Of course, Zhang Sheng is more grateful to Perrin now because of his lineup adjustment. Many Longteng players in the Chinese team did not play in the game against the Maldives. This has set the stage for the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, which are about to reignite the war.
The Longteng team has been of great help, and the players can have more physical fitness to cope with these games.
However, the Longteng team in the national team was relaxed, but the Longteng players in the national youth team were unlucky. After defeating the Uzbekistan National Youth Team in the first game, the National Youth Team, with the Longteng team as the team, won 1:0.
After defeating the Japanese National Youth Team and defeating the Syrian National Youth Team 3:1 in the last game, the National Youth Team won the championship of the Four Nations Invitational Tournament with three consecutive victories. The players of the Longteng Team are basically
The whole place was filled.
Fortunately, these Longteng players who played all three games returned to the team without any illness. Even after the last game against the Syrian National Youth Team on September 11, the Longteng players
There was no way that they would be able to catch up with the Chinese Super League Dragons' away game against Guangzhou R&F on September 13. Zhang Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there were no injuries or physical problems, he would be fine.
Because of the emergence of the Dragons, the history of the Chinese Super League has changed a lot. Guangzhou R&F, which has always been a strong challenger for the AFC Champions League qualifications, has not been able to qualify for the AFC Champions League once. They have also been recruiting for this goal.
Initiating the impact, the introduction of Ivo from the Longteng team during this break is another attempt.
Judging from Ivo's performance alone, they have indeed made a good move. Ivo used his ability to give R&F great help in the frontcourt. In the games he participated in, as long as he faced the middle and lower-ranked balls,
The team can achieve good results.
It's a pity that when facing the top-ranked teams, they finally understood why the Longteng team transferred Ivo, because Ivo's thigh level ended here.
In this game against the Dragons, we can see both Ivo's abilities and his limitations.
In this game, the Longteng team appeared to be a little physically weak because most of its players had participated in the national team matches. None of the national youth team members could play. In addition, the team also had to reserve players for the AFC Champions League game three days later.
strength, so Zhang Sheng's lineup is not very tidy.
On the front line, Nie Jiang did not play, Zou Weijia played in front, Pato was replaced by Chavez in the starting lineup, and the midfield and backcourt were rotated. Du Zhenyu, Zhang Hao, Xiong Jian and others all started.
Against the Longteng team with a half-main force and half-rotation lineup, Ivo played well at the beginning. In the 32nd minute of the first half, he helped the team take the lead with a beautiful shot.
But in the second half, the weakness of Guangzhou R&F's overall strength was very obvious. Especially after 20 minutes of the second half, the Longteng team, which was fully attacking, made R&F lose sight of one thing and the other. Ivo was stared at hard again, and finally in the 30th minute of the second half
At five minutes, the Longteng team relied on Chavez's goal to equalize the score.
In the 42nd minute of the second half, the Longteng team took advantage of Ben Alpha's breakthrough to get a penalty kick in the penalty area. Unfortunately, Ben Alpha's own penalty kick was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. The Longteng team wasted a penalty.
A chance to overtake the score.
In the end, Guangzhou R&F narrowly tied with Longteng at their home court. With the last five rounds of the league left, their points were no longer enough for the team to qualify for the AFC Champions League.
However, their draw with Longteng gave their city rival Guangzhou Evergrande the last glimmer of hope. Evergrande faced Shanghai SIPG, its direct rival for the AFC Champions League qualification, in an away game and defeated the opponent 0:3. The whole game was full of morale.
Hong, and also narrowed the point gap between them and the Longteng team to twelve points.
In addition, Guangzhou Evergrande will challenge the Longteng team away from home in the next round. Once they win again and the Longteng team continues to be in a downturn, there may still be hope for the league championship.
After all, the Longteng team will have consecutive games against Tianjin TEDA, which is currently ranked second from the bottom, Chongqing Lifan, which is ranked third from the bottom, and Beijing Guoan, which is ranked third. It is certain that the first two will fight hard to retain their qualifications for the Chinese Super League.
They are only one point ahead of Shanghai SIPG and Shandong Luneng, who are ranked fourth and fifth. Needless to say, they will give 100% of their efforts in order to qualify for the AFC Champions League.
Of course, all this must be based on Guangzhou Evergrande defeating Longteng in an away game, so the next game between Longteng and Guangzhou Evergrande really became the last game of the season.
However, before this game ends the suspense of the league championship, both the Longteng team and Guangzhou Evergrande must complete another extremely important game-the AFC Champions League quarter-finals, which is the second leg of the East Asia semi-finals.
Whether it is against the Longteng team or Guangzhou Evergrande, the good news is that they both ended the first round with a big victory on the road and the second round at home. Everyone can treat the pressure with an extremely peaceful attitude.
On the contrary, it will be much smaller.
Soon on September 15th, Guangzhou Evergrande ended its game first. They tied with Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 at their home court and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League. Next, let’s see what happens to the Longteng team.
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On September 16, Jeonbuk Hyundai came to Jiangcheng in a very low-key manner. When being interviewed by reporters, head coach Cui Kangxi was still humble at the beginning: "The away game is very difficult to play. The score in the first round made us very disappointed.
Passive."
But Cui Kangxi soon showed his tenacity: "However, a score of 0:3 is not the end of the world. We will do our best to fight for promotion."
As the captain of the team, Kwon Chuntai also said: "For the dignity of the team, this game will be our revenge battle. I think a score of 4:0 or 5:0 is also possible."
And Zhang Sheng indeed warned his team: "Don't take it lightly because of the first round. No matter where the game is, whether it is the AFC Champions League or the Champions League, because of the big victory in the first round, we will win in the second round."
There are many teams that stumbled in the round. In the 2012 season, Guangzhou Evergrande swept Jeonbuk Hyundai 5:1 away from home. In the second round at their home court, they lost the game 1:3. Although that was just
In the group stage, but based on the scores of these two games alone, Guangzhou Evergrande is very dangerous. As for the number of Champions League games that were overturned in the second round, I think AC Milan was 4-1 at home, and later
The overturn by Deportivo La Coruna 0-4 in the away game has become a topic of conversation for many years, and AC Milan will always be the party that is ridiculed in this discussion. I think everyone does not want it to be mentioned in the AFC Champions League many years later.
If you turn the game around, you will become the laughing stock of others."
When Zhang Sheng lectured, the players below listened very carefully. The first to express his stance was the team captain Lin Feng: "Coach, we will not be careless. We don't want to lose to the Korean team.
Just look at our performance."
Zhang Sheng nodded and said: "I don't want to lose to any opponent, not just the Korean team. Victory is the only goal we pursue in the game, no matter who the opponent is!"
When being interviewed by reporters, Zhang Sheng also acted very seriously: "Jeonbuk Hyundai is a very strong team. The score in the last round has no meaning for this game. We will give 100% of our efforts."
Go and win the game.”
Zhang Sheng's words were not false. Even though there was an extremely important Chinese Super League match to be played three days later, Zhang Sheng still fielded his strongest lineup.
The front three all started. Tao Wentao, Lin Feng and Rock Gill also started in the midfield. Except for Zhou Zhou, who was replaced by Wei Zhimin, the other players on the back line were all players from the first round, and Wei Zhimin replaced Zhou Zhou.
The purpose is also very clear, which is to move Xiao Yunfan to the right, let him and Wei Zhimin fly together, and put more pressure on Jeonbuk Hyundai.
When it came time for the official game, the players of the Longteng team fulfilled their promise.
From the first minute of the game, the Longteng team's high-position pressing and full-court pressing tactics were executed very well. The two full-backs also frequently made forward assists, burning the battle into the opponent's half.
Jeonbuk Hyundai had no intention of defending from the beginning of the game. They also launched a desperate attack on the Longteng team's defense in the beginning. And in this game, they seemed not to be afraid of getting cards. They started fouling desperately in the frontcourt and passed the game.
The Longteng players in the midfield frequently used unconventional moves, obviously they wanted to overwhelm the Longteng team in terms of momentum.
In the third minute of the first half, Lin Feng had just received a pass from Rock Gill when he was kicked by midfielder Lee Genho who came to defend and hit his supporting leg. The Longteng team's counterattack was interrupted.
Lee Geun-ho, who committed the foul, obviously did not take the foul seriously and left the spot where the foul occurred without making any apology.
In fact, fouling on the football field is a very normal situation. Whether it is intentional or unintentional, the player who commits the foul must at least express something, either by patting the opponent's player who is lying on the ground, or by pulling the opponent's player up and patting him down.
Apologizing on the shoulder is a basic expression of game ethics, but now his actions are obviously not just for fouling, but more provocative.
Lin Feng was extremely dissatisfied with this foul. He stood up and signaled to the referee. Unfortunately, the Australian referee who was officiating the game did not say anything and just urged the Longteng team to kick off quickly.
As a "veteran" on the field, Lin Feng obviously knew the referee's penalty scale.
As the captain, he quickly sent a message to his teammates, asking them to be careful of this referee's evil hand and to protect themselves at all times.
Sure enough, in the fifth minute, Ben Alpha dribbled the ball from the wing and broke through. The opponent's right midfielder Han Jiaoyuan continued to squeeze him with his body. At the same time, his feet kept trying to hook Ben Alpha's ball. When Ben.
When Alpha made a beautiful escape and got rid of him, Han Jiaoyuan, who was a step too late, knocked Alpha down.
Zhang Sheng happened to be on the sideline at this time. He clearly saw Han Jiaoyuan's foul action and quickly protested to the fourth official on the sidelines, hoping to put pressure on the opponent and ask the head coach to show him a yellow card.
Unexpectedly, the fourth official did not call Zhang Sheng at all, and the referee only came to let the Longteng team kick off. Han Jiaoyuan did not receive any warning.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Sheng also knew that the referee was trying to cause trouble, so he quickly gave Wei Zhimin a signal, telling him to intervene more firmly.
Although Jeonbuk Hyundai's players frequently interrupted the Longteng team's offensive rhythm, such fouls were extremely reckless. Once the action was made, the player would be completely out of position.
The defense is full of holes.
Sure enough, in the tenth minute of the first half, Wei Zhimin's forward penetration worked.
Ben Alpha's attack on the left again attracted the defense of Kim Ki-hee and Lee Jae-sung. The two teamed up to push Ben Alpha to the sideline. At the same time, Lee Jae-sung kept making moves to steal the ball from Ben Alpha's feet.
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Ben Alpha did a very smart job this time. When Li Zaicheng took another shot, he made a beautiful heel knock and handed the ball to Wei Zhimin who stepped in. As soon as he finished the ball, he was brought down by Li Zaicheng's foot.
It's also a clear foul.
However, after Wei Zhimin received the pass from Ben Alpha, he was already able to hit the penalty area. Due to Jin Hyung-il's suspension in this game, his replacement was the former captain Zhao Xingheng. This 33-year-old veteran quickly came to defend.
Wei Zhimin.
At this time, Wei Zhimin showed the spirit of a young player who is not afraid of tigers. Under the pressure of Zhao Xingheng, he suddenly started to accelerate and forced overtaking into Jeonbuk Hyundai's penalty area. Zhao Xingheng who was following him had to pull him down behind him.
Such a foul by Zhao Xingheng was too obvious. It was impossible for the Australian referee not to punish such a foul. He had to award a penalty kick to the Longteng team, but Zhao Xingheng escaped the yellow card penalty.
It should be said that this penalty is very questionable. There is no doubt that a yellow card will be given for an obvious foul in the penalty area. If it is a passive penalty kick, such as a defensive player being hit by the ball, the referee may not give a yellow card at his discretion, but such a proactive penalty kick is
If someone is called for a foul and no card is given, it can only be said that either the referee's level is low, or the referee comes on the field with a mission.
However, on the court, the referee's decision was the final result, and the Dragons players had no choice but to give up after protesting.
As the team's top scorer, Pato also knows how to vent his anger on his teammates. He stood calmly at the starting point. A change of rhythm after running made Quan Chuntai completely misjudge the direction, and the football flew quickly.
After entering the net, the Longteng team led the score 1:0, and also expanded the total score of the two rounds to 4:0.
He Wei, who was in charge of the commentary, also admired Zhang Sheng's personnel adjustment: "Before the game, we were worried that the two full-backs who were strong in offense and weak in defense would leave any hidden dangers in the game. Now it seems that this adjustment has worked.
, Jeonbuk Hyundai, which was severely impacted by Ben Alpha on the right, is completely unable to withstand Wei Zhimin’s attack. Jeonbuk Hyundai is too passive now.”
