May 8
China Super League (soccer league)
As the league battle raged on, Shandong Taishan hosted Qingdao in a much-anticipated "Qilu derby". Shandong Taishan scored two goals in the first eight minutes to establish a quick lead and beat Qingdao 2-0 to remain undefeated.
Qingdao has had its ups and downs since being relegated to the Central League in the 2013 season, but managed to return last season to the
China Super League (soccer league)
League. Due to the grouping, Qingdao and Shandong Taishan failed to meet in the 2020 season, which made the "Qilu Derby" not possible until this season. Before the match, the posters of the two teams were themed on the derby, with Shandong's "mountain" and Qingdao's "sea" being highly topical. Coupled with the many intersections in the past resume of the players of the two teams, the players have a close relationship with each other, this after eight years of the Qilu derby also more than a touch of warmth.
However, the long-awaited derby was over in just eight minutes. Two headers from Shandong Taishan rewrote the course of the match early on. In the 6th minute, Ji Xiang's cross and Wu Xing Han's header broke the deadlock, giving Shandong Taishan a 1-0 lead.
Less than two minutes later, Wu Xinghan forced a breakaway pass and Guo Tianyu headed home to extend Taishan's lead 2-0.
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The defense is not good enough.
Analyzing these two goals, it is not difficult to find out that Qingdao was not disadvantaged in terms of the number of defenders, but both times they were broken by the opponents, their defenders had problems with their staring deployment.
The first time they lost the ball, Qingdao players put more attention on Guo Tianyu or Fellaini in the middle, the second time they lost the ball, there were three defenders in the small penalty area, but no one made a close staring and interference to Taishan players, the defense was too obvious out of position.
Qingdao's record this season is actually quite good, with a 2-1 win over Cangzhou Lions and a 0-0 draw against Shenzhen. Qingdao won 1 win and drew 1 in the first two rounds of the tournament against the two teams that received large reinforcements in the pre-season, and then lost 0-1 to Guangzhou City in the third round. Qingdao's defense was quite solid in the previous three rounds, but the sudden exposure of defense problems in this round may be related to physical exertion and weather conditions. Compared to other teams in the same division, Qingdao does not have the upper hand, as they have been playing defensively for a longer period of time in the tournament. With the deepening of the tournament, the physical exertion brought by the long-term defense was more obvious in Qingdao players, like Qingdao's foreign striker Radonic who showed his fatigue in less than 20 minutes of the game.
Meanwhile, compared with Suzhou, Guangzhou has higher temperatures due to its latitude, which puts higher demands on the players' physical fitness. The game was played at about 33 degrees Celsius, and Qingdao's Gao Xiang's jersey was soaked to the skin by halftime. The decline in physical fitness is also one of the reasons why Qingdao's players made defensive mistakes in the game situation.
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How do you limit a fast horse on the edge?
Wu Xinghan was directly involved in both of Taishan's goals. In addition to his contribution to the offense, Wu Xinghan actually limited Qingdao's attacking assistance from the side, because of his speed advantage, Qingdao's wingbacks did not dare to press up to assist in the attack for fear of being counterattacked by Wu Xinghan after the team lost possession of the ball. With less assistance from the sides, Qingdao's offense was already in a disadvantageous position in terms of numbers, and the threat naturally dropped dramatically.
In the second half, Liu Binbin, Zhang Qi and other speedy players came back into the lineup, and Shandong Taishan kept insisting on suppressing Qingdao's speed. If not for the Taishan team to get two goals early lead, the game goal was also adjusted to the minimum cost to get three points, with the repeated impact of the side road and Fellaini, Guo Tianyu's high support, I am afraid that the score will not just stay at 2-0. Standing in the position of a slightly weaker side, how to crack the opponents in the speed and even physical suppression, is also a key issue to get points.
Staffing constraints, deep holes that are hard to fill.
Qingdao undoubtedly dug themselves a "deep hole" by falling behind by two goals in the opening 8 minutes, but with Qingdao's current staffing, facing Shandong Taishan's championship level troops, the team did appear to be somewhat incapable of reversing the situation. First of all, at the command level, Wu Jingui, the director of the health problems, could not command on the spot, which was manifested in the game, that is, from the 8 minutes after the two goals down, to the 36th minute between the first substitution adjustment, the team in the end in the end between the attack and defense is not very clear.
Personnel level, Alessandrini, Zhou Junchen and other very offensive characteristics of the players for various reasons still do not have to play, so Qingdao in the situation of backwardness also lack of counterattack back work. Even in the more difficult situation, Qingdao team still in the second half of the game at the beginning of the replacement of Zhu Jianrong, this substitution almost harvest miraculous effect. But in their own strength itself is not superior situation, if you can not grasp the limited time, then want to equalize the odds are too low. After all, even with
national security
In the end, they could only swallow the bitter fruits of defeat after the situation was changed by two consecutive goals scored by the harbor. In the absence of a strong
relegate
teams, reversals will only become more difficult.
Violent fouling. It happens all the time.
Before the start of this round, the center
national soccer team
The association issued a series of penalty decisions against violent fouls, but this has not effectively curbed the momentum of violent fouls. Qilu derby in the 79th minute, the veteran Zhu Ting replaced the physical exhaustion of Gao Xiang, but Zhu Ting less than 5 minutes after the game, because of stamping Song Long, the intervention of var, by the referee Shi Zhenlu directly show a red card sentenced to the field. Zhu Ting's red card is this season
China Super League (soccer league)
's 4th straight red card, but compared to the previous 3, Zhu Ting's red card occurred in a goalless situation and thus it is feared that he will receive a more severe punishment.
From the moment he was shown the red card until the end of the match, Zhu Ting appeared to be less than understanding of the referee's decision. After the match, he spoke out one after another through his personal social media accounts, he first apologized to Song Long and said that he never intended to hurt the opponent. Zhu Ting also said, "Can't help the troops I also
demobilize
up and stop embarrassing the troops!"
Another important information in this occurrence of Zhu Ting is that Zhu Ting's father is currently in the hospital preparing for a surgery, but his related statement made it difficult for fans to understand and even criticized. In response, Zhu Ting once again posted a response, emphasizing that he did not see Song Long's position and did not step down.
It is worth noting that a timely apology is often seen as an act to mitigate or salvage an adverse social impact, but Zhu Ting's successive statements can hardly be said to have achieved a similar effect. Whether Zhu Ting's actions and words were appropriate, I believe the Chinese
national soccer team
The Disciplinary Committee of the Association will give its judgment. And from the team's point of view, non-combat attrition is something that must be strictly controlled in an already less than fully staffed situation The The more difficult the team is, the unity and discipline of the entire team often determines the fate of the troops to a large extent.
relegate
The team needs to take stock and learn from the experience.
