33. Easy lead
Yoo Sang-hoon, as a goalkeeper that Seoul FC has been cultivating since he was poached from the university team, has his own characteristics. In addition to being good at saving penalty kicks, he is not the kind of goalkeeper who often bursts out, but stability in front of goal has always been his greatest strength, and with him on the field, the players of Seoul FC will feel a lot more comfortable with the goal.
After the end of this season in history, Yoo Sang-hoon went to serve in the army in 1989, and as a result, in the 2017 season, Seoul FC was beaten by opponents many times, and even conceded five goals in one game, which shows the importance of Yoo Sang-hoon to the team.
In the 21st minute, Yongteng won a corner, and although Seoul FC central defender Kim Won-sik grabbed the first point and pushed the ball out of the box, the second point on the perimeter was picked up by Ben Alfa, who dragged Yoo Sang-hoon off the crossbar with a powerful volley in front of the box.
In the 25th minute, it was Qi Ming's turn this time, the same midfielder, he used his hand in front of the penalty area to block the intrusion of Yojiro Takagi, and volleyed vigorously, but because of Yojiro Takagi's interference, the football was slightly higher than the crossbar.
"The Dragon Teng team has been attacking very fiercely during this time. Liu Jiayuan looked at the situation on the field happily, "Seoul FC is not too accustomed to the full-court pressing like the Longteng team, and it can gain an advantage in a pure confrontation with a South Korean team, at least in the Chinese Super League, which is rare." ”
"The players of the Longteng team are famous in the Chinese Super League for their love of confrontation and advocacy. Zhou Ning is obviously familiar with the tactics of the Longteng team, "Especially since the beginning of this season, they often deliberately speed up the pace and strengthen the confrontation in the game." Coupled with the fact that the players in their team generally have good foot skills, it is now worthy of their name to be at the top of the Super League table. ”
Just as Zhou Ning was praising the Yongteng team, Seoul FC used the player's individual ability to find an opportunity in the attack.
This time, it was Adriano who received a pass from Yojiro Takagi, completely shook off the defense of Xiang Tiange, who was back on the back, and formed a single knife on the left side.
Zhou Ning said before that the Longteng team has a fast rhythm and strong confrontation, and the price paid is the instability of the defensive line, and sometimes the opponent's simple and direct style of play can cause trouble to the overall pressure of the Longteng team.
Adriano relied on his clever movement to get his chance this time.
As a not very strong foreign player, Adriano is not the kind of striker who can carry the opponent up front and then rush forward strongly, he relies more on the cunning of his own movement, and then adds good foot skills to get the opportunity to shoot.
After getting this single goal, Adriano seemed a little lacking in confidence, at this time Huang Dawei had decisively attacked to block his near corner shooting angle, and the right central defender Du Zhenyu also quickly leaned over to block the angle of his volley to the far corner, as for Ma Yongli was stuck in front of Dejan, to prevent Adriano's inverted triangle from making a ball back.
Faced with such a situation, Adriano hesitated, and when he saw Huang Dawei rushing over like a tiger pounced on the ball at his feet, Adriano panicked and shot hard, causing the ball to not be pressed and fly high over the crossbar.
Although Adriano's goal was not scored, Liu Jiayuan was still taken aback: "Seoul FC single-handedly, fortunately Adriano hit high." Thanks to Huang Dawei's attack is very timely, but be careful in the back, Seoul FC's counterattack speed is still good. ”
Seoul FC's counterattack did not let the Longteng team weaken the slightest attack, under the command of Zhang Sheng, the team instead strengthened the offensive, in Zhang Sheng's view, want to completely suppress the attack of a team like Seoul FC, it is not very realistic, try to press them, give them enough defensive pressure, let them focus more on defense, and nip their counterattack in the bud, is the best way.
"The Dragons have once again accelerated the pace of the game, and this is not easy. Liu Jiayuan was very surprised, "The pace of the AFC Champions League is fast enough, and now they are still speeding up the pace, can they ensure that they do not make mistakes at a high tempo, and their physical fitness is guaranteed?"
Not only Liu Jiayuan, but even Zhou Ning, who has always commented on the Longteng team and admires the Longteng team very much, also raised questions: "It is really debatable to actively seek confrontation with a South Korean team like Seoul FC. The strength of the Longteng team is the technique of the feet, with long shots and short, as before, with fast foot passes to pull the opponent's space, I think it is the safest way for the Longteng team. ”
In fact, Zhang Sheng didn't think about using the previous tactics to play against the top Asian teams, but in Zhang Sheng's view, it didn't promote the players' ability to compete.
Especially the players in their own team, they are likely to participate in the World Cup in the future, or even go to Europe to play in the Europa League and the Champions League.
In that kind of high-level competition, not to mention that you actively seek to confront others, it is very likely that others are chasing you to confront you, plus players at that level, generally have good skills at their feet, and at this time, under the premise of high-intensity confrontation, you can also play your own skills, which has become the key.
Therefore, Zhang Sheng would rather let the players take the initiative at the Asian level than wait until they get to that environment and then have to adapt hard.
And the players on the field did not disappoint Zhang Sheng.
At this time, the game has unconsciously reached the end of the first half, and in the period after the Longteng team strengthened the rhythm, it was indeed difficult for Seoul FC to play too good counter-attacking opportunities.
Although their players have tried to find people on the forward line directly from the backfield many times, but under the high-intensity confrontation, the accuracy and landing point of the pass are very average, Dejan and Adriano have a few shots, but most of them are not too threatening, because they are not so easy to get the ball, and the position often runs to the direction of the goal, and the shooting is also a matter of course, so Huang Dawei did not bother much.
The Dragons were different, and in the frantic cheers of the home fans, the players completed a few good shots on goal, allowing Seoul FC's goalkeeper Yoo Sang-hoon to do his best to keep the goal intact.
Scoring a goal on the football field is often a probability event, the more threatening shots on goal, the more likely it is to score, and in the case of consecutive hits on target and saves, the Longteng team finally ushered in their own goals.
In the 43rd minute of the first half, Ben Arfa broke through after receiving a pass from Roque-Gill on the left flank.
Seoul FC stepped up their marking of Ben Alpha after conceding a goal in the first half.
Even before the game, they had fully considered Ben Alfa's individual combat ability, and Ben Alfa still created a free kick opportunity and scored a goal, so after conceding the goal, Seoul FC guarded him more closely, and if he could foul, he would never think more than a second, even if he risked his cards.
But at this time, the super fast pace and ultra-high-intensity confrontation of the Longteng team made the physical fitness of the Seoul FC players no longer as abundant as before.
After Ben Alpha got the ball this time, when he accelerated and changed direction, the right central defender who was responsible for defending him was a step too slow, so that Ben Alpha had already crossed half of his body, and when Kim Nanchun wanted to foul again, Ben Alpha had already gone away, and their right wingback Gao Yaohan, who was responsible for defending on the right side, was 108,000 miles away from Ben Alpha.
Kim Won-sik, who was dragging the central defender, and Osmar, the midfielder in charge of sweeping, had to come over together to make up for Kim Nam-chun, wanting to close the door with a double ghost and stifle Ben Alpha's attack outside the penalty area.
If it was Ben Alpha before he came to the Dragons, he would have to take the ball all the way to the box.
Not so for now, as Ben Alpha, who is accustomed to holding his head up rather than stuffing his head in high-speed dribbling, has long observed it.
Before hitting the "firewall" formed by Seoul FC, Ben Alpha made a decisive pass, and before passing the ball, he also made a fake impression of taking the ball to the bottom line. After tricking Kim Won-sik and Osmar into coming, Ben Alpha's ball came out.
His pass is very powerful, high and floating, and it looks like it's going to the back of the right.
"Ben Alpha's pass! This ball? Huh! Xiang Tiange came up, the right side was empty, Xiang Tiange's speed was really fast. Liu Jiayuan shouted in shock, "Xiang Tiange has no defense, Tao Wentao helped him attract all the defenders of Seoul FC." ”
Xiang Tiange also increased his speed to the extreme this time, rushing all the way from the half-court, facing Ben Alpha's pass, his stop was not the kind of ball stopped at his feet, but directly stopped the ball three meters in front of him, anyway, no one defended him at this time.
After he caught up with the football, Xiang Tiange didn't pause, and went all the way into the penalty area.
At this time, Seoul FC's left central defender Kim Dong-woo gasped for breath and chased after him with heavy steps.
Next, in Kim Dong-woo's frightened gaze, Xiang Tiange suddenly changed direction in the high-speed dribble, he ran diagonally to the center of the penalty area, and then shot decisively before Kim Dong-woo desperately stretched out his legs.
Xiang Tiange's shot was very powerful, and it also crossed an extremely strange arc, as if it had been kicked off, and after bypassing Yoo Sang-hoon's saved arm, it hung into the junction of the goalpost and lintel in the far corner of the goal.
"Beautiful shot, genius shot!" Liu Jiayuan shouted excitedly, "Xiang Tiange's shot, this is a fairy ball, haha! It is estimated that Xiang Tiange himself did not expect that he would kick such a beautiful shot!"
"Definitely. The Dragons scored again, and it was such a beautiful goal. Zhou Ning was also very happy, "But it's time to score one, the Longteng team didn't score so many shots in front of them, and they always have to score one to be worthy of the high-paced confrontation and crazy attack in front." ”
Xiang Tiange, who scored a goal to expand the score, was very excited at this time, as a very typical attacking fullback, he was strong in the breakthrough and assist on the side, and his ability to shoot could only be regarded as average, but he didn't expect to hit a world wave this time.
After scoring the goal, Xiang Tiange didn't expect that his shot would go in, and he was stunned for a moment before he started to celebrate.
In the young team of the Longteng team, the competition is very fierce, especially on the side, the Longteng team has hoarded a lot of good players, most of these players are young and energetic, and there are few people who mess around.
Xiang Tiange has Zhou Zhou on the right side, although players like Huang He can come on the bench, let alone wait for a super capable foreign aid like De Paul.
Being able to score a crucial goal in an important game is of great benefit to stabilizing Xiang Tiange's main position.
The attack of the Longteng team at the end of the first half completely stunned Seoul FC.
After kicking off again, Adriano insisted on taking the ball personally, and was cut off by the Longteng team in the midfield before he could advance a few steps, and then the Longteng team's attack was almost scored again by Nie Jiang.
"Haha! Seoul FC is a bit of a scramble. Seeing that his league team embarrassed the opponent, Liu Jiayuan said in a downhill, "Choi Yongsu is also a well-known young coach in South Korea, and in the face of Coach Zhang Sheng's command, at least they fell behind in the first half." ”
At this time, Choi Yongsu on the sidelines was also angry, yelling loudly at the field, telling the players of Seoul FC to concentrate, not to rush, and to hold the first half.
Finally, after paying a yellow card for a foul on Ben Alpha by defender Ju Se Jong, Seoul FC struggled to hold on to the first half, and the Longteng team relied on two local players, Tao Wentao and Xiang Tiange, to score a goal each to end the first half with a score of 2:0.
At halftime, the Longteng team talked and laughed in the home team's locker room, while the away team's locker room on the Seoul FC side didn't know whether it was the home team's deliberate sense of shabby or the low morale after falling behind.
After being silent for a while, Choi Yong-so harshly criticized the performance of the whole team in the first half: "This is not a familiar team, in the face of the opponent's pressing, you are actually in a hurry and retreat." Where is the spirit of our great Republic of Korea and the Republic of China?"
As a head coach with a lot of coaching experience, Choi Yong-so also knew that he couldn't win by talking spirit alone, and after criticizing the team, he began to adjust his tactics.
"Dejan. You withdraw from the centre-forward position, Adriano, you advance a little bit and you can match Dejan to find a second spot at any time. Choi Yong-so dropped the two striker positions, "Dejan you have to play your header advantage, their midfielder Roque Gill and the central midfielder swing Ma Yongli can only be said to have average heading ability, you have to play the role of a bridgehead at the front point, and Adriano, you have to play your speed advantage." They pressed high and fought resolutely behind their backline. ”
"Kim Won-sik. Your position is slightly advanced, and Osmar who is slightly withdrawn to finch Nie Jiang, try to give him as few opportunities to dribble and play the ball, he is a key node in the frontcourt tactics of the Longteng team. Choi Yong-so opened the mouth of the tiger with both hands and made a neck-pinching motion, "If this point can't be hit, their side attack will not be powerful." ”
Choi Yong-so, who had adjusted his tactics, encouraged again, "Last time, we lost, and this time I don't want to see this result again, you should also know the consequences." ”