40. Stuffy
After the start of this high-profile match, both sides appeared cautious.
The Dragons are a bit jerky offensively, mainly because of the big rotation of the lineup.
In order to ensure the safety of the backfield, the three main central defenders are the starters, and the other positions have been partially adjusted.
Xiang Tiange's position was replaced by Huang He, Qi Ming, Roque Gil and Tao Wentao's midfield three also became Yu Bo, Roque Gill and Xiong Jian, and in the front, De Paul replaced Ben Alfa, Zou Weijia continued to start in the place of Chavez, and behind him was Zeng Wang, a young player with excellent skills at his feet.
At the same time, the team's top player Ji'an was not only injured for a long time, but also had conflicts with the club during this time; Elkeson, another leading striker of the team, seemed to have been hollowed out of his body in previous seasons, and he was no longer brave, and he was injured and stopped on the Shanghai SIPG side, and the state was also up and down, and the defeat in the last game of SIPG was also related to his lack of pressure on the opponent.
However, the news of "Hulk" Hulk's frequent contact with Shanghai SIPG continues, but unfortunately the distant water cannot save the near fire.
In this game, Elkeson's state was really average, and the attack on the Dragons' side was a bit of a problem, and the midfielders led by Roque Gill defended Conca very well.
The mentality of both sides based on defense made the game extremely dull, and the first half was lackluster except for Zeng Xingxing's small skills in the forward midfield position a few times that made the home Longteng fans burst into cheers.
When the entire first half passed, the number of shots on goal from both sides combined was only four, and they were all long-range shots from outside the penalty area, and the goalkeepers on both sides could be said to have not sweated at halftime.
At halftime, Shen Fangjian, who commented the game, also looked weak: "The pace of the game in the first half was very slow, and there were many mistakes on both sides, so it depends on whether there will be any changes after the two sides make substitutions and adjustments in the second half." β
However, the head coaches of both sides did not seem to hear the commentary's suggestions, and in the second half of the game, the original team was still pushing Tai Chi on the field.
Just when the sleepy spectators who were hypnotized by the game thought that this game would be like this, after most of the half-time running-in, the Longteng team first improved.
In the twelfth minute of the second half, Zeng Xingxing, who was the first to enter the game, handed the ball to De Paul, who cut in quickly from the left side, in the area of about 30 meters in the Shanghai SIPG half, and handed the ball to De Paul, who suddenly stopped at the edge of the penalty area, shook off the defenders who defended him, and then shot at the goal, and the football went straight to the upper right corner of the goal in an arc.
SIPG goalkeeper Yan Junling showed the ability of the national contender, his outstretched arm made the palm open to the maximum, the fingertips touched the football, so that the football changed direction slightly, and finally the ball hit the right post of the goal and flew out of the bottom line.
De Paul's shot was like a thunderclap, making the excitement of the game boil like boiling water.
Shortly after the Longteng team first really threatened the Shanghai SIPG goal, the latter also played a beautiful attack, initiated by Conca.
In the fourteenth minute of the second half, Conca received a pass from Cai Huikang after a steal in the midfield near the left side of the midfield, his eyes looked to the right, and the center of gravity of the body seemed to lean to the right, but the ankle under his feet shook and passed the ball to the left side, and the foreign aid Evra, who has been active on the right side, also switched to the left side at this time, he received Conca's pass, used his speed to shake off the Yellow Crane who was a little unprepared, and then went down to the bottom and crossed to find Elkeson in the penalty area, the latter's header was extremely powerful, although because the angle was slightly not grasped, and the crossbar flew out of the bottom line, but it scared Zhang Shengγ
The two tall central defenders in his penalty area actually failed to prevent Elkeson's header, which made Zhang Sheng very angry, and he rushed to the sidelines and yelled at Liming and Du Zhenyu to let them concentrate.
After two high-quality shots in a row, the competition on the field became fierce.
Even the commentator Shen Fangjian was interested: "This is the first match in the league against the fourth in the league, and both sides played too conservatively in front." β
In the twenty-second minute of the second half, the Dragons broke the deadlock on the field first.
The Longteng team got a left-sided front-of-bounds throw-in, Yu Bo sacrificed a stunt that he had practiced for a long time - a strong hand toss, his throw-in was fast and far, the ball crossed four or five players and then came to the edge of the penalty area, Zeng Prosperity did not make any pause in the face of the incoming ball, he used his foot to take advantage of the situation, De Paul understood that he would quickly insert it, and the volley with the outside of his left foot broke through Yan Junling's ten fingers, and the Longteng team led 1:0!
De Paul's shot, the ball went in, and the Dragons suddenly took the lead. As the famous "Dragon Teng Team Blow", Shen Fangjian began to praise Zeng Prosperity after scoring a goal outside the routine introduction, "Although De Paul shot this ball beautifully, Zeng Prosperity's pass is even more beautiful." It's so effortless. β
"Zeng Prosperity is only 18 years old. Shen Fangjian began to introduce in detail, "He is another new star cultivated by the Longteng Club itself, and he is the most typical Longteng player - was excavated by Coach Zhang Sheng, received youth training in Longteng Football School for a long time, and then jumped from the youth teams at all levels again and again to be promoted to the first team, and officially returned after being loaned to the Chinese League to participate in a large number of games." We've seen a lot of good young players at Longteng over the years, and it's basically like this, all of a sudden, in an important game. It can only be said that the youth training results of Longteng Club are too fruitful. β
"In fact, he had a very good performance in the Chinese League last year. Shen Fangjian's partner Liu Jingjie hurriedly reported a circle of prosperous data, "He was loaned to Qingdao Huanghai by the Longteng team last season, participated in 23 games in the Chinese League, helped the team score three goals, and six assists, has always been the absolute main midfielder of Qingdao Huanghai, can play the main force in the club at the age of 17, the ability can be seen." β
Shanghai SIPG, which fell behind by one goal, quickly completed the personnel adjustment, and the teenager Hu Jinghang was replaced by Lu Wenjun, and the head coach Eriksen obviously wanted to strengthen the impact of the frontcourt.
The substitution paid off quickly.
In the 27th minute of the second half, SIPG's Yawai Jin Zhourong made a long pass in the backfield to find Evra on the right side, the latter's speed was obviously superior to Yu Bo, he threw off Yu Bo a position, and kicked the ball to the middle with a return pass, because Yu Bo left the defensive position in the middle, Lu Wenjun pressed forward in the penalty area, and the central defenders of the Longteng team retracted, and finally after Elkeson attracted the defensive attention of Ma Yongli and Roque Gill, Conca was empty at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and Conca received the ball directly after a long shot outside the penalty area.
Conca's insertion and shot this time were very sudden, Huang Dawei was too late to save, and finally the ball went directly into the net, which was a world wave goal.
"Conca, still Conca! Shen Fangjian said with emotion, "At least in the Chinese Super League, Conca is the top, whether it is in Guangzhou Evergrande or Shanghai SIPG, the more critical it is, the more he can show his skills." β
Liu Jingjie was also full of praise: "This is a 33-year-old veteran, but his goal at this moment tells us that his forward awareness and shooting ability are still there." The tiger is old and majestic. β
Zhang Sheng was very dissatisfied with the goal conceded, Yu Bo lost his position as the offensive and defensive transition point on the left side, allowing Evra to rush up easily, and it can be said that he has to pay more than half of the responsibility for this conceded goal.
Although Zhang Sheng has always wanted to cultivate Yu Bo, a player who is physically strong and can run well, but now it seems that he has not made much progress in the ball quotient, and the system is really a system.
Considering Yu Bo's current state, Zhang Sheng also made a substitution immediately, and another young player, Cao Jinghao, was replaced by Bo.
After Cao Jinghao came on the field, he played his good sense of position, accurate running, strong short passing ability, especially the characteristics of accurate long passes, and frequently created offensive opportunities on the left side, until Cai Huikang received a yellow card, Eriksen had to make adjustments again, allowing Yu Hai to strengthen the defense in the middle.
Seeing the changes on the field, Shen Fangjian was a little speechless: "The Longteng team has too many backhands on their side, Ben Alpha is not on it, they are still so strong on the side." β
"Now that I think about it, the Dragons miss the Korean and Japanese clubs. Liu Jingjie also made an extension, "There are always a lot of substitute players in their team who can play on the field, and they are all very young. β
As if hearing the voice of the commentator, Zhang Sheng made another substitution, and Zeng Xingxing, who was too excited in this game, had a physical problem, and he was replaced by another young midfielder in the middle, Yan Xiaoyu.
Compared with Zeng Prosperity, he relies more on his strong foot skills to make breakthroughs, Yan Xiaoyu is a typical forward player, his first pass after coming on the field gave Zou Weijia a wonderful straight stopper, but unfortunately Zou Weijia is not the kind of striker who can use speed to quickly move forward, and finally Jin Zhourong took the lead to destroy the attack of the Longteng team.
"Beautiful!" Shen Fangjian also applauded Yan Xiaoyu's pass loudly, "I really have an idea, this player, don't look at the person who is not high, he really dares to pass." β
In order to give full play to Yan Xiaoyu's passing ability, Zhang Sheng made another adjustment to the formation, Shen Jun replaced Zou Weijia, and De Paul was pushed up to the front.
This seemingly full-back to center forward is for defense, in fact, it makes the Longteng team's frontcourt offensive threat greater, De Paul uses his speed to constantly intersperse between Shanghai SIPG's midfield and central defenders, and makes full use of Yan Xiaoyu's powerful characteristics of passing the ball behind him.
Yan Junling, who conceded four goals in one breath in the last game, played an excellent game in this game, and he made several beautiful attacks and high saves to resist and solve many threatening shots of the Longteng team in a row.
And Shen Fangjian set his eyes more on Yan Xiaoyu: "The same height of less than 1.7 meters, the same beautiful way to get rid of, coupled with the same passing ability, this is simply a copy of the opposite Hong Kong team Conca!"
Zhang Sheng also kept applauding the young players on the field at this time and giving them more encouragement.
"Coach Zhang Sheng really dares to use people. Shen Fangjian admired Zhang Sheng for trusting these young players so much, "Ben Alpha didn't play this game at all, is it true that there were rumors that he is going back to Europe?
In fact, Shen Fangjian is right, Ben Alfa has signed a transfer contract with the Nice team, and attaches great importance to this transfer to the Nice team, they not only hope that Ben Alfa can return to France, but also hope to have a relationship with the Longteng team and introduce Chinese players to play in Ligue 1.
With the Longteng team's continuous missed opportunities, this high-profile battle also came to an end, and finally Shanghai SIPG was lucky to draw with the Longteng team away.
After this game, the Chinese Super League entered its second break of the season to make way for the international break.
It's a pity that most of the players of the Longteng team have no time to rest, not only the Chinese national team will have two warm-up games, in order to prepare for the Olympic Games, the national Olympic team, and then including the national youth and national youth teams have warm-up games to play, and there are a large number of Longteng team players at all levels.
After successive draws in the AFC Champions League and the league, the Dragons looked a bit sluggish.
Coincidentally, none of the four teams participating in the AFC Champions League won, and Guangzhou Evergrande even lost to Shanghai Shenhua away, which was the first time Evergrande lost to Shenhua after being promoted to the Chinese Super League.
It can be seen that the impact of frequent double matches a week on these teams.
Although the Longteng team only got a draw, the point gap with the second-place Guangzhou Evergrande widened to three points, which is unexpected.
Perran's warm-up opponents for the national team this time are Kazakhstan Tajikistan and Trinidad and Tobago, a North and Central American powerhouse, because the Chinese team is in a group with South Korea and Iran in the world preliminaries, in his opinion, the Chinese team will qualify for the third place in the group at most, so the biggest possibility is to win the third place in the group of the other group, get the 5th place in the top 12 in the Asian region, and then play the play-offs with the 4th team in Central and North America, so the game with the Trinidad and Tobago team even simulates the "World Cup play-offs" in advance taste.
Zhang Sheng was extremely disdainful of Peilan's subconscious thoughts, and before the World Preliminary Tournament began, he had already thought of playing the play-offs, which would give the team an extremely bad signal - we can't beat South Korea and Iran, and we will just keep the third place in the group when the time comes.
If the players had played against South Korea and Iran with this in mind, the results could have been predictable.
Think about how he taught his players when he led the team in history: "You are the best players in Asia, you have mostly beaten your opponents in the club, and the victory will definitely be ours. β
This is the difference between the world's top coaches and ordinary coaches.