Reported by Wang Wei
On the night of July 24, the eighth round of the Chinese Super League, Shenzhen Division and Henan Songshan Longmen fought into a 0-0 draw. The official post-game data show that the deep football ball control rate as high as 65%, however, the whole field only 3 times, none hit; Henan team although 9 times, shot on goal is only 1 time. Whether it is Shenzhen or Henan, the Chinese Super League restarted since the third (Henan Songshan Longmen is the fourth) match, have suffered a physical bottleneck. Shenzhen head coach Carlos believes that three consecutive days of a game plus high temperatures, the players' fatigue is obvious, the physical limit has been within reach. Even with the personnel rotation, the team and players will still face a more severe test next.
The game was held in Guangzhou Galaxy Stadium, in the deep football initiative, both sides of the players, coaches and referees were wearing public welfare theme jerseys printed with the words "Henan peace" to cheer for the people of the disaster area in Henan.
In order to cope with the intensive schedule, Shenzhen head coach Carlos continued to rotate the lineup, Jiang Zhipeng, Zheng Dalun, Praliganji started this game. Archie Mbeng, who was scheduled to rotate, replaced Caldecott because he was unwell before the match. Despite replacing several positions, the team still struggled to show smooth coordination under the high temperature. There were not many shots on goal, and SZF's offense was destroyed many times. In the 67th minute, Dai Weijun broke through to the top of the penalty area with the ball and fired a long-distance shot, which was blocked by the defenders, and this was perhaps the most threatening shot of the game for SZF. In the end, both sides shook hands with 0-0.
It was the third game after the restart of the Shamrock League, and the players fought hard on the field, in shape and in shape almost to the limit.
The limit was revealed during the pre-match warm-up, when Caldecott suffered an adverse muscle reaction towards the end of the warm-up, and Shamrocks withdrew him from the starting line-up for insurance reasons. From the point of view of protecting the player, can not take the risk of utilizing his physical condition.
"Caldecott suddenly felt unwell before the game, forcing us to make some adjustments. We had prepared for this game knowing that it would be a very demanding game in terms of fitness and conditioning, but Achimphan was also out of sorts in the second half." Carlos said.
Three consecutive days of one game has actually violated the rules of scientific training and competition, not only the Shenzhen team, but other teams as well. At this time, the thickness of the team's lineup and the use of coaches are especially important. Carlos believes that the limit of the players has come, "because after playing three games, we can obviously see the accumulation of fatigue of the players. Three personnel changes were made in today's starting lineup." Carlos said, "Of course, the timing and management of the players is crucial, both the ones who started and the substitutes are very important for us. At this stage, the players who came on as substitutes in the first game played a key role. In the second game, they also showed important contributions. Today's game caused us a lot of problems due to the fitness of important players, including some of the situations mentioned before."
In fact, it's time to test each team next. Judging from the current development, teams with deep lineups look more comfortable in the tournament, such as Shandong Taishan, Guangzhou, Shanghai Hong Kong and Shenhua, which basically have two sets of lineups to compete. How the lineups are rotated next will play a crucial role in the subsequent matches. In how to coordinate more players into the field and how to stimulate the potential of the players, Carlos took office after a lot of work, like Wang Yongper, Zheng Dalun, Zhang Yuan, Sun Ke and other players gradually began to get more opportunities to play, "I have been in the team meeting to emphasize that, in the intensive schedule, the starting lineup and substitutes are very critical. In the sixth and seventh rounds of the tournament, the players who came on as substitutes showed good athleticism and helped the team maintain a high intensity and fast pace. I ask the players to be ready at all times, everyone is crucial." Carlos said.
From the point of view of SZF's roster, Wang Yongper and Sun Ke were once the best in the domestic game, Li Yuanyi, Dai Weijun and Xu Haofeng have accumulated rich experience, and Chen Xiangyu took part in the training for the preliminaries of the Guangdong National Games soccer tournament some time ago. Together with Zhou Xin, Chen Guoliang, Huang Ruifeng and other young players, SZF has a certain depth in the rotation. In the center back position, there are experienced players such as Yuan Mincheng, Zhang Yuan, Praliganji, Pei Shuai; left back has Jiang Zhipeng and Mi Haolun for rotation; right back has Ye Lijiang and Xu Haofeng for rotation; back position has Dai Weijun, Li Yuanyi, Zhang Yuan, Pei Shuai to choose from; and there are more choices of strikers and sides. Next how to carry out lineup rotation and matching, how to rationalize the physical distribution, will determine how far the Shenzhen team can go this year.
