In the first two rounds of the season, Guangzhou's performance was disappointing, with only one draw and one loss, the worst start in the team's history. Against this backdrop, on the evening of May 2, Guangzhou faced Shenzhen, who had been undefeated so far in the season and was gaining momentum, in the third round of the Chinese Super League (CSL). It was a derby match full of local characteristics of Guangdong, and Shenzhen, as an emerging force in the Chinese Super League, coupled with the fact that Guangzhou was at an all-time low, made this match particularly important. However, as the game progressed, Guangzhou quickly regained their former Chinese Super League dominance, scoring a goal in each half to win 2-0 against Shenzhen. The team was able to come out of their predicament without the powerful trident of naturalized players Golat, Ekson and Allan.

Guangzhou has faced multiple difficulties this season, with the effects of the epidemic and financial constraints leaving the team both short of players and having to strategically contract. With no hope of Talisca and Paulinho returning to the team, the team did not make any reinforcements, but only recalled last season's loaned players Alan and Golat. In this situation, in the first two rounds of the new season, it seems that Kashian has not found the right tactics, and the front attack line is always in flux.

In the first round against Guangzhou City, Guangzhou's starting midfield only had two naturalized players, Alan and Ickerson; in the second round against Shandong Taishan, the only naturalized players left in the starting midfield were Golat, while Ickerson and Alan were placed on the bench. Although the Guangzhou team will always be in the second half of the naturalized trident, but due to the lack of time to integrate, the three have not yet entered the state, the game is over.

It wasn't until this game against Shenzhen that the naturalized trident fully unleashed itself. After the start of the game, Guangzhou team quickly took the initiative, Alat, Aixon and Alan's three arrows, not only let the Iranian national team center back Prali Ganji, as well as the new Yuan Mincheng to bear great pressure, but also effectively limit the Shenzhen team two side back Mi HaoLun and YeLiJiang's assist space. Let the front of the Shenzhen team Achim Peng and Caldecott this high and fast characteristics of the front line combination, few opportunities to create a threatening attack.

In the 21st minute, Gao Zhunyi's seemingly inconsequential pass from the side of the field allowed Golat and Ickerson to combine to break through former national goalkeeper Zhang Lu's defense, and the pace of the game was thus brought under Guangzhou's control. This is a good situation that has not been seen in Guangzhou in the previous two matches, and perhaps also tempted the Shenzhen team who saw the opportunity to prepare for the top.

In fact, as the former Chinese Super League champions, no matter how difficult Guangzhou's situation is, the heritage of the king's division is still there. Unfortunately, Cruyff Jr.'s lineup was a little aggressive. Shenzhen started with a 4-4-2 formation, which was clearly meant to be an open position to attack with their opponents, rather than a safe and secure bus. Throughout the season has been carried out in the game, all know how to "look at people under the dish" set the bus team, such as Qingdao, Jinmen Tiger have got the points, including with Guangzhou and Shenzhen on the same day of the game of Henan Songshan Longmen, due to take the correct defensive counterattack strategy, also forced a draw in the first two rounds of the victory of Shandong Taishan. On the contrary, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic and Wuhan, who knew that they were not strong enough to take the risk of counterattacking, have dropped points in a rather unfortunate way.

In addition, the small Cruyff, who is deeply involved in the rumors of leaving the team and may join Barcelona at any time, also has obvious deficiencies in the field response. The team fell behind in the first half, the situation is quite passive, did not quickly replace the players can be organized to link the midfield, just let the two have eaten a yellow card back players Wakaso and Li Yuanyi hard to carry, until the 57th minute, Ickerson made a dragon, to help the Guangzhou team to another city, the Dutch head of the coach only as if a dream woke up, replaced with Jinteleo.

After Jintero came on the field, the almost invisible Achimpen quickly came back to life, relying on Jintero's pass and traction twice in a row to create danger in front of Guangzhou's goal. However, the morale of the Shenzhen team, which is two goals down, has been severely demoralized. Even if they want to chase points, they are still a bit too weak to face the Guangzhou backline, which has a two-goal advantage and is full of confidence.

Quintero came on and continuously took the wind out of Guangzhou's sails in front of the goal.

After the match, Cruyff Jr. did not avoid the question about the use of Quintero, "Quintero's substitution was in the previous plan, in order to play his characteristics well, we had to take into account his physical ability. We are a team and it takes time to build a team, foreigners come to the team for a short period of time. Sometimes you can't talk about luck, we didn't have the luck to get the kind of refractions that the other team had. Of course we won't make excuses and will be ready for the next important game."

The powerful ability of Guangzhou's naturalized trident to sway the game is bound to delight national football boss Li Tie as well. Previously, the national football team in the 40 strong match poor performance, there is the problem of Aixon front field alone late with the national football teammates perfect integration. Even in the national football lineup, does not contain has been doomed to not be able to play for the national football team Golat, but wait until Fernando can officially return, perhaps the national football front naturalized trident, but also can let the top Asian center backs feel the pressure. Facing Syria, the Philippines, such as the top 40 level of defense line combination, the national football team should be superior in paper strength.

In the post-game interview, Ackerson also emphasized the role of the team rather than the individual, "It's great to win the game, and I don't think it's the credit of any one individual to win the game, it's the result of the joint efforts of our whole team. It's true that we encountered a lot of difficulties in the previous two games, and I'm glad that we were able to take the success of the game today by working together. Before the match, we didn't think about who would start for the three of us and whether we would start together, the most important thing is that the whole team worked together to take the three points." For the national soccer team and Guangzhou, the more people on the offensive line can step up, the closer the team can get to success.

Cannavaro, in the press conference, also did not hold the naturalized trident to a very high position, "last year, Alan and Golat are not there, but they are very professional players, we also have Fernando and Luo Guofu in front of the front field, the front field has a lot of choices, and it does not mean that anyone can start. What I've been talking to Gallart about is that he's too far away from the other team's goal and I want him to be closer to the other team's goal so he's more of a threat. There's still too much work to be done in the team, too many players are not back in the team. Including this game today, there is some intensity in our team that is dropping, and there are still adjustments to be made at the back so that the team can keep the intensity up a little bit longer."

It should be noted that due to the return of Allan and Golat, Wei Shihao, who is also a winger, has been hit harder compared to last season when the Pagoda duo was in the lineup. As both Ackerson and Talisca can give up the winger position, in front of the waist and center position interchangeable, but Allan and Golat position and Wei Shihao more overlap, so now Wei Shihao want to sit in the starting position is not simple. Therefore, how to let Wei Shihao as a rotational player to play a greater role, will be the card manager and Li Tie have to take into account the difficult problem.

In another match played on May 2, Shandong Taishan team drew 1-1 with Henan Songshan Longmen, without a third consecutive win.

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