novelonline Chapter 134 Away against Seoul FC (1)
Chapter 134 Away against Seoul FC (1)
Chapter 134 Away against FC Seoul ([-])
The commentary for this game is still everyone's old friends-Shen Fangjian and Tao Wei.
"Director Tao, it's still a routine question, what do you think of this game, you know that the record of Chinese teams playing away games against South Korea in history is indeed unbeatable",
"Liu Xiang once said that records are meant to be broken. I think my generation of footballers really did not get rid of the three characters of Korean fear, but with the rise of Chinese football, especially after the post-3s players such as Qi Bing and Li Qiao grow up, Chinese football will definitely get rid of the three characters of Korean fear," Tao Wei said.
"Well," Shen Fangjian didn't say much, but judging from his tone, he was very excited. Every Chinese hopes that Chinese football can be strong. Whether it is at the club level or the national team level, Shen Fangjian has indeed seen hope from the young generation born in the 90s.
"Director Tao doesn't know if you still remember the 2002 World Cup match between China and Costa Rica",
"of course I remember",
"When the national anthem was played at the beginning of that game, I cried excitedly. I was afraid that if Guangzhou Tianbao finally won the championship today, I would cry again," Shen Fangjian said.
"Then I wish you tears in advance," Tao Wei said with a smile.
"Let's get down to business, let's ask Director Tao to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams we just got."
"Guangzhou Tianbao has a big change. The young player Qi Bing replaced Sun Jihai in the starting lineup. As the right back, Li Qiao still played right winger like in the previous game. The center back was suspended because of Li Weifeng's red card. The team used Mexican Jacob Xin."
"As for Seoul FC, No. 22 Gao Mingzhen, the main defensive midfielder who played, was suspended with a red card. He was replaced by No. 17 Cui Hyun-tae. In other positions, Seoul FC is exactly the same as the previous game."
"Fans and friends in front of the TV, have you heard the shouts at the scene? The game will start soon, and the champion of the 2011 AFC Champions League will be crowned tonight," Shen Fangjian introduced with a slight roar.
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The referee of this game is the Uzbek golden whistle "Irmatov". Everyone is familiar with this Asian referee for the first time because he whistled the South Africa World Cup opener against Mexico.
Before the game, the captain of Guangzhou Tianbao "Nei Kenan" and the captain of Seoul FC "Ha Dae-sung" decided who would kick off first. Irmatov tossed a coin, and the final result was that Guangzhou Tianbao kicked off first.
In the middle circle are Recoba and Gudjohnsen kicking off. The referee "Irmatov" just blew the opening whistle, and the whole audience was immediately booed. It is obvious that Seoul FC's hell home is well-deserved. Before the opponents of Seoul FC came to this stadium, they all felt the same feeling after the game without exception, that is terror.
As soon as the ball was kicked off in the middle circle, Seoul's frontcourt launched a frenzied press. Gudjohnsen could only pass back to the midfield.
Seeing Ha Dae-sung rushing towards him like a mad dog, Prahimi raised his arm and just hit Ha Dae-sung in the chest. Ha Dae-sung immediately fell to the ground, and the Seoul FC players surrounded the referee to give Brahimi a yellow card.
In the second half of the last game, the scene was almost out of control. The main reason was that the referee from the United Arab Emirates was too soft in the first half and did not suppress the anger of both sides in time. This also reflected the lack of referee's own level.
The referees arranged by the AFC for this game had previously enforced the opening game of the World Cup. Irmatov was very experienced. He ignored the Seoul FC players who surrounded him and put pressure on him, and only gestured for them to go away.
After the idlers walked away, he called the two parties "He Dacheng" and "Prahimi" aside to give a warning. Irmatov said: "I have already followed you two, don't do it again, don't cause trouble for me."
After some warnings, the referee didn't play the card, but Irmatov's effect was very good. He told everyone invisibly, don't use me as the referee of a game, I am very strict.
The re-kick-off, the ball belongs to Seoul FC, the Colombian "Molina" hoisted the ball into Guangzhou Tianbao's penalty area with a big foot, and the Mexican "Jacob Sim" was waiting there. Instead of chasing the ball, he got stuck, separated Dejan from the ball, and let the ball slowly roll out of the baseline. This is a very common defensive method.
But the problem is that Jacob Sim can resist De Young. His physical condition is really good. Seoul FC probably regretted setting up Li Weifeng in the game.
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Because of Irmatov's presence, the game was less exciting and the scene was smoother, which is a good thing for fans who bought tickets.
Of course, the first round was 1-1. If the game ended 0-0, then FC Seoul would win the championship. Because they had an away goal, Seoul was not as proactive as they were on the field, but adopted a defensive and counterattack style of play.
The staffing of Seoul FC is the most suitable for defensive counterattack. To make an inappropriate analogy, if Seoul FC is compared to Chelsea in the Mourinho era, then De Young in front is just like Drogba, with body, speed, and shooting skills. Seoul's "Molina" and "Escudero" are like Robben and Duff who were two wing breakthrough masters back then.
Playing at home, with the advantage of an away goal, and the ability to counterattack quickly, Cui Yongzhu decided on a strategy to carry out the defensive counterattack to the end in this game.
About 15 minutes into the game, Guangzhou Tianbao’s offense was not going well. Seoul FC’s strategy was obviously successful. Although the Korean fans were annoying, they understood football very well. Seeing that the team was in good form, they also changed their strategy. Instead of booing Guangzhou Tianbao’s players, they sang “Arirang”.
Seeing that his form was not good, Stan immediately got up and called Kongka over, "pass the ball to Li Qiao more",
Kongka nodded and ran back to the field, but the problem is that Seoul FC also made preparations for this game. Choi Yong-soo arranged for "Choi Hyun-tae", "Kim Jin-gyu" and "Andilson" to mark Lee Jo in turn, so it was not so easy for Kongka to find Lee Joo.
In the last game, Li Qiao turned the game around because of the smoke bomb played by Stan, and Cui Yongzhu was caught off guard. Before this game, Cui Yongzhu made key arrangements. He spent an hour in particular arranging Li Qiao to defend Guangzhou Tianbao. Therefore, after 10 minutes after the start of the game, Li Qiao had not touched the ball once.
The head coach of Seoul FC Choi Yong-soo is also scheming. He knows that in the Guangzhou Tianbao team, Li Qiao is the number one dangerous person, and Kongka is the second dangerous person.
Faced with Li Qiao being frozen by the opponent, Stan was not worried. This was something he could have predicted before the game. It was as if he would send someone to freeze the opponent's number one dangerous person "De Young", and the opponent would definitely try to limit his team's Li Qiao.
Why didn't Stan let Li Qiao and Recoba switch?Many teams in Europe like this very much, changing the position of players to destroy the opponent's defensive arrangement.
But Guangzhou Tianbao can’t do this, the reason is that Recoba is really older, and besides his passing is becoming more and more accurate, other aspects, the current Recoba is really not very good, even if it is changed, then the team still has a winger and there is no threat.
But even so, Stan is still not afraid, he has thought about this before the game, what is it?To give a very simple example, is it difficult to guard Ronaldo in his heyday?This question requires a premise, that is, how long does the defense last?If it is 1 minute, then it is not difficult, as long as a professional player can do it, if it is 90 minutes, then it can be said that no one can do it.
For the same reason, Cui Yongzhu arranged 3 people to form an inverted triangle around Li Qiao. Such a defense is possible if he persists for 20 minutes, but with the decline of physical fitness, these 3 people will definitely have problems, especially Andilson is too old.So Stan thought that if he wasted first in the first half, his team would definitely give the opponent a fatal blow in the second half.
But the Chinese fans who came from afar in the stands didn’t know this. Seeing that Guangzhou Tianbao’s attack had no effect, they were very anxious, including Li Qiao’s parents.
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"The situation is a bit stiff," Shen Fangjian said.
"There are no famous games in the competition, and the finals of general large-scale competitions are very boring," Tao Wei said.
"After all, we have come to this point, no one is willing to lose, the treatment of the champion and the runner-up are worlds apart",
"Li Qiao is restricted and needs someone to help him," Tao Wei said.
"Yes, it would be great if Qi Bing could assist and share Li Qiao's pressure,"
"But it's the first time to play such an important game, it's good that Qi Bing can defend the opponent," said Tao Wei.
"There are still 5 minutes left in the first half. I hope that during the intermission, Stan can find a good way to break the enemy. We are still short of an away goal."
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As soon as 45 minutes arrived, Irmatov blew the whistle for the end of halftime, and there was not even a second of stoppage time. The main reason was that the two sides played too harmoniously in the first half, and there was really no need for stoppage time.
When the players of both sides came off the field, they all had serious expressions on their faces. The score was too delicate, neither lost nor won, and there were still 45 minutes left.
It's on the shelves, but I will only post free chapters for the time being, there are still many stories behind, and I need the company of readers
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