The victory of the Longteng team made all the fans and the Chinese Super League team see the horror of the 3-5-2 plus mad dog tactics, and Changchun Yatai put out the bus and couldn't stop it at all.

Including two fronts and five midfielders of the ferocious and layered pressing, after the grabbing without hesitation to devote themselves to the attack, the front-court players after losing the ball, the three mid-lane players of the non-stop filling and sweeping, the entire Longteng team is like a collective predatory wolf pack, the overall coordination of the advance and retreat is well-founded, orderly, and completely lost the confidence of Changchun Yatai.

The Longteng team, which won a hearty victory, ushered in the AFC Champions League with a relaxed mentality, and after the end of this AFC Champions League match, the schedule of the Chinese national team will continue, and they will complete the last two games of the top 40 of the World Preliminaries, which are against the Maldives and Qatar.

The current Chinese team is very different from the Chinese team in history, with a winning record, a good result of ranking first in the group, and basically qualifying, so in these two games, the outside world has been calling to see if the national team can give more players a chance, and find out from these players players who can enrich the tactics of the national team and help the national team.

Among them, many of the existing young players of the Longteng team have high hopes, especially the national junior team players who won the championship in the World Junior Championship before, and everyone has always believed that they should be given some opportunities and think that they should have a place in the national team.

Pei Lan agreed to everyone's appeal this time - including Nie Jiang, Xiang Tiange, and Huang Dawei, three players from the previous national youth team were recruited into the national team, and many "old national team" players in the Chinese Super League team were placed outside the list of the national team this time, including Ren Hang, Cai Huikang and other Chinese Super League "old men".

Nie Jiang won't talk about the call of the national team, after all, he has been selected for the national team many times, and he has scored goals, but Xiang Tiange and Huang Dawei are different, these two are players who have just turned eighteen years old, skipping the national youth team from the national youth team, and the national Olympic team directly enters the national team.

When Pei Lan and Zhang Sheng communicated that the players of the Longteng team were selected for the national team, Xiang Tiange and Huang Dawei were also mentioned many times by the outside world, but because the final list has not been confirmed, everyone's statement is just speculation after all, including Xiang Tiange and Huang Dawei's family members are also suffering from gains and losses, and they are uneasy.

Now that the list was confirmed, their parents made a special call to Zhang Sheng to express their gratitude.

Especially Huang Dawei's parents, in order for Huang Dawei to enter Longteng Football School, they also wanted to bribe the coach of Longteng Football School, after Zhang Sheng designated Huang Dawei to play goalkeeper, his father also made a special trip to Zhang Sheng's performance and did not want to play the goalkeeper This "not very economical" position.

But in this phone call, Huang Dawei's father in addition to a series of non-stop words of thanks, more of a statement that he completely wanted to hand over Huang Dawei to Zhang Sheng: "I don't worry that my Dawei is in your team, if he is disobedient, you discipline him fiercely, he is young now, and he is not sensible, you can take care of me more." ”

Zhang Sheng really had nothing to say about Huang Dawei's father, but after all, people had good intentions, and Zhang Sheng could only praise Huang Dawei a few words, saying that he trained very seriously and worked hard to respond to the competition.

Of course, Zhang Sheng is indeed telling the truth, Huang Dawei is talented, but he may have been coerced and controlled by his parents at home for a long time, forming a submissive character, and he "listens" to the words of his elders and leaders too much, which is why the previous AFC Champions League final and the later Club World Cup Zhang Sheng have Zhou Wei, because Zhou Wei's character is even more dissatisfied with Zhou.

As for Xiang Tiange's situation, it was different, when Xiang Tiange was recruited into the team, Zhang Sheng spent a lot of effort to convince his parents.

Unlike Huang Dawei's parents, who are small citizens who do business, Xiang Tiange's parents are intellectuals, a doctor and an employee of a state-owned enterprise, and Xiang Tiange's academic performance is good, although the enlightened Xiang Tiange's parents gave Xiang Tiange a lot of room to cultivate his interests and self-development, but he didn't agree to play football with Tiange at the beginning.

The change in the attitude of Xiang Dad to Mom's parents still began in the World Junior Championships, Xiang Tiange as the main force to help the team win the championship, the source of information is more extensive, and the contact with the crowd is higher, and the husband and wife are very keen to know that Xiang Tiange should take this road, although the national junior team is not a high-level team, but it is definitely a genuine dragon and phoenix among people who can achieve Xiang Tiange's level.

This time, after Xiang Tiange was selected for the national team, Xiang Dad and Xiang Ma also looked grateful, they also knew that no matter what industry in China, it is not easy to be at the top, in addition to being talented and hardworking, no one reaches out in the middle to help, it is too difficult, and Zhang Sheng did this.

In the gratitude of the players' parents, the Longteng team welcomed the AFC Champions League opponent, J-League team Urawa Red Diamonds, as the stage champions who won the championship with an unbeaten record in the first stage of the J-League last season, their strength is still very good.

As a regular in the AFC Champions League, Urawa Red Diamonds won the first championship in the AFC Champions League after the J-League restructuring, in the timeline of Zhang Sheng, in the 2016 season they eliminated Guangzhou Evergrande into the AFC Champions League knockout stage, they won the AFC Champions League again in 2017, and they are also a rare "local tyrant" club in the J League.

In the case of the J-League's general reduction of team budgets, there is a reason why Urawa Red Diamonds still insist on being a "local tyrant".

When it comes to professional sports leagues, football is actually not the first in Japan, in Japan, baseball, Koshien is the most coveted thing for all teenagers, but there is no professional baseball team in a big city like Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture (Japan Prefecture is larger than the city), where Urawa Red Diamonds are located, so there are the most enthusiastic football fans in Japan, and there is also an extremely strong football atmosphere.

Of course, if you want to be a local tyrant, you can't rely on fans alone, it is very likely that the rise and fall of the company will affect the survival of the club, but here in Urawa Red Diamond, this kind of thing will not happen, because the sponsor behind them, the original founder of the team was Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, as long as people who are familiar with Japan know that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is the core company of the Mitsui Foundation of Japan, an aircraft carrier-level enterprise, and it has always been not bad for money.

And Urawa Red Diamonds have one thing that no other Chinese Super League team can match, that is, their club has two football stadiums of their own, one is the Komaba Stadium in Saitama City, and the other is the Saitama 2002 Stadium, which was built to host the 2002 World Cup, which can accommodate more than 63,000 people, making it the largest football stadium in Japan.

With Japan's top business capabilities, strong sponsors, and the support of fanatical fans - the game they beat Gamba Osaka in 2006 to win the J-League championship has attracted more than 62,000 spectators, making Urawa Red Diamonds' finances very relaxed, the team's salary cap is perennially at the top of the J-League, and many players in the team are highly paid, even some players who don't play well are also paid high.

However, Urawa Red Diamonds, as the "uncrowned king" of the J-League, are often criticized by Japanese fans, that is, they burn money to poach people but do not produce corresponding results - they always fail to win the championship, which is very similar to some Chinese Super League clubs in China.

At the beginning of this season, all the main players of Urawa stayed in the team, and there was no personnel loss, and at the same time, Urawa Red Diamonds continued the habit of poaching people from other teams in the J-League every year, and at the same time introduced foreign aid, they introduced U23 national team captain Nagato Hang from Shonan, from Kyoto Immortals, introduced the outstanding captain offensive core player Yoshinari Kawai to strengthen their attacking line, and introduced Asterta player Blanc Jeric to increase the team's defensive thickness.

When it comes to Urawa Red Diamonds, it is impossible not to mention their head coach Petrovic, who is a typical "Japan expert", who has been coaching J-League team Sanfrecce Hiroshima since 2006, helping the team win the Japanese Emperor's Cup (like the Chinese Football Association Cup), the Japanese League Cup, the Japanese Super Cup, and since 2011, he has been coaching at Urawa Red Diamonds for five years.

Petrovic's coaching team will always have only one formation - 3-6-1, all 3421 or 3412, or from offense to defense to 541 are just the flexible use of the 3-6-1 formation on the field, in Petrovic's tactics, except for Abe Yuki, because of his age, he has become a full-time defensive back, the other positions are relatively blurred, there are no specific functional players, like Komai Yoshinari who dribbles well, and also plays in the back. Centre-back Tomoaki Shinno will provide frequent assists. Striker Yuki Muto will also play replays to participate in the defense.

Urawa Red Diamonds' style of play is a typical Japanese team style of play, the overall stature is not tall, the foot technique is good, the ability to pass and control the ball from the back to the midfield is good, in this smart overall running position, the team counterattack is very sharp, and when defending, emphasizing that after the front court loses the ball, the front court quickly counters, the pressure on the ball holder, and buys time for the offensive to defensive position 541.

It can be said that Urawa Red Diamonds' technical use and tactical literacy are rarely matched by teams in the Chinese Super League, and the game looks pleasing to the eye.

Since Zhang Sheng learned about the group grouping of the AFC Champions League, he has always paid more attention to the situation of Urawa Red Diamonds, because the team's style of play is too similar to that of the Longteng team.

The Dragons have only started playing in a back three since this season, while Urawa Red Diamonds have been playing for four seasons, and no matter what the game goes against them, there is no denying that there is a lot to learn from this team.

For this game, not only the Longteng team attaches great importance to it, but the opponent also regards it as a top priority.

As the core of the team's midfield attack and Japan's international, Yosuke Kashiwagi said bluntly: "When I was grouped in the AFC Champions League group, I wanted to be in a group with the Longteng team, because we wanted to face off against the strong teams. In fact, in the opening game of this season's AFC Champions League, I also hope that the opponent is not Sydney FC but the Longteng team, and wants to beat them with their own strength. ”

Yosuke Kashiwagi echoed the sentiment of their head coach Petrovic: "The Chinese Super League team is now famous all over the world, but like the early J-League teams, the investment does not necessarily pay off, and with a star like Ben Alpha in the Longteng team, this game will be a very difficult game, but I believe that Urawa Red Diamonds are a strong team and we will do our best to get a win." ”

In fact, Petrovic's words, Zhang Sheng is not very convinced, to talk about investment, Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan is also famous for "explosive buying", and because of the relationship between playing three backs, their defense has been not very stable, last season after 34 rounds of league they conceded a total of 40 goals, compared to the total ranking of 1st, 3rd, 4th Hiroshima Three Arrows, Osaka Gamba, FC Tokyo are more, especially in the away stadium The number of goals conceded is especially more.

Look at the Longteng team's performance at home, it is the existence that has never lost in the AFC Champions League, and it is a fool's dream to rely on pure attack to defeat the Longteng team at the Jiangcheng Sports Center, and they are not Barcelona.

If Zhang Sheng's guess is right, 5-4-1 waiting for the opportunity to counterattack should be the tactical idea that Urawa Red Diamonds are most likely to use.

So before the game, when Zhang Sheng asked reporters how he saw the game, he answered very succinctly: "It's a very ordinary game, we will face it with the mentality of facing any other team. ”

When the game started, as Zhang Sheng expected, Urawa Red Diamonds did not even start their core striker Shinzo Koyo, but sat on the bench, replacing him with high school striker Yoshinyankic, and at the same time, the new recruit Komai Yoshinari who has a stronger attack is also a substitute, and the starting is Yuya Uga, who is more balanced in attack and defense.

Of course, there is a reason for this arrangement, the team's veteran defender Mitsuru Nagata accumulated two yellow cards and striker Naoki Ishihara elbowed his opponent in the face of Pohang Steelers, although he escaped the referee on duty for this egregious foul, but the AFC Disciplinary Committee still suspended him for two games, and he was unable to play in the two back-to-back games against the Dragons.

In this case, it is definitely a top priority to stabilize the away team first.

What Petrovic and his disciples did not expect was that even though they were ready to strengthen their defense, only six minutes into the game, the Dragons broke through their door.

And the main reason for this conceding goal is that they are extremely unsuitable for the frontcourt pressing tactics of the Longteng team.

As an Asian team, the slow pace of the game is a stubborn problem, and the Asian teams here do not just refer to the teams in the Chinese Super League, but also include the J-League, including the K-League.

There are many factors that limit the pace of play in Asia, but one of the most important is the environment.

Even at the level of the AFC Champions League, many teams have deliberately accelerated the pace of the game, but compared with the five major European leagues, it is too much worse, and when everyone plays in this environment, they gradually get used to the slow pace on the field.

And the current pressing style of play of the Longteng team has too many traces of European clubs, and Zhang Sheng's unique tactical charm and the blessing of the offensive professional coach have dragged the rhythm of this game to a completely unknown territory of Urawa Red Diamonds.

When you're not comfortable with the opposition's high tempo, conceding is often doomed.