Chinanews Client, August 23 (Bian Liqun) "Guoan Guoan, Beijing Guoan!" After Beijing Guoan lost 1:2 to Shanghai SIPG on the evening of the 22nd, after the battle of Tianwangshan, the stands finally sounded familiar and familiar to Guoan fans. Long-lost cheer. On the other side, SIPG soldiers are celebrating the victory with fans in the stands.
After the game, Guoan players expressed their gratitude to the fans watching the game. Image source: official photo courtesy of Chinese Super League/IC photo
Once upon a time, this was an ordinary scene in the Super League. But under the epidemic, this is the precious picture that the Chinese Super League finally has in the sixth round. A total of 1588 local fans from Guoan, SIPG and Suzhou watched the match. With the improvement of the domestic epidemic situation, fans gradually have the opportunity to return to the Super League to watch the game, and the football match is finally complete.
Guoan vs. SIPG, this is the most important battle since the start of the new season. Under the grouping system, Guangzhou Evergrande, among the top three of the Chinese Super League, entered Group A, and Beijing Guoan and Shanghai SIPG were in Group B. Therefore, in the first stage of the Chinese Super League, only the two teams of Guoan and Shanghai SIPG were able to claim the battle of Tianwangshan. In the round, the rest may have to wait until the final two rounds of the second-stage championship group.
Under the special competition system, the number of confrontations at this level has been drastically reduced compared to previous seasons, becoming a scarce resource. From the Chinese Football Association chairman Chen Xuyuan, secretary-general Liu Yi and national football coach Li Tieyi all went to the scene to watch the game, we can also see how high the attention of this game is. Coupled with the fact that the audience returned to the scene to watch the game, it was enough to be called a focus of attention.
However, after watching this game, it feels almost a bit of meaning, giving people a feeling of "not enough fun". Whether it is fluency or excitement, it is difficult to say that this is what the battle of Tianwangshan looked like in previous impressions or pre-matches.
The battle between Guoan and SIPG at Tianwang Mountain was not as exciting as expected. Image source: official photo courtesy of Chinese Super League/IC photo
In this game, SIPG coach Pereira dispatched a 5-back lineup and wanted to make a quick and effective counterattack while doing a good job of defense. This is also a more targeted tactic in the face of Guoan, who is highly oppressed in the midfield and has a ball-controlling style.
Coincidentally, however, Guoan coach Renesio also changed his previous style of play and chose to adopt a relatively conservative strategy, sending a five-back formation that had not been used before. The reason for playing this way may be based on the advantage of points. After all, before the game, Guoan led the second-place SIPG by 2 points, even if it is a tie, it can hold the lead.
Therefore, under the conservative strategy of both sides "tacitly", the first half of the game seemed a bit dull, even if each had a goal, it did not greatly improve the viewing. The scene is basically that the two sides are caught in a melee fight in the midfield area, and the game is also fragmented under frequent fouls. Coupled with the high temperature in Suzhou, the pace of the game between the two sides is not fast.
Data map: Guoan coach Genesio.
Judging from the first half of the game, Genesio's unexpected change has achieved good results. However, during the half-time break, Pereira made adjustments to this tactic, replacing Chen Binbin, He Zi and Ahmedov with Hulk, Yang Shiyuan and Wei Zhen in one breath, changing to 4-3- 3 formations, and achieved results in the 76th minute, Oscar scored a go-ahead goal.
Until then, Guoan "woke up like a dream" and finally replaced Yang Fan and Zhang Xizhe with Alan and Wang Ziming's two forwards. However, in the limited time, Guoan still failed to equalize the score and suffered a reversal of the opponent. At the same time, he suffered the first defeat of the season. This is also Guoan's 6 consecutive losses to opponents in recent confrontations. Genesio's team got a good start, but the on-the-spot changes in the game were obviously not ideal, and they paid the price for their conservative tactics.
Data map: In the first round of this season, Beijing Guoan defeated Chongqing Dangdai 2:1 in heavy rain. Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Bo
In recent seasons, the top three in the Super League have always been the focus of attention from the outside world. After all, the ownership of the championship is the biggest attraction of each season. Judging from the performance since the start of the game, Guangzhou Evergrande has beaten Shanghai Shenhua in the group A where the strong teams are gathered. It also defeated Jiangsu Suning in most of the time with less than one player, and lost only to Shandong Luneng in 6 games. , The rest of the games all win. Such achievements are convincing.
Shanghai SIPG became the only undefeated team among the 16 teams in the Chinese Super League after reversing the victory over Beijing Guoan. Although they had unexpectedly drawn against the newly promoted Shijiazhuang Yongchang and Qingdao Huanghai, the team proved by virtue of their victory over Guoan. With his own strength, after winning the 6-point battle of Tianwangshan, he became the first in Group B.
Only Beijing Guoan has not fully proven itself in this season. In the last round, it was equalized by three consecutive goals in a 3-0 lead against Qingdao Huanghai. The only team in the group against Shanghai SIPG has equal strength. The team lost the battle.
Although the points of the first stage will not be brought into the second stage, as far as the current Guoan performance is concerned, it is obviously a hidden danger for the subsequent games. In the second stage of the championship competition, there is a high probability that a cross-elimination system will be adopted. Each game is a tough battle against SIPG. Judging from the team's current performance, there is still a lack of ability in this area.
Data map: In the Chinese Super League last season, Beijing Guoan lost 0:2 at home to Shanghai SIPG. Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
In fact, in the last season, Guoan had exposed similar problems. The league played against Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG four times and lost three of them. It faced the second group of strong teams such as Shandong Luneng and Jiangsu Suning. , Also lost two games.
On the other hand, last season's champion Guangzhou Evergrande, the league only lost one of the four games against Guoan and SIPG, and the rest were all victories; the four games against Luneng and Suning were only a draw, and the rest were also all victories.
This horizontal comparison really highlights the shortcomings of Guoan's insufficient ability to fight tough battles. This season's competition system, which is biased towards the competition system, has indeed increased the chances of championship and relegation, but in the final analysis, the destiny is determined by the ability to fight tough battles. If this problem is not resolved, I am afraid that the possibility of Guoan's final victory will still not be too great.
The downside is that in Group B, where the intensity of the game is relatively low, Guoan has the only chance to fight a tough battle against SIPG. On September 24, the two sides will meet for the second time. The result of that time will also determine the first place of Group B with a great probability. At that time, the weather in Suzhou will be relatively cooler. Judging from these two factors, there is no reason for a dull game in the second round of the Tianwangshan battle. (Finish)