In a focus battle in the 21st round of the Chinese Super League championship group that ended on the afternoon of January 1, Beijing time, Guangzhou defeated Changchun Yatai 2-0, pushing Haigang to continue to rank second in the standings. In this game, zheng zhi, the 41-year-old captain and interim coach of Guangzhou, started again and played the whole game.
In this campaign, Zheng Zhi cameo as a central defender, and his performance was very stable. 4 times to break the siege, 4 interceptions, 1 steal, 3 ground confrontations all successful. In addition, Zheng Zhi successfully passed 59 times in 68 times, with an accuracy rate of 87%. Of these, 24 long passes were successful and 19 were successful. With such a stable performance, Zheng Zhi was scored 7.9 points by the authoritative foreign media sofascore, tied with Zhang Linpeng for the highest in the game.
After the game, teammate Zhang Linpeng also couldn't help but praise Zheng Zhi in an interview: "I think Zhi Ge is really a great player, whether it is a coach or a player, he has set an example, no matter what the future holds, I think he can be competent every minute on the pitch." ”
In addition to the existence of the absolute crushing level of this "all-China class" Guangzhou team in terms of ball skills, Zheng Zhi's leadership temperament has not retreated in the slightest because of age. In the first half of the game, he angrily intimidated Yatai captain Sun Jie for the "little brother" He Chao.
The cause of the conflict occurred in the 12th minute of the game, when Guangzhou team won the opportunity to play on the sideline, He Chao ran to the sideline to prepare for the free throw, and as a result, Sun Jie, the captain of Yatai, ran to He Chao and made a volleyball-style "blocking net" action to block He Chao's ball.
Annoyed and angry, He Chao directly smashed the ball on Sun Jie's head, and the two sides broke out into a verbal altercation. Referee Zhang Lei gave He Chao a verbal warning. In the process of this conflict, although He Chao was not calm in smashing people with the ball, Sun Jie violated the law to obstruct the opponent's outside the line of departure, which was indeed a mistake first.
Seeing that the "little brother" had been wronged, Zheng Zhi couldn't bear it. A few minutes later, in a scramble, Zheng Zhi also broke out with Sun Jie, and the hot-tempered Zheng Zhi even had words in his mouth, angrily scolding the three-character proverb. Referee Zhang Lei saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly stopped Zheng Zhi to advise the guangzhou team's temporary manager to calm down.
After Zheng Zhi was pulled apart, he was still angry and continued to point at Sun Jie and say something. Other Guangzhou and Yatai players rushed forward and persuaded the two to leave the scene, so as to avoid further escalation of the situation. At the age of 41, he can still have a highlight performance after playing the whole game, and he can also stand out for his teammates in time, zheng zhi is indeed worthy of being "the last big man in Chinese football".