In the process of collecting opponent information, Zhang Sheng also flew the team to Dubai.
Because Al-Ahli in Dubai is still in the process of litigation with Saudi Arabia's Hilal, the Longteng team can only be temporarily settled in Dubai. Once the Saudi appeal is successful, Zhang Sheng can only take the team to Saudi Arabia.
Participated in the AFC Champions League finals.
Although Al-Ahli Dubai has secured its spot in the AFC Champions League finals in history, now even Guangzhou Evergrande has become the Dragons. What else is impossible?
Zhang Sheng has several concerns about this game. The first one is the referee.
Speaking of the encounters of the Chinese Super League teams in the AFC Champions League, the issue of refereeing cannot be overstated.
From the time when the arrogant Dalian Shide was shown an unwarranted red card and a penalty kick by the Bahrain referee during the 2003 Asian Club Cup semi-final against Al Ain, to when Evergrande encountered Iran's "black whistle" in an away game in Japan two years ago.
"Doki's incompetent law enforcement and unjust loss have led to countless similar regrets over the past 10 years. So when the Dragons advanced to the AFC Champions League final for the first time in history the night before, someone in the football world pointed out with concern, "The first leg of the Dragons final
When visiting Dubai, United Arab Emirates, we must go all out to perform, but we must also beware of 'black whistles'."
In addition to this season and last season, the Longteng team encountered unfair whistles many times in the two AFC Champions League participations, and even had a hard fight with the AFC about this. What will the Longteng team get in this AFC Champions League final?
The treatment is really hard to say.
Of course, there is good news. The recent notice issued by the AFC conveyed a message that the director of the Referee Office, who plays a pivotal role in the AFC refereeing community, has been replaced. The former Japanese director Yoshimi Ogawa has remained in this position.
He finally chose to leave after 9 years, and the person who replaced him was definitely a "familiar" to the Chinese football community - the 49-year-old Singaporean and former AFC golden whistler Maidin.
The years when Ogawa Yoshima was in office were also the years when the Chinese Super League team suffered the most. Some games, especially the few times when Doki took charge, were no longer black whistles, but directly official whistles. Otherwise, it would be difficult to understand why Doki was in charge.
After the Chinese and Japanese teams made stupid penalties that were not conducive to Evergrande in the AFC Champions League, they still received some protection from the AFC.
However, from the first round of the AFC Champions League final announced by the AFC, they sent a Korean referee team. The chief referee was Kim Jong Hyuk, and the two assistant referees were Zheng Jiexiang and Yin Guangyeol. It can be seen that at least this
There was no referee from West Asia in this game, so it was considered a let-down.
The second issue that Zhang Sheng is worried about is the problem of away fans.
The Rashid Stadium, the home stadium of Al Ahli in Dubai, only has 12,000 seats. Such a small stadium makes the fans of Longteng Club very uncomfortable.
According to AFC regulations, the home team needs to provide 8% of the tickets to the away team. This means that if the Longteng team really follows the rules, they can only get 960 tickets. What are these tickets enough for? To stuff the Longteng fans.
There isn't even enough space between the teeth.
With the good results of Longteng Club in recent years, there are more and more Longteng fans in China. The scope of Longteng fans has slowly spread from Jiangcheng and Hubei Province to all corners of the country, and even overseas.
The Chinese have a group of fans, so this time a large number of fans want to watch a game while traveling to Dubai from all over the country.
As a result, Al Ahli's lawsuit in Dubai and the small stadium left fans in a dilemma.
It is said that historically they have priced their game tickets to 300 US dollars each, and once the lawsuit goes against Al Ahli in Dubai, the tickets that the fans have worked so hard to buy will be wasted - Dubai is the United Arab Emirates, but Saudi Arabian Hilal is in the United Arab Emirates.
In Saudi Arabia, no one will apply for visas for both the UAE and Saudi Arabia at the same time.
At the same time, Longteng fans may not be able to enter the stadium after buying tickets. Historically, many Guangzhou Evergrande fans bought tickets, but they were locked out of the stadium by Al Ahly in Dubai because there were too many spectators, and were even beaten by Dubai Riders.
The police drove them away, knocked them down and kicked them, which caused considerable international impact.
The United Arab Emirates, especially Dubai, goes to great lengths to gain international influence and for the team to achieve good results. For the safety of fans, such off-the-table moves have to be guarded against.
In the end, Zhang Sheng was worried about the players' condition.
Because the leagues in West Asia are all New Year's Eve, it is now the middle of the league for the clubs in West Asia. The players are very hot in terms of physical fitness, spirit, and competitiveness. For example, Al-Ahli has won five consecutive league victories.
Currently ranked third in the standings with 15 points, 2 points behind Al-Nasser and 3 points behind leader Al Ain, but both opponents have played two more games than Al Ahli.
And for this AFC Champions League final, the UAE Football Association also spent a lot of money. They also adjusted Al Ahli's league schedule for the AFC Champions League final.
Before the AFC Champions League final on November 7, Al-Ahli originally had two league games to play on October 29 and November 2. In order to support Al-Ahli to better prepare for the AFC Champions League, the UAE Football Association will
The league has been postponed to October 31, and the away game on November 2 has been postponed to the end of November. As a result, after playing the league on October 31, Ahli has one week to prepare for the first leg of the AFC Champions League final. In addition
, before the away challenge to the Dragons on November 21, Ahli’s league games will also be postponed in order to prepare for the defeat of the Dragons.
At this time, the Longteng team has just completed a season of fierce competition. Even if it is easier to win the championship, the physical exertion is far greater than that of the opponent. At the same time, after winning the championship, the team must have a feeling of relief, in terms of mental concentration.
, there will definitely be ups and downs in the competitive state of the players, which is also commonly known in the industry as cold feet.
For this reason, Zhang Sheng postponed the club's planned league championship celebration party. After only one day off after the last game, he gathered the players for training. Of course, the training intensity would be correspondingly higher.
become smaller.
At the same time, in order to adjust the time difference as early as possible, the team set off four days before the game. After consultation with Jiangcheng Tianhe Airport and the air traffic control department, the Longteng Club specially chartered two special planes to fly to Dubai.
Just one day before the first leg of the AFC Champions League final, an event that the domestic football world had been waiting for was widely publicized - Jiangcheng Longteng Club successfully listed on the New Third Board, and "Longteng Sports" was officially listed.
The listing of Longteng FC also means that this football club, which was established less than six years ago, has become the first football stock in Asia. All analysts believe that the listing of Longteng Sports means that the corporate, marketization and capitalization of Chinese football have officially begun.
.In the future, countless football clubs and even other sports clubs will follow the footsteps of Longteng Club and reach this step.
The listing of Longteng Club has indeed been sought after by countless people.
Wealthy people and institutions set up one-to-one special accounts and placed large amounts of buying orders. Those who were not qualified to buy also set up special accounts through multi-person platters to request purchases.
Announced at the same time as the listing is the club's private placement announcement. This time Longteng Club will issue 17.387 million additional shares to several product suppliers of Longteng Group. The issue price per share has reached 45 yuan. It plans to raise 7.82424 billion yuan of funds.
The purpose of the funds is to invest in the club's youth training facilities, youth training coaching staff and a new football school branch.
If Longteng Club’s additional issuance is successful, the club’s market value and share price will reach a high price of 14.2 billion yuan. Moreover, the additional shares will be listed for trading on January 19, 2016, which means that , after the Spring Festival next year (the tenth day of the Lunar New Year), the time will come to test the true stock price of Longteng Club.
In fact, this additional issuance of Longteng Club is more popular than the historical issuance of Guangzhou Evergrande.
Most of the success of Guangzhou Evergrande's additional issuances in history were purchased through its connections with Evergrande Real Estate, such as companies that provide decoration and building materials to Evergrande Real Estate. After all, Evergrande Club loses money every year. The prospectus provided by Evergrande when it went public showed that the club’s net profits in 2013, 2014 and January-May 2015 were -576 million yuan, -483 million yuan and -265 million yuan respectively, all of which were losses.
Even though Evergrande's operating income is higher than the current Longteng team, and its taxes to the government are higher than that of Longteng Club, there is one thing that Longteng Club far surpasses them, that is, Longteng Club is still profitable, and profitable. Very robust.
For example, until the middle of this year, Longteng Club has earned nearly 250 million yuan in revenue from the sale of players. Moreover, after the adjustment of the business department in the middle of the league, the club's sponsorship revenue has also increased sharply. It is said that Dongfeng The group is already preparing to sign a sponsorship contract with Longteng Club. This contract will also be the most expensive contract in the history of the Chinese Super League. The contract amount will be as high as 250 million.
In other words, including tickets and various income, Longteng Club is likely to receive nearly 400 million in revenue this year. In view of the relatively low salary of Longteng Club players and the not too high bonus system, this year’s Longteng Club The profit will be more than 100 million.
As the outstanding young players of Longteng Club grow up, the youth training is further consolidated, and the heavily invested stadium is built, Longteng Club will become stronger in terms of income.
Therefore, in this additional issuance plan, there is also a large number of "asset management plans".
This asset management plan is actually the purchase of many investment funds on the New Third Board, or some domestic sports private equity funds. According to the structured asset allocation plan, they must buy the category of football clubs. Now on the New Third Board , only Longteng Sports is a benchmark in the football field, so it is logical to buy these "asset management plans".
Most of these capital operation methods come from the operations of Huatai Securities, which is responsible for this listing guidance. They will also gain great benefits from this successful underwriting.
The listing of Longteng Club not only had a huge impact in China, but even in Dubai, the away game of the AFC Champions League, reporters mentioned this issue to Zhang Sheng many times, but Zhang Sheng was preparing for the game with his own team and did not pay attention.
If the reporter believes Zhang Sheng, then there is something wrong. Zhang Sheng is not just the head coach of the club, he is the actual controlling shareholder of the club.
Of course, Zhang Sheng refused to say anything, and it was difficult for reporters to press him. Otherwise, Zhang Sheng would be in trouble if he blocked him if he was unhappy. It’s not like reporters who were not blocked by Zhang Sheng would also be in trouble with their own companies.
However, the game is not played by a team, and Zhang Sheng cannot be interviewed. You can always interview the opponent. So Olaroyu suddenly became the darling of the domestic media in China. Everyone rushed to interview him and get information about the Longteng team from his mouth.
view.
Olaroyu, who has been tried and tested for a long time, has a lot of clichés, and he pours out praise for the Dragons for free.
"Even if the Longteng team is not the strongest in Asia, they are one of the three strongest teams in Asia that I can think of." Olaroyu raised the status of the Longteng team very high, "They are a strong team.
The team has invested a lot of money. It has the best players in Asia and defeated the equally powerful Guangzhou Evergrande. Last year they reached the semi-finals. They are making a comeback this year. We will put in all our efforts to deal with them."
Also coming to join the heat and pouring ecstasy on the Dragons are the media in the United Arab Emirates. As the most widely circulated Arabic newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, "Manifesto" has a special column to report on this AFC Champions League final, including an article dedicated to
Introducing the emerging giants of football from China that are unfamiliar to West Asian fans.
This article "What We Don't Know About Jiangcheng Longteng" introduces in detail the information about the eight international players in the Longteng team, and then discusses the two foreign aid stars of the Longteng team who have crushed Asian clubs - Pato and Ben Arfa.
A comprehensive description.
If you only look at the statement from the UAE, it seems that the Dragons already have a 100% chance of winning this game.
But for the Dragon Team, which has been accustomed to countless such people who seem to be pursuing but actually deceiving them, this will only make them more vigilant.
In the preparation meeting before the game, Zhang Sheng said in an understatement: "Everyone just listen to what the other side said. Just treat them as an advertisement for us in the United Arab Emirates. During the game, you all
Got it."
Hearing Zhang Sheng's teasing, the coaching staff and players all laughed.
Compared with the relatively relaxed Longteng team's pre-match preparations, the Chinese national junior team was much more nervous because Nigeria's performance in the previous games was really terrifying.
This African powerhouse scored eight goals in the group stage and conceded only three, and two of them were conceded in the last game when they were already ranked first in the group; in the quarter-finals
In the game, they scored a 6:0 score; in the quarter-finals, facing the world's top team like Brazil, they also swept it 3:0. After the whole game, they basically didn't give the Brazilian team anything decent.
opportunity.
Such terrifying offensive strength, such efficient scoring rate, and such solid defense can be said to have shocked all the fans.
In fact, historically they did defeat Mexico 4-2 in the semi-finals and defeated Mali, also an African team, 2-0 in the final and undisputedly stood at the top of the championship.
This time Nigeria is also known by the media as the most powerful U17 championship team in history.
How could the Chinese team not be nervous when facing such a strong opponent?
