Wang Yudong completed the "breakthrough blow", and Kaneda's burden is still heavy

Reporter Zuo Rui reports With Wang Yudong's long-range shot and Frank's penalty, Zhejiang Greentown won 2-1 at home against Qingdao West Coast. After the tragedy of foreign aid Bupenza's death, Wang Yudong took on more goalscoring responsibilities, and Kaneda has led the team to quickly get out of the haze.

Speaking ahead of the game, Kaneda said: "We now have a responsibility to pick ourselves up and give back to the Zhejiang fans who have always supported us, we need to be more united, and that's how the team is doing right now." In his opinion, despite the strength of the opponents, the team is prepared "physically and mentally"; Although the league is winless in four games, these experiences "have given us more experience". Owusu, who was also present at the press conference, said that the loss of a teammate had a very big impact on them. "Hopefully everyone will be able to get out of their grief as soon as possible. Now what we have to do is get all our attention back to the game."

Facing the west coast of Qingdao, which has been booming this season, Caneda's starting lineup continued its pursuit of offensive and defensive balance. The three central defenders are Lucas, Liang Nuoheng, and Liu Haofan, of which Liu Haofan returned to the right central defender position he was more accustomed to; Due to Tong Lei's absence, Sun Guowen's position was moved from left to right, leaving the left wing space to be filled by Wang Shiqin, Tao Qianglong's start, revealing more offensive intentions, and the hub of the midfield was still played by Li Titian and Cheng Jin; The striker is a combination of Wang Yudong and Owusu. To get out of the double shadow of record and psychology, and to avoid unexpected home losses, Caneda's choice is to fine-tune.

Before the opening, the two sides of the Huanglong Stadium and the audience together observed a minute of silence for Bupenza, who passed away on the last home match day. In the audience afterwards, the memory of the deceased was first expressed: "Bupenza! Bupenza ......" and then shouted out the hope of victory: "Zhejiang team! Zhejiang Team ......"

In the 10th minute, Wang Yudong's long-range shot changed the calm situation. After that, Wang Shiqin once made a series of attacking waves on the left side, but it was not enough to pose a threat to the visiting team. In the 25th minute, Wang Yudong crossed from the left, Tao Qianglong shook off the opponent, but unfortunately his long-range shot hit the post. It was also the closest the home side came to finding the back of the net in the first half.

Throughout the first half, due to the five foreign players on the west coast of Qingdao all on the field, and the possession rate was dominant, the home team's defense was not without pressure, but through the cautious cooperation of the defense and the timely retreat of the midfield, the away team only completed two invalid shots, one after the offside whistle and one after the corner kick went out of bounds.

The deadlock was broken in the most unexpected way, and it was done by the most anticipated players. In the 62nd minute, Wang Yudong scored a shocking long-range shot in the middle, more than 30 meters away. After the goal, he ran to the dugout and hugged Caneda and burst into tears, while his teammates joined him in pointing their hands to the sky. It was his fourth goal since the start of the season in the Chinese Super League and his second consecutive home goal since the death of Bupenza.

In the 65th minute, the home team got a free kick opportunity in front, Lucas rushed into the penalty area to fight for the second drop point and was put down by the goalkeeper, penalty! The Brazilian presented a gift to substitute Frank. Zhejiang's meritorious captain and chief penalty taker lived up to expectations and announced his comeback with his third goal. They have missed penalties twice, once on Bupenza and once on Lucas himself. With two goals in hand, the victory was in sight, and the Zhejiang players still did not celebrate.

In the 74th minute, the visiting team opened a gap on the left bottom line, and after Duan Liuyu's cushion shot was saved by Zhao Bo, Aziz's header saved one point. In the 78th minute, Cheng Jin, who had already handed over the captain's armband to Frank, left the field injured, and the home team had to make a substitution, and Qian Jie got the opportunity to make his first appearance this season. After that, the prepared visitors continued to fight back, but could not change the scoreline.

In the 89th minute, when Wang Yudong was replaced by Yao Junsheng, Zhejiang fans applauded and cheered for the 18-year-old boy. For the past 10 days, he has been under grief and pressure with the whole team. I believe that this evocative and wonderful goal will make him more free and easy in the following games.

After the game, Caneda said that the team was facing a "rare dilemma in the history of football" because they lost their center forward in competition, took a blow emotionally, and lost their number 9 tactically, "We gradually adapted to the style of play without a number 9 through training and games. We're getting in the mood and we're getting used to the new way of playing. ”

"We reduced the opponent's offensive advantage through the overall formation and positioning, and the opponent had five good foreign reinforcements." Kaneda said that the team got the desired result by constantly taking the ball and finding the opponent's weaknesses to exploit. The burden on Caneda remains heavy, and he still has a lot of work to do in the centre-forward position left by Bupenza, "We will continue to try and find a solution. ”