Chapter 20: Resistance Against Japan
Just as the Peninsula players were preparing for the upcoming AFC Champions League match, Gao Hongbo announced the latest edition of the national team list, and no one in the Peninsula team was on the list. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
That's to be expected, and although the season started with a few good games, after all, the league has only just started and there are still few opportunities to perform.
Seeing the national football squad, Jin Dapeng was a little disappointed, and he also knew that he had to work harder to enter the national team in order to enter the national team.
A few days before the start of the game, Jin Dapeng got up very early, although the temperature was a little low, but Jin Dapeng, who was walking on the way to the training ground, still felt clean for a long time.
But as soon as he arrived at the stadium, he saw Lei Jiasi, who came earlier than him, and Jin Dapeng was a little surprised: "Get up so early? ”
Lei Jiasi looked helpless: "Yes, I can't sleep, I haven't slept well since the fiasco to Evergrande."
Jin Dapeng replied with deep understanding: "Me too!" ”
The two of them did a simple jog together on the training ground, after all, they were not in the habit of doing high-intensity training in the morning.
After morning exercise, Jin Dapeng suddenly felt that his body was in very good condition and his body was full of energy, which made Jin Dapeng like this training method.
The AFC Champions League match with Sanfrecce Hiroshima is coming soon, the atmosphere before the game is very tense, the opponent is the Japanese J-League champion team, who defeated Evergrande 2:1 in last year's Club World Cup, and the strength is above the Peninsula team, plus the Peninsula team's first two AFC Champions League performances are excellent, Hiroshima Three Arrows will not despise this Chinese team like Seoul FC and Melbourne Victory.
However, the current form of the standings is very beneficial to the Peninsula team, Hiroshima Sanfrecce lost 1 and drew 1 in the first 2 rounds of the AFC Champions League group stage, accumulating only 1 point; Al Jazeera, on the other hand, have six points from winning both games, and a win in this game will make it easy to qualify from the group.
Although they have only scored one point in the group stage so far, the state of the Hiroshima Three Arrows team has improved a lot, and they were clearly out of form in the first two AFC Champions League games, and after playing a few games in the AFC Champions League and the league, the strength of the entire team has improved significantly.
The pre-match press conference was very harmonious, with Hiroshima Three Arrows head coach Petrovic and Sandwicz being fellow Serbians who had known each other many years ago, and the press conference was less harsh and more flattering.
Although they all said something nice, but privately they really wanted to win this game, and the three points are important for both sides.
The biggest star of the Three Arrows Hiroshima team is veteran Toshito Sato, who is an absolute mainstay of the Japanese national team with a record of 18 goals in one season.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima's other international striker is Korean-Japanese Lee Chung-sung, who came off the bench in the Asian Cup final against Australia in Qatar on 29 January 2011 and scored the winning goal in the 19th minute of extra time to give Japan a fourth Asian Cup title, having played for Premier League powerhouse Southampton before joining Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Like the Peninsula team, the Hiroshima Three Arrows players are all Japanese players, but there are many Japanese internationals in the team, the individual players are outstanding, and the overall game experience and control are above the Peninsula players.
In contrast, the Al Jazeera players are not as good as their opponents, but they still have a certain advantage in physical confrontation compared to the Japanese team, especially their height is much taller than their opponents.
The game was played at the Crouching Tiger Stadium as scheduled, and Jin Dapeng, who had just walked into the stadium, was also shocked by the atmosphere of his home stadium, with golden stands, neat singing, and non-stop waving flags, all of which made him intoxicated.
The players of Sanfrecce Hiroshima were obviously a little afraid of such a home atmosphere, and after the start of the game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who had a balanced offensive and defensive formation of 442, did not rush to attack, but mostly fell in the midfield.
The Peninsula team with a 451 formation is not an active attacking style of play, both sides play conservatively, the ball is near the midfield most of the time, the tempo of the field is also very slow, and there are few threats to attack.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima's two forwards, Toshito Sato and Lee Chung-sung, got very few chances up front, while Kim Dapeng didn't have many chances either.
The boring on-court game made the crowd unnerving, the whole Crouching Tiger stadium was lifeless, and Sandwich and Petrovic did not do much to attack.
However, in such a seemingly calm scene, Sanfrecce Hiroshima is looking for loopholes in the Peninsula team, which is exactly what they are good at.
In last year's Club World Cup, they relied on this style of play to defeat AFC Champions League champion Guangzhou Evergrande. Evergrande's attacking intensity began to decline after the score took the lead, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima was not in a hurry to equalize, it seemed that they had accepted the result of defeat, in fact, the Evergrande backline was scored by Sanfrecce Hiroshima as soon as they relaxed their vigilance.
Evergrande, who was equalized, immediately stepped up their attack, but was followed by a counterattack by Sanfrecce Hiroshima to overtake the score.
In the 20th minute of the game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who had been slowly stumbling in the midfield, suddenly accelerated the pace, and the skillful ground cooperation of several people in the midfield broke through the midfield defense of the Peninsula team, and the midfielder of Sanfrecce Hiroshima passed the ball to Toshito Sato in the frontcourt, and Toshito Sato deftly pushed the pass behind Lee, and another striker Lee Zhongcheng quickly inserted, and the ball passed through Lee, who was strong but turned a little slowly.
Seeing that his teammates were out of position, central defender Li Jie immediately made up for it, and seeing that Li Zhongcheng was about to kick the goal, Li Jie shoveled it over, and Feng Bu also pounced to block the angle.
Li Zhongcheng did not choose to volley vigorously, but chose to shoot, and the ball went past Li Jie and Feng Bu, who came forward to block, and fell into the far point of the goal.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima had the first shot on goal that pierced the Peninsula's goal, and the Peninsula's players had yet to move out of the rhythm of the game.
Sandwich also understands the characteristics of his opponent, and under the seemingly flat rhythm of the game, there is indeed an undercurrent, which is also the consistent style of play of the Japanese.
The crowd was clearly unhappy with the goal conceded. There was a boo from the audience, and this boo was an outlet for their dissatisfaction with the form and score on the field.
Seeing that his teammates had scored, Jin Dapeng, who was lonely on the forward line, was a little anxious, and Jin Dapeng, who was a little excited just now, was completely woken up by this goal.
The scene of the fiasco in the last game is still vivid, this game is against the Japanese team, if this game loses again, I am afraid that "I will be shameless to face the elders of Koto".
Jin Dapeng depressedly put the ball in the middle circle, ready to kick off, Lei Jiasi on the side saw that Jin Dapeng's expression was a little abnormal, so he stepped forward to comfort: "Calm down, the next game depends on you!" ”