Li Tie does not need to be ignored by Jankovic, and Ivan reused it as soon as he took office: the style of the 25-year-old popular international is very similar to Kante

Zero-degree eyes to see the ball

2024-05-09 09:30Published in Guangdong

In the 10th round of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Shenhua defeated Zhejiang 4-0 at home and continued to lead the standings with a 5-point advantage, with a strong momentum. However, what is surprising is that the best player of the game was not awarded to Andre Luiz, who scored a brace, nor to Amadou, the defender who scored the world wave, but to the 25-year-old international Gao Tianyi.

The data shows that Gao Tianyi played 80 minutes in this campaign, with a pass success rate of 88% and 2 key passes. Defensively, Gao Tianyi has 2 successful tackles and 1 key interception, so it's no wonder that national football coach Ivankovic will also reuse him and let him play a very important single midfield position.

On May 8, "Oriental Sports Daily" praised Gao Tianyi's performance, saying that he is an important part of Shenhua coach Slutsky's tactical system, and his performance is very stable, and he has a large defensive coverage, just like French defender N'Golo Kante, who plays an increasingly tandem role in the transition between attack and defense.

It is worth mentioning that the national football coach Ivankovic and Shenhua coach Slutsky both prefer the 4312 diamond midfield formation, and Gao Tianyi is getting better and better in this system, and has contributed wonderful performances in many consecutive rounds. For example, in the 4-1 home defeat of Wuhan Three Towns, Gao Tianyi scored the first goal of joining Shenhua, and in the 4-0 victory over Zhejiang, Gao Tianyi sent a scalpel through the ball to find Wang Haijian, who then crossed the middle to assist Luis to outflank the empty goal and score. has started 6 consecutive rounds, and Gao Tianyi's role and treatment in Shenhua have been comparable to the five major foreign aids.

Perhaps, Shenhua should thank the national football coach Ivankovic. In the fourth round of the world preliminaries at home against the Singapore team, Ivan abandoned the back Wang Shangyuan and boldly let Gao Tianyi start as a single back, which was unexpected by the outside world. As a result, in the game, Gao Tianyi performed very well, contributing 39 accurate passes, and assisted Wu Lei to score the third goal of the game, helping the team lead 3-1. On the defensive end, Gao Tianyi completed 2 steals and 3 successful aerial duels through active running, and was one of the important contributors to the victory of the national football team.

The 25-year-old Gao Tianyi once stayed in Spain's Ospitalette to play in the Catalan U19 Premier League. In the 2014/15 season, Gao Tianyi scored six goals in 13 appearances for the team. In the 2016 season, Gao Tianyi joined the Shenzhen team and made 16 appearances. In the 2017 season, Gao Tianyi joined the Jiangsu team and quickly gained a foothold, and in the 2017-18 season, Gao Tianyi made 44 appearances and contributed 3 assists.

In the 2021 season, Gao Tianyi joined Beijing Guoan, scored 3 goals and 5 assists in 26 appearances, such an excellent performance, but did not win the trust of the then national football coach Li Tie. It wasn't until 2022 that Gao Tianyi made his debut under Li Xiaopeng.

In 2023, Jankovic will officially coach the national football team, and Gao Tianyi has never been favored. On the other hand, as soon as Ivankovic took office, he reused Gao Tianyi and tried his best to start the key game against Singapore in the World Preliminary Tournament. After that game, Gao Tianyi also got better in the Shenhua team. It can be said that Ivankovic can be called a Bole of high providence, and he is really accurate. In the future, Gao Tianyi should become the main defender under Ivankovic, plug and play, which is also good news for the national football team.

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