Compared with the qualification for the AFC Champions League, the situation of relegation is slightly clearer.
Among the relegated teams, because Guizhou Renhe only has 19 points, they have been relegated, so the last remaining spot is between Tianjin TEDA and Liaoning Hongyun, but now Liaoning Hongyun has 27 points higher than Tianjin.
. Jintaida is five points higher, and the situation of relegation is still very good.
But now Zhang Sheng has no energy to care about who qualifies for the AFC Champions League, nor does he have time to worry about who is relegated or not, because the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals is about to begin.
This game was hailed before the game as "an extension of the competition for the Chinese Super League crown."
Before the game, Guangzhou Evergrande’s boss Xu Jiaying once again reiterated his rule of heavy bonuses. The goal difference bonus of 5 million in the previous game was extended to this game. In order to create a cheering atmosphere for his team as much as possible, Boss Xu
He even asked the Longteng team if they could provide 6,000 tickets for away fans.
Zhang Sheng did not agree to Boss Xu's request. It was not because he was afraid that there were too many away fans and the atmosphere at his home court was insufficient - Zhang Sheng was never afraid of whether it was an away game or at home, not to mention that the atmosphere of the Longteng team's home court this season has always been praised as the best.
The Devils are at home. They have never lost at home this season.
Zhang Sheng refused to provide Guangzhou Evergrande with more away tickets because he didn't even have enough home tickets.
As early as a month ago, the Longteng team, which had a high probability of reaching this point, was asked by countless people to reserve game tickets. In order to maintain these relationships, Zhang Sheng gave away more than 500 free guest tickets.
Some time ago, when Zhang Sheng was preparing to list the team and sign a big contract with Dongfeng Group, he sent hundreds of tickets to these two major customers - this time Zhang Sheng took the initiative to invite them to come and watch -
-Zhang Sheng hopes to let them see his team advance to the AFC Champions League final.
Zhang Sheng has enough confidence in winning this game.
First of all, this is our home court. Amid the fanatical cheers of the fans, the team's combat effectiveness is also doubled.
Secondly, the opponent was too passive in this game.
In the last game, Guangzhou Evergrande's main left back Zou Zheng was seriously injured - his thigh muscle was torn and he had to rest for more than three months; the two main wing midfielders Zheng Long and Huang Bowen were forced to suspend the game because they accumulated two yellow cards;
Center defender Feng Xiaoting was suspended for two yellow cards; most importantly, their main attacker Goulart was also suspended.
It can be said that Guangzhou Evergrande paid a huge price for its comeback to draw the Dragons last time. No matter how strong Guangzhou Evergrande’s personnel reserves are, the impact of such a large-scale yellow card suspension is far from the weakening of combat effectiveness on paper.
can be reflected.
There are only a few players in the Guangzhou Evergrande squad who can replace these players.
Zou Zheng's position can be played by Li Xuepeng, whose strength is not necessarily worse than Zou Zheng's; Feng Xiaoting's position can be replaced by Mei Fang, and the defense combination of one high and one fast formed by him and Jin Yingquan may be able to make up for Guangzhou's losses.
The disadvantage of Evergrande's high-altitude ball is that Mei Fang played the first round of the AFC Champions League final in place of Jin Yingquan, who was suspended due to a yellow card, and performed very well; Zheng Long and Huang Bowen can let Yu Hanchao and Gao Lin, and even
It is Liao Lisheng, Gao Jun, Rong Hao and others who will replace him; then the impact of Goulart's absence will be too great.
To be honest, Guangzhou Evergrande has achieved such dazzling results this season in history. Goulart definitely deserves the most credit. You must know that historically he is the second highest scorer in the Chinese Super League, the first in assists, the AFC Golden Boot, and double MVP.
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Now in the game where the team's offense is most needed, Goulart is suspended, and Guangzhou Evergrande's power in the frontcourt has been reduced by half.
Because of this matter, Zhang Sheng kept guessing Scolari's thoughts with the coaching staff. As a person involved, Scolari was certainly very distressed.
From the intelligence collected by the Longteng team, it seems that Scolari should have asked Gao Lin to replace Goulart and use a 4-2-2-2 formation. Then once Gao Lin comes to play one of the two centers, who will
Playing as a wide midfielder is another issue that Zhang Sheng and the coaching staff must consider and deal with.
In the last round of the league, Guangzhou Evergrande defeated Tianjin TEDA 0:2 in an away game. In that game, Gao Lin came on as substitute for Goulart in the second half, and Wang Junhui replaced Huang Bowen. Judging from the effect of the game, he
The charge was very fierce, and it looked very impressive, but the actual situation was not very good.
This player runs very agile and elegant, and he is one of the few players in China who is very confident when holding the ball, dares to dribble, and dares to make extraordinary moves, but he has several fatal weaknesses in playing football.
First, anyone who has watched him play can clearly find that he is the kind of person who plays with his head down, which leads to his second weakness - not being good at cooperation, regardless of his subjective wishes.
People who play with their heads down have a hard time finding their teammates' positions in time, and they can't coordinate even if they want to.
In the end, he rushed forward and often failed to come back and defend. This was the biggest drawback for Guangzhou Evergrande, which uses an overall pressing tactic.
If Zhang Sheng and the coaching staff guessed correctly, even if Wang Junhui could play, he would rush in at the end of the game to see if it could have any effect.
Guangzhou Evergrande's starting right midfielder should still choose between Liao Lisheng, Gao Jun and Rong Hao.
Of course, the Longteng team is not without hidden dangers. First of all, Roque Gill's suspension has greatly reduced the Longteng team's interception efforts in the midfield. Moreover, as the hub connecting the defense and the midfield, he cannot play, and the impact is also very big.
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Secondly, Nie Jiang's absence leaves Zhang Sheng with fewer tactical options. With Nie Jiang here, the front trident can constantly change positions, and the team can go from 4-2-3-1 to 4-
Seamless switching between 3-3. Without Nie Jiang, the tacit understanding between Chavez and the other two foreign players is far less than him. Zou Weijia is not suitable for the forward-less style of play. Zhang Sheng’s on-the-spot changes
There are a lot less backup options.
In addition to competition at the competitive level, there is another level of competition that is also extremely important this time.
That is in economics and politics.
At this time, the national leader was on a state visit to the UK, and among the accompanying delegation was Xu Jiaying, the boss of Guangzhou Evergrande.
Obviously, outside of the competitive level, Evergrande Group is now far ahead of the Longteng Group. If the Longteng team wants to make progress in this area, it can only surpass Evergrande on the competitive level first. Boss Xu can join the team this time.
It relies on Guangzhou Evergrande’s dominance in the Chinese Super League and its success in the AFC Champions League in recent years.
Guangzhou Evergrande obviously knew this. For this game, Guangzhou Evergrande used all its resources. It is said that after its request for more away tickets was rejected, Evergrande contacted a number of large tourism organizations to ask them to
They help get tickets.
Since the Longteng team's performance has improved, many fans from other places attracted by the Longteng team often form groups to watch the game. In order to ensure the tickets for these fans, the Longteng club also responded to the request of the Jiangcheng City government and formulated plans with several tourism agencies.
A tourist itinerary to travel to Jiangcheng and watch football at the same time.
This little opportunity gave Guangzhou Evergrande the chance to get tickets. By the time the Longteng Club noticed it, Guangzhou Evergrande had already obtained hundreds of tickets.
When the Longteng Club tightened the rules, Guangzhou Evergrande also complained specifically to the media and started a psychological war - they said that the Longteng team was so nervous about the Guangzhou Evergrande fans because they were afraid of Guangzhou Evergrande and felt that they were in trouble.
I don’t have confidence in my home court, so I did this.
Regarding such psychological warfare, Zhang Sheng's answer was very confident - only a team that cannot win at home would worry about such a thing.
Zhang Sheng's words are quite stinging. Since the establishment of the Longteng team, they have never lost at Guangzhou Evergrande's home court. On the contrary, they have won twice, and Guangzhou Evergrande has never lost in the Longteng home court.
The team has won at home.
Just after the ticket turmoil, a bigger news came out. A well-known domestic sports media broke the news that the captain of the Longteng team, the core organization of the team, is only 22 years old, and is also hailed as the future of the Chinese national team.
Lin Feng, Zheng Zhi's successor as the core of the team for ten years, intends to leave the Longteng team. Now many teams are contacting him.
At first, most fans didn't believe it. Fans of the Longteng team felt that the news was too boring. Even if Lin Feng was leaving, the news would have to come from the Longteng team. When will it be Guangzhou Evergrande's turn to break the news immediately?
This is the news.
In fact, it was Zhang Sheng who acquiesced to Lin Feng's departure. However, in order not to affect the team's atmosphere, Zhang Sheng and his agency handled Lin Feng's transfer issue in an extremely low-key manner.
Lin Feng's performance in the club and national team has been very popular before. Even if the Longteng team did not make a big announcement that Lin Feng was leaving, but only made a little noise, several clubs in the Chinese Super League that are not short of money are like seeing a salmon.
Like brown bears, they all gathered around.
But all the clubs that come here know that if they want to buy Lin Feng, it is really not possible to buy players from the Longteng Club like in the past.
Everyone knows football, and it is obvious to all how good Lin Feng is.
In order to buy Lin Feng, in addition to satisfying the Longteng Club with a price, he also needs to satisfy Lin Feng with the conditions he offers. Lin Feng has quite a few conditions - in addition to having high salary requirements, he also needs the club to promise to study abroad, and also has a lot of conditions.
It has to be a team from the five major leagues.
In order to win this, which can be said to be the most sensational transfer in the history of the Chinese Super League, everyone is working hard. The attitude of the Longteng team is also very obvious. They cannot let the news out before the end of the season, otherwise they will not even think about it.
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In the past few years, Guangzhou Evergrande has been looking for a successor for the team's captain Zheng Zhi. They have bought many players in the defensive midfield position. Among them, the former captain of the Longteng team, Gao Jun, has been bought as a potential successor.
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It's just that Gao Jun's advantages and disadvantages are very obvious. He didn't perform very well in Guangzhou Evergrande. He was mostly used by Guangzhou Evergrande as a midfielder.
Lin Feng is different this time. Compared with Gao Jun, Lin Feng has played for the Longteng team for a long time and has proven himself in the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League. Even in the national team, Lin Feng has performed very well.
Of course, Zhang Sheng can observe the player index and know the gap between the two players. Lin Feng's ability index is as high as 83, while Gao Junke only has 70. Once Lin Feng's transfer is successful, he will be the first to be transferred to another Chinese Super League.
Summon players whose team's ability index exceeds 80.
After the news of Lin Feng's transfer came out, Zhang Sheng was very angry. Lin Feng quickly came over to explain to Zhang Sheng, saying that he definitely did not spread the news by himself, and he said sincerely: "Even if I want to leave, I will do my best."
I will try my best to help the team win the AFC Champions League."
In the end, Zhang Sheng chose to believe Lin Feng's words. After all, Lin Feng is a very thoughtful and rational player most of the time. His personality is not the kind of person who smiles and does things with his hands.
Soon Zhang Sheng probably knew what the problem was.
Domestically, Longteng Club is not only a treasure trove, but also a very "enthusiastic" treasure trove. This team, known as the "Youth Guards", has the highest quality young players in the country. In Chinese football, nearly ten of the youth training teams have been abandoned.
In recent years, it has been extremely difficult to buy ready-to-use young players, but Longteng Club never seems to hinder players from finding their future.
The current situation of Longteng Club is like the complex of Shandong Luneng, Shanghai SIPG and Liaoning Hongyun in history. It is these three clubs that have sold the most combat players in history.
Therefore, most Chinese Super League clubs do not want to stalemate their relationship with Longteng Club, otherwise there will be too few opportunities to buy good players.
This time, Guangzhou Evergrande would rather make things unhappy with the Longteng team than make a fuss about Lin Feng's transfer, because the news of Lin Feng's transfer at this time can greatly disrupt the military morale of the Longteng team.
After negotiations between Zhang Sheng and Lin Feng, the transfer matter came to a temporary halt.
Soon Longteng Club and Lin Feng came out to refute the rumors. Both parties denied the previous transfer rumors, and Lin Feng also made harsh words: "I don't want to talk about any transfer issues before the end of the season. What I want most now is
Winning the AFC Champions League with my teammates, I will use my performance on the court to fight back against this rumor."
With Lin Feng's words, the rumors this time came to an abrupt end.
As the game approaches, Jiangcheng fans also start to get busy.
In order to create a better atmosphere for the team, the largest slogan in the history of the Chinese Super League has been successfully produced. By then, this large banner that can cover half of the stands will move from the bottom stand to the top of the stand.
Presented to audiences across Asia.
Slogans and banners that appear in stadiums have always been part of fan culture, and there are countless stories about slogans and banners.
In 1993, Manchester United won the league championship for the first time in 26 years. At that time, Liverpool fans at Anfield publicly displayed slogans: "Goodbye Cantona and Manchester United. Come back after you have won 18 championships."
"Many years later, when Ferguson finally led Manchester United to win the 18th top league title, Manchester United fans proudly returned to Liverpool carrying counterattack slogans, which clearly read: "You told us to wait until we win 18 titles before coming back...
…We’re back.”
At the same time, Manchester United fans also put up a sarcastic slogan mocking Gerrard's slipping, with the words: "Goodbye, Gerrard! Come back after you win a championship." This mockery of Gerrard's career has not yet happened.
The irony of winning the Premier League title is self-evident.
In the Chinese Super League, there are many such classics. When Harbin Yiteng was relegated from the Chinese Super League, the fans' slogan "Tired, but I will still love it" also moved many fans.
This time, the fans of the Longteng team racked their brains to find ways to cheer for their team.
