Chapter 187: The Quancheng team's defensive counterattack
The opponent of the Quancheng team in the quarterfinals of the Super Cup is the Guangzhou Yangcheng team, and it is Guangzhou Yangcheng, and in the quarterfinals of the Super Cup last year, the opponent of the Quancheng team is also Guangzhou Yangcheng.
At that time, Zhou Tao was still in the Guangzhou Yangcheng team, and they caused a lot of trouble for the Quancheng team, but the final result was that the Quancheng team eliminated the Guangzhou Yangcheng team!
Zhou Tao's departure has affected the results of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team at the beginning of this season, and the players of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team have almost become accustomed to Zhou Tao's existence.
However, after just a few weeks, the Guangzhou Yangcheng team has readjusted, and they put all the attacking pressure on their captain.
The captain of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team is a type of player like Zhou Tao, his strength is not inferior to Zhou Tao, and even in some aspects, he is stronger than Zhou Tao.
After Zhou Tao left, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of organizing the attack of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team alone. The lineup of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team has changed from a true core and a pseudo-core to only one core!
This style of play makes their captaincy more responsible, and he is more tired when he is on the field, but this style of play is not without the slightest benefit.
In the second half of the season, Guangzhou Yangcheng played very well, they rushed to fifth place in the standings of the Chinese League, and with a little more effort, maybe they can qualify for the AFC Champions League next season.
The Guangzhou Yangcheng team can also be regarded as a blessing for Saiong, and Zhou Tao's departure was originally a heavy blow to them. But it is precisely because of Zhou Tao's departure that their captain is more calm, and when there is only one core, their offense is more able to threaten the opponent's goal.
On the whole, the Guangzhou Yangcheng team is stronger than last year!
They passed the Super Cup and once again reached the quarter-finals of the Super Cup. Guangzhou Yangcheng team, that is definitely a regular in the Super Cup quarterfinals, their main goal every season is to win the Super Cup.
Therefore, in the Super Cup, the performance of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team was even better than in the Chinese League.
Their outstanding performance has even been favored by the media, and many domestic media in China have publicly stated that Guangzhou Yangcheng team is likely to be the champion of this season's Super Cup!
They have what it takes to compete for the Super Cup. In the case that the Qilu team and the Quancheng team could not be in the Super Cup. In the case that the Royal Yanjing team is rectifying, and in the case that the Shanghai Shencheng team is only concerned about grabbing points in the Chinese League and is eliminated early, the Guangzhou Yangcheng team is really likely to win the Super Cup this season.
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them!
In the eyes of the media, the Quancheng team and the Qilu team have actually given up the Super Cup game. And the only one who can threaten the Guangzhou Yangcheng team in the quarterfinals is the only Royal Yanjing team.
It's a pity that the Royal Yanjing team is also in a stage of alternating between the old and the new. They simply can't reach the level they were at their peak. With their current situation, it is really difficult to pose a threat to the Guangzhou Yangcheng team.
Guangzhou Yangcheng team has a good chance to win the Super Cup again because of a series of changes in the Chinese League and AFC Champions League this year!
The players of Guangzhou Yangcheng team are also full of confidence in the Super Cup. They're going for the championship. For teams like Guangzhou Yangcheng, they have no desire to win the Chinese League and qualify for the AFC Champions League, and their only hope is to win the Super Cup.
Although they are already fifth in the league table, they have no intention of qualifying for the AFC Champions League.
Guangzhou Yangcheng team is self-aware, they know that with their current team situation, participating in the AFC Champions League will only outweigh the losses, it is better to perform well in the Super Cup and strive to win a championship back.
I have to say that the Guangzhou Yangcheng team is really obsessed with the Super Cup championship, especially this year their chances are so good, then they have no reason not to compete for the Super Cup championship.
However, before that, the Guangzhou Yangcheng team must pass the test of this round of games.
They and the Quancheng team have a narrow road, and they met again in the quarterfinals! Originally, with the performance of the Quancheng team this season and their strength, the chances of Guangzhou Yangcheng team being able to eliminate them were very small, but it was precisely because the Quancheng team performed so well this season that they had no time to estimate the Super Cup game.
They must stay for the AFC Champions League and the Chinese League, which makes the Guangzhou Yangcheng team lose their horses again, and they feel that it will be easier to play when they meet a "strong team" like the Quancheng team.
The Super Cup match of the Qilu team gave the Guangzhou Yangcheng team a very strong confidence, and they felt that the Quancheng team would definitely give up the Super Cup game like the Qilu team.
Guangzhou Yangcheng team's guess is right, the Quancheng team does have the intention of giving up the Super Cup, but they ignore Lin Qi, and they don't want to think about it, Lin Qi will be the kind of player who gives up easily......
When the Quancheng team announced their starting list, the Guangzhou Yangcheng team was really taken aback, they didn't expect Chen Song to send Lin Qi in this game.
Didn't you say that the Springs team gave up the Super Cup? What does it mean to send Lin Qi to appear?
Guangzhou Yangcheng team is like a big enemy, although under Lin Qi's name are all some second substitute players of the Quancheng team, but Guangzhou Yangcheng team no longer cares about these things, they just see Lin Qi's name, they already feel that their goal is not safe in this game......
As long as the Quancheng team still has Lin Qi on the field, then they will not have given up the Super Cup game!
The Guangzhou Yangcheng team rearranged before the game, and they no longer thought of this game as simple, but as a difficult life-and-death battle.
The attitude of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team made them play more rigorously in the game, and they actually chose a more conservative style of play at the beginning of the game.
Guangzhou Yangcheng did not despise Quancheng because most of the players who started the game were second substitutes.
But the Guangzhou Yangcheng team is conservative. The Springs team was more conservative, they didn't have the slightest intention of pressing the attack, but instead let the players shrink into their own half.
The conservative strategy of the two teams led to a dull start to the game. Both teams almost just grabbed the ball near midfield, and neither was able to dribble into the opposition's penalty area.
The game was played like this for more than ten minutes, and the head coach of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team on the sidelines suddenly smiled and shook his head, he felt that he was a little nervous, just seeing Lin Qi play was like a big enemy, but he ignored that the other players on the field of the Quancheng team were some players who rarely got the opportunity to play in the Chinese League.
Lin Qi's strength deserves the attention of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team, but it can't be taken too seriously. After all, Lin Qi is just one person. It is impossible for him to bring too much threat to the goal of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team in isolation.
Thinking like this, the head coach of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team gestured to the players on the sidelines, which he meant to ask the players to boldly press the attack!
He didn't want to play a draw with such a Spring City team, since he didn't want a draw. Of course, it's going to be on the attack.
Just over 10 minutes into the game. The attack of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team came. They pressed it hard. I want to penetrate the Spring City goal as soon as possible so that the team can take the lead early.
However, their purpose was not achieved. After they pressed the attack, the Quancheng team shrank even harder.
The Quancheng team directly put on an iron bucket formation, and it looked like they were planning to hold on to a draw. This is the direction that Chen Song pointed out to the players before the game, and he asked the players to play defensive counterattacks in this game!
Yes, it's a defensive counterattack!
After Chen Song decided to let Lin Qi play, he has been thinking about how the Quancheng team, which is dominated by second substitute players, should move forward in the Super Cup.
The opponents in the Super Cup are not weak, especially after entering the quarterfinals, the intensity of the Super Cup competition can even exceed that of the Chinese League.
For this reason, Chen Song had to be cautious.
Chen Song is such a conscientious and responsible head coach, he can choose to give up the Super Cup, but once he agrees with Lin Qi's statement that he wants to win in the Super Cup, then Chen Song will definitely not deal with it.
After an afternoon of contemplation, Chen Song finally decided to let this team, which is equivalent to the second-tier team of the Quancheng team, play a defensive counterattack!
This was the inspiration that Chen Song got from Liu Bo, who bragged to Chen Song more than once about how powerful his defensive counter-attacking tactics were after leading the Chinese youth team to the World Youth Championships.
In the process of boasting, Liu Bo repeatedly mentioned the most critical figure of the Chinese youth team - Lin Qi.
"Don't look at Lin Qi's speed is not too fast, but his explosiveness is good. I remember that in the past, Lin Qi could leave others far behind within five or even ten meters of the start, and after this distance, he would be easily caught up by others. ”
"But now it's different, I think with Lin Qi's current speed, he can take the lead within 15 meters or even 20 meters. His speed wasn't too fast yet, but his acceleration was terrifying. Liu Bo once said to Chen Song.
"Judging from Lin Qi's speed, he is not suitable for defensive counterattacks at all, but we are a football game, not a race, and I think Lin Qi's characteristics are very suitable for defensive counterattacks." After Liu Bo took a sip of beer, he continued to say to Chen Song with a burp.
"Don't think I'm talking nonsense, I've proven it in practice. Before the World Youth Championship finals, Lin Qi's role in defensive counterattacks was reflected, and you can also see in the World Youth Championship finals later, we easily defeated the Spanish youth team with defensive counterattack tactics! After winning the World Youth Championships, Liu Bo's mentality has changed a lot, although he is still so sloppy, but he has learned to brag.
This can also be regarded as influenced by the players of the Chinese youth team, more precisely, it should be influenced by Lin Qi. Liu Bo found from Lin Qi's body that sometimes it is very refreshing to get up......
Liu Bodese's words echoed in Chen Song's ears, Chen Song never accepted Liu Bo's suggestion, let the Quancheng team try to play defensive counterattack, it was really a very crucial game for the Quancheng team before, and he was not allowed to try a new formation.
And the current Quancheng team is not even fully proficient in the double-back formation, so let's make a defensive counterattack. The players probably won't be able to bear it.
But in this game, Chen Song suddenly thought of a defensive counterattack, and he felt that if the second-tier team of the Quancheng team played a defensive counterattack, it should receive better results.
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After Zhou Tao left, the overall strength of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team not only did not decline, but increased slightly, mainly because their players' ideas in the offense were more clear, and they no longer had to think about Zhou Tao's "pseudo-core" problem, as long as they played around their only core.
This makes their offensive routines more proficient, in other words, specialized and refined!
However, this kind of "specialization and refinement" has also brought some problems to the Guangzhou Yangcheng team. That is, their offensive means are more single!
Everyone knows the characteristics of Zhou Tao. The captain of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team is a type of player with Zhou Tao, he is as good at observing the situation on the field as Zhou Tao, so as to make the most accurate judgment, and he also has a very accurate pass.
This allows him to be very sensitive to find holes in the opponent's defense. Thus helping teammates create opportunities. The result is a goal.
But what if the opponent's defense is not porous? Or is it that the holes in the opponent's defense are very small? Then the Guangzhou Yangcheng team lacks a way to break the goal.
Another purpose of Chen Song's arrangement for the team to play defensive counterattacks is to reduce the loopholes in the defense. If the bucket formation is laid out, then there will be almost no holes in their defense, even if there are. It was not enough for Guangzhou Yangcheng to threaten their goal.
Chen Song's judgment was not wrong at all, the Guangzhou Yangcheng team's pressing attack did not receive too obvious results, and in the case of positional warfare, the Guangzhou Yangcheng team still lacked the means to break the goal.
The game went on for more than 30 minutes in a blink of an eye, and the score of the two teams was still 0:0, and the Guangzhou Yangcheng team failed to break the players of the Quancheng team.
The players of the Quancheng team, who can only play as the second substitute in the team, performed very well, and under the leadership of Xu Zhen, they defended their own goal very solidly.
While stabilizing the defense, the Springs team has also been looking for opportunities to play counter-attacks. It's a pity that their counterattack also failed to threaten the goal of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team.
The Quancheng team contracted too much, Lin Qi could only return to his own half to receive the ball, and once he returned to his own half, his defensive counterattack basically lost his threat.
After all, his own half is too far away from the opponent's goal, Lin Qi can lead the opponent's defenders within more than 20 meters at most, once he breaks through more than 20 meters with the ball, then the defenders of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team will be able to catch up with him.
If you are caught up in a quick counterattack, how to fight a counterattack, and how to play happily.
In this regard, Lin Qi is also very helpless, this Quancheng team lacks the kind of player who can send him the ball, if Lin Qi stays in the front court, it is estimated that he will not even be able to touch the ball.
Lin Qi is once again full of desire to improve his speed, if his speed can be improved, this game will not be so difficult, he can completely launch a counterattack from the backfield, as long as the other players of the Quancheng team can defend well, then they will definitely win this game.
The Guangzhou Yangcheng team's big pressure made their defense very empty, but Lin Qi didn't have any way to do this empty defense.
Lin Qi's speed is still too slow, and he still needs the support of his teammates too much.
The Guangzhou Yangcheng team also seems to know this, they don't know that Lin Qi can also play a big role in counterattacks, and the coaching staff and players of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team have also watched the World Youth Championship finals.
However, what they know better is that even if Lin Qi can play a big role, without the support of his teammates, his role is almost zero.
And in this game, it will be difficult for his teammates to give him effective support, so even if the rear air defense is weak, they are not afraid that Lin Qi will take advantage of it.
Lin Qi also played a few counterattack opportunities in this game, but because they were all launched from the backfield and too far away from the opponent's goal, they all ended up in vain.
As the first half of the game passed, the Guangzhou Yangcheng team still couldn't help the iron bucket formation of the Quancheng team, and the counterattack of the Quancheng team could not threaten the goal of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team.
The match between the two teams is deadlocked!
For this state that both teams can't open the situation, Chen Song and the head coach of Guangzhou Yangcheng team have a completely different mentality, Chen Song is a more relaxed look, if this game can only be a draw in the end, Chen Song is not unacceptable, anyway, the Quancheng team is not a player who usually does not get the opportunity to play.
It's already very good that they can play like this with Guangzhou Yangcheng, not to mention that this game is not necessarily a draw.
Although Chen Song was aware of Lin Qi's predicament on the field, he still had 100% confidence in Lin Qi, and he believed that Lin Qi would find a way in this predicament.
And once he finds a way, that's when the suspense of the game is completely ended!
So Chen Song was not in a hurry, he sat in his seat as steadily as Mount Tai, waiting for Lin Qi to find a way to break the door, waiting for Lin Qi's outbreak.
Completely different from Chen Song's mentality, the head coach of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team has long been anxious, seeing that the first half of the game is about to end, but the Guangzhou Yangcheng team has not been able to penetrate the opponent's goal, so how can their head coach accept it?
You must know that they are not facing the strongest Quancheng team, but just a temporary Quancheng team composed of players who have not been given the opportunity to play.
The head coach of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team would never have thought that this game could be so stalemate, although after he learned that Lin Qi appeared on the stage, he was like a big enemy, but it was only for Lin Qi, and for Lin Qi's goal.
As for the rest of the Springs players on the field, the head coach has not yet taken his eyes on them. However, it was this group of second-tier players of the Quancheng team that he didn't pay attention to, but the Guangzhou Yangcheng team had no way to do it......
The more the game was played, the more the head coach of the Guangzhou Yangcheng team couldn't hold his breath, and his heart became more and more nervous. (To be continued......)
PS: Four games...... The Chinese team accomplished their basic goal...... But I still want to say...... How did this game play so empty...... Some of the fans you watched felt that the national football team was very empty