Football giants

Chapter 1048 The situation is stronger than people

Standing on the sidelines, Scola was sinking like water, staring at the court with a worried look on his face.

It is already the second half, and the score is still [-]-[-]. Jingcheng Guoen, who is playing at home, has temporarily taken the lead.

It can be said that the two sides were facing each other, and they had a great time fighting.

To put it bluntly, Scolari feels that this should be regarded as the most challenging game he has encountered in the Chinese Super League and even the AFC Champions League since he took charge of Yangcheng Hengda.

The opponent was still a team from the Chinese Super League, which made him realize for the first time that Yangcheng Hengda might lose.

Not just losing a game, but also possibly losing the league championship!
If it was last season, or even before this game, he wouldn't have believed it.

He was full of confidence in his team even when Jingcheng Guoen was winning three consecutive victories.

But now, he was really shaken.

Jingcheng Guoen's tactics are indeed very lively, especially the entire midfield.

In this game, Pu Cheng was defeated and Kaka was placed.

Scolari is very aware of the level of his compatriot. Many people still have the impression of Kaka as the invincible chasing boy back then, but they don't know that Kaka has begun to gradually transform after being seriously injured.

Kaka now looks like a midfielder with a wide range of activities, excellent skills at his feet, who can advance with the ball, pass and shoot. Although his playing style is far less dazzling than at his peak, it is still quite good.

And judging from his performance in the American Major League and the Chinese Super League, his injuries have basically healed, and his condition is also maintained quite well. Such a player is a safe core player for the Chinese Super League team.

Pochettino is very smart, and Ibrahimovic is the core of the frontcourt attack. With the personal ability of the Swedish center, who can restrain it?
As long as you can pass the ball to Ibrahimovic's feet, you can create a threat.

Scolari also knew this clearly, but he couldn't completely restrain Ibrahimovic.

Feng Xiaoting and Jin Yingquan, both of them can't stand him alone, so it's possible to fight three against one?

So how do you play this game?
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the arrow. He can not only serve as the team's most important scorer in the frontcourt, but also the bridgehead of the team's offensive tactics, planning the team's offense in the frontcourt.

Having such a player with such outstanding personal abilities and such distinctive technical and tactical characteristics in the frontcourt is a considerable threat even in the top European leagues, let alone in the Chinese Super League.

It can be said that the introduction of Ibrahimovic by Jingcheng Guoen is definitely a super killer!
But Pochettino did more than that.

Surrounding Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Zhang Xizhe and Wu Lei, as well as Chen Zhizhao, who was successfully activated this season, are all players with outstanding personal abilities, good foot skills, and certain organizational and passing skills.

In this game, Jingcheng Guoen has another Kaka in the midfield.

Such an offensive lineup configuration is definitely a big test for Yangcheng Hengda.

Scolari wants to limit the offense of the Beijing Guoen team, but he doesn't know where to start.

The opponent has a very clear offensive core, that is Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but the problem is that you can't limit him.

Well, if you follow this line of thinking, the usual way is to avoid Ibrahimovic.

Since I can't restrain you, then I won't let you catch the ball easily, isolate you from your teammates, cut off the passing line given to you by your teammates, and leave you alone in the frontcourt.

But the problem is that whether it is Zhang Xizhe, Wu Lei, Chen Zhizhao, or Kaka, they all have enough personal ability to pass the ball to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Once the Swedish center gets the ball, Jingcheng Guoen's entire frontcourt attack comes to life.

It can be said that the small-scale cooperation of the players of Jingcheng Guoen at the front of the penalty area is exquisite, and the offensive routine of two or three players is very active. Coupled with the shock of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt, it is really a headache.

After the first goal, Scolari suffered enough in this regard.

As a last resort, the situation was stronger than others, so he had no choice but to put down his figure and was forced to call the players back and retreat!
I can't afford to offend you, can't I still hide?

A man can bend and stretch, I will avoid you first, avoid the edge, and then slowly find opportunities to play with you!

But Scolari has rich coaching experience, and it is clear that facing a coach with Pochettino's coaching style, if you back down too much, he will make an inch of it.

Therefore, when retreating, Scolari also planted a hidden mine in the frontcourt.

That is, he asked Goulart and Jackson Martinez to specifically pinch Harvey Alonso to play.

The characteristics of Harvey Alonso, Scolari is very clear, the passing and organization are world-class, but the ability to get rid of is insufficient. Once targeted, his organization and passing ability will be greatly reduced.

Not only that, after the midfield fully retreats, the key point is to pinch Jingcheng Guoen's team at the front of the penalty area to cooperate and infiltrate and advance. Captain Zheng Zhi and midfielder Paulinho stick to this area.

By retreating and sticking to the center, Yangcheng Hengda forced Jingcheng Guoen's offense to go only to the side, and at the same time cut off the connection between the side and the center. Through the advantage of numbers, it restricted the performance of players such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

It should be said that although Scolari's targeted defense in the first half caused Yangcheng Hengda to be passive and even embarrassing on the court, it succeeded and barely blocked Jingcheng Guoen's attack.

Not only that, through the restrictions on Harvey Alonso, Yangcheng Hengda also got several good counterattack opportunities.

But how long such tactics can be maintained is a question.

And now that Beijing Guoen has a goal in hand, Yangcheng Hengda will definitely try to get the goal.

Surprisingly, at the beginning of the second half, Yangcheng Hengda, who should have been more eager to score goals, hadn't moved yet, and Pochettino had already taken the initiative to respond.

The Argentine coach's countermeasures were also very simple. Harvey Alonso retreated to the back line, forming a three-centre defense with Xu Yunlong and Lei Tenglong, and two full-backs Zhang Chengdong and Jiang Zhipeng pressed up.

At the beginning of the second half, in the face of Southampton's sudden change of attack, Yangcheng Hengda's goal was once again jittery.

Scolari looked at the stadium worriedly, then glanced at the young Argentine coach in front of the home team's coaching bench, and cursed inwardly, "Nimi, it's really unreasonable, you have the same temper as that bastard Bielsa!"
But want to break again?

Hmph, you are so beautiful!

It was just that I was not careful just now, and I fell in your way. I was scored by Ibrahimovic and Kaka with my personal ability. Now I want to score again?

You are effervescent!
"Go, tell our two full-backs to get back in the box and let the opponent roam the wings!"

"Tell Zheng Zhi and Paulinho to pay attention to the two ribs at the front of the penalty area."

"Notify Goulart and ask him to retreat and stand at the front of the penalty area for protection."

"There is also Jackson Martinez. For counterattacks, we should find him for this point and use him for counterattacks."

Following Scolari's series of arrangements, the assistant coach quickly walked to the sidelines and immediately communicated to the players on the court.

As soon as the players on the court received the adjustment instructions from the head coach, they immediately made targeted responses.

Standing on the sidelines, Scolari saw Jingcheng Guoen's right winger Chen Zhizhao, who failed to get a chance in the frontcourt, hurriedly made a cross, trying to hoist the ball into the penalty area, but the ball was confiscated by Zeng Cheng, who attacked, and immediately burst out laughing.

Looking at Pochettino again, his eyes were full of complacency, "Let your kid study hard!"

Not only that, after limiting the attack of Jingcheng Guoen, Yangcheng Hengda quickly seized an opportunity.

Zheng Zhi made a long pass in the midfield, and Jackson Martinez quickly counterattacked.

Although the two central defenders of Jingcheng Guoen, Xu Yunlong and Lei Tenglong, also quickly followed up and flanked left and right, Jackson Martinez still got a chance to kick from the outside of the penalty area, but he kicked in a hurry, coupled with Lei Tenglong's harassment from the side, he failed to hit the right position, and the ball went out of the baseline.

Scolari shook his head watching from the sidelines.

For this goal, if there are Hengda players beside Jackson Martinez to keep up, then the Colombian center will be able to avoid falling into the situation of fighting alone, and this attack is likely to happen.

But just now he made the players in the frontcourt shrink back. When they counterattacked, they didn't want to press so fast.

The two central defenders of Jingcheng Guoen returned to the defense very quickly, especially that Lei Tenglong, who was very difficult to deal with.

Now for Yangcheng Hengda, it is a bit of a dilemma.

Scolari wants to press out to play, but is worried about defensive problems.

But if you don't press them out, it will be difficult for Jackson Martinez alone to make a difference.

Just when Scolari hesitated, another change occurred on the court.

After Kaka hit the wall with Zhang Xizhe, they found Wu Lei at the front of the penalty area. Wu Lei quickly knocked back. Kaka got a chance at the front of the penalty area and directly kicked and shot.

The ball was so powerful that it caused an uproar among all the fans in the audience.

But the goalkeeper Zeng Cheng reacted quickly, and quickly hit the ball with his fists.

Chen Zhizhao quickly inserted from the right and hurriedly made a follow-up shot, but he hit high and missed an opportunity to expand the score.

But it was Chen Zhizhao's shot that made Scolari, who originally wanted to press out to play, couldn't help holding down his thoughts.

Today's capital Guoen is gaining momentum, it is too dangerous to press it out at this time.

Just wait!

But soon, after Kaka retreated again to respond to Lei Tenglong's pass, when he turned around and dribbled the ball forward, he directly kicked the ball over the top.

Ibrahimovic got rid of Hengda's two central defenders knowingly, and quickly jumped in. Before the ball hit the ground, he swung his right foot, a very difficult kick, and kicked right on the ball's falling line.

The ball was forced, turned in one direction, and fell to the right.

Feng Xiaoting and Jin Ying were all taken aback, but when they realized it, they looked over, only to find that Wu Lei came up from behind at some point, facing the falling ball, kicked it out, unloaded the ball to the front of him, and quickly chased after him.

Zeng Cheng, the goalkeeper of Yangcheng Hengda, was shocked. God knows how the Swede made such a difficult move?
He originally thought that Ibrahimovic would hit the goal directly, or stop the ball first.

Therefore, when Wu Lei quickly stepped in, he reacted immediately, abandoning the door and attacking.

But he is fast, Wu Lei is faster.

Just after Wu Lei caught up with the ball, he kept his eyes on Zeng Cheng and shot directly.

The ball passed Zeng Cheng's side, stuck to the turf, rubbed against the right post, and crashed into Yangcheng Hengda's goal.

Two to zero!
"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!!!"

All the fans in the whole Gongti cheered in an instant, and all the passion was ignited in an instant.

"Wu Lei! Wu Lei!!! Wu Lei!!!"

This local shooter, who just transferred to Beijing Guoen at a sky-high price this season, performed quite eye-catching in the new season and conquered the fans of Gongti.

This goal is too wonderful!
Not only did Wu Lei seize the opportunity calmly, but also because of Ibrahimovic's sudden and difficult kick before, who would have thought that this Swedish center could even form an assist with such a move?
Could it be that this trick came from Taekwondo?

The whole work body boiled up.

Everyone knows that with a two-goal lead, Yangcheng Hengda is basically over!
Even Scolari, the head coach of Yangcheng Hengda, could not help showing a look of frustration.

He had already retreated, but unexpectedly, he still failed to defend!

(End of this chapter)