On the afternoon of April 14, 2021, at the Yuanshen Sports Center, Shanghai Harbor's last warm-up match before the start of the 2021 Chinese Super League, against Wuhan. Oscar scored, a 1-0 win, and the first two days of the warm-up match, the Transfer Window of the Chinese Super League had just closed, and less than two weeks after the news of Meistrovic's serious injury.
Fortunately, at the time, I was still optimistic, sitting in the deep stands, imagining that Arnautovic could play his best under a "self-aware" head coach, while also having some "illusions" about Lopez.
Yes, without mentioning it, the seventh player of the Shanghai Harbor team in the 2021 season is called Arnautovic, what a familiar and unfamiliar name. Time flies so slowly, less than five months after Anau joined Serie A side Bologna. Time flies so fast, and it is only half a year before the end of the European Championship.
Turn the pointer back to last night, December 19, 2021, Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium, which may be the most deserted Chinese Super League "Battle of Tianwangshan" in recent years, without the shouts of the audience, without so much spotlight attention, and without so much traffic in previous years. It's like a normal football game, it starts in a hurry, and it ends hastily.
0-2, or this familiar score, pulled my mind back to the night of November 23, 2019, or at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, the same place, the familiar "script". The soldiers of SIPG had enough strength but punched the soft cotton. On that night in 19 years, when Yu Hai was replaced, he kicked the goalpost fiercely to vent, which was more like a microcosm of the helplessness after a whole game of 0 shots from Sipg.
Looking back at that game, you will find that under the premise of possession alone, the team shot 9 times and 0 feet on target, and the gate guarded by Liu Dianzuo was almost not threatened. Last night's game was the same, with 57% possession and 3 shots on goal and 0 shots on target. The entire game was spent in an endless battle for the ball in midfield. And this night is more lonely than two years ago, with the cold winds from Siberia, Oscar seems even more lonely.
The configuration of two foreign aid against the opponent's five foreign aid, the author has made it clear in last week's article, without Paulinho's team is very likely to be unable to support the entire tactical system. Unfortunately, I was right. Many fans say that the current system is not around the Oscars, yes, but the two wingmen around Mui and Paulinho will make this set of playing most of the power of the loss of most of the power. Exaggeratedly, this is very much like the "Habaibu" combination that was once at the peak of Barcelona.
How did we lose? If you want to win, you are afraid to lose.
Points behind the opponent, must attack out, the lineup is not as good as the opponent, this is the obvious fact, the opponent in the mentality of the game, in fact, the opponent is not very good, win is won in the counterattack of the word.
Li Yunlong once said a sentence in "Bright Sword", in the face of a powerful opponent, knowing that he is invincible, he must resolutely shine his sword, even if he falls, he must become a mountain and a ridge! What an awe,what awe,what determination, what joy, what boldness!
Yes, under the Heavenly King Mountain, in front of the two armies, the front half of the warrior army, this team from the day of ten years of grinding a sword B set sail is destined to have a few tragic and heroic feelings.
The man who was far away in the Iberian Peninsula once said before winning the championship that Guangzhou Tianhe is our blessed land, and he also said that every game in Shanghai Harbor will be watched and paid attention to, and there is often communication with teammates. Three years have passed, and without commenting on the most important year you have been struggling on the Catalan bench, don't you want to come back to Qinwang at all?
Yes, I admit that I was a little selfish, but that's not a true portrayal of the hearts of most fans after turning off the TV last night.
The lonely Oscar missed the penalty under heavy pressure, and the sideline head coach Lecco revealed a hint of loneliness and helplessness in his eyes. For him, the passing line this season has been reached, with a number of U21 players being trained in first-team matches, the FA Cup reaching the final, and the league basically stabilizing the top three.
However, the time had to be set back to the summer of 2021, Arnau's departure, López's serious injury, had to admit that the addition of Paulinho was a successful reinforcement, but, knowing that the lack of a center and the defender line needed to take the risk of waiting for Meiss's recovery, our plan was so pale.
Before Anau had officially left, before Paulinho, a few fans asked me what you would do if the current Harbor needed to regroup reinforcements, and I said that in addition to Oscar and Mooy, the other three should have changed, not passed, almost should be able to use the attitude, otherwise sooner or later they will suffer a big loss on the lineup.
Looking at the FA Cup, at least under the configuration of three foreign aides, it is still possible to fight.
Solskjaer once said to the camera: Mountains are there to be climbed! Mountains are always there for people to cross, don't they?