The Chinese Super League ushered in a key battle, Shandong Taishan hosted Henan team. In the whole game, Shandong Taishan occupied an absolute advantage, and played one more person in the case of most of the half, but the Henan team played very tenacious, the head coach Nan Jiyi made a magical substitution in the final period, once overtook the score, and Kazaishvili scored in stoppage time to help the Taishan team retain the last face, and finally the two teams shook hands 2:2.
After the start of the game, Shandong Taishan, who were playing at home, took the initiative in the attack, but it was difficult to create a threatening attack. In the 9th minute, the Henan team seized the opportunity and sent a precise cross from the side, and Nazario's header went wide. At this time, the striker Cressan had an injury situation, and after a few minutes of persistence, it was really difficult to hold on, and he had to be replaced by Pato. The offense couldn't find a feeling, and the general was injured again, and Shandong Taishan played more impatiently in a short period of time.
In the 26th minute, there was an unexpected scene, Henan team midfielder Kovic, midfielder elbow Wu Xinghan, after the video identification, the referee directly red card! The two teams once again formed a stalemate, but Shandong Taishan gritted his teeth and tried his best to fight every opportunity. In the 38th minute, Huang Zhengyu received a yellow card, but VAR reminded Judson of a foul in the Achimpeng penalty area, and after a long review, the referee did not blow a penalty. In stoppage time, Huang Zhengyu stepped forward, Shandong Taishan formed a series of shooting opportunities, Pato missed the empty goal! At the end of the half, neither team scored.
Throughout the first half, there was no doubt about the possession rate, Shandong Taishan had an absolute advantage, but the overall conversion efficiency was too low, and the speed of switching from defense to attack was too slow. However, Cressan went down due to injury, which made the already not rich squad even worse. The Henan team has always maintained a defensive posture, especially after Kovic was sent off, the team could only rely on Achimpeng and Denich and Nazario to counterattack, although the field was not dominant, but it did not give Shandong Taishan too good a chance.
Half-time is very important for both teams. Choi Kang-hee urgently needs to change his tactics or improve the attack efficiency of the frontcourt by adjusting his position. After all, in the entire first half, when the number of people was superior, the team's conversion speed was too slow, and even the commentator Dong Lu was very anxious, and shouted "too slow" more than once!
After the start of the second half, Shandong Taishan made many adjustments, with Delgado, Zhao Jianfei and Tong Lei on the field. After these new forces came on the field, Shandong Taishan's scramble was more active, and Delgado's feeling of holding the ball, as well as the threat after the breakthrough, were still very good. The Henan team returned to defense across the board, leaving only one Achimpeng in the frontcourt. In the 63rd minute, the Taishan team took advantage of the opportunity of a corner kick to form a threat, Tong Lei shot the crossbar, and Liu Yang shot down after the goal!
Under the continuous attack, the fitness of both sides has reached a bottleneck. In the 70th minute, Choi Kang-hee replaced Wu Xinghan with the veteran Zhang Chi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. In the 81st minute, Huang Zichang passed the penalty area again, Nazario rushed to the top and scored, and the two teams returned to the same running line, and Cui Kangxi on the sidelines was directly anxious. However, in the 88th minute, the Henan team scored again, and Huang Zichang scored again in the penalty area, but he didn't expect the Henan team with 10 people to overtake. In the first minute of stoppage time, Liu Yang sent a subtle assist, and Kazaishvili scored with a furious shot, and finally the game ended at full-time, and Shandong Taishan regretted to draw with the opponent.
A draw, for the Henan team, is already very satisfied. After all, the team was sent off in the 26th minute, and the core player Kovic was sent off, and the lack of strength and one less person have done their best. For the Shandong Taishan team, this is definitely not the result everyone wants, but in the face of the state of the camp full of wounded soldiers, what can we ask for?
Cui Kangxi has done everything he can, and in this game, he injured Cressan and Judson, and finally even the veteran Zhang Chi was replaced, and the team was indeed unavailable. A tragic game, a helpless result, you can't blame anyone. If you analyze it from the technique and tactics alone, Cui Kangxi can only ask everyone to advance the rhythm faster, and it is indeed difficult to open the opponent's defense line without the core generals who attack the fortifications, and the slow and leisurely rhythm.