FA Cup final
Luneng double champion
With a long-range shot from the bottom half of Jia Desong, Shandong Taishan defeated Shanghai Harbor 1-0 at the newly completed Phoenix Mountain Football Stadium in Chengdu yesterday (9th) night, winning the FA Cup for the seventh time. This is the second domestic football top competition won by The Taishan team in the season after the league championship, becoming a veritable "double champion" and the third "double champion" in the club's history. It can be said that this is an expected result, and it is the best reward for Shandong Taishan Club to adhere to youth training and steady development for so many years, and it also points out the next development direction of Chinese football in the "post-Golden Age".
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The big hit finally got the wish
Before this game, Shandong Taishan team was a big hit to win, whether it was the fans who could not watch the game on the spot, or the reporters who came to the scene to interview, when asked how to look at the game, more than 90% of people thought that Shandong team was more promising. The reason why so many people are optimistic about Shandong Taishan is not only because the team has just won the Chinese Super League championship before, the team is still stronger in overall strength, more importantly, under such an intensive schedule, after Shandong team won the league championship three rounds in advance, the coaching staff has begun to rotate significantly in the last three rounds of the league to prepare for this final.
From the end of the Chinese Super League on January 4 to last night's final, although there are 4 days of adjustment time before and after, if it is under the normal schedule, it is equivalent to a "double game of the week", and the impact on the team will not be great. However, since the second stage of the Chinese Super League will be played in 8 rounds in 21 days, it is inevitable that the players will be in a state of fatigue. In contrast, the Shanghai Harbor team is in a hurry, because in the league, it is also necessary to strive for a good position as much as possible in the absence of winning the championship. Therefore, Oscar, the core player of the Harbor team, played all 22 rounds of the Chinese Super League and started 21 times. Although as one of the few world-class big names left in the entire Chinese Super League, Oscar is also a due diligence, but after all, he is also a human, not a machine, and will also suffer from the intensive schedule. In fact, in last night's match against Shandong, Oscar's overall performance can only be said to be average, and did not show the highest level, which is of course related to his physical fatigue.
As a result, the Shandong Taishan team was favored by more people before the game, which is normal. The final result is indeed that Shandong team defeated the harbor team and won the cup, so it is not surprising that Shandong Taishan team won the FA Cup championship and became the "double champion" again.
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Tactical arrangements pinpoint against Mai Mang
As far as this game is concerned, it should be said that both sides have made meticulous preparations and arrangements for this game, and they have made targeted tactical arrangements for each other's situation. So, in the first half, the 10 players on the pitch were almost perfectly aligned.
For example, Shandong Taishan continued to use the "three-guard" tactic in this game. In the first leg of the second stage of the Chinese Super League, Shandong suddenly changed the habitual "four defenders" into "three defenders", which caught Shanghai Harbor a little off guard and finally won 2-0. In this game, Shandong team obviously found a way to deal with the harbor team, still using three defenders. The harbor team was obviously also expected that the opponent would re-sacrifice the three-guard tactic, so on the basis of maintaining the three-guard tactical system, the personnel in individual positions were adjusted, like Wang Shenchao was arranged to the right side of the three guards; Yu Hai continued to be on the left, and He Xi was mainly responsible for keeping an eye on the opponent's "arrow" Guo Tianyu.
Therefore, the formation sent by both sides is "3421", and all the players on the field are almost all in the opposite position with the other side. Because of this, the whole game seemed very stable. Of course, in the three-guard system, whether it is Shandong Taishan team or Shanghai harbor team, in terms of specific tactical use, it is the right side that focuses on defense, and the jixiang of Shandong team and Li Shenyuan of the harbor team are all defensive, only occasionally inserting assists according to the situation on the field. On the left, Liu Yang of the Shandong team and Lu Wenjun of the harbor team are more involved in the attack, and the position is more pressing. Not only that, like Xu Xin of Shandong team and Zhang Huachen of Harbor team, the roles performed in their respective teams are basically similar, and Moises and Oscar have basically the same functions.
After the change of sides, both sides made adjustments in terms of tactical arrangements. The Shandong team directly made Liu Yang's position higher, which has been changed to resemble a four-back; while the harbor team has adjusted in the midfield, the position and distance between Oscar and Mui in the first half are relatively close, and in the second half, it is obvious that there is a one-up, and the distance is somewhat open. By the 65th minute, the players on both sides of the Shandong team made adjustments, and Jin Jingdao and Qi Tianyu replaced Liu Yang and Xu Xin. At this time, the shandong team's on-field formation was directly changed to 442. A few minutes later, the Shanghai Seaport team also made substitutions, but the Harbor team replaced Zhang Huachen and Mai Tijiang with Liu Zhurun and Yang Shiyuan, and the overall tactical aspect did not change. Of course, Liu Zhurun's attack attributes were relatively stronger than Zhang Huachen's.
However, unfortunately, Yang Shiyuan, who came off the bench of harbor team, fouled in front of the penalty area and gave the opponent a free kick opportunity. And Shandong Taishan team just seized such an opportunity, after Zheng Zheng's one-foot world wave popped up on the lintel, Shandong team organized a second attack, Jia Desong's wonderful long-range shot scored the only goal in the whole game, and finally helped Shandong team win the FA Cup!
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The Shandong team may lead the Chinese Super League
With the current overall strength, staffing and other aspects, Shandong Taishan team won the "double championship" should be said to be deserved. Perhaps, many people are saying that the Shandong team participated in the final this time with four foreign aides, while the Shanghai Harbor team is only a double foreign aid, and in the atmosphere of "relying on foreign aid in the Chinese Super League", the Shandong team still took advantage of a lot. That's true. However, Jia Desong, who scored the winning goal in this game, spent less than 170,000 euros on loan, and his performance has been stable after being loaned to the team from Wuhan Sanzhen in the Middle Division this season. Compared with the transfer fees of millions and tens of millions of euros in the Chinese Super League, Jia Desong is not a "thing" at all. However, does this not reflect from one side how much "moisture" there are in the "Golden Age" of foreign aid in the Chinese Super League, especially in terms of transfer fees? Where did the "burning money" go? This is a phenomenon worth pondering.
It should be said that with the current situation, perhaps in the next two or three seasons, Shandong Taishan will still be the most neat and powerful team in the entire Chinese Super League. This is directly related to the fact that it has been insisting on paying close attention to teenagers for a long time. Of course, the "double crown" will certainly not be the ultimate goal of the club. In the new season, the AFC Champions League is one aspect, on the other hand, under the current circumstances, whether Shandong Taishan Club can usher in its own "era" or "dynasty" may be more noteworthy.