43. Finish the game

When Ding Huaiyi was seen very dead, he did not try to use people to break through, but used more simple catch-and-transfer to mobilize his defensive players. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the face of this kind of fast passing, the players in Western Sydney are very uncomfortable, and Popovich on the sidelines seems very helpless, not because the players do not work hard, but because the opponent's tactics are too restrained. Every time their player wants to go up and press, the Dragons player has already passed the ball.

Therefore, it is often 3 or 4 Longteng players who face the pressure of 5 or 6 Western Sydney players on the field and look very relaxed, and the Western Sydney players are like a few monkeys that are amused to run back and forth, but often the situation is that they don't even rub the skin of the football.

After thinking hard for a while, Popovich took the opportunity of the ball out of bounds to pull the captain of the field, Beauchamp, and said: "Let the players strengthen the midfielder's fighting power, you can use fouls appropriately, our bodies are stronger than them, and we use more bumping and squeezing movements when the body is in contact." The referee will generally not play a card for such a foul. ”

Beauchamp nodded and said, "I see." ”

Sure enough, in the next game, the players in the midfield of the Longteng team were turned on their backs, and the players in Western Sydney played very cunningly, they generally did not let their arms leave their bodies, but they would hit the players of the Longteng team with their shoulders or chests when they were leaning against the players of the Longteng team. In the face of the Western Sydney players, who are generally more than 1.8 meters and have a strong body, the attack of the Longteng team is often interrupted by such fouls, but such fouls are not enough to receive a yellow card, at most let the Longteng team get a free kick in the frontcourt.

Western Sydney's players are also very experienced, and their free kicks to the Dragons are more than 30 meters away from the players, and it is very difficult for the free kicks in this place to hit the goal directly, not to mention that Western Sydney also has a goalkeeper with long arms. Fortunately, the free kick tactics of the Longteng team are not the kind of play that is forced to hang the penalty area, otherwise in the face of tall opponents, these free kick opportunities will be completely wasted.

Western Sydney's style of play is very smart, and he has brought the Dragons' attack into a fragmented situation, and the Dragons' rhythmic midfield control has not been smooth at all. The referee of this game is a referee from West Asia, as the Chinese Super League team has always suffered, the Longteng team has not taken much advantage, Western Sydney's fouls are often regarded by him as a normal physical confrontation, let alone showing a yellow card to Western Sydney.

Faced with this situation, there is no need for Zhang Sheng to say, the players on the field immediately began to adjust themselves, of course, this is also related to the physical fitness of the players of the Longteng team.

Since the Longteng team officially played professionally, Zhang Sheng's team has two weaknesses, one is that the age of the players is generally younger than the opponent, the young players are not fully mature in physical development, followed by poor physical confrontation ability, and finally the lack of experience in physical confrontation; 。

So Zhang Sheng has thought of many ways to deal with such a situation. In fact, this involves a key word that has always been emphasized in professional football: distance.

During the game, players are required to keep their distance from opposing players at all times. This technique is especially important for players with thin bodies. In the process of football operation, through stopping, dribbling, passing and other techniques, if the distance with the opponent's defender is reasonably controlled, then you can directly avoid physical contact, even if the body is thin, the opponent wants to rely on the advantage of physical fitness is weak. Specifically, keep the opposing player at a distance of about 3 meters from you. This is the core technique of a thin person in the process of playing, not letting the opposing player get close to you.

There are a lot of things to keep in mind when it comes to the specifics. For example, when stopping the ball, stop the ball in the direction of no defender, so that you can directly get rid of the defender's first grab, and then adjust your body posture and direction, of course, this requires your running position to be very smart; For example, when you control the ball, you choose to pass the ball more often, and the defender will pass the ball to his teammates reasonably once he is close, and the opponent's physical fitness is powerless, which requires a strong ability to pass the ball; For example, when dribbling the ball, change direction and break through at a safe distance, relying on the flexibility and agility of a thin player, because it is at a safe distanceAt this time, if the defender wants to squeeze the player, you need to run a longer distance, which increases the difficulty of his defense, which is a test of the player's foot skills.

The reason why amateur players can't break the ball every time they play with professional players is largely due to the professional players' control of distance.

And in the heat of play, this requires players to be smart enough to run and good enough to pass and receive the ball. And these are the strengths that the players of the Dragons team have.

After seeing Western Sydney play with such frequent physical contact, the players of Longteng played smarter, everyone ran more diligently, and passed the ball faster, because they knew that once the opponent continued to play with physical contact, they would only run more and consume more physical energy, and this kind of game rhythm was definitely not something that the opponent could insist on.

Sure enough, in nearly ten minutes, although the Dragons consumed a lot of physical energy through running, the players in Western Sydney couldn't stand it anymore, and many players slowed down, after all, they were not iron-clad. And the Longteng team seized the opportunity of the opponent's physical decline.

In the 72nd minute, Ding Huaiyi, who switched to the middle, seized the gap between Western Sydney left-back Cole and left central defender Beauchamp, who was a little unable to run, and passed the ball to Pato, who started to plug in later. Pato was like a bolt of lightning from this gap in, followed by Pato behind La Rosa couldn't keep up with his pace at all, Pato who entered the penalty area decisively kicked the goal, the power of this shot was very large, Tyson didn't dare to hold the ball at all, he could only touch the ball with his fist, fortunately his hand was long enough, the ball was touched by his fist and flew out of the penalty area.

It's just that the ball flew directly to the front of the penalty area, Ding Huaiyi made a non-stop ball and shot directly in the face of the incoming ball, so that the players who pounced on the defense subconsciously stepped forward to block, but Ding Huaiyi's action was completely deceitful, he unloaded the ball beautifully, and directly passed the player who grabbed it, and at the same time the goalkeeper Tyson was deceived, and he also thought that this was Ding Huaiyi's shot, and the central defender also subconsciously wanted to run to the right post to block, but Ding Huaiyi burst into the penalty area and shot to the left, and the goalkeeper was completely powerless。

The Longteng team relied on Ding Huaiyi's goal to take a 3:1 lead.

In the face of this goal, Liu Jiayuan exclaimed: "Wow! It's so beautiful, this goal! The ball that flew out at such a high speed was so stable that it could be unloaded and made a feint at the same time, the problem is that this feint is too realistic, even I thought he was going to shoot for the first time, and the idea of this player playing on the field is really hard for you to figure out." ”

But in Liu Jiayuan's praise, Ding Huaiyi actually began to cramp in the forbidden area, which was embarrassing, he had just been praised to the sky, and it was only 70 minutes later, and he began to lose his physical fitness, which was too damaging to his image.

After Pato went to help press his legs, he had to wave to the team doctor on the sidelines to indicate that the cramps were too bad and he had to be treated. Sure enough, when the team doctor came up, he found that Ding Huaiyi had thigh cramps, and both thighs were cramps, so Ding Huaiyi could no longer insist on the game.

After Zhang Sheng got the team doctor's answer, he decisively replaced him off the field, and Yu Bo was replaced.

However, at the same time, there were also Western Sydney Wanderers, their midfielders were too tired in the previous game, and under the teasing of the midfield of the Dragons, these Western Sydney players were not yet cramped, but they couldn't run at all. In order not to let the team collapse, Popovich decisively replaced two midfielders, replacing Trifiro with young Australian international Moi and replacing Kuby with Hersey.

Moi was a counter-substitution, Hersey replaced the striker in midfield, and it seems that Popovich is trying to tighten up the midfield to prevent conceding more goals. It should be said that this substitution still has an effect, after Ding Huaiyi left the field, the offensive strength of the Longteng team in the midfield has weakened, and the increase in the number of midfielders in Western Sydney has indeed greatly strengthened the thickness of their midfield, although the advantage of the game is still the Longteng team, but the situation on the field has eased.

After 80 minutes, after Zhang Sheng saw that Western Sydney had no desire to attack, he also replaced Lin Feng with Tao Wentao and Pato with Wen Kai respectively, leaving strength for the Chinese Super League four days later.

Liu Jiayuan also said: "The score of 3:1 has made the outcome of this game lose suspense, and Coach Zhang Sheng has also begun to save his strength for the next away league, but with the strength of the Longteng team in this game, they should have good results in this year's league." ”

Xu Yang also said: "That's true, a large number of main players of the Longteng team were lost before the season, and Ivo, the core of the front court at the beginning of the season, was injured again, but I didn't expect these three games, two AFC Champions Leagues, and a away challenge with Guangzhou Evergrande, which actually won one win and two draws, and remained undefeated, which is really unexpected." ”

Liu Jiayuan said: "Seeing the performance of these young players on the field of the Longteng team, I have greater expectations for them. ”

In the end, the game also ended 3:1 at the referee's full-time whistle, and the Longteng team finally won the first victory of the AFC Champions League. (To be continued.) )