Warning the harbor coaching staff to simplify complexity!, Quick review: Havel begging for a golden rice bowl? The use of foreign players violates common sense in Meizhou | the team | common sense
On August 18th, relying on superstar Oscar's long-range shot to save the team, Shanghai Haigang team drew 1-1 with Meizhou Hakka team at SAIC Pudong Football Stadium, and their lead in the standings may be reduced to single digits.
The harbor team has been strong and strong this season, but their recent two rounds of 1 loss and 1 draw have shown signs of fatigue. With superstars such as Oscar and Wu Lei under his command, Havel has never been able to demonstrate superior organizational skills at home. Is he really begging for a job with a golden rice bowl?
New aid using orthogonal tuition fees
This summer window, Haigang Club has introduced high center Joachim in the transfer market. At present, he has made 4 appearances for the Port team and scored 2 goals, with good statistics. However, from the recent home games against Zhejiang and Meizhou Hakka teams, it can be seen that the advantages and disadvantages of allowing Joon to enter the starting lineup are also obvious. The team is also paying tuition fees for this new foreign player to integrate into the team.
Picture: 1-1, the two teams are evenly divided in autumn.
Jo ã o, who is 1.92 meters tall, is a new foreign striker appointed by head coach Xavier, but has not received systematic training for nearly two months. Since joining, Ruo Ang has been improving his physical fitness and seeking the feeling of competition by practicing through competitions. Overall, Jo Ang has brought a long lost frontcourt height to the Port team. He can play as an attacking fulcrum, head the ball, and attract firepower for the team's top scorer Wu Lei.
However, Joon's consecutive starts have also triggered a new fatal flaw: the overall defensive intensity and quality of the team have significantly decreased. Previously, Javier's starting lineup typically used Wu Lei as a guest center forward, with a small foreign player named Caron arranged on the right side to play in the small counterattack lineup. The entire team relied on the core Oscar drive, focusing on the speed of offensive and defensive transitions.
The problem is that as Jo Ang gradually enters the starting lineup, this new foreign center has height and a header, but fast running is not his strong suit. The speed of the Haigang team's counterattack is only one point left for Wu Lei, and the opponent's defenders are obviously more likely to concentrate on defense. Often, after Wu Lei breaks into the penalty area and completes his shot, Ruo Ang just runs to the forefront of the penalty area, and his chemical reaction with Wu Lei has not yet formed.
On the defensive level, due to insufficient speed and physical fitness, Joon can only perform symbolic pressure and cannot form a continuous high pressure in the center and front field with his teammates. This directly leads to a significant decline in the overall defensive quality of the Port team, which can only rely on the personal abilities of defenders, midfielders, and goalkeepers. Unfortunately, the attacking abilities of foreign players from Zhejiang and Meizhou Hakka teams are very strong. Although the defenders of Haigang team are all Chinese national team players, they still lack the ability to face foreign players and are left behind.
The use of foreign aid is worth discussing
Compared to Zhejiang and Meizhou Hakka's resolute use of the four foreign aid starting lineup, Javier's use of foreign aid is questionable and even goes against common sense. If Javier insists on not using four foreign players at the beginning of the season, there is also an excuse for multiple foreign players overlapping positions; Nowadays, the foreign aid team at Haigang has adjusted their hot selection according to Javier's wishes, but the Spaniard still insists on not starting with a full four foreign aid team and takes the initiative to give way to the "cavalry". This is also an important reason why Haigang has been in a slump recently.
In the match between Haigang and Meizhou Hakka, there were only two foreign players, Jo Ang and Oscar, in the starting lineup. On the other hand, the opponent's four foreign players started together, and their combat effectiveness was significantly stronger. It was not by chance that they led the score most of the time. In the 23 rounds of the league, Haigang team is almost the champion team with the least number of starting foreign players in the entire Chinese Super League. However, they still hold the top position in the points table, indicating that it is still reasonable for the team not to let four foreign players start.
However, in the past two rounds, the opponent's strong performance relying on foreign players has exposed the pain points of the use of foreign players by the Port team: head coach Javier's allocation and use of foreign players are not reasonable enough, and even the bull's head is not right. Taking the game against Meizhou Hakka as an example, under the premise that the opponent likes high-level pressure and even gambling style defense, the Haigang team can start with foreign players Vargas and Caron who have speed advantages, and form a front court three small team with Wu Lei, using sharp counterattack speed to ensure an early goal opening situation.
Unfortunately, Javier only started with two foreign players, Joon and Oscar, and the coaching staff abandoned the team's speed advantage. Wu Lei became the only speed counterattack point in the front court. Under the dense schedule, the Port team lacks rotation. As core players, Wu Lei and Oscar are clearly physically fatigued and can only rely on hard work to support themselves mentally. At this point, Vargas, Caron, and Paco, who have the advantage of strength, can definitely get more starting opportunities, more playing time, and share more pressure with the team.
In the author's opinion, the 1-1 draw between Haigang and Meizhou Hakka in this game resulted in Havel making a mistake of going the other way. Since the formation is set up with three defenders, it is necessary to play with a speed that highlights the counterattack. However, Javier tends to take the initiative to slow down the attacking speed with the small foreign players Vargas and Caron; When the team was 0-1 behind, the opponent would definitely defend the penalty area. At this time, the center needed a hard bridge and a hard horse to head the ball to deter them. However, Javier went the other way and replaced them with Caron and Vargas, who had no height advantage, without giving another high center foreign player Ping Ke any chance. This inevitably raises suspicions that Javier's use of foreign aid is more focused on worldly wisdom, and there may be suspicions that his technical and tactical thinking deviates from the team's principle of prioritizing interests.
Simplify complexity and attach importance to COVID-19
On August 22, the the fourth day day after the Chinese Super League match, the Haigang team will usher in another crucial intercontinental battle: the Asian Championship qualifier vs. Thailand Baton United at home. Due to Javier's recent use of a consistent lineup and lack of reasonable and orderly rotation, the current defense line and frontcourt players of the Port team are very tired, and the overall condition of the team is worrying. At this point, the team coach needs to simplify and design relatively reasonable and simple tactics, highlighting the importance of advancing to the AFC Champions League.
Having lost two consecutive games, Javier admits that the team is in a difficult period. He said, "We deserve a point, every point counts in the standings. Sometimes results and performance are not equal, it's my responsibility. Now we need to be united and calm enough. Our goal for the upcoming AFC Champions League qualifiers is naturally to advance, and we need to maintain our focus."
In the author's opinion, the harbor team currently has two major enemies: the first is the physical fatigue of the players, and the second is the rationality of the tactical arrangement of the coaching staff. Faced with fatigue, the sailors of the Port team can only grit their teeth to fight, but it must also be admitted that the core players are no longer young. The average age of the "Chongming Island Six Tigers" has exceeded 32 years old, and Oscar and Wu Lei are also 32 years old. The team's starting lineup is indeed older overall, and their continuous combat ability has significantly declined in the hot summer.
In terms of tactical rationality, the head coach of the Port team, Javier, needs to summarize and avoid apologizing after the home game and avoiding the embarrassing situation of "holding a golden rice bowl to beg for food" from happening again. On the one hand, currently the depth of the seaport team's bench is sufficient, but in recent times, there has been an obvious excessive pressure on core players such as Wu Lei and Oscar, with insufficient rotation, directly leading to the physical exhaustion of the seaport team's core players before the AFC Champions League qualification match; On the other hand, the harbor team's home performance this season has been lackluster, and Javier has not shown the style of a first-class coach. He is more suitable to play away, especially after the arrival of new signing Joon, Javier once again exposed his shortcomings in slow command on the field.
If we say that Haigang team has a significant point advantage in the Chinese Super League, and also has the capital to make mistakes and lose points; So the Port team has almost no room for error in the AFC Champions League qualifiers. In a decisive intercontinental match, if there is an accident, the Hong Kong team will not be able to advance to the group stage, which is clearly a result that Hong Kong fans and even Chinese Super League fans cannot accept.
