6:5! In the fierce competition of the AFC Cup, Shandong Luneng fought with Beijing Guoan for 120 minutes with a veteran style, and finally shook hands with a score of 1:1. After an exciting penalty shootout, Shandong Luneng finally won. It seems that Lady Luck was once again on Shandong Luneng's side. Although Beijing Guoan might be unhappy with the result, they could only accept the fate of elimination.
In this fierce battle, Shandong Luneng had the last laugh by winning the penalty shootout. This was not only due to luck, but also to the wise decision-making of coach Cui Kangxi, whose strategy almost turned the game around.
When the penalty shootout came, Choi Kang-hee decisively chose five penalty takers. Careful fans will easily find that these five penalty takers are all "foreigners" without exception, including Cressan, Pato, Moises, Fernando and Fellaini. Although Fernando has been naturalized, but he is from Brazil, his strength is no different from foreign aid.
Why did Choi Kang-hee send five "foreigners" to take penalties at once? No other reason, only for stability, in order to minimize errors. In his view, foreign aid is not only better than local players in the technical level, and in the critical moment of psychological quality is better. Penalty shootout cruel and brutal, is a great test of the psychological quality of the players. Therefore, he decisively chose five psychological quality of "foreign aid" to undertake this important task.
The result proved that Choi Kang-hee's choice is wise. Five "foreign aid" in the penalty shootout performance calm and collected, a hit. At the critical moment, the South Korean player Kang Xiangyu's mistake, but also let Cui Kangxi's strategy of stability has been the perfect reward.
Experience, always priceless. 64-year-old Choi Kang-hee showed his extraordinary command of the field in this game, completely overshadowing the 48-year-old Suarez. Especially in the face of penalty kicks when the choice, more reflect his calm and rich experience.
