice in a row, and then cut inside successfully from Lin Feng's pressing, and then he passed an extremely beautiful curve ball, bypassing Roque Gill's outstretched legs, and directly found Li Tongguo on the forward line.

Li Tongguo's direct shot went straight to the upper right corner of the Longteng team's goal, but fortunately, Huang Dawei made a key save and slapped the ball to the right side of the penalty area.

After the Longteng team defended the next corner, Cui Kangxi made another adjustment, this time he replaced Han Jiaoyuan, who had repeatedly performed inactively, and let the back Zheng Xun play, the intention of this move is obvious, that is, to completely liberate Li Zaicheng's organization and offensive ability, simply discharge a double defensive back on the back waist, and completely block the penetration of the middle of the Dragon Teng team while strengthening the side attack.

Seeing Jeonbuk Hyundai's tactics adjusted again, Zhang Sheng also made changes to the formation on the field again, Nie Jiang withdrew from the penalty area and got closer to the midfield, and Tao Wentao was also correspondingly closer to Lin Feng.

At the same time, the team will no longer attack the middle of Jeonbuk Hyundai, Tao Wentao will rely on his ability to organize more in the midfield, strengthen the connection with the two wings, and the three players in the front court are frequently starting to change positions, and the formation of the Longteng team has been adjusted to a strikerless formation.

Although the Dragons' change looks like there are fewer people up front, the attack on both flanks has become more flexible, and Pato, Ben Alpha and Nie Jiang have a stronger impact behind Jeonbuk Hyundai's two wingers.

Because of the ability of Leonardo and Lee Jae-seong, if they want to attack Ben Alpha and Pato on the side, it is destined to be Jeonbuk Hyundai who suffers.

Sure enough, in the twenty-third minute of the second half, Jeonbuk Hyundai's attack on the right side was contained by Lin Feng, Roque Gill and Xiao Yunfan, and Lin Feng handed the ball to Tao Wentao in the midfield after breaking the ball.

Tao Wentao and Nie Jiang on the left side formed a line, because Li Zaicheng attacked to the front, they had a huge gap on the right side, Nie Jiang quickly played a counterattack, and in the face of Zheng Xun's interception, Nie Jiang's beautiful pendulum passed the ball under Zheng Xun's crotch.

Nie Jiang then cut in resolutely in the face of Kim Ki-hee's defence, and he handed the ball to Tao Wentao before Choi Cheol-soon came over to defend, and the latter's non-stop through ball passed between the two central defenders of Jeonbuk Hyundai to find Pato who switched to the center.

Pato used his speed advantage to break through the closing of the two central defenders to form a one-on-one shot, and then faced the attacking goalkeeper Kwon Soon-tae, calmly pushed the far corner to score Jeonbuk Hyundai's goal again.

That's the difference between a top star and an average player!

Lee Tongguo wasted his chances many times, while Pato was a fatal blow.

After scoring the goal, Pato ran to the sidelines and sent a heart to Lu Shuang, who came to cheer with the team.

He Wei was amazed when Nie Jiang's pendulum passed: "This person is too beautiful." Tao Wentao got the pass, good ball, Pato single-handedly, shot, there is! This is the offensive combination between the frontcourt players of the Longteng team, a player's order explosion, and then a beautiful pass, and finally relying on the shot of a top killer like Pato on the front line, the goal is so easy and freehand, at least at the Asian level, I don't see a team that can stop such an attack for the time being. ”

Xu Yang also praised Nie Jiang's breakthrough: "This time the Longteng team's attack, the flashpoint was on Nie Jiang, and his sudden attack acceleration made Jeonbuk Hyundai's backline completely unprepared. After Coach Zhang Sheng adjusted the formation, he completely disrupted Jeonbuk Hyundai's defensive system, and once a point was exploded, the next goal would be a matter of course. ”

At this time, Park Wencheng could only sigh and said: "Jeonbuk Hyundai lost the ball again, there is no way to lose this goal, the opponent just relies on the player's personal ability and cooperation to attack, and then Jeonbuk Hyundai just can't hold it." The strength of the Chinese Super League team in foreign aid crushed the team in the K League, and the next game was difficult to play. ”

"The opposing manager's tactics are very varied, using the existing players on the pitch to play extremely targeted tactics. Bai Shengcai noticed Zhang Sheng at this time, "In this dialogue between coaches, the younger Coach Zhang Sheng reflects a higher level. This game is not only about the gap between foreign players and the growth of Chinese players, but also about the growth of local Chinese coaches. Maybe Chinese football is really going to rise. ”