Chapter 13: The Rising Sun in the Trough
Although Dai Zhiwei can be regarded as famous to a certain extent, he is not complacent, he is still conscientious in training, and head coach Cannavaro is also quite satisfied with Dai Zhiwei's attitude.
As the world footballer of the year, Cannavaro has seen a lot of football talents, many of which are more amazing than Dai Zhiwei, but the latter's diligence and self-discipline still moved him.
In the last game, although Evergrande defeated Kashima Antlers, but the performance was not too good, in addition to the away reason, there is also a big reason because of Evergrande's two-line combat brought the players physical and psychological fatigue.
Considering that it has only been two days since the last away game against Kashima Antlers, coupled with the fatigue of the car, in order to avoid injuries to players at the beginning of the season, Cannavaro thought twice and wrote Dai Zhiwei's name in the starting list for the third round of the Chinese Super League against Changchun Yatai.
Compared with Evergrande, which won two games in the first two rounds of the league, Changchun Yatai has only played one league game so far this season due to the delay of the second round - the team lost 0:2 to Shandong Luneng in the first round.
In the history of the league, the two teams have met a total of 8 times, and Evergrande has a slight advantage with 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, but it is worth mentioning that Evergrande suffered a home and away double kill from Yatai in the league last time.
Therefore, even if it is fighting at home, Evergrande is very afraid of Changchun Yatai.
In this game, Changchun Yatai was mainly opposed as soon as he came on the field, the game only started 4 minutes, Changchun Yatai's foreign aid Justi took a corner kick on the left side of the field, and Bolivian striker Moreno hit the goal with a header, slightly off the far post, which has shocked the home fans in a cold sweat.
Evergrande team is not without a bright performance, especially the first debut of Dai Zhiwei in the front field is very active, in the 22nd minute, Guangzhou Evergrande launched an oblique long pass on the right side of the front field, inserted into the right side of the penalty area Dai Zhiwei crossed to the middle, but unfortunately Elkeson outflanked in the middle after the shot was hit, lost a great opportunity to score.
On the football field, teams that waste chances tend to be retaliated against, and this one is no exception.
In the 29th minute, Changchun Yatai played a quick counterattack in the front, Du Zhenyu accurately obliquely plugged on the left side of the front, Matsu ran to the penalty area at high speed after winning the ball, and Yatai led Evergrande 1:0 away.
Only 2 minutes after Yatai scored, Dai Zhiwei broke through the back line of the Yatai team and passed diagonally, Goulart inserted into the penalty area after starting at high speed, but the ball was too strong and was obtained by Yatai goalkeeper Song Zhenyu.
In the 43rd minute, Li Xuepeng fell in the penalty area after inserting an assist, and the referee Tan Hai still didn't say anything.
The situation of falling behind at home in the first half was definitely not what the Evergrande team wanted to see, so after the opening of the second half, the Evergrande team launched a flood of attacks.
In the 53rd minute, Yatai defender Yan Feng fouled the handball at the edge of the penalty area, and Elkeson's ball fell at the feet of Zhao Xuri after hitting the Yatai wall, but the latter's shot was cleared by the Yatai player.
Just 2 minutes later, after Dai Zhiwei took the ball on the left side of the front, he passed with his heel to Li Xuepeng, who immediately sent a horizontal pass, and Yatai central defender Jiang Zhefei cleared the siege and almost made an own goal.
In the 58th minute, Evergrande once again challenged the Yatai defense, and it was Dai Zhiwei who stuffed his heel into Zhao Xuri in the center of the penalty area, and the latter's left-footed direct shot went out again.
The continuous waste of his teammates' meticulous passes also made Dai Zhiwei depressed, and he decided to do it himself.
In the 61st minute, Evergrande took a free kick on the right side of the front, and Dai Zhiwei finally did not choose to pass the ball like the previous few times, but hit the goal with a barb on the left side of the penalty area.
Just as the ball jumped into the goal, Elkeson, who was in an offside position, suspected to make up for it with a header.
Although Dai Zhiwei repeatedly complained to referee Tan Hai that Elkeson did not touch the ball, Tan Hai still signaled that the ball was invalid.
In the past, I only saw the lame performance of the Chinese Super League referee on TV and the Internet, but this time Dai Zhiwei personally experienced the misjudgment of the Chinese referee and truly understood what a blind whistle is.
What can Dai Zhiwei, who finally won the starting position, do?
Do you want to go up and fight with the referee?
I can only retreat, shake my head helplessly, and accept the reality.
"Tan Hai? I remember you! Dai Zhiwei could only silently leave a cruel sentence in his heart, completely Ah Q spirit.
However, referee Tan Hai's blind whistle did not extinguish Dai Zhiwei's desire to score goals, but instead stimulated his fighting spirit.
Less than three minutes after being misjudged by the referee, Evergrande won another free-kick, and this time Goulart opted for a quick free-kick because he saw Dai Zhiwei who was shrewd forward.
"Good time!"
This quick free kick is a bit unexpected, Gaolat wore a thief, Dai Zhiwei ran more thief, when the football passed in front of him, Dai Zhiwei, who had already fled to the Changchun Yatai penalty area, did not have a Yatai player in the defense.
Dai Zhiwei threw himself out, stretched out his feet to meet the pass, and the ball passed the attacking Song Zhenyu impartially and fell into the net, and Evergrande finally equalized.
After scoring the goal, Dai Zhiwei also deliberately glanced at the referee twice, it is difficult to say whether there was any provocation, but it was not until the other party signaled that the goal was valid, and he began to celebrate wantonly!
After the equalizer, Evergrande, which was sitting at home, began to encircle and suppress the long-pass Yatai, and the offensive was in full swing.
In the 74th minute, Yatai fullback Li Guang pulled a foul in the process of defending Dai Zhiwei, and was shown the second yellow card of the game by the referee, and was sent off after two yellows turned into one red.
However, Evergrande's offensive is always a little bit away from the goal, and at the last moment of the game, Gaolat's shot was blocked by Yatai goalkeeper Song Zhenyu and hit the post, and it was regrettable that he failed to perform the "countdown kill" show.
In the end, after 90 minutes, Evergrande drew 1:1 at home against 10-man Yatai, ending the defending champion's five-game winning streak in all competitions.
Dai Zhiwei was also depressed about the draw, but if he chose between a team victory and his own goal, he would definitely choose to score his own goal.
After all, Dai Zhiwei can't be selfless.
"Three goals, the top scorer in the team and the league Golden Boot seem to be expected!" After returning home and seeing the league scorer list data, Dai Zhiwei had a plan.
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Dai Zhiwei withdrew from the virtual space of the system, lay on the bed very tired, and ate a pineapple.
Recently, the Evergrande team's record can only be regarded as not bad, but Dai Zhiwei is radiant and has secured the starting position.
In the 4th round of the 2015 Chinese Super League, Evergrande went to Henan to challenge the Jianye team, and Dai Zhiwei, who started the last game, returned to the bench again in this game.
Due to the injury and absence of captain Zheng Zhi, the attack and defense of the Evergrande team looked messy, and the foreign aid forwards Goulart and Elkeson had empty skills, but they could not get the support of their teammates. The Jianye team obviously prepared carefully for the game, and in the first 8 minutes, they scored a world goal by Xiao Zhi.
Although in the later game, the Evergrande team perfectly interpreted the momentum without score, and Cannavaro could only replace Dai Zhiwei again in the second half.
After Dai Zhiwei came on the field, he immediately used his speed and dribbling to bring the right side of the Evergrande team to life.
In the 64th minute of the game, Dai Zhiwei and Goulart successfully burst into the penalty area after completing a two-two on the right side, and then he suddenly volleyed and hit a goalkeeper's reverse corner to successfully equalize.
However, the Evergrande team was unable to save a draw in the end, and the poor defense was still easily torn apart, and Jianye team Bi Jinhao scored the second goal with a header to take the lead again.
As the game approached the end, the Evergrande team became more and more impatient, although Dai Zhiwei used his dribbling to create a penalty, but Elkeson actually shot the penalty away in stoppage time, and after the game, Feng Xiaoting was also shown a yellow card for disrespecting the referee on duty.
The Evergrande team can only accept the end of the undefeated golden body in the new season, and it has also created the biggest upset since the start of the Chinese Super League in the new season. This result also put a lot of pressure on Cannavaro for the rest of his tenure.
It's a pity that the bad luck of the Evergrande team is far from the end.
After losing to Henan Jianye away, Evergrande ushered in the 4th round of the AFC Champions League group stage, and the opponent was still Kashima Antlers.
In this game, as long as Evergrande, which has won 4 consecutive wins in the AFC Champions League group stage this season, can win, it will be able to lock the top spot in the group stage in advance, and Kashima Antlers want to advance, only theoretically.
In such a situation, the Evergrande team is more or less underestimated, and even Dai Zhiwei, who made his first AFC Champions League debut, put more attention on scoring goals than on the issue of whether the team wins or not.
The impetuous Evergrande's performance in this game was a disaster. In the 19th minute, Endo Yasu crossed the ball from the right side, and the ball hit the arm of Kim Young-kwon, who was retreating on the penalty line, and the referee awarded a penalty, and Endo Yasu personally scored the goal, and Kashima Antlers led 1:0.
Yibian fought again, Kim Yingquan was judged to have committed a foul when defending Kaio on the side, Shibasaki Yue's free kick on the right side was passed to the middle of the penalty area, and substitute Takasaki Kanzhi's header broke through the corner of the goal, and Evergrande fell behind by two goals at home.
In the following game, the Evergrande team woke up from a dream, but it was too late, Dai Zhiwei scored a face-saving goal for Evergrande in the 79th minute - Evergrande won a free kick in the backfield and passed a quick long pass, Elkeson turned to get rid of it and then cleverly crossed from the left side of the penalty area, Dai Zhiwei cleverly went around to Chang Ziyuan and outflanked the goal in the small penalty area.
From the third round of the Chinese Super League on March 21 to the fourth round of the AFC Champions League group stage on April 7, Evergrande can be said to have encountered a dark half month, and the only shining point in this period is only one person.
Dai Zhiwei!