78. Victory
Bai Shengcai's analysis of Zhang Sheng's change in tactics just now is still very accurate.
Jeonbuk Hyundai's side changed from an offensive 4-1-4-1 to a more balanced 4-2-3-1 in order to strengthen the defense in the middle, which did make it more difficult for the Longteng team to penetrate in the middle.
Because first of all, the 4-2-3-1 formation has high requirements for full-backs, and the two full-backs must participate in the attack along the wings, and the two full-backs of Jeonbuk Hyundai, whether it is Park Jae-won on the left or Kim Ki-hee on the right, are not the kind of players who can assist strongly, and their more focus on defense makes the full-backs disconnected from the midfield.
Secondly, in the 4-2-3-1 formation, players must stand in their own positions, guard their own areas, and do not run around or help teammates defend at will, and Nie Jiang's single-point breakthrough ability is too great a threat to the wing, so that Jeonbuk Hyundai's midfielders have to help defend for the wing.
Therefore, Zhang Sheng purposefully used the players on the two wings to play behind the two wings of Jeonbuk Hyundai, so as to force the opponent's two backs to fill in the position for the side, and the gap in the middle that Jeonbuk Hyundai had just settled down was exposed again.
The goal of the Longteng team just now was from the middle, and Zhang Sheng's tactics worked.
This goal from the Dragons can be said to have completely shattered Jeonbuk Hyundai's confidence, because the Dragons once again showed the best attacking combination at the Asian level after showing them their defensive tenacity.
Attacking and not being able to attack, defending and defending, Jeonbuk Hyundai has now gradually reached the brink of collapse of B, and more serious problems are also coming one after another, Jeonbuk Hyundai's players have problems with their physical fitness.
In the first half, Jeonbuk Hyundai paid far more running distance than the Longteng team to barely form a balance with the opponent.
In the second half, the successive waves of offensive play in the opening game gave Jeonbuk Hyundai players great confidence, and Lee Tong-guk's missed opportunity, although he did not score, made Jeonbuk Hyundai's players believe that they can recover the score as long as they work harder.
But after nearly 30 minutes of fruitless attack, he didn't score, but let the opponent play an extremely beautiful attack, and the two-goal deficit let them breathe away from what they had been holding.
After conceding the goal, the Jeonbuk Hyundai players looked extremely confused, and Cui Zhechun, who had been chasing Tao Wentao all the way just now, sat down on the ground a little decadently, looking at the Longteng players who were celebrating to the fullest, as the starting defensive back player, he was too tired.
Seeing the situation on the field, Choi Kang-hee shouted loudly to the players, asking them to work hard and strive to score a goal.
As the captain, Kwon Chun-tae is also cheering for his teammates: "Don't be discouraged, it's just two goals behind." We still have a chance, we are the fighters of the Republic of Korea, this is our home field, beat them!"
And Choi Kang-hee quickly made another adjustment, and he played his last card at this time, replacing left wing-back Park Jae-won with Spanish foreign center forward Urco Vera, who transferred during the break.
Urco Vela was brought in from Mirandis in La Liga during Jeonbuk's Hyundai break, and the Bacchus player is 1.90m tall and weighs 82kg, which is the kind of center forward with extremely strong physical fitness.
As the replacement for Edu, who was poached by the Chinese league team Hebei Huaxia Happiness, Cui Kangxi has great hopes for him.
In Choi Kang-hee's tactical system, the forward line needs a center who can grab points, protect the ball and dispatch the ball, and return to the ball, and Urco Bella's physical condition seems to be the chosen person for Choi Kang-hee's tactics.
But soon Urco Vela exposed his shortcomings, first of all, his ability to grab points in the penalty area is very average, and as a Spanish player, his foot skills are too "not Spanish", and the ball quotient is too simple in the scheduling and ball making ability required by Choi Kang-hee, which means that this is an outdated stump-type center.
After a few K-League tests, Choi Kang-hee gave up on him completely, otherwise he would not have put Urco Bella on the bench in such an important game against the Dragons.
Historically, Urco Bella was abandoned by Choi Kang-hee after playing a season as a substitute in Jeonbuk Hyundai, and after returning to the second division, Urco Bella joined Osasura and scored two goals in one season as the main player, and was terminated from the contract by Osasula, which shows that his ability is ordinary.
Now Choi Kang-hee replaced full-back Park Jae-won with Urko Bella, making it clear that he wanted him to take Lee Tong-guk's place in the front line, and at the same time let Lee Tong-kook retreat, and then cut in to score.
In fact, this is also Cui Kangxi's helpless move.
After Edu left, Li Tongguo was pushed to the center forward position by Cui Kangxi, and every time in the first half, Li Tongguo played the role of the fulcrum in the center position, whether it was the ferry of the header, or the receiving of the ball, or the cooperation organization after winning the ball, Li Tongguo was still the top in Asia if his physical fitness permitted.
But in the second half, trapped by physical fitness, Lee Tong-guk will not be more involved in the first point of the battle in the second half of the game, and will let Urco Bella in front, because in the second half Lee Tong-kook is no longer the courage of the year, his role is more suitable for substitute charge, and it is too idealistic to expect a 36-year-old veteran to carry the team's offensive banner on both sides in the Jeonbuk Hyundai team, which is extremely focused on running and confrontation.
This is also the reason why Choi Kang-hee bought the nearly two-meter-tall South Korean international high school striker Kim Shin-wook for a very high price in the 2016 season, because Urco Vela is not useful in the K-League, let alone at the level of the AFC Champions League.
Now that Cui Kangxi is on him, he just wants to fight.
It's a pity that the lack of overall strength, coupled with the team's low morale and physical limitations, the fighting tactics of Jeonbuk Hyundai's three defenders have not achieved anything in attack, but there are problems in the backline.
In the 41st minute of the second half, Urco Vela did not grab Lu Zhihui in the penalty area, and the latter's header was given to Roque Gil, who was protecting in front of the penalty area, and Roque Gil shook easily in the face of Luis Enrique's scramble after taking the ball, and then handed a beautiful pass to Xiao Yunfan, who had inserted an assist from full-back.
Xiao Yunfan's assist left Jeonbuk Hyundai's improvised defensive system at a loss, and he used his fitness to be far better than Jeonbuk Hyundai's players, and under the cover of Tao Wentao and Ben Alpha, he sprinted all the way to the opponent's baseline, and then his cross accurately found Ben Alpha inserted into the penalty area.
Ben Alpha took advantage of Jeonbuk Hyundai's improvised three-at-back system to grab the point, and his volley in the box turned the score to 0:3.
He Wei praised Ben Alfa's spectacular goal: "Ben Alfa's volley is so beautiful. Jeonbuk Hyundai's two central defenders didn't even keep an eye on him, such a leak is too low-level. ”
"Maybe it's too new to the back three system. Xu Yang analyzed, "Jeonbuk Hyundai rarely uses this formation, and now in order to pile up the number of people in the front court, a fullback is removed and a high striker is added." Once the offense can't be played, the possibility of conceding the ball is infinitely magnified. ”
"I see that Jeonbuk Hyundai's players are almost unable to run, they have already changed three people, and the Dragons team has not changed people yet. He Wei pointed out Jeonbuk Hyundai's biggest problem, "This is incredible, the physical fitness of the Korean team has always been a strong point, and Jeonbuk Hyundai's toughness is one of the best in the K League, and now it can't run." Xiao Yunfan went all the way down just now, and the other party couldn't stand it at all. ”
Xu Yang said proudly: "That's because the skills of the Longteng team players are better, the playing style is more advanced, and the opponent's physical energy is consumed with technology and tactics." I think that's something that all of our Super League teams should emulate. ”
When the Chinese commentator blew the conch with ease, the South Korean commentator couldn't help but think of the fear of being dominated by Guangzhou Evergrande at his home stadium in the 2012 season, when Guangzhou Evergrande slaughtered Jeonbuk Hyundai with a score of 1:5, when all the players of Jeonbuk Hyundai knelt down in the locker room to apologize after the game.
"Could it be that this is another Guangzhou Evergrande?" Park Wencheng muttered to himself, "This team is too strong, all international-level local players, plus the top foreign aid in Asia, how can Asian teams compete with them?"
Bai Shengcai said very calmly: "They are stronger than Guangzhou Evergrande, you must know that now they are 14 points ahead of Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League, which is completely a crushing advantage." ”
"In yesterday's AFC Champions League match, Guangzhou Evergrande defeated Bai Sun God 3:1 away. But in the league, it will be pressed like that by the Dragons. Park Wencheng said bitterly, "Look at the other teams in the Chinese Super League, their foreign aid is already the top in Asia, and over time, it is very possible for the Chinese Super League to lead the Asian League in an all-round way." The growth of the Chinese national team is also a high-probability event. Perhaps the landscape of Asian football will be turned upside down in the near future. ”
"When a team in the first division was able to poach our main centre-forward, we should have thought that there would be such a day in the AFC Champions League. Bai Shengcai also looked lonely.
At this time, in the stands, there were already many Jeonbuk Hyundai fans who began to leave the stadium early.
The Jeonbuk Hyundai players on the field were also a little annoyed at this time, they began to kick more people than kicks, and in just three minutes, key players such as Pato, Ben Alpha, Lin Feng, Nie Jiang and Tao Wentao were all cut down on the field by Jeonbuk Hyundai players like a tree. Even if they get two yellow cards in a row, they will not hesitate to do it.
This performance is the same as when Jeonbuk Hyundai fell behind Guangzhou Evergrande 1:5.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Sheng hurriedly made a substitution, if the player was injured, it would be too cost-effective.
He took advantage of several dead ball opportunities to replace Lin Feng and Nie Jiang, Qi Ming and Zou Weijia were substituted, and continued to maintain the pressure in the midfield, and in the stoppage time of the game, even if Zhang Sheng replaced Ma Yongli with Liming, the Longteng team still relied on better physical fitness to suppress Jeonbuk Hyundai.
At least judging from the situation on the field, Jeonbuk Hyundai has no hope of scoring at all.
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the Longteng team won 0:3 away, and the players walked hand in hand to the Longteng team fan stand on the expedition to South Korea and the stands where Korean students and migrant workers gathered, and bowed to the fans who gave the team full support in a foreign country.
The fans were also blushing and applauding the players, and what could be more pleasing to the fans than a game like this?
The disparity in the score of this game also made the post-match press conference the focus of attention of all parties.
As is customary, the head coach of the visiting team was the first to be interviewed, and when Zhang Sheng took Lin Feng to the rostrum of the press conference, the flashing lights of countless reporters turned the scene as bright as day.
First of all, the Chinese reporter asked Zhang Sheng: "Congratulations to Coach Zhang first. Your team won with an undisputed performance, did you do anything to prepare for the game?"
Jang Seung replied comfortably: "Indeed, Jeonbuk Hyundai is a very strong team, our coaching staff discussed the preparation for this game before the game, it was a team victory, and at the same time, the boys of the team also gave their best and were able to defeat the opponent, my coaching staff and players feel that their efforts have paid off." ”
Next, when a number of reporters mentioned the 5:1 score of Guangzhou Evergrande at the beginning, and wanted to depreciate Zhang Sheng with rhythm Jeonbuk Hyundai, Zhang Sheng did not fall into the trap, the game has been won, and the promotion of the AFC Champions League is just around the corner, is it necessary to damage others to highlight himself?
The score of the match says it all.
In the subsequent home team interview, Cui Kangxi had a gloomy face, and when the Chinese reporter mentioned the score with Guangzhou Evergrande, Cui Kangxi broke out a little: "These are two games that have nothing to do with each other, the two opponent teams are different, and the head coach of the two games is not the same (at that time, it was Cui Kangxi's assistant coach Li Xingshi who commanded the game with Guangzhou Evergrande, and Cui Kangxi was invited by the Korean Football Association to lead the Korean national team at that time. Even a lot of the players who played in the two games were different, and I don't know what the point of you asking a question like that. ”
Next, when answering a question from a South Korean reporter, Choi Kang-hee looked very sorry: "I'm very sorry for losing the game, after conceding the first goal, we played too impatiently, and we didn't do well in attack and defense, and the opponent's players are very strong, whether it is foreign aid or Chinese local players, they are all first-class players in Asia, and it is my responsibility not to make adequate preparations before the game, and I will bear all the consequences." ”
After the match, the media and fans in China and South Korea made fierce comments.