Beijing Guoan recently released an injury report on foreign aid player Bieira, revealing that he suffered serious injuries to his collateral ligaments and meniscus. There is no exact information on Bieira's comeback time, but based on the injury assessment, it could take a month or two for him to return to action.
| Bieira suffers another major injury since 2019, field absence
With Augusto's return out of reach, Bieira's injury has dealt another blow to Guoan. Brazilian player Fernando is also suffering from injuries, and South Korean foreign aid Kim Min Jae has also suffered a recurrence of an old injury. Guoan's top five foreign aiders now only have Bakambu available.
Bieira and Augusto is regarded as Guoan's "double core", now this core combination of all absent, the impact of Guoan self-evident.
However, life goes on and the race is on, right?
During Augusto's absence, Guoan suffered two consecutive defeats, and both coach Bilic and some fans blamed Augusto's absence for the team's poor performance. In this regard, the Beijing home "id: bjzhuchang" expressed a clear point of view, that Augusto and Fernando's failure to return on time, the responsibility lies in the club management. But Augusto's absence can not be an excuse for Bilic and the team's poor performance, Guoan is not the first time to lose Augusto, the past days without him, the team's performance has not been significantly affected. Now the reason for the two consecutive defeats is entirely attributed to Augusto's absence, which can only show that Bilic's team's powerlessness.
This is just like when Schmidt lost Biela and the team went into a slump. After all, the boss hired you to coach, not to let you make excuses, but to let you solve the problem. Otherwise, you will become the "Zhonghe Guoan raised by the grandfather".
The same goes for Bieira's injury. Although Guoan has never lost both Augusto and Bieira in the past three years, this is indeed a great challenge. However, the game has to go on, and you can't just wait for Augusto and Bieira to return to win the game, right?
Therefore, Bilic now needs to think about how to fight for a win, or at least avoid a loss, in the absence of Biela and Augusto.
Bilic needs to understand one thing, in the past few years, whether it is Schmidt or Genesio, the middle penetration attack tactics they built for Guoan, are built on the basis of Bieira and Augusto's two super foreign aid, and then paired with technical local players Zhang Xizhe, Park Cheng, Ji Zhongguo and so on. If Guoan's pass-control penetration offense system is regarded as 10 points, Bieira and Augusto occupy at least 7 points, Zhang Xizhe accounted for 2 points, and other international players add up to only 1 point. And now, when Guoan's pass-control penetration is only left with these last 3 points, how should Bilic respond?
｜Two core foreigners and local No. 10
Obviously, continue to adhere to the center penetration method is no longer feasible. Although in the game with Dalian, Zhang Xizhe assumed the role of the core, and with two goals to help Bilic renewed, but not every opponent is like Dalian single foreign aid and young team, Zhang Xizhe can not be every game alone to save the Lord.
The next game against Wuhan as an example, if Guoan continue to use the 4312 formation, and Zhang Xizhe continue to serve as Bieira and Augusto had served as a front position, then Li Xiaopeng will Mbia in the back position to control Zhang Xizhe, I'm afraid that Zhang Xizhe is very difficult to take advantage of the Cameroonian international, Guoan will be caught in the passive.
As a result, Bilic will need to find ways for Guoan to reduce penetration and conduction in the middle of the field and utilize space on the sides to open up attacking gaps for Guoan.
But this is another test for Bilic, Guoan doesn't have a pure wing player, and originally had Barton, who ended up giving himself up for a loan to Tianjin.
What then?
Bilic needs to understand one thing: just because there are no wing players doesn't mean that the team can't increase the side attack. Adding side attacks doesn't mean that you have to play on the side to rely on passing to solve the problem.
Both of Guoan's goals against Dalian were related to crosses after the striker had properly pulled the ball to the side. In the first half, Bakambu's most active performance was also when he pulled to the side to hold the ball to advance a few attacks. In fact, under Bilic, despite the same 4312 formation as in Genesio's time, Guoan has a lot of problems in both offense and defense, which has a lot to do with the players being too rigid in their positions, especially the lack of the double striker pulling to the side.
Recall the Genesio period, Bakambu often in the left side of the road activities, defense, and even go to fill the left center forward Augusto defense holes, while Zhang Yuning sometimes even back to the right side of the road to complete a pass, Prince Ming is more left and right both ends can rush can burst.
4312 this formation, there is no real side forward or winger, the side of the attack if only rely on the side defender's assist, the strength is very weak, basically can only be scratching the itch. Only the double striker's frequent pulling side pulling, can form a cooperation with the assisting side defender, can drive the opponent's defense, for the middle of the insertion of technical players to create space.
Against Dalian, I believe Bilic should have seen this coming.
In addition to the strikers pulling the strings, Bilic should also try to use more players with side characteristics, such as Cao Yongjing, Wang Ziming and even juniors He Weiyu and Li Boshi.
Although Cao Yongjing and Wang Ziming are not strictly wingbacks or wingers, they have the ability to assist in attack and defense on the sides, just like Zhang Xizhe, who played left back in the Manzano era, and was able to play with the same flair and get the assists crown in the Chinese Super League.
Cao Yongjing is an attacking organizer in front of the field at all levels of his national experience, and his style of play is similar to that of Zhang Xizhe when he was young, so starting him alongside Zhang Xizhe can enhance the stability of Guoan's midfield skills and allow the team to have more variations in the combination of the sides and the middle of the field.
Prince Ming is a very comprehensive striker, he is tall enough to grab points in front of the goal, but also to the side of the road to use the speed to impact the opponent, the use of him can better help the team pull the opponent's defense.
Guoan team now a few pure side players are U23 players, 22-year-old Liu Guobo, 21-year-old Li Boshi and Xie Longfei, 20-year-old He Weiyu, although they are still young, but in the team needs to adjust the tactical style of play and the rhythm of attack and defense, they may be able to give the team greater help. Especially in the case of Gao Tianyi physical decline, adjust the U23 players, looking for a new way of playing in the absence of the current "double core", which is also an attempt.
The same 442 formation, compared to the obvious attack will focus on the road outside the diamond midfield 4312, Zhang Xunzhe and Cao Yongjing to play both sides of the front waist of the 4222 can be tried; Zhang Xunzhe and Cao Yongjing split the left and right of the parallel midfield 442, can also be tried; in the case of ensuring that the four guards of the defense system remains unchanged, Zhang Xunzhe and Cao Yongjing to play a double front waist of the 4321 can be tried; Zhang Xunzhe and Li Ke, Ji Zhongguo or Gao Tianyi composed of three midfield, giving Wang Ziming, Li Boshi, He Weiyu, Xie Longfei more opportunities to play, to partner Bakanbu or Zhang Yuning 433, can also try. If you let Zhang Xizhe play the front, Cao Yongjing and Li Boshi (or He Zhengyu) split the two sides of the 4231 can also be tried.
Of course, in the midfield foreign aid injury, Guoan now the front line of the personnel reserves, I'm afraid that more attention should be paid to the appropriate change to a double striker or three strikers, may be a better way.
Without Augusto, and without Bieira, instead, it allows Guoan to try more offensive combinations and variations, to try more formations and attacking play in front of the ball. If for a tactically rich and clear-minded manager, this is instead an opportunity to prove himself.
Back then, Manzano lost his core foreigner Batalla, and as a result turned 4231 into 442 with parallel midfield, and as a result played even better soccer. That's the power of Manzano. Geneseo took over Guoan without Bieira, in the face of three or four years have not solved the "Ogu single core team" problem, he will 4321 into 4312, also played a wave of consecutive victories, this is also Geneseo's talent.
Adjustments based on the current status of the players can often play a key role for the team. If the change of formation is as haphazard as Bilic's previous change from four backs to three backs, it could instead be devastating for Guoan.
