Of course, Evergrande is not without weaknesses.

The position of right fullback, since Zhang Linpeng went to play in Europe, Shu Jun, who was poached from the Longteng team, has more than enough defense and insufficient offense, and the gap between Zhang Linpeng and Zhang Linpeng's strength on the right side is still very obvious.

And the biggest hidden danger is the absence of captain Zheng Zhi. In the world preliminaries between the national team and Iran, Zheng Zhi had a strain, if he was a young player, this injury should be almost two weeks, but now the 37-year-old veteran's physical function can no longer stop the erosion of the years. After returning to the club, Zheng Zhi's injury has not been able to get better, and he was not in the squad at all in this game.

In addition, Huang Bowen was suspended for four yellow cards before, Xu Xin was seriously injured in training, and Guangzhou Evergrande's midfield, especially in the position of the back waist, had a lot of problems.

Before the game, many media mentioned these problems when introducing the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain" of the Chinese Super League. But when comparing the foreign aid of the two sides, the gap is too big.

In the recent international break, the Brazilian national team showed terrifying dominance in the South American zone of the World Preliminary Tournament, and Guangzhou Evergrande's foreign player Paulinho was the most dazzling one of them.

On March 24, Brazil faced the fourth-place finishers of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and Uruguay, who had Suarez, swept away 4-1 in the round of 16 of the last World Cup in Brazil, while Paulinho completed a hat-trick.

On March 29, Brazil defeated the old powerhouse Paraguay 3-0, with Paulinho providing two more assists.

This kind of performance can be said to be at the thigh level in the Brazilian team.

Fans joked: "Paulinho has undergone a social transformation in the mysterious East." ”

With Paulinho's ability to accompany his current form, coupled with top foreign players such as Diego Costa and Goulart, compared to the two foreign players of the Dragons in this game, they are the younger brothers.

To this end, Zhang Sheng and the coaching staff had to make tactical adjustments for the team, and the usual 3-5-2 was compressed into a 3-6-1 formation, further strengthening the thickness of the midfield, and striving to push the defensive line away from their own goal.

In terms of the selection of players in the midfield, Zhang Sheng arranged Qu Wenming, who has a slightly lower ability value but better defense, but Zeng Fanfang, who has stronger offensive attributes, sat on the bench, and on the back line, Lu Yangyang, who had a reputation for half in the first half, continued to start, which was an extremely risky move.

Guangzhou Evergrande's three foreign aids, whether they are Paulinho (1.82 meters) or Goulart (1.81 meters), look much stronger than Lu Yangyang, and Diego Costa (1.88 meters) When he stood in front of Lu Yangyang, he was like a giant who came to Lilliputian, and the whole person was bigger.

Once Lu Yangyang is left alone with these three players, fans can imagine what it will be like.

"In the position of central defender, Coach Zhang Sheng's insistence on the use of young players is really determined. Lou Yicheng, the top brand of PPTV who is in charge of commentary, actually still has some doubts about Zhang Sheng's choice in his heart, "His performance will largely determine the trend of this game." ”

"Coach Zhang Sheng is on the road and at the same time is largely limited by his tactics. Liu Yue put forward his own unique views.

"Oh, what do you say?" asked Lou Yicheng.

Liu Yue then elaborated on his views: "Whether it is the 4-2-3-1 at the beginning, or the 3-5-2 in the past year or two, and even the 4-3-3-3 that is not usually used much and the 3-6-1 in this game - of course, this 3-6-1 can be regarded as a variant of 3-5-2, and the changes in the formation are very rich, but no matter how Coach Zhang Sheng's formation changes, he insists on playing at his feet, insisting on technical flow, and the core idea of playing ball control has never changed." In the defense line of the Longteng team, there will always be a player with excellent skills at the feet and a good ability to play the ball, the first is Li Yun, after Li Yun went to play in Europe, it was Ma Yongli again, so when Ma Yongli is injured, the back line must be supplemented with a defender with strong ball ability, and the substitute defender of the Longteng team is the best at this point. ”

It should be said that Liu Yue put a lot of effort into the Longteng team before the game, and he grasped Zhang Sheng's idea of using Lu Yangyang.

At this time, Lu Yangyang on the field was standing in line on the field, extremely excited, and his mind kept echoing the head coach's arrangement: "Don't panic, there is dawn behind you, and the captain, they will help you." At the same time, you have to help them, your main task is to hold the ball at the back and pass it accurately, and when they get the ball, they will give it to you. ”

Lu Yangyang was both excited and frightened about the heavy responsibility entrusted to him by the head coach: he couldn't live up to the trust of the head coach.

When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, the first leg of the 2017 season officially started, and Guangzhou Evergrande, which got the right to kick off, spread out the formation and scored into the half of the Longteng team.

Guangzhou Evergrande's head coach Scolari was not conservative in this game because it was an away game. This season, because of the serious injury of Jin Yingquan before, Evergrande found him a replacement - Jin Hengyi on the central defender, if you add Alan who has been playing as a substitute, Guangzhou Evergrande has as many as six foreign aids, and this time Scolari is on Paulinho, Diego Costa and Goulart, and the willingness to take three points is extremely obvious.

After Goulart and Diego Costa made a pass cooperation, the ball was distributed to the left side, Yu Hanchao received the ball quickly from the left side, walked two steps, ready to go to the bottom, Tao Wentao on the right side of the Longteng team, Xiang Tiange and Qi Ming surrounded together, one of the three people was responsible for grabbing, and the remaining two stuck Yu Hanchao's passing line.

After Yu Hanchao protected the ball, he directly picked up the high ball, and the ball was not passed directly to the penalty area, but to the front of the penalty area, which is where Lu Yangyang is responsible for sweeping, and the one who came to target Lu Yangyang was Diego Costa.

"It's not a regular operation, obviously, it should have been arranged by him. Zhang Sheng on the sidelines glanced slightly sideways at Scolari, who was standing on the sideline and waved loudly to the court.

In view of the huge difference in height, Diego Costa jumped high and grabbed the slightly straight up and down high ball, but Lu Yangyang did not give up because he was not tall enough, he jumped hard and grabbed the ball too.

"Wow. Lu Yangyang jumped really high. Lou Yicheng exclaimed, "A seventy-three is a little shorter than the one-meter-eighty-eight Diego Costa jump, this bounce is too terrifying." Costa's header passes, and Lu Zhihui grabs the ball to head the ball out of the box before Gao Lin. ”

"Evergrande's intention is obvious, that is, to play a high ball in front of the arc of the penalty area, and use Costa's height to bully Lu Yangyang to make a header ball. Liu Yue then analyzed, "But now it seems that the Longteng team has long been prepared for the protection of the second point, and Lu Yangyang's performance is a bit unexpected." ”

Liu Yue said it well, but it only hit part of it, Zhang Sheng's real purpose is further than Liu Yue thought.

To tell the truth, when Zhang Sheng was in the team meeting before the game, he swore and insisted on using Lu Yangyang, who made a mistake in the last game, as if he was very relieved about the team's defense, but in fact, Zhang Sheng was extremely worried about the defense of the Longteng team.

With Guangzhou Evergrande's current midfield foreign aid configuration, coupled with Scolari's rich experience in leading the team and first-class tactical ability, it is impossible for the Longteng team to completely lock up Evergrande's attack. You don't see the Chinese Super League in real history, in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, the main reason is that the defense of the Chinese Super League team is broken in front of the opponents who have generally upgraded the striker.

For this reason, Zhang Sheng felt that he might as well go to Lu Yangyang, while ensuring the ability of his team's back line to play the ball, Lu Zhihui and Liming simply concentrated on defense and cleaned up Lu Yangyang.

Moreover, Guangzhou Evergrande will definitely target Lu Yangyang, an eighteen-year-old short central defender, he can firmly attract Evergrande's offensive center of gravity like a magnet to attract iron, and the Longteng team can completely arrange defense against Guangzhou Evergrande's offensive center of gravity, and further, it can also show weakness - that is, "sell a flaw" often used in martial arts - to counterattack.

As Zhang Sheng expected, Guangzhou Evergrande tasted a little sweetness in this attack, and they were even more determined to play the position of Lu Yangyang.

After an attack by the Longteng team, Guangzhou Evergrande passed the ball from the side to the position defended by Lu Yangyang again, this kind of forced pass in the middle of the midfield, the effect is not very good, they bet that Paulinho can be able to blow up Lu Yangyang in the one-half of the ball grabbing confrontation.

The Longteng team, which has long been arranged for Evergrande's style of play, has a plan, Zhang Sheng arranged for the left side to assist in the defense of Lu Yangyang by Qu Wenming, and the right side to assist in the defense of Lu Yangyang by Tao Wentao, this time with the help of Qu Wenming, he and Lu Yangyang successfully sandwiched Paulinho and intercepted the ball from the interception, although Lu Yangyang was almost blown out by Paulinho, but the defensive purpose was achieved.

"Paulinho's impact is really strong, one-on-two almost succeeded. Lou Yicheng only saw Paulinho's strength, and did not delve into what was behind it.

Paulinho's performance made Guangzhou Evergrande believe: As long as I work harder, pass faster, more accurately, and fight harder, I can make a breakthrough in Lu Yangyang.

In the next game, Guangzhou Evergrande frequently attacked the middle of the Longteng team, and sometimes even had a better chance to go down, they would operate the ball to the position of Lu Yangyang's defense to seek confrontation, which gave the Longteng team defense too much preparation, and correspondingly, they have never had too good opportunities to score.

Although Lu Yangyang has experienced the atmosphere of the AFC Champions League, the top game in Asia, the opponent of this game is Guangzhou Evergrande, and he faces the world's top foreign aid star - former Spanish national team striker Diego Costa, and now Paulinho, the thigh of the Brazilian team.

From the moment he started on the field, Lu Yangyang was extremely nervous, and in the first battle with Diego Costa, Lu Yangyang had been worrying about his heart after the defeat of the confrontation, until he saw that the captain Lu Zhihui controlled the second point, and he was relieved.

After that time, Lu Yangyang began to work hard to cooperate with his teammates to resolve the opponent's targeted attack on himself, and with the successful defense again and again, Lu Yangyang finally put his mind at ease.

Although Lu Yangyang's defense needs the help of his teammates, it has to be said that he gradually stood on the field. In the past 20 minutes, Lu Yangyang's performance has basically satisfied Lou Yicheng, "He has trained his body well, is a little stronger, and he is taller, and he is definitely an excellent central defender." ”

Not long after Lou Yicheng finished praising Lu Yangyang, Lu Yangyang, who was relieved and a little relaxed, made a mistake.

In the thirtieth minute of the first half, Lin Feng, who had been staying in the defensive back position, suddenly ran forward, he received Li Xuepeng's pass, and handed the ball to Paulinho without stopping, the latter also gave the ball to Diego Costa, who had been following Diego Costa's Lu Yangyang was obviously not ready, and the former leaned on Lu Yangyang when he received the ball and turned directly, which reflected Diego Costa's strong technical ability.

Lu Yangyang didn't expect a player like Diego Costa, who is 1.88 meters tall, to stop the ball and turn around at the same time with such a flexible attitude.

"Costa, beautiful, crossed the road and went straight into the penalty area. Lou Yicheng exclaimed, "Lu Zhihui came up, but Costa has a very large space to shoot." The shot, Huang Dawei's save, was too crucial, and this save showed his ability. ”

"Guangzhou Evergrande won a corner. Liu Yue continued, "Costa's technical move just now was so beautiful that Lu Yangyang was completely crushed. That's what top stars are capable of. ”

"If you continue to play like this, the defense of the Dragons in the middle is very dangerous. Lou Yicheng denied his previous affirmation of Lu Yangyang, "Let's take a look at Evergrande's corner first." ”

Lu Yangyang, who was passed by Diego Costa, was raising his hand to greet his teammates at this time, indicating that he had just been careless.

I have to say that Lu Yangyang is still too young, and he doesn't have much experience in how to maintain a high degree of concentration on the field, how to use his body reasonably to interfere with the opponent, and how to judge the next move of the opponent's striker in advance.

Diego Costa's commotion has given Guangzhou Evergrande other frontcourt players great confidence, and the idea that I can do it is full of their minds.

In the thirty-fifth minute of the first half, the Longteng team's attack hit the front, Nie Jiang's direct pass was intercepted by Feng Xiaoting halfway, and then he accurately passed the ball to Lin Feng, who observed that Diego Costa was very defended and passed the ball to Yu Hanchao on the left side, who received the ball and directly hit Lu Yangyang's position.

Yu Hanchao took the ball and moved sideways, it seemed that he was about to prepare to cut inside. Liu Yue paid attention to the situation on this occasion, "Lu Yangyang came over to fill the position." Yu Hanchao's speed has risen, this is his characteristic, the Longteng team was still in an offensive state just now, and now several players are still in the front court and have not returned, this is an opportunity for Guangzhou Evergrande. ”