31. The battle of revenge
After Xiong Jian came on the field, Zhu Xuhe, a player of the same type as him, suffered a little bit, he was also a player who ran actively and balanced offense and defense, Xiong Jian's index in all aspects was higher than Zhu Xuhe, plus both sides had just come on the field, Xiong Jian did not lose to the opponent physically, and the left side of Hebei Huaxia Happiness slowly shrank back.
Of course, even so, the left side of Huaxia Happiness is far better than the first half, at least the back Li Xing does not need to go over many times to make up for the left side.
In the next game, Hebei Huaxia Happiness's attack gradually improved, Li Xing went to the right side more to make up for the defense, making Gervinho's back a lot safer, and the latter also began to use his speed and technology to impact the left side of the Longteng team's defense.
In the 26th minute of the second half, Gervinho broke through the three lines of defense of De Paul, Qi Ming and Lu Zhihui in a row, but fortunately, Huang Dawei's attack was very timely, blocking Gervinho's shot after dribbling the ball to the bottom line.
Zhang Sheng made another adjustment at this time, De Paul was replaced by Roque Gil, who had just recovered from injury, and Qi Ming was pushed to the left to strengthen the defense against Gervinho.
Now the three midfielders of the Longteng team are all the kind of players who are good at offense and defense, plus Ma Yongli's protection behind the three of them, the team's defensive intensity is even higher, and the attack of Huaxia Happiness is once again blocked outside the 30-meter area of the Longteng team.
In the final stage of the second half of the game, Zhang Sheng replaced Xiang Tiange with Huang He, and used Huang He's fast speed to attack the left side of Hebei Huaxia Happiness, which had almost played the whole game.
At this time, the depth of the benches of the two teams is reflected, the players on the Longteng team's side are generally more than 75 ability, and on the side of Hebei Huaxia Happiness, the players on the bench are embarrassed, and they are generally players with an ability value of less than 70, and now the players on the field are the strongest lineup sent by Li Gangneng.
It's just that now that he is 0:3 behind, Li Gang also gave up the idea of getting the score back, and replaced Ravic and Gervinho in a row, which can be regarded as time for the two foreign aides to rest.
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the Longteng team also completed the opponent Hebei Huaxia Happiness 3:0 at their home stadium.
After the game, Li Gang called to complain about Zhang Sheng: "You are too faceless, and your brother is not merciful." β
Of course, Li Gang is just saying that, he is a very proud person, and he will definitely not agree to his opponent's release, let alone his good friend.
In Zhang Sheng's view, there are several reasons why Li Gang lost this game.
First of all, there is the question of tactical proficiency.
Counting the previous coaching experience in the Chinese League, Li Gang has only been coaching Hebei Huaxia Happiness for less than a year, not to mention that after being promoted to the Chinese Super League, the whole team has also undergone a major change.
It is unrealistic to expect Li Gang to let the team have a very mature style of play in such a short period of time, he can only choose a certain direction, create an offensive corridor, and count on one move to eat all over the world.
The second is that Li Gang's own tactical arrangement ability is also average.
At the beginning, others were not familiar with this team, and they didn't quite understand Li Gang's ideas, and later, Li Gang fixed to play on the left side, and when he couldn't open the situation, the back waist was replaced by Luo Senwen, Gao Zhunyi, and Dewey became a fixed routine when he was ahead.
Last but not least, Li Gang doesn't trust domestic players very much, but also values player resumes.
In his game arrangement, it is not who is suitable for tactics, but foreign players are ranked first, famous players are second, and young players are last.
Actually, he is not to blame. Not to mention Li Gang, even those foreign coaches who come to the Chinese Super League have always regarded foreign aid as the treasure of the team, no matter what the state is, whether it is in line with their own tactics, and forcibly arrange them to the playing field.
Like this game, Mbiya was not there, and it was best to cooperate with Wei Zhimin with Zhu Xuhe, who was also from the Longteng team, and had a balance of offense and defense, and was able to prevent the Longteng team from attacking, but he still habitually went to Kakuta, and the actual situation was that Kakuta played a mess, and Zhu Xuhe only went on in the second half, but at this time the team was already 0:2 behind.
Zhang Sheng did not skimp on his own analysis, but when chatting with Li Gang after the game, he euphemistically put forward his three opinions, as for whether Li Gang will adjust, that is his business.
Of course, there is another point that Zhang Sheng has not said, that is, the positioning of Hebei Huaxia Happiness to Li Gang.
As a well-known player in the history of Chinese football, a leader from Liaoning, a veteran youth training place in Chinese football, and now the most important producer of good players in the Chinese Super League, a friend of Zhang Sheng, the actual controller of Longteng Club, Li Gang, who has worked in Guangzhou Evergrande for several years, is a figure that Hebei Huaxia Happiness tried to encircle in the early days after the club's acquisition.
The Huaxia Happiness Club saw that Li Gang had a certain appeal and hoped that he could get a batch of good youth training seedlings from Liaoning (Li Gang did do it in history, pulling more than a dozen Liaoning youth players to Hebei Huaxia Happiness, but later Liaoning sued the Chinese Football Association, and these players were forced to return it); they were able to dig good players from the Longteng team through Zhang Sheng's relationship -- the Longteng team did have many players who went to Hebei Huaxia Happiness; and was able to get some players from Guangzhou Evergrande who couldn't play in the Evergrande Club to enhance their strength -- Li Gang did itγ
But later in the Chinese League, the results of the team led by Yang Shuai were not good, and Li Gang was forced to be put in the position of head coach - there was not much time for the club to find a good coach outside in the middle of the league, so it was better to let Li Gang, who is very familiar with the players, and most of them were brought into play by him with the advantages introduced by the relationship.
Li Gang did give full play to this advantage and brought the team to the Chinese Super League, but after arriving in the Chinese Super League, the club did not have the call to invite a famous coach to coach the team, but it was not good to do too much to Li Gang, and according to inertia, let Li Gang continue to coach.
In fact, the Huaxia Club has been contacting the famous European and American coaches who are idle at home for a long time, waiting for Li Gang to replace him at any time when his coaching results are not good.
In the final analysis, Li Gang is a transitional figure arranged by the club.
Li Gang wants to stay in the position of head coach of Huaxia Club, and it is basically useless without particularly outstanding results.
This is too different from Zhang Sheng's.
Zhang Sheng took over from the team when he was in the amateur league, replacing the players step by step, completing the tactics step by step, and laying a solid foundation step by step, not to mention that Zhang Sheng is still the son of the boss and the actual owner of the club.
After crossing back, Zhang Sheng, who was in the system, could take his time, but Li Gang couldn't.
Zhang Sheng only hopes that Li Gang can learn more lessons from this doomed coaching experience and lay the foundation for him to coach other teams in the future.
After this game, the good news for the Longteng team is that the selected players of the Longteng team who participated in the national youth and national youth friendly matches are back, which is very beneficial to the Longteng team three days later, because the next game is the AFC Champions League.
In this AFC Champions League match, the four teams of the Chinese Super League are the first in the group, which gives domestic fans great confidence.
It should be said that the good results of the Chinese Super League teams have made the domestic football range higher than in history.
Historically, no matter how good Guangzhou Evergrande's results are, perhaps people in the central and western regions of China or in the north just won't buy it; no matter how much good foreign aid there is in Shanghai SIPG, fans outside Shanghai who have a reputation for xenophobia just can't get used to it; no matter how much money Jiangsu Suning spends, maybe as a province of internal fighting, there are still a bunch of people in Jiangsu Province who are counting on them to be unlucky; as for the Longteng team, there are not a few people who don't like it.
But now there are not only Guangzhou Evergrande in the south, but also Shanghai SIPG in the Oriental Pearl, as well as Jiangsu Suning in Jiangsu Province, and the Longteng team in the central part of the country, which has never been seen in history.
For fans everywhere, there is always something for you, even people who are not fans may be affected and converted into fans.
In order to cater to the tastes of a large number of people, various media also attach great importance to this round of the AFC Champions League, and all kinds of news about the AFC Champions League, as long as it is the mainstream media, they are not willing to let go.
It can be said that a football trend has taken shape again in China.
This time, the Longteng team is home and away, and the opponent is Seoul FC, a traditional powerhouse in South Korea.
Historically, this South Korean team has been extremely terrifying in attack, they scored 17 goals in six games in the group stage, and the goal difference was as high as 12, once swept Buriram United 6-0 away, Hiroshima Sanfrecce 4-1 at home, and slaughtered Shandong Luneng 4-1 away.
This kind of performance has attracted the attention of the whole of Asia.
It was under such circumstances that the Dragons met Seoul FC, not to mention that Seoul FC also shouted the slogan of revenge.
Last season, the Longteng team also met Seoul FC after qualifying from the group, and the away team killed the opponent with a score of 0:3 and 2:1 at home, which made Seoul FC extremely embarrassed, not to mention the away game, Seoul FC was completely blown up, and was scolded by the domestic media in South Korea.
So before this game, Seoul FC head coach Choi Yong-so was serious in an interview with reporters: "Our opponent is the defending champion, and their strength is very strong. But I believe in our strength and courage. β
When asked by a reporter about the double kill of Yongteng against Seoul FC last season, Choi Yong-so rarely admitted his mistake: "Indeed. Last year we underestimated them and gave them too many opportunities. But now we won't, me and my players are all focused on beating the opposition. β
Choi Yongsu said this because he had his confidence.
FC Seoul has been very strong this season.
Brazilian striker Adriano was last season's top scorer in the K-League, but he has no experience of playing against the Dragons as he only joined Seoul FC in July last year.
The Brazilian striker came through the ranks of Fluminense, a traditional powerhouse in the Brazilian Liga and previously played for Brazilian giants Palmeiras.
As early as 2011, he joined the then Chinese Super League overlord Dalian Shide team, although he also had an amazing performance of scoring five goals in a single game in the FA Cup, breaking the record of a single goal in the Chinese FA Cup, but overall it was very average.
Adriano spent a year and a half in Dalian Shide before he was thrown on loan to Bahia in the Brazilian Liga for a transfer fee of up to $3.8 million, including a salary contract, totaling up to $8 million (the price was the highest in the 2011 Chinese Super League) proved to be a failure.
He then went on to play for South Korea's second-tier Daejeon Citizens in the 2014 season, where he was the league's top scorer that season, scoring almost twice as many goals as the Silver Boot that season.
FC Seoul also valued his ability and introduced him to the team, and that season, he won the Golden Boot again in the K-League, South Korea's top league.
Although this team is only 1.70 meters tall and relatively thin, his shooting skills are extremely exquisite, and the dribbling is very good, coupled with good speed, has become a sharp knife on the front line of Seoul FC, this season's AFC Champions League group stage, Seoul FC swept Buriram United 6:0 away, he completed the achievement of the senior happiness.
The other foreign player is the current captain of Seoul FC Osmar.
In South Korean clubs, especially in giants like Seoul FC, a foreigner can get the captain's armband, everyone knows what it means, with South Korea's hierarchical and closed football tradition, it can only be said that Osmar's strength is far superior to that of the people in the team.
As a player from the youth training of Racing Santander, a traditional veteran team in Spain's La Liga, although he has not played a good role in La Liga, he is still good at the Asian level.
With a height of 1.93 meters and a weight of 84 kilograms, this is an extremely strong tank-type player.
But you would be wrong to think of him as a clumsy player, although his speed and agility are indeed average, but he has become the real hub of Seoul FC's offensive and defensive transition with his excellent defensive ability, excellent big-picture vision and good footwork.
What's even more rare is his excellent header ability, as well as the ability to shoot from outside the box.
As the on-field captain of FC Seoul, he deserves his name.
As for the other foreign player, it is an old acquaintance of the Yongteng team, that is, Deyang, who returned to play in the Korean K-League from Buk-Kyung-guan at the beginning of this season.
As a K-League veteran who has played for Seoul FC since 2008 and has been playing for seven years, he is known as a "living legend" in Korean football.
When he returned to Seoul FC this time, he did not have the process of getting familiar with the team again, and he directly integrated into the team, completely living up to his name as "Asian Ibrahim".
Seoul FC's last foreign player is also a foreign player, and his name is equally great - Yojiro Takahagi, a former talented player from Japan.
As a former Japan international, Yojiro Takahagi's strength is unquestionable, his position on the field is extremely flexible, shadow striker, right winger, forward midfielder, right midfielder, central midfielder, midfielder, right wing-back He can play.
Yojiro Takahagi also joined Seoul FC in the middle of last season, before he played at Western Sydney Wanderers, and the Longteng team had played against Seoul FC and Western Sydney Wanderers before, but he avoided the Longteng team perfectly, but in the season when the Longteng team first entered the Chinese Super League, Yojiro Takahagi was still in Guangzhou Three Arrows, and he had a record of playing against the Longteng team in the AFC Champions League that time.
Even so, Yojiro Takogi did not escape the fate of being defeated by the Dragons, who eliminated Sanfrecce Hiroshima with a score of 2:1 away and 0:1 at home with a score of 2:1 away and 0:1 at home.
It can be said that this match is also a revenge battle for Yojiro Takahagi.