Reporter Jia Yanfeng reported that after the 1-0 victory over Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, Dalian people won two consecutive wins to score 6 points, and the team further moved away from the relegation zone. In these two games, all the players performed well, and the performance of the three foreign players was remarkable, especially Larson and Danielson, who overcame many difficulties to return to the team, and all the players were touched by everything they did for the relegation of the team.
Dalian people first played against Henan Songshan Dragon Gate, and in the 84th minute with Larson's free kick directly scored a valuable 3 points. In the dressing room after the game, all the players took the initiative to shake hands with Larson, and the melancholy of Larson's brow was finally completely relieved. These days, teammates also comfort Danielson from time to time, encourage him, and the Swedish national team will definitely qualify. For the Dalian team, these two foreign aides have really paid a lot.
Larson lived a full three months of isolation from the outside world for this return, which had never been seen in his previous career, and entering the division meant that the fourth month of isolation had begun again. It's no secret that Larson once had COVID-19. For this reason, before his antibodies turned negative, he had not been able to obtain a green health code to return to China, and he could not get a visa.
Larson trained with the Gothenburg team in his hometown in Sweden to maintain his form, and then waited for the antibodies to turn negative, and in the process there were rumors that he wanted to break the contract and find another way out, forcing him to publicly refute the rumors, saying that he had never thought of terminating his contract with Dalian, that he was willing to play until the end of the contract, and was ready to return to the Chinese Super League. After the successful turn of his antibodies, there was no direct flight from Sweden to China, making it impossible for him to embark on the road back to the Chinese Super League at the first time. He didn't return until October after a direct flight.
Before boarding the plane, he completed a month of home isolation in Sweden, then flew directly to Xi'an, China, after arriving in Xi'an, he received multiple tests in situ and quarantined for 14 days, then flew to Dalian, isolated in the hotel for 7 days, and then went to the Dalian people's base, again underwent nucleic acid testing and isolated alone for seven days, counting the waiting time on the journey, almost a month passed. Larson, who had been isolated for two consecutive months, originally longed to return to normal life, but he did not expect the sudden outbreak of the epidemic in Dalian Zhuanghe, and Larson had to follow the team to continue to train and rest at the base every day, and was isolated from the outside world for almost a month.
Larson's expression is slightly melancholy, but he is extremely hard in training, because this is also the first time he has met and cooperated with head coach Jose, so he must show his best side, sweat like rain when training alone, and every class after training with the team, he has to frantically practice various set-pieces, and the free kick against Henan is also a reward for his efforts. 'Larsson scored four goals last season, all of them in athletic battles, and he doesn't feel like he's enough to score as a midfielder on set-pieces, so he's been practicing set-pieces since he started training in Sweden this year. The club staff, who is in charge of Larson's daily life, told reporters.
Danielson paid no less than Larson. Although Danielson did not have as long as Larson's one-time quarantine, Danielson had to constantly go in and out of China because of the national team's game task, from the beginning of the year to prepare for the game and then to play the European Championship, and then to the national team to play the World Cup and then return, which is equivalent to three times of isolation, adding up to three months.
And Danielson because of the team's relegation prospects are worrying, when Sweden still has two world cups against Georgia and Spain did not play, Danielsen told the national team coach that he did not want to watch dalian relegation, hope to return to the league as soon as possible to help the team prepare for relegation, the national team coach approved his request.
Danielson gave up the opportunity to play for the national team in order to help the team relegation, but he did not expect that Sweden lost to Georgia, then lost to Spain, and finally had to play the World Cup play-offs. Although it is not that Danielson will definitely ensure that the Swedish team qualifies, if you look at it from a fan's point of view, such an approach can easily make Swedish fans have a bad word. Just think, if it is our national player, for the club relegation battle after the resignation of the last two games, resulting in the direct qualification of the qualifiers blocked, I am afraid that the second half of my career will be cursed. Danielson's loyalty to dalian is worthy of recognition and respect by Dalian fans.
For two consecutive 1-0 attempts, the first was scored directly by Larsson and the second by Larson and Boateng in a tactical combination of corner kicks. Larson is now the absolute offensive organizational core of dalian's midfield, which fills the gap in dalian's midfield offensive organization.
Larson was originally introduced by Benitez after Carrasco left, but he was a very different type from Carrasco. When Hamsik was in the team, Larson was willing to play a supporting role for Hamsik and clear all the passing obstacles for him, not so much that Hamsik was the core of the Dalian midfield, but that Larson was the real core of the midfield.
In the total list of data in the 2020 Chinese Super League, Larson has been fouled 20 times (first in Dalian), 37 total steals (second in the team, ninth in the Chinese Super League), 17 total interceptions (fourth in the team), 45 times to block passes (second in the team, fifth in the Chinese Super League), 5 times to create scoring opportunities (first in the team), 13 corners (second in the team), and 6 assists (first in the team).
Of course, this is not all the data, because Larson's list of data is too long to list them all. He has a very prominent feature, that is, he is on the list of offensive data and defensive data, and he is also the only player in the Dalian team who has appeared on both offensive and defensive lists and has a top ranking in data.
The biggest change That Jose brought to the team was that the two sides played more alive, whether it was Sun Guowen and Li Shuai on the left side, or Wang Zhen'ao and Tong Lei on the right side, they more boldly took turns from the side road. As can be seen from the first game against Henan, Jianye only had 4 of the 18 shots on goal; the second game against Chongqing was also able to attack in turn on two sides, making the opponent more difficult to defend.
All this change is due to Larson's return, because he can constantly swim in the middle and on the wing, so that the two sides have received great support, which makes the team's attack more three-dimensional, and also greatly shortens the distance between attack and counterattack.