On January 9, Beijing time, in the final of the FA Cup, Shandong Taishan defeated Shanghai Harbor 1-0 to win the FA Cup, and the team achieved the double victory for the third time in the history of the team. The double crown is the best reward for Shandong Taishan Club's persistence in youth training and steady development over the years, and it also points out the next development direction of Chinese football in the "post-Golden Age".
On January 9, with a long-range shot from the bottom half of Judd Pine, Shandong Taishan defeated Shanghai Harbor 1-0 at the newly completed Fenghuangshan Football Stadium in Chengdu, winning the FA Cup for the seventh time. This is the second top domestic football competition won by Tarzan in the season after the league championship, becoming a veritable double and the third 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".
Before this game, Shandong Taishan team was the big hit to win, whether it was fans, or journalists who came to the scene to interview, when asked how to view this game, more than 90% of people thought that Shandong team was more promising. The reason why so many people are optimistic about Taishan is not only because the team has just won the Chinese Super League championship, the team is stronger in overall strength, more importantly, under such a dense schedule, after Shandong team won the league championship three rounds in advance, the coaching staff has begun to rotate sharply 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 the final, although there are 4 days of adjustment time before and after, if it is under the normal schedule, it is equivalent to a week of double matches, 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 Harbor team is in a hurry, because the league also needs to strive for a good position as much as possible if it is impossible to win the championship. So, Like The Harbour's core player Oscar played all 22 rounds of the Chinese Super League, including 21 starts. 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 being, and he will also suffer from the intensive schedule. In fact, in this match with Shandong, Oscar's overall performance can only be said to be average, and he 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.
As far as this game is concerned, it should be said that both sides have made careful preparations and arrangements for this game, and both have made targeted tactical arrangements for each other's situation. So, in the first half, the 10 players on the pitch between the two sides were almost perfectly aligned.
For example, the Tarzan team continued to use a three-guard tactic in this game. In the first leg of the second stage of the Chinese Super League, Shandong suddenly turned the habitual four-back into a three-back, which caught the Harbor team 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. Shandong directly made Liu Yang's position higher, which has been changed to resemble a four-back team; while the Harbor team has adjusted in the midfield, the distance between Oscar and Mui is relatively close in the first half, and the distance is obviously up and down in the second half, 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.
From 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 "wrist" at all. However, does this not reflect from one side how much water the foreign aid of the "Golden Age" super league has 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, a double title 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.
Wen | Ma Dexing
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