84. The state is gradually rising
For this game, not only the Longteng team and Guangzhou Evergrande are like big enemies, but also the media and fans are also full of expectations.
Before the game, in the major sports forums and sports apps in China, the posts and hotlines of the game were a large number of fans who swiped the screen. There are fans of the two teams, and there are fans of other teams watching the excitement.
In view of the huge advantage of the Longteng team now, and because of the frequent personnel exchanges between the two teams, although there are many fans on both sides, the atmosphere is generally very good, and few people are on fire.
Like many fans of Guangzhou Evergrande, they either spoke in the post and said: "The strength of the Longteng team is too strong, I beg for light abuse." ”
Or pay attention to several core players of the Longteng team: "Pato is too fierce now, even if he goes to the top five European leagues, he can play the main team, and I am in danger." ”
"Ben Alfa is a Premier League player who plays in the Chinese Super League, and he is very good. ”
And the fans of the Longteng team mostly set their eyes on several foreign aides of Guangzhou Evergrande: "The violent bird is too dick, it is difficult to break through Evergrande's defense line in this game!"
"The bear (Elkeson) is Mr. Key, the more critical the game, the more fierce it becomes, and my little worm is curled up in a ball and shivering. ”
As for the various media, they have analyzed the game from various angles.
Some compare the players of the two teams, some compare the groups behind the two teams, and some are even extended to the historic moment of the Chinese Super League.
And even more popular are the fans who came to watch the game.
The match was sold out as early as a week ago.
As the results of the Longteng team are getting better and better this season, it has become a problem for many fans in Jiangcheng and Hubei Province to buy a ticket for the Longteng team in Jiangcheng, which is originally a traditional hot ball market.
As a stadium with a capacity of 56,000 spectators, the recent rounds of matches have been basically full, and many fans have already broken the maximum 80% attendance requirement stipulated by the Chinese Super League through various channels.
In today's game to decide the team's championship, it is even more difficult to get a ticket.
Although the game didn't start until 7:35 p.m., as early as around 5 p.m., the outside of the stadium was already crowded with fans from all over the world.
Those fans who belong to the major fan groups of the Longteng team are full of excitement, they are basically the team's package ticket owners, as early as the beginning of the season, they already have tickets for this game, there is no need to worry about entering the stadium, they just want to discuss in advance how to cheer for the players in this game.
And as those fans who were lucky enough to buy bulk tickets, they also followed the big fan group, hoping to keep up with the rhythm of cheering when the time came.
As for the fans who didn't get tickets, they started to think about how to buy a ticket, or simply how to get into the stadium.
Of course, among these fans, of course, there are countless scalpers.
After the Longteng Club rectified the ticketing channels and ticketing team, the tickets of the Longteng team were rarely obtained by scalpers in large quantities.
The vast majority of scalpers only have one or two tickets in their hands, and most of these tickets are obtained by means of queuing up all night and swiping ticket websites all night.
In this game, even scalpers were nervous, because even some scalpers gave up the "business opportunity" of transferring their tickets at a high price, according to them: "Jiangcheng football rarely has a day to win the Super League championship, this time it should be a loss of money, to be able to witness the moment of history, the value of the money." ”
As a result, many fans who want to spend a lot of money on tickets have money but nowhere to spend it.
By half-past six, most of the fans had already entered, and although the scalpers had basically sold out of tickets, there were still a large number of fans who had not bought tickets outside the stadium.
In order to prevent accidents, the Jiangcheng Economic Development Zone has specially arranged police forces to maintain law and order outside the venue.
At this time, the Jiangcheng Sports Center was already full of people.
On the side of the stadium, dozens of media outlets, including CCTV, were conducting pre-match interviews and introductions, and because of the particularity of the game, CCTV specially sent two on-site reporters.
In the broadcast studio, Duan Xuan, who was rumored to be leaving CCTV soon, began to prepare for the broadcast of the game, and Xu Yang was responsible for partnering with him, which shows the importance that CCTV attaches to this game.
At this time, Xuan and Xu Yang were making some pre-match introductions.
"Does this game make you feel very novel?" Duan Xuan asked Xu Yangdao.
"Novelty?" Xu Yang was also surprised by Duan Xuan's words, "Why do you say that?"
Duan Xuan's expression was obviously a little eager to try: "Since Guangzhou Evergrande entered the Chinese Super League, this is the first time that other teams have been able to determine the league championship in a match with them, and the champion is not Guangzhou Evergrande itself." ”
"Hearing you say that, I think it's quite exciting. Xu Yang smiled, "But I'm looking forward to more games like this, which proves that the competition in our Super League will be more intense, and the fans and spectators will like it more." ”
After arousing the excitement of the fans, Duan Xuan began to comment on the starting lineups of the two teams today: "The home team Longteng team has discharged their strongest lineup, several foreign aides except Chavez, are all on the list, Evergrande's side is very unexpected, Elkeson is not on it, it is Robinho, and Gao Lin started immediately after returning from ban." Captain Zheng Zhi also started the game, even though he had played the whole game in the last game. ”
Xu Yang concluded: "This should be the confrontation between the two strongest and most valuable teams in the Chinese Super League, let's look forward to the next games." ”
Soon the game began with a long whistle from the famous iron whistle of the Chinese Super League, Ma Ning.
Guangzhou Evergrande, which is more eager for points, launched a resolute attack immediately after kickoff.
Unlike the first leg of the game, Guangzhou Evergrande's scheduling in the midfield in this game was more handed over to Paulinho, rather than Zheng Zhi, who had been in charge before, it seems that Guangzhou Evergrande head coach Scolari still trusts his Brazilian disciple more, and perhaps he also wants to retain Zheng Zhi's physical fitness more.
Paulinho's role is still very obvious.
In the third minute of the first half, it was Paulinho who avoided Tao Wentao's interception in the midfield, and then rushed forward with the ball, in the face of Lin Feng's close follow-up, Paulinho relied on his strong body to firmly hold the ball, and then handed the ball to Goulart in the front, Goulart used his running position to avoid Roque Gil's defense, and stuffed the ball from the ribs into the Longteng team's penalty area, fortunately, Ma Yongli's spirit was very concentrated, and he stared at Robinho, so that the latter could only shoot at a very small angle, and finally the ball was shot by him in the side netting.
Zhang Sheng was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the players on the field just now, especially Tao Wentao and Lin Feng in the midfield, the former was too casual, and the latter was too easy for Paulinho to take the ball.
The tactics of the Longteng team have always been that the defense starts from the front, and once the players in the front court are not 100% committed, the defensive pressure in the back court will be unprecedentedly great.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Sheng shouted loudly on the field: "Invest, invest! Don't relax!"
In fact, there is no need for Zhang Sheng to shout, the players on the field of the Longteng team also know their mistakes, after all, this is their home stadium, if they really lose the ball in the first three minutes, they know what the consequences are waiting for them.
Duan Xuan, who was dissatisfied with the performance of the Longteng team, was also in charge of commenting: "After the game started, Guangzhou Evergrande obviously entered the state faster than the Longteng team, and the ball just now made Paulinho take it too easily." ”
Xu Yang guessed the mentality of the players of the Longteng team: "It is estimated that the lead of the big score in the points makes the players of the Longteng team a little careless, and the continuous draws of the Longteng team during this period of time, the state of the players is indeed not as good as Guangzhou Evergrande." ”
However, soon the players of the Longteng team were inspired by Guangzhou Evergrande's attack, Tao Wentao and Lin Feng in the front court began their usual frontcourt pressing tactics, and Pato, Ben Alpha and Nie Jiang also joined forces to participate.
The next performance of the Longteng team quickly proved why they can dominate the Chinese Super League.
In the face of the high pressure of the Longteng team, if it is another Chinese Super League team, they can only choose to panic to find the forward forward, although Guangzhou Evergrande at this time is not so embarrassed, they also have to retreat their offensive starting point, hoping to use the depth of the field to involve the tactics of the Longteng team.
This is exactly what Zhang Sheng wants, that is, to make the opponent's attack point further away from his own goal.
Seeing the situation on the field, Scolari made a tactical change, Paulinho, who had been more prominent, retreated slightly, closer to his own backline, and let him start to organize the attack from the back.
When Paulinho began to retreat to get the ball, Tao Wentao, as a forward midfielder, immediately transformed into a defensive forward, and he quickly approached the opponent.
Paulinho distributed the ball to the right after successive escapes without getting rid of Tao Wentao.
In this game, because of Shu Jun's injury, Liu Jian came to the position of right-back, but Liu Jian is not the kind of fast wing fast horse player, his defense is very solid, and he also has a pass organization, but when it is necessary to play a high-speed counterattack, there is not much help.
Like this time, after he got Paulinho's pass, he wanted to rush up on the right side, but unfortunately Ben Alfa's speed was much faster than him, under Ben Alfa's close marking, Liu Jian had to reduce his speed, and after seeing that he couldn't pass the ball accurately to the front court, he could only hand the ball to Zheng Zhi who came over to answer again.
After Zheng Zhi got the ball, he was quickly disturbed by Nie Jiang who was coming back, and he could only hand the ball to Paulinho, who was further behind.
Guangzhou Evergrande's attack returned to the starting point after a circle.
Seeing the confrontation between the Longteng team and Guangzhou Evergrande in the past few minutes, Duan Xuan said with satisfaction: "The Longteng team has finally begun to exert its strength, and the game is going to be good." ”
Paulinho, who received the pass, also knew that it was unrealistic to rely on the pass to open the Dragons' defense and attack the position, so he decided to come himself.
As soon as he received the ball, Paulinho began to accelerate his sprint.
Tao Wentao reacted immediately to Paulinho's solo action, he clinged to the other party tightly and didn't let him speed up, while Lin Feng leaned over from the front and attacked Paulinho.
Under the double attack of Tao Wentao and Lin Feng, Paulinho showed the ability of the star, and the football was firmly controlled by him.
However, Paulinho in high-speed dribbling is also very hard, he knows that if he doesn't pass the ball again, once he loses the ball, it will be a big hidden danger.
Sure enough, after seeing the figure of Zheng Long on the right side, he passed the ball out.
Because it was a pass under the interference of two defenders, the ball was not passed very well, Zheng Long was very awkward when he received the ball, and when he finally stabilized the ball, Xiao Yunfan had already come up to defend.
In this kind of positional battle, Zheng Long did not have the confidence to go it alone, he handed the ball to Paulinho, who came over to answer, and the latter was next to Lin Feng, who was defending to the end.
In the face of the Longteng team's full-court pressing tactics, Paulinho didn't have much to do, he could only pass the ball back to Liu Jian, who came up with the assist.
Liu Jian, who received the ball, was not easy, because Ben Arfa had been interfering with him, and he could only pass the ball back to the defender Zheng Zhi.
Zheng Zhi moved the ball to the left after getting the ball, and Evergrande's left wing-back Zou Zheng grabbed the ball on Nie Jiang and handed it to Robinho.
Robinho shook several times in the face of Zhou Zhou's defense without much chance of breaking through, and he had Pato's defense behind him, and when he saw Goulart being targeted by Roque Gil, he had to reluctantly hoist the ball diagonally into the penalty area.
Although there were now Golin and Goulart inserted from outside the box in the box, Robinho's unthreatening pass was controlled by Ma Yongli and Lu Zhihui's frontal defence.
Especially against Lu Zhihui, who has a super header ability, this kind of high passing is his favorite, he jumped high to push the ball out of the penalty area, and there is still time to find a spot in the air, and the ball is pushed by him to where Roque Gill is standing.
At this time, the whole team of Guangzhou Evergrande was in a state of attacking forward, so Roque Gill was particularly threatening after taking the ball, because the defensive position of Evergrande's players was not very good!
At the first moment when Roque Gill got the ball, Lin Feng began to sprint forward with all his might, and at this time, Roque Gill's pass arrived.
Guangzhou Evergrande's players were desperately defending at this time, and Paulinho was the first to approach Lin Feng.
Adhering to the tactics of the Longteng team's fast passing, Lin Feng did not let the ball stay at his feet for more, and handed over the ball to Tao Wentao in front of him with a beautiful pass.
Lin Feng's choice was right, as soon as his ball was passed, Paulinho's leg stretched out.
Tao Wentao faced Zheng Zhi's up-and-down grab after taking the ball, and directly split the side of the ball without stopping, and found Ben Alpha on the left side.
The Dragons' counterattack has begun!