Liu Dianzuo's mistake made Mei Fang, who was filling behind him, dumbfounded.

When Liu Dianzuo rushed out of the small penalty area and jumped, Mei Fang also jumped, at this time he saw the football suddenly fly over Liu Dianzuo to himself, and in a hurry, he stopped the right hand that was raised in the air after jumping to the football, which is as standard as the blocking action in volleyball.

After the ball hit Mei Fang's hand, it bounced into the penalty area.

The players of the Longteng team in the penalty area saw this scene clearly, and all of them raised their hands for the first time, this is a handball in the penalty area, and it is intentional, and a penalty must be given.

Referee Caissiri was not far away, he decisively rushed into the penalty area of Guangzhou Evergrande, and then pointed to the penalty spot.

"This ......" He Wei didn't expect such a scene, "Liu Dianzuo, this mistake is too serious." But why did Mei Fang make a mistake too? This handball is a bit hot-brained?"

"This pass from De Paul. If Mei Fang didn't stop it, he would really fly into the net. Xu Yang looked at the Guangzhou Evergrande players who were still arguing to the referee on the field, and said fairly, "There should be slow motion waiting for the meeting." ”

Sure enough, the slow-motion replay showed the process of Mei Fang's handball clearly, he didn't stop it, and the football would really fall directly into the net.

"Liu Dianzuo can't play for a long time, and in such a game, it's a bit of a loss. Xu Yang said his guess, "Evergrande still needs to be strengthened in the position of substitute goalkeeper." ”

This time, it was He Wei's turn to explain to Evergrande: "The position of substitute goalkeeper has no choice." Players with quality definitely don't want to play as a substitute in this position, there are too few opportunities. It is also difficult to find a goalkeeper in the market who has the strength and is willing to play as a substitute. ”

"The two goalkeepers of the Dragons are not bad. Xu Yang retorted.

"This is a special case, a special case. He Wei explained again, "Zhou Wei has always been the main force before, and Huang Dawei took advantage of the other party's injury to take the position. Let's take a look at the penalty first. In the last league game, Chavez's penalty kick was saved by Yan Junling, and this time the Longteng team still chose to trust the foreign aid, and Chavez stood in front of the penalty spot. Start, shoot, the ball goes in!"

In the last game against Shanghai SIPG, Chavez missed a penalty, which led to the team being forced to draw, and this game was even more important, and Zhang Sheng still gave him trust before the game.

In the pre-match penalty arrangement, Zhang Sheng still ranked Chavez first, although Nie Jiang also needs the AFC Champions League goals very much - he has scored 4, if this penalty can be scored, it will reach 5, last season Nie Jiang was 8 AFC Champions League goals, because of injuries and other reasons, this season Nie Jiang did not score many goals in the AFC Champions League, he has always wanted to equal last season's goals - but considering that in order not to hit Chavez's confidence, he chose to give up this opportunity.

Chavez also did not live up to Zhang Sheng's trust in him, in the face of this penalty, in such an important game, he withstood the pressure and chose to hit the dead corner of the goal, and the power of the shot was also very large, which made Liu Dianzuo look at the ball and sigh.

'It was Chavez's second AFC Champions League goal of the season. Xu Yang began to comment, "It is not easy to take penalty kicks in consecutive games against SIPG and Evergrande, and after missing the penalty in the last game, it is not easy to overcome psychological difficulties and score again." ”

"I've heard that the Longteng team is the only club in the Chinese Super League that has a dedicated team of psychologists. He Wei broke the news a little, "And I heard that Director Zhang's wife is a psychiatrist, and she is the director of the psychological team of the Longteng Club." This should be a great help to the players. ”

"Definitely. It's arguably more advanced than many European clubs. Xu Yang was very proud, as if he had also received this light.

Chavez on the field was rushing towards Zhang Sheng at this time and gave his coach a big hug.

Zhang Sheng also patted Chavez's shoulder comfortingly: "Good job." You are the best!"

This is the advantage of a manager who speaks multiple Chinese, being able to communicate and communicate in the native language in which the players sound the most emotional.

The goal of the Longteng team is not only as simple as equalizing the score, but the main thing is that the team found the opponent's weakness, formed an effective means of attack, and scored points, although this score is related to the mistakes of the opposing players.

As an excellent coach, Scolari actually found the problem before, but he couldn't help it, there are so many players, and the orthodox left wing-back is only Zou Zheng, so he can only finish the first half first.

Under the command of Scolari, Evergrande's formation was slightly retracted, and the corresponding space for the Longteng team to impact Zou Zheng became more narrow, and Evergrande could be regarded as temporarily stabilizing the situation.

When the referee blew the half-time whistle, the score was 1-1 and a result acceptable to both sides.

Back in the locker room Scolari is very headache, this is Evergrande's home stadium, it is inevitable to compete for more goals, but because of the left-back, the Longteng team is staring at this point, resulting in the team having to retract as a whole to make up for this loophole, and the barrel principle is vividly reflected in this time.

And Zou Zheng's injury in the first half made him worry about the player's body, when his eyes drifted over Zou Zheng, he obviously looked sluggish, and it is estimated that he also knew that he was more than enough to do in the first half.

Scolari had to make adjustments, both from a tactical point of view and from a physical point of view.

In the absence of a suitable substitute, Scolari has to be careful about how to adjust.

Taking advantage of the time for the players to change their clothes and rest to replenish their water and energy, Scolari and his coaching staff had an urgent communication, and the coaching team also gave several plans.

One is to maintain the formation, you can consider letting Han Pengfei play center back and move Mei Fang to play left back, which is an operation that Evergrande has had before. Before coming to Evergrande, Mei Fang also played left-back a few times, but Han Pengfei, a substitute, came to play central defender Scolari is really not at ease, this player is not bad except for height and body, and the rest is a mess;

Then there is another situation, simply play three central defenders, but for the change of formation, Scolari is even more worried, he has not used the formation of three central defenders, I think he led Brazil to win the World Cup in 2002, but also played the tactics of three central defenders, and that is also the last team to win the World Cup championship by relying on three central defenders. But this is a very demanding formation for players, and Scolari doesn't want to risk it in a game like the AFC Champions League semi-finals.

In the end, Scolari still chose to be stable, and Mei Fang's more left-back experience than Zheng Long became a reference target, although Mei Fang's left-back performance was not very good.

"Han Pengfei is up, Zou Zheng will rest first in the second half, and there is a second round, don't be in a hurry. Scolari still took into account Zou Zheng's face and gave an explanation for changing him, "Mei Fang, you go to play left-back and try to be as stable as possible." ”

Compared with Evergrande's side, Zhang Sheng did not make any adjustments, the tactics arranged before the game, the players all played, and the rest was to give them encouragement.

"Evergrande has changed people. Han Peng flew up, and Zou Zheng went down. In the second half, when the players entered the field to cheer, He Wei noticed the changes on the field, "Zou Zheng was injured in the first half, I hope it is not for this reason." I think Evergrande fans would rather hope that Zou is not performing well than that he is injured again and is replaced. ”

"There are no changes on the Dragons' side. Xu Yang continued to give his prediction, "But the main side should not change, and Evergrande's substitution is hard to say." ”

Guangzhou Evergrande, who had just been replaced, was very strong, in the first few minutes of the second half, perhaps because he felt that Mei Fang could at least defend the left, Evergrande's players pressed out, Diego Costa's running position made Du Zhenyu and Roque Gil very uncomfortable, after adapting in the first half, he learned to find the critical point in the defensive area between the two players of the Longteng team, resulting in frequent mistakes in the coordination between the two.

In the eighth minute of the second half, Diego Costa got a pass in this area again, and Du Zhenyu's follow-up was a little hesitant, allowing Diego Costa to find a little space, and he leaned on Du Zhenyu's squeeze and turned successfully.

Facing the penalty area head-on, Diego Costa is extremely powerful, there is not a lot of space, he is up at a moment's speed, and the ball is very close to him, not only that, but with the ball controlled so precisely, he is still looking up to observe the situation on the field.

Qi Ming was desperately chasing back from behind at this time, Ma Yongli came over to intercept it head-on, Diego Costa suddenly changed direction and accelerated without fancy, and then pulled the ball after a sudden stop, and shook Ma Yongli cleanly, Huang Dawei hurriedly came over to seal the near corner, because the far corner of the goal was blocked by Du Zhenyu and Roque Gill who came back at this time.

After Diego Costa shook Ma Yongli, he accelerated the ball again, let go of the squeeze of Qi Ming, flashed the angle of the shot, and decisively chose to shoot, Huang Dawei stretched out his hand, but did not touch the ball, the football crossed his hand, he could only subconsciously turn his head to look at the goal, after all, the angle of the shot was not large, and the football hit the post and popped up the bottom line.

"Diego Costa broke through, he went into the box, past Ma Yongli, past the salvo, shot! Oops! goalpost!" He Wei exclaimed excitedly, "Beautiful." What is a star, this is a star, one person has passed the entire defense line of the Longteng team, this is the best defense line in the whole Asia. The fewest goals conceded in the Chinese Super League and the fewest in the AFC Champions League were ignored in front of Diego Costa. If this goal is scored, it will definitely be a strong contender for the best goal in the AFC Champions League this season. ”

"It's a shame indeed. If you want to comment on the best reinforcement in the second half of this season's Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League, it is none other than Diego Costa, who is too strong in his personal ability. Xu Yang strongly agreed with He Wei's opinion.

"It's hard to say. With Diego Costa's current form, if they can leapfrog the Dragons, maybe he will be the best foreign player in the AFC Champions League this season. He Wei blew even harder.

After Diego Costa on the field finished shooting, he also buried his head in the turf, slapped the ground with both hands, stood up stupidly, and walked out of the penalty area.

Although the goal did not score, it made Zhang Sheng nervous on the sidelines, and the series of breakthroughs that followed were certainly a reflection of Diego Costa's individual ability, but his previous movement between Du Zhenyu and Roque Gil was the starting point of this attack.

Previously, the connection between the Longteng team's backline and the midfield was more dependent on Ma Yongli, the free man in the backfield, but his physical fitness was not enough to confront Diego Costa, Zhang Sheng chose Du Zhenyu to follow the defense, Roque Gill added, and now Diego Costa found that there was a little rusty point in the tactics of the Longteng team, and decisively used it.

Just as Scolari must choose to change at halftime, Zhang Sheng must also make a choice quickly, either to replace Ma Yongli to act as the responsibility of Du Zhenyu now, or to use Du Zhenyu to the end and let him be a free man in the backcourt.

Zhang Sheng finally chose to use people without suspicion, since Du Zhenyu was chosen to play this position at the beginning of this game, let him play to the end.

Under Zhang Sheng's command, Du Zhenyu took over this task with trepidation, and at the same time focused his attention to the extreme.

Du Zhenyu, who was focused, played at a super high level, and he limited Diego Costa to death, and even completed one-on-one single defense on several occasions.

"Du Zhenyu's performance in this game is very good. Diego Costa hasn't had a good chance since his last shot. "He Wei is still very tolerant of local young players.

Even if he didn't shoot himself, Diego Costa was a clear part of the game, with Goulart and Paulinho getting a lot of chances. However, the overall performance of the Longteng team's back line in this game was very good, especially compared with Huang Dawei and Liu Dianzuo, the difference in strength between the two is still relatively obvious. Xu Yang made a summary of the form on the field.

During this time, the Longteng team and Guangzhou Evergrande formed a stalemate, and the two wings who did not have much assistance ability made Evergrande's attack only rely on a few frontcourt players, and the Longteng team was unable to break through Evergrande's two fullbacks who were responsible for defense.

It wasn't until the twenty-fifth minute of the second half that the game changed again.

After continuously attacking the defense of Mei's side to no avail, the Longteng team shifted its focus to Shu Jun's side.

This season, Evergrande's left-back is tired, and the right-back is not easy, and Shu Jun can be regarded as reaching the critical point of the season's physical reserves.

De Paul keenly seized this opportunity, and after receiving Qi Ming's pass, he did not cooperate again, but chose to break through on the side, and Shu Jun took a slow step when defending, allowing De Paul to go down successfully and pass the ball comfortably into the penalty area.

In Evergrande's penalty area at this time, Chavez and Nie Jiang were also in place at the same time, forming a double ghost shot, and Guangzhou Evergrande's goal was dangerous again.