Special correspondent Gan Hui reports that against the Henan team, which lacks a major general, relying on the goal of Jiang Shenglong, who changed to a striker, Shenhua drew 1-1 in the final stage, Shenhua won 5 wins and 1 draw in the first 6 rounds, and 3 draws and 1 loss in the last 4 rounds, as if stepping on the brakes.
Although Shenhua was optimistic, the course of the game was not as imagined by the outside world, and it was the Henan team who led the first goal. In the 26th minute, Zhong Yihao took a corner kick and Kovic scored, giving Shenhua 1-0 down - the first time Shenhua has fallen behind at home this season. Previously, even against defending champion Sanzhen and old rival Guoan, it was Shenhua who scored first.
After conceding the goal, Shenhua was eager to get the score back, but they had no good way to face the dense defense of the Henan team. From the data point of view, Shenhua's possession rate reached 64%, which is much higher than the vast majority of previous games, but Shenhua, who has a lot of experience in playing defensive counterattacks, after switching to positional attack, the players do not seem to be too adaptable, the offensive and defensive conversion is slower, and the offensive threat is greatly reduced. More importantly, in this case, the impact and characteristics of the maleley are difficult to play. Throughout the first half, Shenhua's really threatening offense was not much.
At halftime, Wu Jingui made a substitution adjustment and replaced Xu Haoyang with Cao Yunding, and after Cao Yunding came on, Shenhua's offensive end finally improved. In the 69th minute, Wu Jingui replaced Bassogo again.
However, the expected goal did not come. In the final stage, Wu Jingui broke the cauldron and sank the boat, allowing the tall central defender Jiang Shenglong to play as a striker.
"It was a planned tactical arrangement to prevent a repeat of the vacancy in the attacking zone that occurred in the previous game. During the training, we specially practiced this technical and tactical arrangement. When the opponent shrinks the defense, create a high point and make it more difficult for the opponent's defense. Wu Jingui said, "Jiang Shenglong has made great progress this year in defense, attack, passing and grabbing points, which has helped the team a lot." ”
The trick did work, and after Jiang Shenglong played the striker for two or three minutes, he scored. In the 82nd minute, Cao Yunding crossed, Wang Guoming made a mistake, and Jiang Shenglong's header equalized the score.
"The team didn't play well today, I wasn't happy with the result, I changed to the front and scored a goal, which also repaid the trust of Coach Wu." Jiang Shenglong said that he should sum up well when he went back.
After equalising, Shenhua continued to lay siege to Henan, but failed to score again, and in the end, the two sides shook hands 1-1. After the game, Wu Jingui concluded, "The overall technical and tactical arrangements of the team today were formulated and implemented in accordance with the pre-match training, and some opportunities were not seized, which is a pity. There were already some dangers in front of goal before the goal was conceded, which may be the case for young teams. The team is currently in a period of physical and psychological fatigue. However, the positive form of the entire team in wanting to equalize the score is still commendable when they are behind. ”
In 10 rounds, Shenhua scored a total of 12 goals, the fewest goals in the top 8. In addition to scoring 3 goals in the first match against Shenzu, Shenhua only scored 1 goal in the other 9 games, so as long as the back line conceded a goal, it is difficult for Shenhua to win the game. Obviously, the inefficiency of the offensive end has become the biggest problem of Shenhua at present.
This season, Shenhua has brought in Malele in the front line, and so far he has scored four goals and is the team's top scorer. However, Malaile is a player whose characteristics and shortcomings are very obvious, he has good physical fitness and strong impact, but the technique under his feet is relatively rough, which also restricts him to a certain extent.
In this match, Bassogo finally appeared. He has been out for months due to a torn Achilles tendon after the World Cup, and recently practiced together, and the match against Henan was his first game of the season.
'Bassogo's form is still adjusting, and with his return, we have more options in terms of tactics. Wu Jingui said: "Every opponent in the Chinese Super League is very difficult to play, and it may be a common situation to win a bad score. For us, we must calm down and mature slowly. ”
Judging from the past two games, Wu Jingui's use of Cao Yunding has some new changes. In the past, Cao Yunding played as a left midfielder and played his own characteristics on the wing. In this match, when Teixeira was replaced by Bassogo, Cao Yunding became the organizer. Jiang Shenglong's goal came from his assist, and in the post-match summary, Wu Jingui said that Cao Yunding brought a lot of changes to the team's attack.
Next, Shenhua will play against Cangzhou and Manatee, two teams in the middle and lower reaches of the standings, and they are likely to defend intensively, so Shenhua must improve the offensive end as soon as possible and strive for more goals.