Fengba Greenery

Chapter 106 The Footsteps of the Final

Chapter 35 Final Footsteps
Guangzhou Evergrande, which broke into the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, is only four games away from the championship.

And their opponent in the semi-finals is Kashiwa Helios of Japan's J-League. Guangzhou Evergrande has some advantages in the schedule.

In fact, in the group stage of the AFC Champions League last season, Guangzhou Evergrande and Bai Helios were in the same group.They actually beat Kashiwa Helios 3-1 at home and then drew 0-0 away.

The three matches between Guangzhou Evergrande and the Japanese team have all won at home, but the memory of the away game is not so good. In the previous two matches, they only got draws, and this season, they were almost defeated by Urawa Reds. Drill home draw.

Therefore, as long as they can not lose to Bai Helios in the away game, Guangzhou Evergrande, who returns to the home court, will have a high probability of advancing to the final.

At the press conference before the game, Lippi said: "Our goal is to advance to the final, so in the 180 minutes of the semi-final, we will not relax, even if it is an away game, we will go all out. Go all the way to establish an advantage in the first round!"

In this game, Guangzhou Evergrande can arrange the strongest lineup to play. They have no injury problems. In order to let Guangzhou Evergrande fully prepare for the AFC Champions League game, the Chinese Super League specially adjusted the time of the Chinese Super League game for Guangzhou Evergrande.Now the morale of the whole team is high and the fighting spirit is high.

The domestic media are full of confidence in their victory. The source of this confidence is not only Guangzhou Evergrande's past records against Japanese teams, but also confidence in Guangzhou Evergrande's overall strength.

On the Japanese side, the media focused on Evergrande's three super foreign players in the frontcourt and Li Qingshan.

Especially Li Qingshan, his current state is extremely hot.And this state has continued from the beginning of the season to the present, which shows that his performance is not a flash in the pan, but a center with a stable and terrifying scoring efficiency.

And his style of play happens to be the type most feared by Japanese teams.The Japanese are limited by their national physique and the Japanese youth training style. It is difficult to have the kind of tall central defender who is good at frontal interception and the kind of center forward who has a strong body and an excellent header.

Japan's football style is learned from Brazil, but on this basis, it has developed a Japanese football culture. They advocate ground passing and passing. The Japanese team's ability to control and pass the ball is very good. Their tactical style agrees very much. From clubs to campus football, Japan uses the same tactical style of football, which allows their youth players to plug and play into the first team without adaptation.

And Japanese football also has their shortcomings, that is, they are not good at physical confrontation, and they still defend against high-altitude balls.In the 90s, when the national football team was still called the "head team", what the Japanese were most afraid of was the Chinese team's side cross.

It is a pity that as the gap in football development between the two countries widens, we are no longer opponents of each other.

In the Guangzhou Evergrande formation, there happens to be such an air fighter who is good at heading, which puts Bai Helios's air defense pressure at an unprecedented level.

So, how will Bai Sun God restrain Li Qingshan?

For this reason, the Japanese media offered their advice to Kashiwa Helios one after another.

What about strengthening ball control, curbing crosses, restricting Conka Mulic, using tall central defenders to fight with Li Qingshan and so on.

No one knows what tactics Bai Sunshen will adopt.For the weak side, it is best to hide their tactical intentions. Since they can't be a beast, as a poisonous scorpion, they have a chance to defeat their opponents.

Lippi's team has nothing to keep secret. As the strongest team in the AFC Champions League so far, Guangzhou Evergrande's starting lineup and tactical play have no need to change or cover up. Anyway, no matter who the opponent is, They will all focus on me and control the rhythm of the court.

In the first round, Lippi sent his strongest lineup, goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, defense Sun Xiang, Jin Yingquan, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng.Double defensive midfielders Zheng Zhi and Huang Bowen, the Brazilian trident Muric, Conca and Elkeson in the frontcourt.The one at the top, without a doubt - NO.18 Li Qingshan!
At the beginning of the game, Guangzhou Evergrande launched an attack without any temptation.This is Lippi's request. Now that Guangzhou Evergrande has taken advantage of the big victory over Lehvia a few days ago, the team's state and morale are more difficult than fighting in Saudi Arabia. After returning to the J-League, they will have a fierce battle with Osaka Sakura. In nine 10 minutes, the exhausted Cypress Helios was much stronger.In this case, it is obviously not good for you to stay in your own half and spend time with the opponent.

At that time, Guangzhou Evergrande's offense had not yet achieved results, but Bai Helios scored first.

In the 10th minute of the game, Bai Helios got a free kick on the left side of the front court, Wagner passed the free kick into the penalty area, and Guangzhou Evergrande's old player Cleo headed the ball into the goal! !
Cypress Helios got off to a fantastic start.

After scoring the goal, Bai Helios didn't conservatively retreat to the half court to play a defensive counterattack-they couldn't prevent Li Qingshan's header.

Bai Helios moved the defense forward and entangled with Guangzhou Evergrande in the midfield.

After the opening of Guangzhou Evergrande, the momentum of the tigers going down the mountain was extinguished by this goal.For a while, the competition between the two sides in the midfield fell into a stalemate.

Just as the first half of the game was slowly passing away in such a stalemate situation, everyone thought that Bai Helios would enter the intermission with a leading advantage. No. 405 minutes, Guangzhou Evergrande won a Set the ball in the frontcourt.

Li Qingshan headed Konka's free kick into Bai Helios' goal, equalizing the score for Guangzhou Evergrande in the away game.

At the beginning of the second half, Lippi replaced Feng Xiaoting with Zhao Xuri, removed a defender and replaced it with a midfielder to strengthen the strangulation of the midfield.

Lippi's change of formation quickly achieved results. In 8 minutes, Sun Xiang made a pass from the left; goal! 2-1, Li Qingshan scored twice for the team to overtake the score! !
The next game completely entered the rhythm of Guangzhou Evergrande, No. 607 minutes.Elkeson's left-footed shot from outside the penalty area was blocked by the defenders. After stopping the ball, Konca made some adjustments and volleyed vigorously with his left foot at the top of the arc. The ball flew straight into the net on the left side of the goal. 3-1! !
No.80 Two minutes, it's Kongka again! !He took a corner kick from the right and directly broke the net. Bai Taiyangshen's goalkeeper and defender were concentrating on defending Li Qingshan. How could it be imagined that the bold Konka kicked the corner and directly spun into the goal! ! 4-1! ! !

In stoppage time, Bai Heyangshen, who had lost his fighting spirit, was hit again!Gao Lin, who came off the bench, passed the ball and swept the ball across the goal. Li Qingshan grabbed a point in the middle, and the football bounced into the goal after touching his feet.This is Li Qingshan's rare attempt to break through with his feet! !

5-1!This score made the second round of the game completely lose suspense! !

After completing the hat-trick, Li Qingshan raised his arms high and looked around the court.

AFC Champions League final!

I am coming! !

I conquer! ! !
(End of this chapter)