After the news that Lu Yangyang was selected by the Longteng team came back to his original team, his former teammates and coaches dropped their glasses. However, they had previously blocked and refused to release their team's main forward, but they released Lu Yangyang.
With the green light, Longteng Football School spent less than 100,000 RMB to buy out the ownership of Lu Yangyang, leaving them in a state of unspeakable pain.
Lu Yangyang, who joined Longteng Football School, was overjoyed and happily started his new football journey.
Zhang Sheng, who accepted Lu Yangyang, has been smiling all over his face these days, because the two injured players, Lu Zhihui and Xiao Yunfan, have almost recovered, and the Longteng team's defense has once again become rich in manpower.
In the weekend's home game against Liaoning Hongyun, Zhang Sheng put both of them on the team's roster, but did not arrange for them to start. One was to protect them and allow them to adapt.
, the second one is to continue to see Du Zhenyu’s performance in this game.
Liaoning Hongyun did not "waste" Du Zhenyu's opportunity to play. From the beginning of the game, they resolutely hit him in the offense.
However, Du Zhenyu did not receive many tests in this game. In addition to the fact that Liaoning coach Chen Yang, nicknamed "Chen Satisfaction", arranged the formation very wretchedly - everyone retreated from the defense at the beginning, at the same time, the injury of main forward James also made Liaoning Hongyun
The offensive power of the frontcourt was greatly reduced. As a winger, Qiu Ka was transferred to the center and did not have much fulcrum ability in the frontcourt.
Although Liaoning Hongyun still mainly attacked Du Zhenyu, Du Zhenyu played very well in this game. He used his strong body to resist the opponent's forward and completed his defensive task.
When a team's defense is successful, the offense becomes easier to play accordingly.
In the first half, the Longteng team relied on the goals of Pato and Ben Arfa to turn the score into 2:0. In the second half, Yao Tian also scored a goal, extending the score to 3:0.
When Zhang Sheng replaced Du Zhenyu, the home fans gave him a rare round of applause. Zhang Sheng also hugged Du Zhenyu who was coming off the field and said: "Did you hear the applause? This is everyone's recognition of you. You played this game
You played well, keep playing well."
After taking the drink from assistant coach He Lijun, Du Zhenyu also said to Zhang Sheng: "Thank you, coach, I will work harder in the future."
In the end, the Longteng team also defeated Liaoning Hongyun 3:1 at their home court, continuing to consolidate their advantage at the top of the list.
After the game, the Long Teng team flew to Thailand the next day. This time they will challenge the Thai powerhouse Buriram United.
This team, which is not located in an economically developed area of Thailand, can be said to be an anomaly in the region.
The economy here is backward, and young people are rushing to Bangkok to work, but Buriram United, their hometown team, still makes them particularly proud.
Every time Buriram United plays a home game, especially in the AFC Champions League, many locals who work outside the city come back to cheer for the team.
As the team owner, local politician, and billionaire Chen Naiwen, his investment in the team is very large. Unlike other government stadiums that are rented, he invested heavily in building a stadium that can accommodate 24,000 people.
It is a professional football stadium for people. In this regard, Buriram United is more advanced than most teams in the Chinese Super League.
This game is very critical for Buriram United. Although they are currently at the bottom of the group with only 5 points, they still have hope of qualifying, because in addition to the Longteng team ranking first in the group with 11 points, they are also in the last place with 11 points.
Both teams also have 5 points, but they are at a disadvantage in terms of goal difference.
As long as we win the last game at home, we can still qualify.
So in this game, in a completely full stadium, Buriram United launched a massive attack from the first minute of the game amidst the cheers of the enthusiastic fans.
Because the team has already qualified first in the group, Zhang Sheng arranged a lineup equivalent to the entire Chinese class to play in this game. In addition to Roque Gill in the midfielder position, Du Zhenyu became the starting center back.
In this game, the Longteng team played freely. As the starting center, Zou Weijia was particularly active. In the third minute of the opening, he hit the goal post with his header and almost scored.
Buriram United used their two Brazilian foreign aids Massena and Diogo to frequently attack the position guarded by Du Zhenyu.
Their two foreign players cannot be underestimated.
Massena just transferred from Hangzhou Greentown of the Chinese Super League at the end of last year. Before that, he also played for Shandong Luneng, so he is very familiar with the Longteng team.
As for Diogo, he is even more famous. At the age of 21, he was hailed as the "New Ronaldo" by the Brazilian media and joined the most powerful club in Greece, Olympiakos, for 9 million euros, although he did not
He didn't perform well, but after coming to Thailand, his terrifying efficiency of averaging more than one goal per game can still prove his strength.
Historically, when facing Guangzhou R&F, he scored a hat trick with a score of 5:0.
This is a player with excellent body, speed, technique and shooting skills. In terms of player type, he is Du Zhenyu's nemesis.
Obviously Buriram United had a very in-depth understanding of the Long Teng team before the game, and Diogo focused on Du Zhenyu.
In the tenth minute of the first half, Diogo almost completed his goal. This time he broke through the ribs of the Longteng team's center back and full back, using his flexible skills at his feet to almost get rid of Du Zhenyu.
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Fortunately, Du Zhenyu has a lot more experience in the game than before (of course, this is also due to Zhang Sheng's use of the advanced player growth accelerator). As soon as he was thrown away, he used his body to squeeze the opponent, preventing the opponent from taking it easy.
As expected, Du Zhenyu's goal was achieved. Diogo did take the shot, but due to Du Zhenyu's body interference, the ball missed the right spot and flew high over the crossbar.
Diogo also complained to the referee that Du Zhenyu had committed a foul, but the referee ignored Diogo who had already completed the shot.
Seeing Diogo's shot, Du Zhenyu couldn't help but be afraid. Fortunately, he deliberately squeezed the opponent just now and prevented the opponent from scoring.
Zhang Sheng scored a lot of points for Du Zhenyu's defense this time, because his squeezing action was very appropriate. It not only affected the opponent's shot, but it was not too large for the referee to catch the opportunity to whistle. In this way, during the game
The little skills require many times of experience to be honed. They may seem inconspicuous, but they are a reflection of the player's ability.
Buriram United's attack did not make the Long Teng players give up attacking. Instead, they attacked even more powerfully.
In the 27th minute of the first half, the Longteng team finally broke the deadlock on the court. Wei Zhimin succeeded in breaking through on the left, and then passed the ball to Yu Bo who successfully covered the side. Yu Bo made an accurate pass without any defense.
He found Zou Weijia in the middle. This time Zou Weijia avoided Buriram United's tall foreign center back Andres Tunes and found a soft persimmon-Thailand center back player Teng Gelang. He used his height to
The dominant header was successful and the score became 0:1. The Longteng team took the lead in the away game.
After scoring the goal, Zou Weijia was very excited. As the natural high center forward candidate for the Longteng team after Wenkai left, he has been Nie Jiang's substitute now. Most of the time, he can only play when it doesn't matter, because relatively
Due to the physical advantage of the Thai players, it is rare for him to play the main role. After scoring against Buriram United in the previous round, he scored again this time.
Zou Weijia used his performance to tell Zhang Sheng: I am an effective chess piece for you to enrich your offensive tactics!
Buriram United, which was lagging behind, tried its best to equalize the score. Soon they also scored a goal. This time it was Diogo who gained the advantage over Du Zhenyu. He was no longer able to defend against Du Zhenyu.
Instead of looking for a shot, he chose to pass the ball. Du Zhenyu's tight defensive position attracted a lot of energy from the Longteng team's defense. Massena's intervention turned into an undefended state. He easily faced Zhou Wei and shot.
Success, the score became 1:1.
Seeing that Du Zhenyu was struggling to defend Diogo, Zhang Sheng had to ask Roque Gildo to come back to help him fill the role.
Zhang Sheng's choice this time is still very good. With the help of Roque Gill, Du Zhenyu finally stabilized a lot on the defensive line. Of course, this has a bad consequence, that is, Roque Gill has more energy.
With more focus on defense, the Longteng team's offense has weakened a lot.
In the end, the two sides were tied in the first half.
After the start of the second half, Zhang Sheng made slight adjustments. He replaced Zhang Hao with Xiong Jian, who had poor organizational skills. While Roque Gill was distracted from defense, someone could organize the offense in the midfield.
As Lin Feng's substitute, Xiong Jian has very similar characteristics to him. He is relatively balanced in offense and defense and has super running ability. His appearance on the court has revitalized the Longteng team's offense.
The two teams once again formed a balanced trend, and the fans of Buriram United also began to sing loudly to cheer the team.
Here I have to mention the very unique cheering team of Daburi Ram United, because they are "professional" compared to the fans.
In other words, their job is to cheer for the team. It’s not necessarily a fan of the team. Every time Buriram United plays a home game, these cheerleaders hired by the club will sing in unison according to the lyrics.
, the momentum is very strong.
Of course, this kind of cheerleading chorus that goes against the spirit of football is often criticized by other clubs, because such unspontaneous cheering is really a failure compared to Buriram United, which has very professional hardware facilities.
Maybe this choir really has the ability to be a "bard", and Buriram United's offense has become more and more sharp.
In the 16th minute of the second half, Diogo got rid of the Longteng team's defense again and took a shot from the pinch between Du Zhenyu and Rock Gill. The ball drew an obvious arc and flew into the net. The score became
2:1.
In this game, Zhou Wei was on the bench as a substitute. The main goalkeeper was Huang Dawei. Although his ability was not bad, he lacked experience after all. He was very frustrated by conceding two goals in a row.
Zhang Sheng had to stand on the sidelines again and encourage the players: "It doesn't matter, it's just one goal. Everyone, work harder and get it back."
Zhang Sheng's encouragement was very effective. Seeing that the head coach did not show dissatisfaction, these young players once again worked hard to get into the game.
And their efforts soon bore fruit. Xiong Jian sent a beautiful assist to midfielder Yao Tian in the midfield. Yao Tian used his skills to continuously dribble the ball horizontally at the front of the penalty area, avoiding the defense of two opposing players.
Then he took a shot. The ball was hit very beautifully, directly past the Buriram United goalkeeper's save and flew into the blind corner.
The Longteng team once again equalized the score.
After two consecutive leads and then being equalized, the players of Buriram United were also a little discouraged. In addition, the game had already reached more than 30 minutes of the second half. They wanted to get enough goal difference from this "Long Teng Second Team".
Hope has become slimmer.
The next game became a bit uneventful due to the long and high-intensity game before, and the head coaches of both sides also began to make substitutions and adjustments one after another.
Buriram United wanted to score another goal through substitutions, while Longteng Team wanted to train new players.
Zhang Sheng replaced Xiang Tiange and Qi Ming one after another, letting Rock Gill and Xiao Yunfan come down to rest. This was also the first AFC Champions League match for the two new players.
The commentator in charge of the commentary was also stunned by Zhang Sheng's boldness: "The Dragons are now a truly all-Chinese team, without any foreign players, and the ages of these players are so young that fans can't even imagine. Except for Lu Zhihui, who is 28
Apart from 23 years old, few other players are over 23 years old. Goalkeeper Huang Dawei and new right back Xiang Tiange are only 17 years old. The average age of the entire team is only 19.8 years old, which is estimated to be the highest in the history of the AFC Champions League.
The team with the lowest average age.”
"Being able to reach this level at this age has to be said to be the progress of Chinese football over the years." The commentator quickly became intoxicated with the good expectations for the future, "No matter what the final result of this game is, being able to play
As a Chinese fan, I feel very proud of such a scene."
While the commentator kept introducing the ages and origins of the players on the Longteng team, the game officially came to an end. When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score was fixed at 2:2. The Longteng team was in
While gaining a point, it also greatly trained the players.
Even Du Zhenyu and Zhang Sheng, who performed very poorly in this game, didn't have too many complaints. The gap in strength and the incompatibility of playing styles are sometimes like this. Didn't Zou Weijia also score again with his playing style?
After Du Zhenyu has been tested in such a game, he should be much more calm the next time he faces this type of striker.
