The fourth round of the AFC Champions League kicked off, with Shandong Taishan once again challenging the Singapore Lion City sailors back-to-back. In the last game, the two teams fought 0:0, and the Taishan team not only won the first point of the AFC Champions League, but also the good competitive state made fans and the media praise unanimously. The Lion City sailors, who were clearly superior in strength, obviously did not want to be equalized by Tarzan again, so they launched a fierce attack from the beginning of the game, but the Tarzan lads always worked together until the stoppage time, due to lack of concentration to concede the first goal. In the second half, the Taishan team showed a very high tactical accomplishment, fighting with the opponent 2:2, the whole game ended, Shandong Taishan lost to the Lion City Sailors 2:3.
Technical statistics: In terms of possession rate, lion city sailors have an advantage of 66%, shooting 16:5, but in terms of shooting ratio, Shandong Taishan team is higher. The Tarzan team scored five shots on goal, 3 of which were on target and scored 2 goals.
At the beginning of the first half, the Lion City sailors did not have too much temptation, continuously attacked on the side, and frequently created threats, creating three corners in less than five minutes, fortunately, the boys of Shandong Taishan were fully prepared and firmly defended. In the 8th minute, the Lion City Mariners made a steal in front of the field, and Song Yiyong burst into the box and shot out. In the 10th minute, Shandong Taishan directly broke the ball at the back and launched a quick counterattack, and Yi Xianlong's powerful shot from outside the penalty area was saved by the goalkeeper. Abdul's fulcrum role in the front court is very obvious, in the 20th minute, Yi Xianlong once again showed super personal ability, breaking the ball in the backfield for 4 consecutive people, running 50 meters, long pass to find the forward, can be teammates' final shot deflected.
Continuous attacks have never been effective, and teammates' passes are always cut off by The Taishan team, Jin Xinyu, as a tall center, can only pull back and forth to run, but can not get a good shooting opportunity, resulting in the high school forward's mental imbalance, and his teammates have many verbal complaints.
In the 27th minute, the Lion City mariners played a counterattack again, Suleiman quickly broke into the box, Tassi showed good competitive form, a clean and clean tackle, destroyed the opponent's single knife. Within the next three minutes, the Lion City mariners launched a fierce attack, continuously hitting the goal to make the Taishan team in front of the door, Kim Xinyu took the ball in the penalty area, directly volleyed, goalkeeper Cao Zheng world-class two consecutive saves, trying to save the goal! In the 42nd minute, Taishan team attacked in front, Lu Yongtao was directly destroyed by the opponent, followed by the second wave of attack, Yi Xianlong's right side of the road continued to pass, the opponent had no choice but to let go of the shovel, injury time, Taishan team defense appeared distracted, Song Yiyong in the penalty area was unattended, directly headed the goal.
Throughout the first half, the overall attack and defense of Shandong Taishan team was still very good, although most of the time in a defensive state, but the Lion City Sailors did not have many methods. After defending the opponent, the Taishan team's attack and ground pass can also be, these young players dare to show their strength, especially on the right side, that is, the side of Yi Xianlong, which makes the opponent very headache. After the midfielder returned to the dressing room, the front staff relayed a touching story:
After returning to the dressing room, head coach Yu Yuanwei praised the players very affirmatively, and also expressed appreciation for the players' tactical execution. Then all the players gathered together, once again strongly encouraged everyone: be worthy of the fans who care about us, do not dishonor their mission, after the start of the second half, do not be too entangled in the results, everyone to play with all their might!
At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Lion City sailors continued to maintain the suppression of the scene, and in the 51st minute, Yi Xianlong, Abdul Waili and Chen Zhexuan passed consecutive kicks, tearing open the opponent's defense line, but the last kick was a bit outrageous. In the 15th minute of the second half, The Taishan team counterattacked more, the lads were stronger in the defense of the hardness, the speed of one foot out of the ball was faster, repeatedly threatened the opponent's goal, in the 60th minute goalkeeper Cao Zheng made a mistake, and was easily headed by Enrique again. Three minutes later, Yang Ruiqi broke through from the flank to cause a foul on the opponent, and the free kick was sent to the penalty area and directly released.
In the 70th minute, after the Lions Mariners broke the ball, they attacked to the front of the box, and Azmi's powerful shot was slightly above the crossbar. In the 74th minute, Lu Yongtao broke through the penalty area and was brought down by the opponent! The referee decisively awarded a penalty, Lu Yongtao personally took the penalty, and in one fell swoop, Shandong Taishan pulled back a goal. After the goal, the Tarzan team was morale boosted, and the crazy steals in the front court made the Lion City sailors a little flustered. In the 82nd minute, The Taishan team made a mistake at the back, the Lion City sailors quickly counterattacked, Song Yiyong sent a superb assist, and Maxim scored a single knife. Affected by physical fitness, in the end, the Tarzan team was a little distracted, but fortunately, the opponent's shot was always almost lucky. In the last moments of regular time, Liu Guobao showed his personal ability, the penalty area broke again, and finally the whole game ended, and Taishan lost 2:3 to the opponent.
Although this game was lost, it should be the best performance of Shandong Taishan in 4 games. Even better than the draw in the last game. Although the team is still defensively oriented, the team has more sense of active attack, using active scrambling, creating opportunities, and then quickly counterattacking, one foot out of the ball, the breakthrough of the side is particularly commendable. Facing the stronger Lion City sailors, the lads were not afraid, whether it was midfield or frontcourt, even if it was a passive situation, they still insisted on the ground.
Encouraged by the midfield, both the players and the coaching staff seem to have reached a consensus: be sure to fight! Therefore, we saw a different Taishan team in the second half, daring to face the opponent hard resistance, and head coach Yu Yuanwei is even more bold, in the situation of the team's backwardness, three consecutive two forwards, plus Abdul's external force, that is, the three major forwards on the field, and Yi Xianlong was also mentioned to the front line, so many offensive players all played, which showed the ambition of the head coach.
The whole team played very well in this game, and the 4 big players will be impressive. The first is the winger Yi Xianlong, whose ability to hold the ball and the technique of handling are obviously higher than his teammates, and whether it is receiving or inserting forward, the timing of this timing is commendable. Followed by the forward Abdul Waili, this young man's confrontation and explosiveness need to be strengthened, but the technique and ability to do the ball under his feet are impressive, and he has played a wonderful small range with Lu Yongtao and Yi Xianlong many times; then there is the defender Tashi, the team lost three goals, perhaps as a defender should not be praised, but if you watch Tassi and the opponent stare at Jin Xinyu, and then high-speed back to defend the opponent's single knife shot, you know that Tassi deserves our praise; finally, lu Yongtao, one of the offensive heroes, He is also the captain of the team, leading by example, knocking on the door of the opponent for the team, giving everyone the greatest encouragement from confidence, worthy of everyone's captain.
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