This round of the Chinese Super League is the twenty-ninth round and the penultimate round. Because the Chinese Super League champion has already been produced, everyone is paying attention to the last two AFC Champions League places and the last relegation place.
In terms of relegation places, in addition to Guizhou Renhe, who are already confirmed to be relegated with 23 points, Tianjin TEDA ranks second from the bottom with 22 points, and Liaoning Hongyun ranks third from the bottom with 27 points.
With two rounds left in the league, Tianjin TEDA wants to win both rounds, and also expects Liaoning Hongyun to lose both games. After all, in the two rounds of competition between the two sides this season, Liaoning Hongyun won 3:2 at home.
The score of 0:0 in the away game holds an advantage, and TEDA's hope of relegation is very slim.
However, in the Chinese Super League, the network of relationships is like a ball of messed up yarn, densely intertwined. Nowadays, control is strict, and match-fixing is impossible. However, it is really difficult to predict the tacit understanding of the game, so the results are also unpredictable.
In terms of the AFC Champions League, except for the Dragons and Guangzhou Evergrande, which are guaranteed to occupy two spots, the remaining three teams, including Beijing Guoan, all have opportunities.
Guangzhou Evergrande currently has 58 points, Shanghai SIPG has 52 points, Shandong Luneng has 51 points, and Beijing Guoan has 50 points. In addition, Shandong Luneng still has the Football Association Cup finals to play, so even if they cannot win in the Chinese Super League
If they reach third place, they still have the qualifications to compete for the AFC Champions League, the Football Association Cup.
However, in the last two rounds, Guangzhou Evergrande will face Shandong Luneng and Beijing Guoan one after another. Previously, Beijing Guoan was "browed" by the Beijing media: "It doesn't matter where Guoan's performance ranks this year. This year
We influenced the trend of the Chinese Super League champions and relegation teams."
This time it is the turn of Guangzhou Evergrande, which has already qualified for the AFC Champions League, to be the judge.
But how could Beijing Guoan give up such an important position as "judge" to Guangzhou Evergrande? Then they almost succeeded in becoming a judge.
When Zhang Sheng thought that Tianjin TEDA was definitely going to be relegated, a huge upset occurred in this round. Tianjin TEDA and Beijing Guoan, which had always been uncooperative, were defeated by the always popular Beijing Tianjin TEDA.
There was a score of 4:0. Although this game was Tianjin Teda's home court, the second-last team in the league defeated the fifth-place team in the league with such a huge score, which was really jaw-dropping.
It is a pity that Liaoning Hongyun, ranked third from the bottom, has been successful in relegation in recent years. They still defeated Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, ranked sixth, 1:0 at their home court and firmly defeated Tianjin Teda.
He pressed it under his body.
It can only be said that the teams in the Chinese Super League all show their own talents and have their own methods.
In this way, when the Longteng team defeated Chongqing Lifan, who had no desire for anything, 2:0, they also watched a good show of relegation for free.
Tianjin TEDA, a long-established team in the Chinese Super League, which has had many brilliant achievements, was relegated to the Chinese League One. Think about the fact that in the second half of this year, Quanjian, who was in a lot of trouble with Tianjin TEDA due to Sun Ke's differences, also acquired
Tianjin Songjiang successfully bought the shell of China League One, and there will really be something good to see in China League One next year.
At the same time, in this round of games, Guangzhou Evergrande drew 2-2 with Shandong Luneng at home, while Shanghai SIPG defeated Changchun Yatai 0:2 in an away game, which narrowed the points gap between SIPG and Luneng.
3 points. Even though Shandong Luneng had a slight advantage in the two-round match against Shanghai SIPG with a score of 3:4 in the away game and 0:1 at home because of more away goals, in the last round, I hope that Shanghai SIPG will win on their own.
It is impossible to lose at home to Liaoning Hongyun, which has successfully avoided relegation.
Shandong Luneng has basically given up on the league and is fully preparing for the FA Cup, hoping to qualify for the AFC Champions League while winning the FA Cup.
Therefore, in the last round of games, the qualifying teams for the AFC Champions League have basically been determined, and the relegated teams have also appeared. All the games seemed uneventful. The only thing that attracted attention was the away game of Pato of the Longteng team.
Henan Jianye completed his second hat trick in the league and defeated his opponent 0:3.
What Zhang Sheng is most concerned about right now, besides his opponents in the AFC Champions League finals, is the World Junior Championships.
The match date for the quarter-finals of the Chinese National Junior Team was in the early morning of the day before the last round of the league. Zhang Sheng also watched the game through LeTV Sports, which bought the broadcast rights for the World Junior Championship.
After a few days of rest, the Chinese national junior team this time can be said to be neatly organized and full of physical fitness. As long as they can defeat their opponents in this game, the Chinese national junior team is likely to tie the record of the national junior team in history.
Good results - entered the quarterfinals.
Rick Link doesn’t attach much importance to the opponent in this game, because Ecuador is not a very strong team in South America. The reason why they have been able to enter the finals of the World Cup and America’s Cup many times in history is more because of their reliance on
Their home court advantage - their home stadium is in the capital Quito, which is nearly three thousand meters above sea level. All South American teams, except Bolivia's home stadium La Paz, which is also a plateau country, is nearly four thousand meters away.
It was very uncomfortable to go to Ecuador to play football.
However, the Ecuador national team has been in good shape recently. They just defeated Argentina 2:0 in the world preliminaries and ranked second after Uruguay with two consecutive wins. Unfortunately, the national team is a national team and the national team is young.
The team is in another world - Ecuador's best national junior team has the same results as China's national junior team, both ranking seventh in the World Junior Championships.
This year's Ecuador national junior team does not have any well-known stars of hope. The reason why it was able to finish seventh in the previous time was because the team had Valencia, who later played for Manchester United. Talented players of this level are not a piece of cake.
, can appear at will.
The only two noteworthy players in the Ecuador national junior team right now are Guerrero and Washington Colozo.
The former is the team's core organizer and is capable of long-range shooting. Corozzo is the team's forward, tall and strong, with excellent heading ability. As for the other players, most of them are only players from the domestic club echelon.
, there are very few who can play in the first team.
Even so, as a South American team and a country with a strong mixed race, their players' personal abilities are still good, they have good foot skills and their bodies are very strong. When facing teams that are not very technical, they are indeed a threat.
Not to be underestimated.
For example, in history, they defeated the Russian National Junior Team 4:1 in the quarter-finals and entered the quarterfinals. With this big victory, they ranked fifth in this World Junior Championship, breaking the
Their best result in history.
After the game started, Ecuador followed the tactics of head coach Rodriguez - defensive counterattack. After the Chinese national junior team had the ball, they retracted their formation sharply.
Seeing the opponent's tactics, Rick Link was very confident and let the players of the national junior team press forward. Especially the right back Xiang Tiange was very high because of his offensive ability. He basically changed from a full-back to a full-back.
A full midfielder.
Looking at this situation, Zhang Sheng felt a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart, because Rick Link obviously underestimated the enemy.
Zhang Sheng doesn't have much objection to Rick Link's coaching ability, but this coach who has coached in Europe for a long time is obviously a bit too arrogant. In history, he has said many times that China's domestic players are not capable enough. Now China
A group of good players have been produced, but he looks down on others.
Sure enough, the situation on the field was just as Zhang Sheng imagined.
In the first eight minutes of the game, the Chinese national junior team had three shots, but these shots were not a big threat. After all, Ecuador had many players in the backcourt, and most of the national junior team's shots were long-range shots.
Ecuador's counterattack is extremely threatening.
In the eleventh minute of the first half, the national junior team's corner kick attack failed because most of the players were participating in the attack in the Ecuadorian penalty area, so there were very few defensive players. Ecuadorian goalkeeper Ceballos hugged the ball and
, a big foot directly found Washington Colozzo in the frontcourt.
Washington Colozzo used his strong body to head the ball in the header competition with Dawn. His header passed the ball to the direction of Guerrero, who used his speed advantage to get the ball and then waded over.
He killed the last central defender of the national junior team, Zhu Chenjie, and formed a one-man attack.
Li Xin and Dong Lu were responsible for commentating the game. Seeing Ecuador's attack, they both exclaimed: "Danger!"
Fortunately, Guerrero touched the ball with great force in order to get past Zhu Chenjie. Although he got rid of Zhu Chenjie's defense, Huang Dawei rushed out immediately. He grabbed the ball before Guerrero and kicked it with a big kick.
Kicked the ball far away from the sideline.
Seeing that the danger of the national junior team was lifted, Li Xin was relieved, and then said in his unique teasing way: "Fortunately, Huang Dawei's attack was timely. If Guerrero's touch force was less than two-sevenths, Huang Dawei's attack
If the time is 1.34 seconds slower, it will be really dangerous."
As an amateur head coach, a domestic youth training expert, and a well-known "King of Football Knowledge," Dong Lu analyzed Ricklink's tactics: "The national junior team played too aggressively in this game. Except
Zhu Chenjie and Liming stayed in their own half, and the rest of the players passed the half. Moreover, Zeng Wengsheng, the core organizer of the midfield, was too far forward. He should pull back appropriately, and Ecuador could be the first to win.
With the emergence of defensive players, I also have room to use my skills with my feet. In the current national junior team, except for Nie Jiang, he has the strongest technical ability with his feet."
It should be said that Dong Lu knows football quite well, and as a footballer who pays great attention to youth training, he is very familiar with most of the outstanding young players in the country.
Zeng Prosperity is a player of Longteng Club, the club with the best youth training results in China. Of course, Dong Lu has worked hard and is very familiar with some of his characteristics.
Rick Link's reaction was very timely. Seeing the great threat of Ecuador's counterattack, he asked the team to pull out the formation a little bit and come back. Nie Jiang returned from the penalty area and came out from the top of the arc. Zeng Fansheng was also closer to him.
's lower back.
After Nie Jiang and Zeng Wengrong, the two players with the strongest foot skills, approached the midfield, their offensive pressure on Ecuador increased.
In the 16th minute of the first half, Zeng Prosperity connected with two opposing players in the midfield. His long shot then tested the Ecuadorian goalkeeper, who tried his best to save the ball.
Bottom line.
"Wow! Zeng Wengwen's beautiful pass and powerful shot." Li Xin shouted, "It's very imaginative, especially the fried ball in the second pass. It's no worse than South American players. There are very few domestic players.
To be able to do such an action, the last shot also showed his long-range shooting ability."
Dong Lu was obviously more familiar with Zeng Wengrong: "Xiao Zeng is not a simple person. You don't know, he was originally a football player. Later, he was discovered by a scout from the Longteng Football School and was recruited into the Longteng Club. I heard that he was
Coach Zhang Sheng made the decision himself, and he was recruited together with Li Ming, who is now playing as a central defender."
"Oh. And this story?" Li Xin answered the question very quickly.
"Yes. Because I was born in a wild ball game, and later went through the formal youth training of the Longteng Club. Many of Zeng Fengfeng's technical moves obviously have the characteristics of wild ball." Dong Lu said, "There are some moves that players with a purely professional background do not like to use.
He uses it often."
"Indeed." Li Xin nodded and said, "A lot of the youth training in our country is too rigid. The coach often tells you that this can't work and that won't work. A lot of the aura of the young players is just gone. If I remember correctly, Nie Jiang
He also came from a field playing field."
"He may be a little different." Dong Lu talked about the origins of outstanding domestic young players, and he was familiar with them. "Nie Jiang's father played professionally before, and also played in Class A, and he is the son of Chang Weiwei, a famous player in Jiangcheng.
My nephew, he has followed Chang Weiwei and received formal training in Jiangcheng's echelon since he was a child. Although he gave up midway and later went to play football, his foundation is still there. But it was also thanks to the guidance of Chang Weiwei and Zhang Sheng that he was able to pull him
Come back and continue playing professionally. To be honest, without Zhang Sheng’s guidance, many talented players would have been buried.”
Because at this time, the Chinese national junior team was playing against Ecuador, constantly passing the ball in the midfield looking for opportunities. Dong Lu saw that there was not much to explain, so he set up a goal formation.
However, it can be seen from the explanations of these two commentators that the national junior team does have a great advantage now, and they are free to talk about the past of the players.
Shortly after the two commentators finished chatting, the national junior team organized another wave of attacks, and the focus of this attack became Nie Jiang.
After realizing the threat posed by Zeng Prosperity, Ecuador sent two players to guard him, one following him closely, and the other ready to block his passing line at any time.
After being unable to get rid of the opponent's defense several times in the midfield, Zeng Prosperity handed the ball to Xiang Tiange on the right, hoping to find an opportunity from the wing.
After Xiang Tiange got the ball, he used his speed to launch an impact. He made a beautiful sudden stop and turn while dribbling the ball at high speed and successfully broke through.
Zeng Prosperity attracted the attention of the opponent's two defensive players in the middle. Another forward Liu Ruofan reached the arc of the penalty area and pushed out, forcing the opponent's center back and another midfielder to defend him. Only
At this time, Nie Jiang entered the opponent's penalty area through clever movement and diagonal, and received the pass from Xiang Tiange.
Although Nie Jiang had his back to the goal, he still got a one-on-one opportunity with the opponent's center back.
