Chapter 15: Crouching Tiger

After returning home, the Peninsula team was warmly welcomed by the fans at the airport, many fans went to the airport to meet the airport, and the Peninsula players also had a good interaction with the fans, although they only won one game, but the whole Peninsula team was as excited as if they had won the FA Cup. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Sandwich, who returned to the base, was not carried away by the victory in front of him, he knew that the strength of Seoul FC was actually far above the current Peninsula team, and the Peninsula team was about to usher in another more powerful opponent, the AFC Champions League and the Chinese Super League double defending champion Evergrande team, so after returning from South Korea, Sandwich immediately prepared to play against Evergrande in the Chinese Super League.

The Peninsula players naturally know the strength of Evergrande, they have won the Chinese Super League championship for 5 consecutive years, and the strength of the team's internal and external reinforcements and local players is very strong.

Evergrande, like the Peninsula team, had just finished the AFC Champions League, and they drew 2:2 away to Japan's J-League champions Urawa Ruby in a game that played at a rare high level, both in terms of technical and tactical level and the attitude of the players.

However, the match between the two teams with a huge disparity in strength was originally more interesting because of the Peninsula's away win over FC Seoul, although on paper, Evergrande was far stronger than Peninsula.

The head coach of Evergrande is Scolari, the world famous coach led the Brazilian national team to win the World Cup in 2002, but in the 2014 Brazil World Cup, as the head coach of the host country, he led the Brazilian national team to lose 1:7 at home to the German team, and then he resigned as the head coach of the Brazilian national team as the head coach of the Evergrande team.

Evergrande has Jackson, who has been brought in from Atletico Madrid for 42 million euros. Martinez, who has been the top scorer in the Portuguese Super League three times in a row, also wore the team's No.9 shirt after moving to Atletico Madrid, and was also the main player of the Colombian team at the World Cup in Brazil.

Paulinho is a regular in the Brazilian national team, the main defender of the Brazilian national team during the Brazilian World Cup, and has a great influence in the world, before joining Evergrande, he played for the Premier League powerhouse Tottenham Hotspur, and in last year's Club World Cup, he showed that he can compete with the world's leading players.

Goulart is a forward player brought in by Evergrande from Brazilian champions Corinthians, he has been selected for the Brazilian national team, and more importantly, he is still very young, he has performed very well since coming to China, he can pass the ball as a striker, he can also score goals by himself, and he is very suitable for the Chinese Super League.

The other striker is the former Europa League top scorer Alain, who is not as famous as the previous ones, but is an underrated striker who played for Red Bull Salzburg before joining Evergrande.

Evergrande's Asian foreign aid is South Korea's current international Kim Young-cheon, who is the main player of the South Korean national team and often serves as the captain of the Korean national team, and has won the trust of the head coach with his consistent performance at the back.

Not only is the foreign aid strong, but the domestic players of the Evergrande team are also at the international level, there are international players of the national team in all positions, the cooperation between the players is also very tacit, and the team's playing style is also very mature.

Although the Peninsula team does not have any big-name foreign aid, and no domestic player has been selected for the Chinese national team, the team's defensive counterattack style of play can often create a lot of trouble for the pair, and often achieve good results when they are not favored, and the team's top scorer Jin Dapeng scored a hat-trick in the last Chinese Super League game.

At the pre-match press conference, Evergrande coach Scolari made it clear that the team's goal is only one is to score all 3 points.

Compared with Scolari's self-confidence, Sandwich seems to be much more low-key, "Although the last round of the AFC Champions League defeated the invincible Seoul FC, but a win in one game does not mean anything, a football game to win 100 goals is only 3 points, tomorrow's game with Evergrande will be a good learning opportunity."

Although he said that he wanted to learn more, Sandwich obviously did not belong to the type of tie-up, and after the press conference, Sandwich convened several core players of the team to discuss countermeasures.

When receiving the notice from the head coach, Jin Dapeng was obviously a little surprised by Sandwich's decision, under normal circumstances, the skills and tactics of the game are formulated by the head coach, and few coaches will take the initiative to ask for the opinions of the players.

Since the head coach asked, Jin Dapeng also thought seriously about tomorrow's game, but the first thing he said when he saw Sandwich was "Why do you take the initiative to ask for the opinions of our players?" ”

Sandwich naturally had his considerations: "Your tactics have been very successful in the last few games, I can see that a lot of the play is created by you, it is very innovative and effective, our goal is to win the game, it doesn't matter whose tactics it is. ”

Hearing that Sandwich took the initiative to put down the head coach's shelf and discuss with the players the countermeasures for tomorrow's game, Jin Dapeng admired Sandwich's mind.

For the tactics that the head coach wants, Jin Dapeng knows that if you want to be able to compete with the Evergrande team, it is not enough to dare to fight and dare to fight, but also to have enough wisdom, "I think the biggest weakness of the Evergrande team is the left side, their main left-back Zou Zheng suffered a serious fracture in last year's Club World Cup, and now several substitutes are also injured, and it may be possible to play their left side tomorrow." ”

Sandwich said: "How about playing against them tomorrow? Just focus on their left side, and their left-back is basically injured at the moment. ”

Jin Dapeng was stunned for a while: "Really? It doesn't seem to end well with the Evergrande team.

Sandwich explained: "I have carefully watched the videos of the Evergrande team in these rounds, their defense is porous, the attacking power of the forward line is not very sufficient, and their 42 million euro striker J Ma does not seem to be suitable for the Chinese Super League. ”

Listening to what the head coach said, Jin Dapeng thought carefully about Evergrande's recent games, and his performance was indeed not as dominant as last season, losing slightly more games, and winning games was not so stable.

Feng Bu on the side also has his own opinion: "Playing with the Evergrande team, we must not let them score first, they will play defensive counterattacks after scoring, and their counterattacks are also very threatening." ”

After listening to the analysis of the players, Sandwich gradually has a starting lineup for tomorrow's game and is confident about tomorrow's game.