A pseudo-strong team that won't attack! Why did Guoan "give up" on the midfield? 3 million euros of new aid is not adapted

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2024-05-18 10:27Posted in Jiangsu Sports Creators

In stoppage time, Guoan's 5-game winning streak was somewhat unexpectedly ended in Changchun. This is also the second time that Guoan has sent warmth to the relegation team after Xinshenzu.

If it is said that the game is played in the new deep foot, Guoan's two goals conceded are related to "luck" and "misjudgment"; Then in this game, Guoan completely lost in a way that was unacceptable to Beijing fans.

But in fact, in Changchun's away game, Guoan made some mistakes, which had already been made in the last round of home games against Meizhou. It's just that Meizhou has achieved a reversal, and many problems have not been investigated; But losing to Yatai, many issues of national security were put on the table for amplified interpretation.

Even if they conceded 3 goals away from Yatai, Guoan's number of goals conceded was still only more than that of Shanghai's, which is enough to show that Guoan's defense has done a good job this year.

But behind the good defense, the "methods" taken by Guoan and Shanghai are completely different.

On the other hand, the second half of Guoan's fight against Cangzhou, Shenhua, Tianjin, and Chengdu can be called a dead defense.

The difference in "choice" is reflected in the data, since the beginning of the season, Hou Sen has 10 boxing and 13 high balls, ranking first in the Chinese Super League, and his 39 saves are also in the top three, second only to Cheng Yuelei and Mu Pengfei. It can be said that since the beginning of the season, Hussen has been one of the busiest goalkeepers in the Chinese Super League.

He made 10 more saves, 11 more high balls and eight more boxing shots than Yan.

He made 20 more saves, seven more lobs and nine more boxing shots than Boo.

It's not just Hou Sen who is busy? The two foreign central defenders in front of Hou Sen have successfully fought for the top in the 8th place in the entire Chinese Super League and 11th in the entire Chinese Super League; If divided according to position, the only central defender in the Chinese Super League who has grabbed a little more than Mamadou's header is Dugalic, and if he grabs a little more than Ngad's black header, he can only add another Maidana!

Mamadou has the second highest number of clearances in the Chinese Super League, behind Suzu, and Ngadeu is also eighth in the league in terms of clearances.

Ngadeu's interception data ranks second in the entire Chinese Super League.

It can be said that the defensive statistics of Guoan's two central defenders are much higher than those of the two central defenders in Shanghai.

And next to Guoan's two foreign-aided central defenders, there is also Li Lei, who ranks second in the entire Chinese Super League in steal statistics.

In short, in addition to Wang Gang, He Yupeng, and Feng Boxuan on the right, they have played successively, and the data is "diverted"; The other three defenders and goalkeeper Hou Sen, all defensive statistics, are at the forefront of the same position in the entire Chinese Super League.

But on the other hand, looking at the offensive data, in addition to Fabio being fouled more times, Li Lei crossed a lot, Zhang Xizhe and Li Lei's key passes are acceptable, and Guoan's players rarely have data in the top ten of the Super League in other offensive links. This has led to the competition of assists, shots, shots on target, dribbles, corners kicks, scoring opportunities created, missed great chances, key passes, crosses and other offensive statistics on the team list, and Guoan is ranked at the bottom of the game.

The defensive data of the backcourt players is outstanding, and the offensive data of the frontcourt players is not outstanding, and the players of Guoan are probably more accustomed to being pressed and played by the opponent at the moment. The last thing they fear is to take it back and start sending in frantic crosses. They do have a strong ability to resist hits.

But in the entire Chinese Super League, how many teams can press Guoan? When the middle and lower reaches of the team played Guoan and chose to camp in the backfield to play Guoan's counterattack, some of Guoan's shortcomings were gradually exposed.

For example, Guoan, two central defenders with strong frontal defensive ability, are not good at chasing back (especially Ngadeu).

Another example is Guoan's fullbacks (especially Li Lei), once they go up, they are counterattacked by the opponent and can't come back.

Li can be used as a midfielder, and the lateral coverage ability is insufficient.

Of course, the biggest problem that has been exposed since the beginning of this national security season is that they will not attack!

Guoan's effective attacking method this season, in addition to relying on the personal impact of players such as Zhang Yuning, Adebenro, and Fang Hao, is to see if Zhang Xizhe can open his eyes on the field. But more often than not, Guoan's offensive approach is to look at the backcourt players and directly connect with the forwards.

Once the score is behind, start piling up forwards; If two is not enough, there will be three, and if three is not enough, there will be four, five, and six.

It's just that the loss to Changchun told Suarez that the way to fall behind the forward pile is impossible to save every game!

Of course, if a team frequently asks defenders to find strikers, it means that they have "given up" the midfield.

And behind Suarez's "abandonment" of the midfield, it is also related to the staffing of Guoan.

Park Sung retired, Gao Tianyi left, and there were only 1.5 players left in Guoan's midfield who could take the ball. 1 is talking about Zhang Xizhe, and 0.5 is talking about Yu Dabao, who plays more in midfield in Suarez's hands. And Zhang Xizhe and Yu Dabao can't play 90 minutes, so the most ideal situation is that Zhang Xizhe and Yu Dabao keep one in the midfield to be responsible for organization and scheduling.

Because the number of people who can organize the midfielders in Guoan is very limited, which is why they put the bulk of the recruitment budget in the midfielder this winter and spent 3 million euros to bring in Guga.

But judging from the actual situation, Guga played a few years younger, and then plugged in Ji Zhongguo, who had strengthened his skills. Not only did he not play a performance that was in line with his value, but Guoan did not see the metronome role that he wanted him to play when he introduced him; And he doesn't have Ji Zhongguo's sense of position yet, and his running on the field often gives the outside world the impression of running blindly.

Because Li Ke did not have organizational ability, and Guga did not play the role of a metronome, Guoan's offensive organization relied too much on Zhang Xizhe. Once Zhang Xizhe gets caught up in a struggle with his opponent, Guoan's midfield organization will be paralyzed, which is why they have "abandoned" the midfield in many games.

It's just that Guga was hand-picked by Suarez, and if Suarez doesn't use Guga well, he can't get rid of this pot if he wants to.

Defense is relatively easier to practice than offense, which is the reason why many coaches take over and start with defense. In the year when Suarez took over, the improvement of the team's defense and the pressing of the midfield is obvious to all. Next, whether Guoan can take off the hat of "pseudo-strong team" is time to test Suarez's transformation of Guoan's offense.

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