In the first match of the second stage of the championship group, Harbor defeated Shenzhen 3-1 at Huadu Stadium, the game process can be described by the four words of "soldiers without blood blades", and the gorgeous performance of Oscar dominating the whole field need not be said. However, some details in the game are still quite worth mentioning.
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Wang Shenchao hit the back
The formation of the harbor was more like 3151, and Lecco unexpectedly put Wang Shenchao, Li Shenyuan and Lu Wenjun at the same time. Looking at this list before the game, I originally thought that I would put the "old scalper in the backcourt" Wang Shenchao on the left wing-back, so that Lu Wenjun, who has more attributes in the front, return to the front partner U23 Liu Zhurun. Who ever wanted to kick the game, Lu Wenjun was still on the left, Li Shenyuan was still on the right, Wang Shenchao was on... In the middle of the midfield?
Wang Shenchao
In this game, Lecco put Wang Shenchao in the position of single drag midfielder. Although he played in this position since his debut, he has rarely been involved in this role in the past decade. The key championship group, against a team like Shenzhen, which is quite competitive and aimed at the AFC Champions League region, sent Wang Shenchao to drag it off alone, and even made people admire Leco's boldness.
Such decision-making power obviously stems from the knowledge and trust of the players. Wang Shenchao is a fairly balanced and comprehensive player, with a sense of catching the ball, defensive ability, defensive skills, performance stability and even game experience are trustworthy. Not to mention that Quintero is on the sidelines and less active in the fight for two points, and the "3+1" in the Harbor backfield can cope with the direct impact of the trio of Kaldek, Achimpen and Dai Weijun for most of the time. The centre-back front and harbour's front-line group pressure can also share the pressure on Wang Shenchao's shoulders. For the game, he delivered a decent answer.
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The harbor offensive system was gradually improved
Shenzhen's frontcourt combination is very distinctive. Kaldek has the physique to wash the ball on his back, Achimpen and Dai Weijun have the speed and impact, and Quintero, the most obsessed with straight balls in the whole Chinese Super League. Combining the various elements of power speed technology, the group counterattack conversion is quite threatening.
Achimpen relied on his personal ability to pull back a goal for Shenzhen
Unlike the well-established seaport, Shenzhen relies more on the crossover position of two or three people around Quintero, relying on the threat ball delivery of the Colombian midfielder in the core area to open up the situation, and their counterattack seems to have more ideas and methods than positional battles. In the first half, Shenzhen did create more trouble for the seaport in the conversion link.
Wakaso stranded in Africa did not qualify for the second stage, and the damage to the Shenzhen midfield was still very obvious. The return of Moi further liberated Paulinho, causing Pei Shuai and Li Yuanyi to be overwhelmed, and it was basically difficult to balance the protection of the two sides. Especially on the right side of Shenzhen's defensive line, U23 full-back Ye Lijiang plus U23 centre-back Zhou Xin - against Oscar, Lu Wenjun and Paulinho, in front of him is still a Quintero who has not contributed much to defense, how can it not be "withdrawn"? Before Li Shenyuan scored, the harbor hit the right side of Shenzhen many times, and a routine flipped over and over several times, and the effect was repeated.
Harbor took advantage of the opponent's defensive problems on the right and opened the scoring
By the way, the harbor set of left side penetrated the goal/back point, the center forward suppressed the center-back to draw attention, the right wing-back followed up to complete the finish, Wang Shenchao scored in this way, and now Li Shenyuan also scored in this way. Change the soup without changing the medicine, or the familiar taste.
After Mooy's return, the seaport midfielder truly became a "complete body". Mooi is on the right, Oscar is on the left, Paulinho is wandering in the middle, and the whole structure is basically formed. Mui and Paulinho are players with a certain frequency of action and confrontation ability, who can drive back-attack and oppression in the front court, and can also play some small and fast cooperation in the core area of the attack.
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Hidden dangers, problems
In the first half, Tai Threatened Harbour goal
It is not impossible to say that there are hidden dangers. The front court pressure puts a lot of troops, three offensive midfielders are in line, and the two wing-backs are plugged in together, so the 3+1 position in the backfield is easily exposed. When encountering some teams with strong conversion ability and multiple strong points of individual soldiers, the trouble is not small. Quintero is very skilled but does not have the speed, not the type of single-handed to do everything, so in front of the harbor there is only Achimpen, a one-on-one difficult point to solve (Dai Weijun is basically bored around 60 minutes). Encountering more strong teams in the future is still worthy of the team's wake-up call.
Other than that...... The state of he habitual is somewhat undulating. Achimpen's goal of pulling back a city had a lot to do with his mistake in judging the landing point, allowing Achimpen to get the position and the opportunity to catch the ball more easily. Probably affected by this, in the period after the score of 1-2, some of his judgments and handling ball choices were relatively out of standard, and then he slowly came back to his senses. But since the team is winning, he has more room to adjust and find the form.
Harbor's next opponent is Guangzhou City, which will face Shandong Taishan, the theoretical biggest rival for the title, this Sunday. To be honest, it feels like a very big challenge, Guo Tianyu is too strong - but still Valverde's words: Let's see what happens next.