So far, the teams that have scored the most goals in this season's Chinese Super League are Chengdu Chengdu and Changchun Yatai, while the fewest are Shanghai Shenhua.On the 27th, Chengdu Chengdu will host Shanghai Shenhua in what can be seen as a duel between the most intense clashes and clashes. Neither of these teams has lost this season, who can break the other's unbeaten streak?
Historical review: the Chengdu Hibiscus results dominate and the process was not easy.
Last season, Chengdu Rongcheng achieved a "double kill" record against Shanghai Shenhua.
In the first round, Shanghai Shenhua started with their only double foreigner. Although they lost 0-2 to Chengdu Rongcheng, they had the advantage on the field and were on top in many key stats.
In the second round, Shanghai Shenhua played with a full Chinese squad and were largely outplayed and on the defensive. However, Shenhua took the lead twice with goals from Han Chao and Yang Xu before being overtaken by Chengdu Rongcheng due to a lack of follow-through.
From the two rounds of matches, Chengdu Chengdu dominated the results, but the process was not easy. This season, Shanghai Shenhua's lineup has been upgraded greatly, and the defensive counterattack is more comfortable. How should Chengdu Chengdu respond?
Shenhua: The lineup is upgraded, the new recruits are getting better, and the veterans are enchanting.
Shanghai Shenhua have a younger squad and a much deeper bench this season, and head coach Wu Jingui has been "generous" with his employment.
In terms of foreign aid, Shenhua brought in four players this season: Yan Xinli, Teixeira, Amadou and Malelei. After a few rounds of matches, the foreigners gradually improved. Mallet started to work hard after his initial shot on goal, getting 3 goals and 2 assists. Yan Xinli's excellent round-tripping ability is like a strengthened version of Qian Jie and will give Chengdu Chengdu's side a big test.
Not only that, but Shenhua's homegrown lineup is also great. For example, 36-year-old Yu Hanchao is getting more and more demonic with age. He seems frozen in age. Long-distance attacks, breakthroughs and shots are still the top presence of local strikers. In addition, Shenhua's bench thickness is also good. Young players like Liu Ruofan and Zhang Wei are strong.
Although Wu Jingui still focuses on defensive counterattacks, he has become more powerful. Shanghai Shenhua faced many strong teams in the first eight rounds, but only conceded four goals, the fewest conceded. In terms of offense, there are no longer only long counterattacks from the back, and there are more routines.
RW: How to respond? Scale the offense and defense and increase the intensity of the defense.
Last season, Chengdu Rongcheng focused on defense (but not that kind of defense) due to the lack of strikers and maintained its defensive intensity in every game. However, if that remains the case this season, it may still finish in an acceptable ranking, but hardly further (AFC Champions League). Although Ickerson has strengthened the forwards with his addition, it is impossible to rely on him alone and the team's tactics need to be adjusted.
Therefore, in order to strengthen the team's overall offense, head coach Xu Zhengyuan has made some sacrifices on defense, but the adjustment needs a process. In recent games, Chengdu Rongcheng played like "Cheng Bite Jin's Three Axes", but many lessons should be learned.
So how can Chengdu Rongcheng not wet the bed at dawn in the face of Shanghai Shenhua's sharp defensive counterattack?
You can't leave the pressure of defense to a few defenders, all players need to increase their defensive intensity. Especially after conceding a goal, whoever, whenever and wherever, needs to step up the local counter-attacks and try not to let Shenhua players pass the ball comfortably, which can reduce the threat of counter-attacks. This aspect was poor in the previous games and was the main reason for the successive draws of the opponents.
Of course, we can't be afraid to attack for the sake of defense. With a good grasp of the scale of offense and defense, along with home field advantage, we can break Shanghai Shenhua's undefeated golden body this season.
Generally speaking, dealing with Shanghai Shenhua is no less difficult than Wuhan Sanzhen and Shandong Taishan, or perhaps even more so. However, this is also the touchstone for Chengdu Rongcheng. Once you cross this hurdle, it's like breaking windowpaper. Future matches will get smoother and smoother.
