Chapter 203: Defeat
That's right, why didn't the Springs team play like this earlier? This question is not only shared by the commentators, but also by the fans in front of the stadium and on the television.
"Could it be that Chen Song deliberately showed the enemy weakness first? But it doesn't make sense. In such an important AFC Champions League semi-finals, Chen Song didn't dare to play these tricks, because once he was careless, the Quancheng team would fall into the abyss. ”
The reporters in the media table also rushed to discuss, and they simply celebrated the goal of the Spring City team, and did not continue to cheer.
As media workers, they are extremely sensitive to questions like "why" and they don't have much of the heart to celebrate Springs' goal until the answer to the question is known.
"The Springs team is inexperienced in the tournament, and you can see from the whole game that they are very conservative. The Quancheng team should have been intimidated by the atmosphere of the competition, causing them to not make the most accurate judgment in the first place. A reporter analyzed.
His analysis was echoed by the rest of his colleagues, and the Quancheng team was indeed too conservative in this game, and their offensive opportunities were simply disproportionate compared to the Puhe Ruby team.
Springs have always been an attacking team, and it's not often that they can be so conservative. And the reason why the Quancheng team is so conservative in this game is also because this is the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, and the Quancheng team wants to advance to the final too much, and they are too afraid of losing.
It is this fear of losing that has led to the fact that the Quancheng team has been in a passive defense in this game......
The Spring goal was so taken for granted by reporters and fans that they almost forgot that it was just four minutes ago. The Springs are in danger of a total collapse.
The Springs team's defensive counterattack is still so threatening, but why didn't they fight back like this earlier? Is it just because Luo Ming is not on the field? Even if there is no Luo Ming, the Quancheng team still has Lu Fei, Lu Fei's speed is not as slow as Luo Ming, so why didn't the Quancheng team try to fight back like this before?
Springs' pre-AFC Champions League semi-final was intimidated by the atmosphere, which was of course a very important reason, but it was definitely not the main reason.
The main reason is that the double back formation of the Spring City team is very unstable!
The reason why Chen Song didn't choose to play like this at the beginning was because their double-back style of play was very unstable, and Chen Song didn't dare to take any risks. If it weren't for the last resort. He won't play a double midfielder in this game.
Only under the formation of double backs, the Quancheng team can play defensive counterattacks with peace of mind, and in the most commonly used "three-core" formation, the Quancheng team lacks the awareness of defensive counterattacks. Their formation is both offensive and defensive. Balanced offense and defense. The Quancheng team has never used the "three-core" formation to play defensive and counterattack tactics.
They are worried that if they counterattack too hard, they will suddenly be caught off guard by their opponents.
Chen Song still seeks stability in this game, he just would rather Lu Fei not seize the opportunity to counterattack quickly. It's also important to keep the backline solid.
After Luo Ming appeared on the stage, it was different, Xu Zhen and Luo Ming appeared together, which first ensured the stability of the Quancheng team's back line, and allowed Luo Ming to play a quick counterattack with confidence.
Besides, Chen Song's main purpose in sending Luo Ming was to support Lin Qi, and in the situation of being completely suppressed, a quick counterattack was obviously the best way to support Lin Qi.
This was the only goal of the game for the Quancheng team.
Chen Song didn't expect this goal either, he almost resigned himself to his fate, and he had already begun to think about how to recover the two goals that fell behind in the second leg of the game at home.
Luo Ming gave him a surprise, Lin Qi gave him a surprise, and Chen Song would never have thought that Luo Ming and Xu Zhen's appearance could achieve such an immediate effect.
This goal gave Chen Song a glimpse of the Izumi City team that faced Gamba Osaka at home, and since that game, the Izumi City team's double-back tactics have not been able to exert such power.
In this game, when there were still a few minutes left in the game, the double-back formation of the Quancheng team once again exerted its might, which was also a surprise for Chen Song.
With this away goal, Springs will be much better when they return to their home stadium. In the case of the AFC Champions League learning from the Champions League's away goal system, the Spring City team has an away goal, so even if the score is still behind the opponent, it can only be regarded as a draw.
The hopes of the two teams to advance to the final are almost five or five points, and the Puhe Rubies will not have any sense of superiority by leading the Quancheng team by one goal.
Their one-goal lead was too small in front of this away goal from Springs......
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Chen Song shouted excitedly on the sidelines, as a calm head coach, Chen Song rarely loses his temper in the game, but Lin Qi's goal made Chen Song lose his temper.
Chen Song was so excited that he actually forgot that he still had chewing gum in his mouth, and just as he was shouting in celebration, the chewing gum slipped out of his mouth.
This scene happened to be captured by the cameras at the scene......
Huaxia's commentator watched as a white piece of gum fell from the chanting Chen Song's mouth onto the turf of Saitamaura and Komaba Stadium.
"Chen Song is so excited, it seems that this goal is also what Chen Song didn't expect, he even forgot about the gum in his mouth......" Huaxia's commentator couldn't help but laugh and ridicule Chen Song, he was also more excited at this time, although the Quancheng team was still behind in the score, but Lin Qi's away goal was worth a thousand gold!
After Chen Song celebrated, he instinctively wanted to chew the gum in his mouth, and after chewing the air, Chen Song's face turned surprisingly red, and he also looked up at the camera lens at the scene, as if he was also thinking about whether his gaffe just now was presented in front of the fans......
The stands where the Chinese fans gathered and the Quancheng coach's seat on the sidelines were boiling because of Lin Qi's goal, but the Quancheng players on the field did not celebrate.
Lin Qi ran directly into the opponent's goal after scoring the goal, and he picked up the football and ran towards the center circle.
A goal doesn't satisfy Lin Qi, who won't be pinning all his hopes on a second leg back at home, as Chen Song did. In Lin Qi's opinion, if he can win this game, of course, it is better to win.
Lin Qi's move caused the other Quancheng players who were about to celebrate to stop themselves, and they even looked up at the scoreboard in mid-air.
The scoreboard was 2:1 and the game was played at 87 minutes!
Even with the addition of stoppage time, the Springs team only has about five minutes left at most. Can these five minutes allow Springs to equalize? The Springs team has great expectations for this.
They quickly set up the kick-off formation, just waiting for the game to restart and break the Puhe Rubies goal again......
Lin Qi and the actions of the players on the field of the Quancheng team did not escape the eyes of the head coach of the Puhe Ruby team, and he could certainly see that the substitution adjustment of the Quancheng team had an immediate effect. It is no longer possible for the Puhe Ruby team to expand the score of this game in the double-back defensive system of the Quancheng team, and the presence of Lin Qi and Luo Ming is still a great threat to their goal.
At this time, he also made his own decision-
Defend! Hold on to the slim edge of this one goal!
The situation changed dramatically after the restart, and for the first time, the Puhe Rubies players were all back in their own half to stop another goal from Quancheng in the final minutes.
There was still too little time left for the Quancheng team, and until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Quancheng team could not equalize the score.
The final score is 2:1! Quancheng lost away in the first leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals against Puhe Ruby!
Chen Song was a little disappointed with this result, after Lin Qi's goal, Chen Song's expectations for this game were much higher, and he could no longer be satisfied with the score of 2:1.
Chen Song also hopes that the Quancheng team can equalize before the end of the game.
The reason why he has this kind of thought, Chen Song also has his considerations-
The Springs team finally found the form of double back again, and the players finally regained the power of the double back back, but failed to equalize the score. Who knows if the players will be able to keep the two-man midfield formation as strong as possible in the next leg?
After all, the double-back formation of the Quancheng team is still too unstable.
Chen Song fell into a headache again, and he had a headache about how the Quancheng team should deal with Puhe Ruby who had learned the offensive routine of the Osaka Gamba team after returning to the home stadium in the next leg.
For the Spring City team, the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals is still a big challenge! (To be continued......)