In the 11th round of the Chinese Super League, the Cangzhou Lions ushered in the challenge of the Zhejiang team at home. In the end, after 90 minutes of regular time, the Cangzhou team failed to defend the dignity of the home team and unfortunately lost to the Zhejiang team with a score of 0-1. After the end of this round, the Cangzhou Lions suffered a five-round winless record.
In the past four games, Cangzhou drew 1-1 with Meizhou Hakka, defeated Shanghai Shenhua 0-4, defeated Henan 2-3, and defeated Shandong Taishan 1-4. After the end of the 11th schedule, Cangzhou Lions temporarily accumulated 14 points with 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, ranking eighth in the league standings.
You must know that at the beginning of the season, the Cangzhou Lions were once considered one of the dark horses of this season, and they believed that the team was expected to hit the AFC Champions League, because they had beaten Chengdu Rongcheng, won three consecutive wins, and ranked fourth in the standings. However, as the Chinese Super League schedule continues to advance, this dark horse seems to have been revealed. The embodiment of the original form: losing four of the five games, conceding a total of 13 goals in five games, falling from the fourth place to the eighth place in the best result, the possession rate of each game is less than 4 percent, and the technical and tactical play has not changed.
Why did the Cangzhou Lions regress so quickly? The most fundamental reason is related to the positioning of the team. In fact, Cangzhou coach Zhao Junzhe's coaching idea is very simple, and the summary in one sentence is "give up the game against the strong team, save the strength to fight the weaker opponent". If any team takes stability as the main thought, does not create good results, and has no ambition, it will definitely not be able to achieve any highlight. The same goes for the Cangzhou Lions!
The direct reason for the regression of the Cangzhou Lions should be related to the technical and tactical play. Whether facing a strong team or a weak team, coach Zhao Junzhe arranged a defensive counterattack formation similar to 7-0-3, three of which were Ever, Otabol and Oscar. At the beginning of the league, this trick may still be a little new, but the further you go, the more your opponents can understand it, and over time their tactics will be easily limited.
According to the current situation, the Cangzhou Lions will not mention the AFC Champions League tickets, and they will be successful in relegation in advance. In order to cope with the difficult second stage of the schedule, it will be necessary for Cangzhou to strengthen the back line in the transfer window, otherwise the team's current bench depth will definitely not be enough.
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