Sports Observation丨The record-breaking "Nine Champions" in the Super League. Is Guangzhou Evergrande stable?

　　Chinanews client, Beijing, November 2nd (Bian Liqun) In the Chinese Super League title battle on the evening of the 2nd, Guangzhou Evergrande, which is more powerful, defeated Beijing Guoan 3:1 and became the winner without surprise.

While Cannavaro's team stepped up to the threshold of the finals with their heads high, they were beckoning to the record ninth championship in the top league.

Facing the impact of the frontcourt players in Evergrande, Chi Zhongguo (1st from right) seemed a little struggling.

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In the face of Guoan, Evergrande is handy

　　Judging from the dispatch of He Chao and Xu Xin, two defensive midfielders, Cannavaro still pays more attention to defense in this game and seeks counterattacks on this basis.

This is what Guangzhou Evergrande is best at, and it is also a very practical choice in a competition system that is biased towards the cup.

　　And the reason for this choice is also because Evergrande has enough lineup thickness to face the protracted battle. Even if the battle cannot be resolved within 90 minutes, Cannavaro can also bring down Beijing Guoan through constant substitutions and adjustments.

What's more, the counterattack efficiency of Evergrande in this game is extremely high. Even in the most passive first 20 minutes, with only 20% possession rate at one time, Guangzhou Evergrande could also hit several threatening counterattacks, if it weren't for Wei Shihao's feet. Poor, I am afraid that the lead has been established early.

　　To a certain extent, Guoan may be the opponent that Evergrande is most willing to meet in the semifinals. With the opponent's offensive style of play, Evergrande can hit its best counterattack in a targeted manner.

And in the midfield competition, facing relatively technical midfielders such as Chi Zhongguo and Li Ke, Xu Xin and He Chao have an absolute advantage in physical terms. The multiple counterattacks in this game are the interception of the midfield. As a starting point.

In the face of Evergrande's rapid counterattack, Guoan had to put shovel and block it many times.

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Regret for defeat,

　　Beijing Guoan, which has been competing for the championship for three consecutive years, still failed to escape the shackles of fate. This is already the result of hard work.

Compared with Guangzhou Evergrande's handy, Beijing Guoan has done everything possible.

Failure to grab the start in the first 20 minutes of onslaught meant that a large part of the initiative was lost.

　　And in the strength comparison of the three lines, Guoan's disadvantages are obvious.

Perhaps the only gap is Evergrande’s young left-back Wu Shaocong, and Zhang Yuning’s equalizing goal also originated from this, but it is a pity that Guoan failed to take advantage of the opponent’s shortcomings to further narrow the score difference, and Paulinho scored twice instead. Degree to kill the game.

　　Although it is a bit regretful, this is basically a result that is difficult to reverse.

In the most stalemate of the game, Cannavaro can replace Fernando with Exon, and replace Wei Shihao, Xu Xin and Talisca with Zhang Xiuwei, Huang Bowen, and Yang Liyu to supplement the midfielder.

But on the side of Guoan coach Genesio, the only one who really has the effect of immediate combat power is probably Zhang Xizhe who replaced Chi Zhongguo.

As the reserve of young players is not abundant, Guoan even wants to meet the U23 playing rules by replacing U23 goalkeeper Guo Quanbo.

　　In addition, the competition system is also a further factor restricting Guoan.

In the past double-loop games, Guoan can rely on its very controlled play to maintain a very high winning rate against ordinary teams, thereby laying a foundation for points.

In this way, even if you lose in the crucial championship battle with Evergrande, you can still maintain a certain amount of leeway.

However, under the special format of this season's cup competition, fate can only be determined through the battle of life and death.

It can only be said that Guoan, which is accompanied by many disadvantages, can play to this level, which is the result of hard work.

Data map: Zheng Zhi won the 8th Chinese Super League trophy of Guangzhou Evergrande.

Photo by Zhang Hengwei

Evergrande set a record ninth crown?

　　Overcoming the difficulties of Guoan means that Evergrande is only two games away from the 2020 championship.

On November 8th and 12th, they will compete with Jiangsu Suning in two rounds. If they succeed in winning the championship, Guangzhou Evergrande will break Dalian's record of eight championships in the top league and become the unique "nine champion" in Chinese football.

　　In the two rounds of the first round, Evergrande defeated Suning 2:1 in the first round, and lost 1:2 to the opponent in the second round in a state of desirability.

In the last 6 league matches, Guangzhou Evergrande has won 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, the advantage is not big.

　　It is worth mentioning that Cannavaro was an assistant to Suning coach Olaroyu 6 years ago. Now the two masters and apprentices meet in the finals, which also adds a lot of attention.

In addition, Suning is also good at defensive counterattacks, and it can be foreseen that the two-round finals will be very stalemate.

　　However, Guangzhou Evergrande, which has achieved a strong record of 14 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses since the beginning of the season, has shown a very stable state and dominance. With this solid lineup, I believe Evergrande will not easily let the champions fall.

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