Is Li Xiaopeng conservative or radical? Luneng’s first data is at the bottom, but its first data is superior to the others

After three rounds, Shandong Luneng achieved a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, ranking fourth in Group A with 4 points. To be fair, considering the overall strength of Luneng's opponents in the first three rounds, the result can be said to be unsatisfactory. But recently, many Luneng fans have expressed their disappointment on social media - the reason for this situation is mainly because the team lost to Shenhua in the last round, and the old grudge has not been avenged, but another There is a new hatred, and the way of losing the game is particularly depressing.

Judging from the statistics of the first three rounds, Luneng can be said to be mixed. Affected by multiple factors such as the poor state of foreign players, Luneng's offensive power has had quite a problem. Fellaini scored 3 goals in the first game of the season, but failed to score in the next two rounds. Currently, Luneng, which has only scored 3 goals in three rounds, is the team with the second fewest goals in Group A, second only to R&F, which has scored 1 goal. Last season, Luneng scored 7 goals in the first three rounds. This gap reflects the team's current lack of offensive firepower. At the same time, Luneng is one of the most defensive teams in Group A - Luneng only conceded 3 goals in three rounds, second only to Evergrande which conceded 1 goal, and is the team with the second fewest goals conceded. Considering that Wang Dalei has not recovered from his injury. Kadar "failed" in 3 minutes of his debut. Such a defensive report card reflects the team's defensive stability.

What is quite surprising is that Luneng is one of the teams in Group A with the least playing time for U23 players. After three rounds of games, Luneng U23 players played only 270 minutes. In other words, Luneng has been using U23 players in accordance with the standards stipulated in the U23 policy for the new season, that is, ensuring that there is a U23 player on the court.

There are many other teams in Group A that have exceeded their expectations. In Luneng's first round match against the Dalian natives, Benitez sent out three U23 players in the starting lineup. In the last round of the match between Luneng and Shenhua, Cui Kangxi also arranged two U23 players into the starting lineup.

From this perspective, is Li Xiaopeng a little conservative in the use of U23 players? In fact, Li Xiaopeng had already given an "explanation" on this issue as early as the pre-match press conference of the second round. Li Xiaopeng said that if there was no U23 policy, he might choose to send 2 to 3 more U23 players at the same time. However, due to the U23 policy, the team must always have one U23 player on the field: "This must take into account the physical fitness of the players on the court. If there are too many players at the same time, there may be less room for adjustment when replacing players." On the surface, Li Xiaopeng's statement is true. But considering the current overall state of the team, Li Xiaopeng should have given young players such as Guo Tianyu and Liu Chaoyang more opportunities to play.

So far this season, 3 U23 players have got the chance to play. In terms of playing time, Duan Liuyu and Guo Tianyu are Li Xiaopeng's "favorites" - Duan Liuyu started 2 games, came on the bench in 1 game, and played 138 minutes; Guo Tianyu started in 1 game, came on the bench in 2 games, and played 119 minutes. After Kadar was dyed red and left the field in his first show, Li Xiaopeng had no choice but to make substitutions. Zhao Jianfei was ordered to play for 13 minutes. Among these three U23 players, Guo Tianyu’s progress is very gratifying. In the first game against the Dalian native, he came on as a substitute and was directly involved in Luneng's equalizing goal. In the game against Shenhua, he broke into the penalty area after eating Feng Xiaoting alive and shot hard. Although he failed to score, he still showed good strength and potential. With Pellet still not recovering, Guo Tianyu, who was loaned out to train under Li Tie last season, will become one of Li Xiaopeng's options on the striker this season.

In terms of U23 player playing time statistics, Luneng lags behind. But in terms of the total number of players on the field, Luneng is an "top student." In the three rounds of competition, Li Xiaopeng used a total of 23 players, which ranked first in Group A. Among other teams in Group A, only two teams, Evergrande (22) and Shenzhen (21), have more than 20 players.

Jianye, which has the smallest total number of players, only used 17 players in 3 games.

In the Luneng team, only Moises, Fellaini and Han Rongze played in all three games. The other players all got at least 90 minutes of rest time - Li Xiaopeng's rotation intensity is really amazing .

Before the match between Luneng and Shenhua, Li Xiaopeng gave a more detailed interpretation of his bold rotation in an interview with the official media of the Chinese Super League:

I believe that part Luneng fans who are dissatisfied with the team should feel calmer after reading Li Xiaopeng's discussion. If we have more confidence in our "Professor Li" and give Luneng a little more time, our team may really have a chance to perform well in the later stages.