As early as twenty years ago, Chinese football had a nickname, called the head team. At that time, one of the characteristics of our national football team was that it liked to play high forward tactics, put a high school forward in the penalty area, and then match a fast helper around, and then fly with both wings and bomb at a high altitude, which made many Asian opponents suffer. Especially for the relatively small Southeast Asian teams, they are almost all big losers against the Chinese team, because the high school forward of our Chinese team is really unstoppable!
But unfortunately, we ourselves do not like to be called the head team, and with the continuous reform of the professionalization of the Chinese league, the style of our team is also changing, we have learned the former Yugoslavia, learned the Netherlands, learned Germany, studied Brazil, studied Spain, and also learned Italy, it seems that the world's strongest teams have been learned, and finally the essence has not been learned, but they have forgotten their own characteristics, where to play. In particular, the previous iconic high school strikers are not trained, there is no absolute height in the front line, we are also starting to be abused by Southeast Asian teams, and Thailand has beaten us twice at our home court.
Thankfully, lately we seem to have figured out what football we're best suited to play, so the high school striker is back. Of course, this is due to the great success of the Shandong Luneng team in the high school forward tactics. After they introduced the Italian Gaota Pele, the team's combat effectiveness quickly upgraded, and the 194-tall Pele had absolute air supremacy in the penalty area, so as long as the Shandong team scored high balls to the penalty area, it was basically equivalent to feeding Pele the ball. In addition, Pele is also a good fulcrum in the front, both to withdraw to help the organization, but also to help insert players to attack, but also to pull the edge to attract defense. It can be said that Pele has made the current high school striker not just a standing center, but a high point to support a tactic.
And our other Chinese Super League teams have also seen Luneng's success and have begun to follow suit. For example, Shanghai SIPG introduced Arnautovic in 192, Jiangsu Suning introduced Santini in 190, Shanghai Shenhua introduced Jin Xinyu in 198, and Hebei Huaxia Happiness also introduced Malkang in 196. Their arrival made it easier for the team to score. It can be said that it has once again proved that the high school striker is suitable for Chinese football.
Of course, everyone knows that high school strikers are easy to use, and they all want to have their own high school strikers, but this is not easy. First of all, because of the super salary limit and the prevention and control of the epidemic, it has become very difficult to choose an excellent foreign aid high school forward, and even can not be invited at all, secondly, because we do not take the route of high school forward in these years, the number of high school forwards we have trained ourselves is also very rare, and many of our forwards have not been able to play because they have not been able to play for many years, and their ability and level have not improved, and even some have already gone to play center-backs. It has also made many teams in demand for high school strikers anxious.
But last year, one team found a new path for other teams, and this team was Shanghai Shenhua. Last season, Shanghai Shenhua fought in the third line and was full of injuries. Their main center Jin Xinyu was reimbursed for the injury season, and the local striker Yang Xu was not in good shape, so there was no front available for a while. So they pushed their own center-back, 190-tall Bi Jinhao, into the front line. What everyone did not expect was that Bi Jinhao also gave them a miracle.
Bi Jinhao is at ease in the position of the center forward, because of his height, he has enough air supremacy, and it is very successful to do the fulcrum, the key is that Bi Jinhao's sense of smell in the penalty area is very sensitive, he scored 4 goals in the Chinese Super League, and also scored 1 goal in the AFC Champions League, becoming the key gentleman of the team and the king of the front line. It can be said that Shenhua's attempt has also given other teams hope.
For example, guangzhou, the eight champions of the Chinese Super League, coach Cannavaro has long wanted a high school striker. However, it is a pity that in these years, Evergrande has only been able to go in and out, and cannot introduce players, so The wish of Ka Shuai high striker has never been realized. And because the current Guangzhou team's front line generally lacks height, it also leads to their attack not being three-dimensional enough. There is nothing that can be done when caught in a stalemate of dense defense.
In the first game of the 2021 season, Guangzhou team encountered difficulties. In the case of one goal in advance, but the scene was dominant, they were seized by two counterattacks by Guangzhou City team to take advantage of the score. And in the second half of the second half of the game experience, Evergrande's attack was deadlocked, seemingly besieging the opponent, but there were not many good opportunities to face dense defense. At this time, Cannavaro made a bold decision to let wu Shaocong, the tallest full-back in the team and as high as 192, play. And this substitution really worked wonders.
In the 87th minute of the game, Yan Dinghao took the ball into the penalty area from a distance, Wu Shaocong jumped high to head the ball into the goal, the ball went straight to the bottom right corner, responded to the net, the score became 2-2, Wu Shaocong became the hero of the team. The most crucial thing is that Wu Shaocong's header is completely crushed by height, and the defender jumps up at the same time as him, but the height gap is too large to stop Wu Shaocong from shooting. In the end, this ball also became a perfect draw, helping Guangzhou Evergrande to harvest a valuable 1 point at home, so that the boss and fans could accept it.
It can be said that this battle Wu Shaocong saved Cannavaro, and in the future, I believe that Cannavaro will also reuse Wu Shaocong, at least in the current Evergrande lineup, Wu Shaocong still has a position to play. In the future, it is not impossible to transform Wu Shaocong into a high school striker! Are you optimistic about Wu Shaocong playing high school forwards instead? What do you think Wu Shaocong still has? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area! #Graphic Creation Punch Card Challenge Activity ##广州队2-2 Guangzhou City #