Dongti: Gao Tianyi is the indispensable main force of Shenhua, and this treatment is almost the same as that of the five foreign aids

Understand the Emperor of the Ball

2024-05-08 12:54Posted on the official account of Zhejiang Xiangqiudi

"Oriental Sports Daily" wrote that if the team is compared to an electric car, Gao Tianyi is the increasingly stable "battery board" in Shanghai Shenhua's array. After the last round, Shenhua also believed that Gao Tianyi deserved to be the best player of the game.

In the last round of the Shenhua team's 4-0 home victory over the Zhejiang team, the best player of the game was awarded to Gao Tianyi. It may seem incomprehensible to many fans, but intuitively, it is Amadou, who has scored the world's waves, or Luiz, who has scored twice again, who performed more impressively. However, the body that makes this judgment must have its own professional reasons. And for this point, Shenhua also has the same consensus internally.

The last mover comes first, occupying the main force

In the Super Cup before the season, as well as the first round of the league against Meizhou Hakka, Gao Tianyi, who joined as an active international, could only watch from the sidelines, and only got symbolic playing time near the end.

In the second round against Qingdao West Coast, Gao Tianyi came on as a substitute in the second half, but his performance was unsatisfactory and there were mistakes. This made the outside world quite suspicious of his prospects in Shenhua, and even affected his international status. Fortunately, this downturn was very short-lived, and Gao Tianyi quickly responded forcefully with his on-court performance.

In the national football team's home game against Singapore, Gao Tianyi started and had a good performance. Upon his return to Shenhua, he was immediately entrusted with the task by Slutsky, who was given his first chance to start in the 3-0 win away to Shandong Taishan, and played well, with Shenhua's first goal coming from his instigation. Since then, in addition to the away game against Changchun Yatai, Gao Tianyi has been given the opportunity to start every game, including the important "Beijing-Shanghai battle" and the derby with the harbor, and the performance is getting better and better. With a 4-1 home win over Wuhan Three Towns, he scored his first goal since joining Shenhua. In a 4-0 win over Zhejiang at home, Wang Haijian's attack to assist Luis to score also came from his scalpel-like through ball to Wang Haijian.

Gao Tianyi, who has started six consecutive league games, has undoubtedly become an indispensable and absolute main force of the team, and this treatment is almost the same as that of five foreign aids. This is a far cry from the difficult start of the season. One is due to strength, and the other is that Gao Tianyi has indeed worked hard to serve the team and enjoyed the due reward.

An important part of the tactical system

Through the first 10 rounds, it has been clearly felt that as long as there are no major surprises, Slutsky will stick to the 442 formation to finish the season. In this system, the diamond-shaped position in the midfield is also a clear card, except that 442 will change to 4312 when defending, and 4132 or 4141 when attacking. In this diamond-shaped midfield, Amadou as a single midfielder is certainly a priority, but the two number eights as Amadou's right-hand man are equally important. Not only do they have to help Amadou defend, but more often than not, they have to act as the main hub between attack and defence.

If the team is an electric car, the two No. 8s function as battery panels, and it is not an exaggeration to call them the source of power for the team. This can be seen in Shenhua's substitutions in most of the games - without exception, they all start with the change of the No. 8 position, and almost always in the 60th or 70th minute, unless there is an injury or other accident. It is precisely because the No. 8 position is responsible for the most important power function, so it is also the link where the team needs to be charged in time.

Shenhua has achieved remarkable results since the start of the game, the strength of the main squad is on the one hand, and the depth and thickness of the bench can also arouse the envy of the vast majority of teams in the Chinese Super League, and this is especially praised as the midfielder. According to many professionals, Shenhua's midfield is "crowded, strong and diverse". At present, in addition to Gao Tianyi, there are Wu Xi, Xu Haoyang, Dai Weijun, Xie Pengfei, Wang Haijian, Yu Hanchao and Cao Yunding. These players are the absolute main force in many other teams, but in Shenhua they can only compete for posts. This is a "luxury annoyance", but Slutsky is very useful.

Judging from the first 10 rounds, Wu Xi, Gao Tianyi and Xu Haoyang temporarily took the lead in the competition for the No. 8 position, among which Wu Xi and Gao Tianyi were better. But Xu Haoyang is a left-footed general, so he has irreplaceable value. In the last three rounds, due to Manafa's injury, Wu Xi has to play a cameo role at right-back, so Gao Tianyi and Xu Haoyang started to play two No. 8 positions, which is even more indisputable.

Stability is his greatest value

The first launch is an affirmation of Gao Tianyi, and it is also a promotion. As the main position becomes more and more stable, Gao Tianyi's performance is getting better and better. There is more and more defensive coverage, from defense to offense, the tandem effect on the front and back, and the cooperation with teammates is becoming more and more tacit.

The greatest value of Gao Tianyi to Shenhua is: stability. Just as it's not surprising that a team can win a few games beautifully, winning a championship with consistent performance is the real strength of the team. Gao Tianyi has rarely made mistakes in the game, and has always been able to maintain a high level of competitive ability, which is the core value of his ability to sit in the main position, and the reason why he was named the best player in the last round.

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