At halftime, Zhang Sheng focused on Ma Yongli: "You should play more flexibly, the opponent has two strikers, some retreat, you should Lima come out of the center back position to follow, if they have two strikers forward, you have to be responsible for retreating, let your two teammates stretch the position, try to fill the opportunity for them to cut in from the ribs." ”

"Remember, you guys on the pitch should be quicker than I am. Since the start of the season, Zhang Sheng has been instilling in his players the idea that they can make more choices on the pitch and not stick to one position, especially the key players who link the forwards, midfielders and defenders.

In the first half, when Guangzhou Evergrande began to change formations, Ma Yongli did not move in the position of dragging the back midfield, which gave Guangzhou Evergrande several opportunities to cut in from the side.

Zhang Sheng saw the situation on the field, but he didn't remind him too clearly, just to let Ma Yongli experience it himself, but unfortunately he didn't execute it very well, so Zhang Sheng had to mention him at halftime.

Ma Yongli, who had been listening to Zhang Sheng's words, also nodded thoughtfully, and said: "I understand what you mean, is it like if Guangzhou Evergrande brings Paulinho and Goulart up together to play the front midfield, I will become a real back and adjust the position like this?"

"That's right. Zhang Sheng snapped his fingers and said happily, "Your task is to connect the back line and the midfield, so these positions are where you have to observe, you are responsible for directing the defense, and everyone needs to react quickly under your command." ”

Ma Yongli completely understood Zhang Sheng's thoughts at this time.

At the same time, Tao Wentao and Qi Ming understood what Zhang Sheng meant, the two of them as extremely flexible flags in the midfield, during this time they kept wandering in shooting, assisting, pulling, assisting defense, supplementing defense, intercepting and sweeping, it can be said that whether the Longteng team played well or not was closely related to the performance of the two of them.

Zhang Sheng's mention of Ma Yongli, coupled with the training since the start of the season, made them deeply understand what it means to "water is impermanent, soldiers are impermanent".

It's hard to describe a specific type of player in a particular position compared to the fixed tactical requirements of the old tactics.

Seeing Qi Ming and Tao Wentao's thoughtful expressions, Zhang Sheng also knew that they understood.

When Zhang Sheng was raising the face to face to the players, Guangzhou Evergrande was also making some tactical and personnel changes at this time.

Scolari's first adjustment was personnel, and he replaced Huang Bowen with Lin Feng.

This substitution means that Paulinho's forward insertion will be more in the second half, because compared to Huang Bowen, although Lin Feng's breakthrough ability is almost good, his sweeping interception and organizational tandem ability are much stronger.

What Scolari wants is for Lin Feng to greatly attract the attention of the Dragons' defense on the right side and give Paulinho more space.

After the start of the second half, Liu Jianhong felt a little strange about Guangzhou Evergrande's substitution: "Huang Bowen didn't play badly in the first half, why replace him with Lin Feng?"

"Normally, Lin Feng should start. However, Guangzhou Evergrande did not let Zheng Zhishang in the AFC Champions League before, and he specially reserved his strength for this game, so Lin Feng played half time as it should be. Huang Jianxiang talked eloquently on the side, "When it comes to strength, Lin Feng started on the right side, so he shouldn't be a stranger." ”

"But he hasn't played as a right midfielder for a year or two, right?" Liu Jianhong still had some doubts about this substitution, "Let's take a look at his performance on the right side." ”

After the start of the game, Lin Feng showed his strength, his confrontation ability on the right side is really strong, when Huang Bowen was there, Qi Ming could often provide offensive help to Ben Alpha before, but now that Lin Feng is on, Qi Ming can only be entangled with him more.

At the same time, Lin Feng's passing organization tandem made Qi Ming have to be distracted to defend the left side, while Paulinho had more chances to get the ball in the middle.

In the eighth minute of the second half, Lin Feng, Zheng Zhi and the retreating Gao Lin played a beautiful combination, and the continuous non-stop pass between the three of them attracted Qi Ming and Roque Gill.

Next, Lin Feng made an extremely beautiful non-stop ball and sent the ball to Paulinho's feet.

At this time, the middle of the Longteng team should be vacant due to the departure of Roque Gill, but fortunately, Ma Yongli's premise is very deep, although he can't stop Paulinho's advance, but at least it has been delayed for a lot of time.

Roque Gill hurried back to defend and teamed up with Ma Yongli to bring Paulinho down.

Lin Feng's continuous touch of the ball, passed to Zheng Zhi, and then took the ball, gave it to Gao Lin, ran to catch the ball, and gave it to Paulinho, beautiful. Liu Jianhong had to sigh for Lin Feng's tandem this time, "Paulinho moved forward with the ball, there were only three defenders behind the Longteng team, Ma Yongli followed in time, and Roque Gill fouled from behind and put down Paulinho." ”

"Roque-Gill has a yellow card. Huang Jianxiang said worriedly, "This foul is honest, you can get a yellow card." Fan Qi's subordinates showed mercy and warned him. ”

Seeing that Roque Gill did not eat the card this time, the players of Guangzhou Evergrande gave Fan Qi a shocking boo, and the "Fan Qi S.B" and "Fan Qi" that had been finally stopped before resounded throughout the audience again.

Zhang Sheng also pinched his heart at this time, if Roque Gill received another yellow card, then the game would be really difficult to play, and it seemed that he had to make adjustments.

Guangzhou Evergrande's free kick this time was still taken by Paulinho.

"Now Paulinho is really the engine of Guangzhou Evergrande, it's really the core. Liu Jianhong had to sigh again, "The defense is strong one-on-one, the offensive body and skills are good, and he can't stop it when he rushes up, and even the free kick is a good hand, his strength is too much higher than others." ”

In Liu Jianhong's praise, Paulinho wanted to repeat his old trick this time to see if there could be refraction like last time, but unfortunately because the angle was not mastered well, it was directly kicked to the Longteng team player, and it did not penetrate the human wall.

And it was Tao Wentao, a player of the Longteng team, who grabbed the ball and sent it to the feet of Roke Gill as soon as he got the ball, who rushed up with the ball, and this time it was the Longteng's turn to counterattack.

"Dangerous, the Dragons counterattacked with the ball in midfield. Liu Jianhong exclaimed, "Zheng Zhi is here, this is a similar action to Roque Gill before, this is a foul, and it is a tactical foul, it depends on how the referee decides." ”

As a result, Fan Qi chose balance this time, and Fan Qi only gave Zheng Zhi a verbal warning to the culprit who interrupted the Longteng team this time.

This time it was the turn of the fans of the Longteng team to be dissatisfied, although there were few of them, but the boos were still very sharp, and suddenly the voices of "Fan Qi S.B" and "Fan Qi get out" sounded on the court again.

"It's really not human inside and out. Huang Jianxiang also couldn't cry or laugh, "If you play your cards at the beginning of the game, there will be no such foul action later." ”

What made Zhang Sheng even more angry was that Roque Gill was injured after Zheng Zhi fell behind him this time, and after being examined by the team doctor Li Xiang, he made a gesture to the sidelines for substitutions.

Zhang Sheng's mind turned quickly at this time, and now the team is a little disadvantaged in the middle, whether to strengthen the defense or choose to use the offense to press the opponent down, is something Zhang Sheng must choose.

After urgent discussions with the two assistant coaches, Zhang Sheng opted for the attacking foreign player De Paul.

Qi Ming now wants to take care of both offense and responsibility for protecting the gap left by Ben Alpha, it is no longer realistic to do addition by himself, let Qi Ming simply return to the position of the back to concentrate on defense, and let De Paul come on the court to suppress Lin Feng's tandem organization.

"De Paul is on the pitch. Hey, this substitution is very risky. Liu Jianhong couldn't figure it out for a while, "Now there are signs of collapse in the middle of the Longteng team, but there is a defensive back, and the organization of the last midfielder can even be said to be a side attacking player, so it's too risky." ”

"It's hard to say. Huang Jianxiang shook his head and said, "Lin Feng's role is very obvious after he comes on the court, that is, he can resist Qi Ming's attack, and he can free his hands to make balls for Paulinho. ”

Huang Jianxiang guessed very accurately, after De Paul came up, Ben Alpha, who had lost a little support, had the strong support of the former, and Lin Feng suddenly seemed to be in a hurry in the face of the wing attack combination composed of these two strong foreign aids.

When Roque Gill was there before, he had a lot of tactical freedom and was able to go up and down, although he gave the Dragons strong support for their attack, but the gap behind the middle was also very obvious.

Paulinho is specifically playing this weakness.

Now after Qi Ming concentrates on defending in the back, coupled with Ma Yongli's very smart swing in the position of the central defender, the Longteng team has become a lot tougher in the defense of the middle.

"You're right. Liu Jianhong praised Huang Jianxiang, "De Paul came up, and the situation in the middle of the Longteng team has improved a lot." ”

"I actually believe in Zhang Sheng's guidance to guess this. Huang Jianxiang said a few words modestly, "Director Zhang Sheng rarely does that kind of needless risky move, his substitutions have repeatedly helped the team reverse the situation in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, and I also subconsciously think about the deep meaning of Zhang Sheng's substitution." ”

In fact, Zhang Sheng's substitution did not completely solve the current situation on the field of the Longteng team.

Qi Ming certainly made the Dragons' mid-field defense a lot stronger, but he lacked Roque Gill's previous help in the attack.

The Dragons don't have too many disadvantages on the two wings, but they often gain an advantage on the wings, but they look very monotonous because of the lack of support in the middle.

In the thirteenth minute of the second half, Ben Alfa received a pass from De Paul and once again challenged Shu Jun's defense, and De Paul used his skills and ability to crush Lin Feng's passing opportunity.

Ben Alpha after taking the ball, continuous shaking, and then a sudden inward cut, want to get the opportunity to shoot at the edge of the penalty area, but unfortunately now the two forwards of the Longteng team, one in the penalty area, the other was blocked by Zheng Zhi, and Tao Wentao was also stared at by the Goulart who returned to the defense.

In this way, Shu Jun and Paulinho, who came back to defend, formed a flank attack on Ben Alpha, and Ben Alpha's hasty shot did not pose much threat to Guangzhou Evergrande's goal.

Ben Alpha, who looked a little lonely, spread his hands regretfully to his teammates behind him, saying that they should come up to answer.

In the next 20 minutes, it was De Paul who played with Ben Alfa in the midfield, and Zou Weijia came out of the penalty area this time to respond, but unfortunately Jin Yingquan followed the defense all the way and did not give Zou Weijia too good a chance to make the ball.

The attacking chances created by the Dragons with De Paul and Ben Alpha have all turned into slow positional attacks.

On the contrary, in the twenty-fifth minute of the second half, De Paul chose to take the risk of inserting into the penalty area to get connected with Ben Alfa and then shooting, this overly obvious offensive routine was seen through by Zheng Zhi, who beckoned Feng Xiaoting to block De Paul's shooting route, and he pulled De Paul's ball out from behind, and then he drove the ball to Lin Feng's feet with a big kick.

Guangzhou Evergrande got a coveted counter-attack on the right flank.

Because of De Paul's departure, the Longteng team's defense on the left side is now very empty, only Qi Ming came to fill the position, Lin Feng saw Qi Ming leave his position, and decisively knocked the ball to Paulinho who came up in the front.

Paulinho's defense in the face of Ma Yongli this time was no longer insisting on individual advancement, but sent the ball to the feet of Goulart, who made a beautiful through ball in front of the penalty area, penetrating the defense of Xiang Tiange and Du Zhenyu, and Alan entered the penalty area along the defensive connection area of the two of them.

Du Zhenyu turned around a little slowly at this time, his speed was obviously not as fast as Alain's, and his outstretched tackle didn't reach the ball, but it brought Alain down.

This overly obvious foul made Fan Qi decisively blow the penalty, and Du Zhenyu also received a yellow card.

"Guangzhou Evergrande's counterattack. "When Liu Jianhong passed out with Zheng Zhi's big foot, he saw a large open area in the backfield of the Longteng team, "Lin Feng's pass, Paulinho's catch, Goulart's straight stop, Alan has entered the penalty area, hey, Du Zhenyu's foul should be a penalty." Guangzhou Evergrande won a penalty, and the Brazilian trident was too beautiful this time. ”

"The Dragons don't have much to do on offense right now, so they can only choose to take risks, and this time it's the price of taking risks. Huang Jianxiang hit the nail on the head and pointed out the current weakness of the Longteng team - there are not enough people in the middle of the front court to change the rhythm of the attack, and it is impossible to form a layered continuous attack.

Zhang Sheng also discovered this problem at this time, but unfortunately the measures taken were a little slow, and the corresponding punishment was this penalty.