Chapter 207: Zhao Lin plays in the Super Cup

The 35th round of the Chinese League is Chen Song's last chance to test the double back formation, after this round of games, Quancheng team will play a Super Cup semi-final, they have successfully advanced to the Super Cup semi-finals.

After the Super Cup semi-finals, the Quancheng team will welcome the challenge of the Puhe Ruby team at home!

The Super Cup is certainly not a test of the double midfield formation of the Quancheng team, the Super Cup game and the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals are only three days apart, if the Quancheng team still send the main players to the Super Cup at this time, then the players will definitely not be able to rest before the game against the Puhe Ruby team.

So, the main players of the Spring City team must rest! Chen Song was reluctant to send even the team's first substitute player on the field. The Super Cup match was dominated by a group of second substitutes from the Spring City.

Of course, Lin Qi still has to participate in the Super Cup, and without Lin Qi, the second substitute players of the Quancheng team will definitely not be able to bring a victory to the Quancheng team.

Lin Qi is the core of the Quancheng team, and it is also the mental strength of the second substitute players, with Lin Qi on the field, they can play more confidently.

However, in the first leg of the semifinals of this super game, Chen Song did not let Xu Zhen start. In the next leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals against Puhe Ruby, Chen Song can only use the formation of double backs, and Xu Zhen, as a vital part of the double-back formation, must be reserved for the AFC Champions League.

If Xu Zhen can't play, the defense of the Quancheng team will be greatly weakened. Chen Song did not look for a replacement for Xu Zhen. He didn't go out of his way to bolster the Quancheng team's defense.

On the contrary, Chen Song actually stepped up their attack in this Super Cup game - Zhao Lin, as a starter, will lead the team to the first leg of the Super Cup semi-finals with Lin Qi.

This had to attract the attention of the media, Zhao Linke has always been the main player of the Quancheng team, why did he represent the team in the Super Cup at this time?

Could it be that in the next AFC Champions League semi-final against Puhe Rubys, Chen Song intends to give up?

That's also unreasonable, if Chen Song really gave up, he wouldn't just send one Zhao Lin, but let all the main players of the Quancheng team play!

So why did Chen Song put Zhao Lin in the starting list of this Super Cup game?

Unless it is in the next game of the Quancheng team against the Puhe Ruby team, Zhao Lin has no place! It was easy for the media to think of this, and their keen sense of smell made them realize that it was impossible for Zhao Lin to participate in the home game of Quancheng against Puhe Ruby again......

As mentioned earlier. Zhao Lin has always been the main player of the Quancheng team. He and Lu Fei Romin always have two players on the pitch at the same time. And most of the time, Luo Ming and Lu Fei are swapped, and the characteristics of the two of them are more similar, and there is no pressure to replace each other.

Zhao Lin's position in the team is more stable than Luo Ming and Lu Fei. Among the three of them full-back. Zhao Lin has been on the court the longest. He is also more indispensable to the Spring City team.

Zhao Lin's ability is really outstanding, and this season, Zhao Lin alone has delivered nearly 20 assists for the Quancheng team. And Luo Ming and Lu Fei combined have only just over twenty assists.

Zhao Lin is the player with the most assists in the league this season, and his superb footwork and accurate passing are more threatening than the speed of Luo Ming and Lu Fei.

Especially with a center like Lin Qi who is good at grabbing headers, Zhao Lin's role in the Quancheng team is even more prominent.

But why was such a prominent player stripped of his place in the next leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals between Springs and Puhe Ruby in the AFC Champions League? Does this mean that Luo Ming and Lu Fei are the two fullbacks who will start in the next game of the Spring City team?

The media is constantly speculating about Chen Song's intentions, and it is not difficult for them to find out according to the records of the Quancheng team's previous games that once Lu Fei and Luo Ming are present at the same time, the Quancheng team's playing style will be more conservative.

They will play defensive counterattacks on the field more often, Luo Ming and Lu Fei's speed is a big weapon for the Quancheng team to defend and counterattack, with the two of them present, Lin Qi, a center forward who is not fast, can get more counterattack opportunities.

The media further speculated that they felt that the Quancheng team was going to play a defensive counterattack against the Puhe Ruby team, and it was likely that they would not even use the formation of the double back, so they would use the defensive counterattack, after all, the double back of the Quancheng team was too unstable, and perhaps under the formation of the double back, it would be difficult for them to even play a defensive counterattack.

These media thought they had guessed Chen Song's intentions, and some Japanese media even said with great certainty that the Quancheng team must have used defensive counterattacks against the Puhe Ruby team, and they abandoned the formation of two backs.

The news was undoubtedly excellent for Puhe Ruby, whose double midfielders were in full swing in the final minutes of the last game, and the Puhe Ruby players have a lot of memories of the Quancheng team's double midfield.

Puhe Ruby is also very afraid of the double back formation of the Quancheng team, although the double back of the Quancheng team is still not stable enough, but not afraid of 10,000 in case, in case the double back of the Quancheng team is powerful again, then the Puhe Ruby team will completely lose the opportunity to advance to the finals.

Compared with the inconsistent double back midfield, the Puhe Ruby team is still more willing to meet the Spring City team under the regular lineup. Although the Springs City team under the regular lineup can also cause them a lot of problems, they are still easier to deal with than the double back midfielder.

The defense of the Quancheng team's double-back formation is too solid, and the Puhe Ruby team is difficult to find a way to threaten the Quancheng team's goal even if they use their strength.

This move by Springs in the Super Cup has had a big impact on Asian football betting. After countless media swore that it was impossible for the Quancheng team to adopt a double-back formation, the odds of the Quancheng team advancing to the final have increased significantly.

From the current point of view, the possibility of the Quancheng team and the Puhe Ruby team advancing to the final has reached five to five. And the first leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals has just ended. Quancheng had a 70 percent chance of progressing to the final, with Puhe Ruby having only a 30 percent chance of winning the two legs of the semi-finals at that time.

Chen Song ignored the media reports, and he ignored the increase in the odds of the Quancheng team advancing to the finals. These things have no impact on Chen Song, he will not feel that the Quancheng team should send a double back formation because of the increase in the odds of the Quancheng team, and he will not give up the traditional style of play of the Quancheng team because the Puhe Ruby team is more afraid of the double back.

For Chen Song, it doesn't matter what lineup or style of play the Quancheng team has, the important thing is that the Quancheng team must win this game!

The win was not what the media had speculated, and it was not what the bookmakers were offering at odds. Whether or not they can win or not depends on how well the Springs team plays in that game.

Chen Song clearly knows that the double-back formation is the best formation to deal with the Puhe Ruby team. But in the case of the instability of the double back formation. Chen Song didn't dare to take risks, if before the game started, the Quancheng team's double-back training still had no effect, then maybe Chen Song would really send the traditional Quancheng team formation.

What formation did the Quancheng team use to meet the Puhe Ruby. In fact, even Chen Song's heart is bottomless. The only thing he knew was which formation would help the Quancheng team to victory. That's the formation you use.

Chen Song was still hesitating, he wanted to use a double-back formation, but he didn't dare to use a double-back formation. The biggest feature of the double back is that the defense is unusually solid. Such an impregnable defense can completely make the Puhe Rubies unable to score goals at the home of the Spring City team.

But what's the use of making the opponent unable to score? The important thing is that Springs must score in this game, even if it is just to score one, then it must score!

Don't forget, the Quancheng team is 1:2 behind on aggregate, and if the second leg of the two teams is tied, it will still be the Quancheng team that will be eliminated......

Chen Song has been under a lot of pressure recently, which may be the trouble of happiness, and they can't feel this pressure when the Quancheng team doesn't have such good results.

Under heavy pressure, Chen Song's mind is still clear, and he knows that Xu Zhen will definitely not play in the semifinals of this round of the Super Cup. Although it is not certain that the formation against the Puhe Ruby team is a double back, for the sake of conservatism, Chen Song still decided to let Xu Zhen rest.

Xu Zhen can't play, the Quancheng team is still too thin if they rely on Lin Qi alone in this game, Lin Qi has not grown into the kind of player who can challenge the opponent's entire backline by himself, he needs the support and help of the players too much, whether it is the help in attack or the help in defense, Lin Qi can be strengthened.

In defense, Xu Zhen can't play, Chen Biao is even more unlikely to play, and the Quancheng team can't give Lin Qi enough protection on the back line, in this case, Chen Song can only find a way to attack.

Even if the Spring City team is not foolproof in this game, if the Spring City team scores more goals than the opponent, they will still be the eventual winners.

After thinking about it, Chen Song still plans to start Zhao Lin, Zhao Lin is the assist king in the Chinese League so far this season, and he is also the player who has given Lin Qi the most assists in the Quancheng team.

His appearance will definitely bring Lin Qi very strong support!

Chen Song will make such a decision, not only because Zhao Lin gave Lin Qi the most assists, but more importantly, he himself thinks that Zhao Lin will not play much of a role in the game against the Puhe Ruby team.

Puhe Ruby is not comparable to those teams in the Huaxia League, they have a strong ability to control the ball, even if they return to the home stadium of the Quancheng team, the Quancheng team is not confident to surpass the Puhe Ruby in possession.

This also means that football will be at the feet of the Puhe Ruby team most of the time, and Zhao Lin's characteristics determine that he is very dependent on his own team's possession, in other words, Zhao Lin is more suitable for the tailwind, once the Quancheng team can not occupy the initiative of the game on the field, then Zhao Lin can play a very small role.

This is the main reason why Chen Song let Zhao Lin play in this game, and of course, the analysis of the media cannot be said to be any mistake.

Since the Quancheng team can't take the initiative in the game, they can only rely on the speed of Luo Ming and Lu Fei to play a quick counterattack, and then threaten the goal of the Puhe Ruby team! (To be continued......)