With the score of 2:0 and the passing of the game time, the players on the Longteng team became more and more confident. The short-distance uninterrupted passing coordination that was rarely used before is now playing smoothly.
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This kind of possession of the ball further stimulated the players of the Mexican American team. They were impatient and continuously fouled the Longteng players who were in possession of the ball. The referee Eriksson showed them consecutive yellow cards.
Especially in the second half, Andrade was tackled recklessly. Chavez was pulled out of the penalty area and tackled the ball with his back. He already had a yellow card on his back and received the second yellow card and was sent off.
Ended the scene.
After lying on the ground for a while, Chavez stood up and did not appear to be injured in any way.
Team America has clearly lost its battle.
Zhang Sheng also quickly gave instructions to the players on the court, asking them to play the ball faster and give the opponent as few chances to foul as possible, because the American team is famous for its rough movements.
In the two playoff games before they came to Japan, four players of the American team, including captain Sambuesa, received red cards and were ejected.
The team received 2 reds and 7 yellows in the first round, and another 2 reds and 5 yellows in the second round. Especially after captain Sambuesa was directly expelled with a red card for dangerous actions, some fans even said: Who cares whether he will or not?
Will he be sent off? This game was too dirty.
Towards the end of the game, Zhang Sheng made another substitution adjustment. Xiao Yunfan's physical fitness reached the limit due to continuous running up and down. Zhou Zhou, as a player with stronger defensive ability, obviously maintained his defensive strength.
Compared with constantly adjusting offensive tactics and personnel before, Zhang Sheng's substitutions this time are also very wise. Defending the victory is the most important thing now.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score was fixed at 2:0.
He Wei also said excitedly: "The game is over. The American team, the opponent in this game, is very strong. This may be the strongest opponent that the Longteng team has encountered in the official game. But the Longteng team relies on its own tactics on the court.
We changed flexibly, seized the opportunity, and seized the opportunity. But now we still have to say goodbye to this powerful opponent, this respectable opponent."
"This is football. No matter how strong the opponent is, you can always find an opportunity to defeat the strong with the weak on the field." Xu Yang also said with emotion, "The determination and fighting spirit shown by the Longteng team on the field today tells us that,
Football is a team game, make reasonable use of every player on the field, including those on the bench, and no opponent is invincible."
"We are so excited to see our home team defeat our opponents in a foreign country." He Wei also concluded, "Thank you to the Longteng team. The Asian champions will continue to move forward. They will
They faced the Spanish team Barcelona in the semi-finals. Two years ago, another Chinese team, Guangzhou Evergrande, met the European champion Bayern Munich in the semi-finals. This time Longteng will encounter a very strong opponent.
Let’s give it a try.”
"Now the Longteng team is interacting with their fans on the expedition. I really want to go." The explanation was about to end, but Xu Yang saw in the broadcast footage that the Longteng team members were applauding each other and the fans in the stands.
I couldn't help but add.
"We will finish the commentary soon and we will be there soon." He Wei also said happily, "Let's look forward to the Barcelona game."
The victory of the Longteng team received a huge response from domestic fans and football circles.
Mexico's giants, whether it is the Mexican national team players in the team, or other foreign players from Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, and the United States national team, the status of these countries in world football is far beyond that of China, and Americas has 9 foreign players.
On paper, I don’t know how much better the team is than the Longteng team that only played 4 foreign players.
As a result, the Longteng team blocked the opponent 2:0 and did not give the opponent a good chance throughout the game.
At least on paper, the Longteng team, with a majority of local Chinese players, defeated the American team, which was dominated by players from the world's strongest national team. The meaning of this victory is very profound and makes many fans have strong confidence in the next World Cup preliminaries.
It's a lot better - since we can defeat even the world's top teams in official competitions, we have nothing to fear from anyone in Asia.
This idea is well reflected in the questionnaire survey of a portal website.
The first question is that the Longteng team sealed the American team 2:0. Are you satisfied with the result?
The most popular choice among them is: "Satisfied, the Longteng team has displayed the Chinese spirit."
The second question is who is the biggest contributor to this victory.
Among them, head coach Zhang Sheng’s choice is the highest.
The last prediction for the match between the Dragons and Barcelona better reflects the fans' expectations for the Dragons - 23% of the fans chose the Dragons to beat Barcelona, and 37% of the fans believed that the Dragons could beat Barcelona.
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Such self-confidence made Zhang Sheng ashamed.
Although in the post-match interview between the Longteng team and the American team, Zhang Sheng said: "From the moment our team knew it entered the Club World Cup to the present moment, we have done all our efforts and everything we need to do, just to wait until the World Cup."
Against the strongest Barcelona, we did it. I know we are a small team, but small teams can also make some big moves."
But in private, Zhang Sheng had to admit that his team's chances of winning were very low, even hopelessly low.
Compared with the Mexican American team, Zhang Sheng, as a time traveler, can indeed know himself and the enemy and be tactically prepared. But facing Barcelona, it doesn't matter if you know his tactics. Who in the world of football does not know Barcelona's tactics?
?Who can say that he can defeat them?
In front of Barcelona, the giants of the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain were defeated, Manchester City was double-killed, Bayern Munich was eliminated, and finally Juventus, which is famous for its defense, was beaten 1:3, and Real Madrid was abused in the league.
Don't want it.
In fact, according to the jokes of those old fans, it is easy to understand the gap between the two teams: "If we lose five, we will be at the level of Serie A strong team Roma, if we lose four, we will be at the level of La Liga giant Real Madrid, if we lose three,
It is the level of the Bundesliga giant Bayern. If we lose two games, we will be the level of the European giant Juventus. Of course, if we draw with Barcelona, we will be the level of the La Liga relegation team Deportivo. Once we win Barcelona, we will be on the same level as Celta Vigo.
Already."
Although we can see their expectations for the Dragons from the fans' teasing, most of them are just self-deprecating when they are not as good as others.
Historically, after Guangzhou Evergrande lost to Barcelona 0:3, Evergrande head coach Felipe Scolari said with a very relaxed attitude: "We lost 0-3, but this is different from other giants losing to Barcelona.
.At least we didn’t lose to Barcelona by 4 goals like Real Madrid.”
Of course, even if he faced an opponent whose overall worth was 18 times his own, Zhang Sheng was still prepared for everything.
In order to know his enemy and himself, Zhang Sheng searched hard for Barcelona's current weaknesses.
First of all, Barcelona, which only flew to Japan on December 14th, must have some physical problems due to jet lag and other factors. Judging from the strongest MSN in Barcelona, they are really tired mentally after a long flight.
I have been in Japan for four or five days and played a soul-stirring game. Many players have recovered their physical fitness very well.
Secondly, Barcelona, which just had three consecutive draws in La Liga and the Champions League, do not seem to be in very good shape. Among them, Messi did not sing the national anthem during the national team game and exchanged insults with Argentine fans in the media. This will definitely distract him, and he
The team has just defeated a powerful enemy that is much stronger than itself, and its morale is high.
Thirdly, if history does not change, Neymar and Messi from Barcelona MSN will not be able to play in this game.
If it were all MSN, Zhang Sheng would just lie down and take the hammer, but now if Suarez is the only one, Zhang Sheng can still think of some ways to make targeted arrangements.
Finally, Zhang Sheng still remembers that the reason why Guangzhou Evergrande lost in that game was that Zou Zheng's serious injury had a great impact on the morale of the players. Although Guangzhou Evergrande was very passive at the time, it persisted until 35 minutes, and Zou Zheng was seriously injured.
Suarez scored in the last four minutes. It is impossible to say that Zou Zheng's injury did not affect the team's overall state.
Moreover, in this game, Pato and Ben Arfa are both very impactful players. They are not without their ability to fight back.
On Barcelona's side, it can be seen that although they say they need to pay attention, they actually don't pay much attention to the Dragons.
Although Barcelona coach Enrique said with a serious expression: "The Dragons are a team worthy of respect, they are the strongest club in Asia." But the final topic returned to the final, "Don't ask me about the World Club.
The talk of the Cup final, because we have to win this semi-final first."
What follows is a talent-loving attitude: "Their No. 11 (Nie Jiang) is a talented player. With his ability, he can gain a foothold in La Liga."
As the absolute main force of the team, Busquets' words were also very contradictory: "This will be a difficult game." But when asked about the situation of the Longteng team, he said, "We don't know much about them. But I
Knowing they have Pato and Ben Arfa in the team."
Pique's answer was straightforward: "They have many players whose names I can't name. But we very much hope to play well and win our opponents."
Alba’s statement generally represents Barcelona’s overall view of the Dragons: “Everyone thought that Mexico America would advance, so what awaits us will be a very difficult opponent, and the coach has already reminded us.
"In the next two days we will get to know who they are and how they play."
Next, Alba's topic became Champions League rival Arsenal.
Only Suarez was slightly polite: "I know they include Pato and Ben Arfa, but in the end we will stick to our own style."
Finally, Suarez changed the topic and talked about his teammate Neymar, who had just injured his left leg adductor muscle in training.
As the star player, Messi simply chose to ignore it, including when reporters asked about the two Argentine foreign players Chavez and Roque Gil in the Dragons. He bluntly said that he was not familiar with it, but directly talked about his relationship with River Plate.
Yuanyuan, if Barcelona defeats Evergrande and River Plate defeats Sanfrecce Hiroshima, then the two teams will meet in the final: "I think the showdown between Barcelona and River Plate will be very exciting."
The attitude of Barcelona's coaches and players is similar to that of their fans.
When the local Catalan Spanish media "Sports" called the Dragons the "Real Madrid of China", Barcelona fans believed that as long as it was "Real Madrid", regardless of which country it was from, it meant that Barcelona could at least score 4:0.
score and successfully advanced.
However, Barcelona's official website introduced the Dragons in a grand manner, saying that they were the double champions of this year's Chinese Super League, winning both championships with an overwhelming advantage, and listed their previous stunning performance against Barcelona.
Pato, Ben Arfa, who has been famous for a long time, and Nie Jiang, the golden ball and golden boot winner of the World Junior Championship.
Indicates that this is an opponent worthy of vigilance.
Not only did both participating parties show respect for this competition, but the external media also paid attention to it.
As the host, Japan's major media outlets have analyzed 3 or 4 opponents of Sanfrecce Hiroshima in advance and believe that although the Dragons are likely to be defeated by Barcelona, the strength of their players is still much higher than the Asian average.
And maybe it will be as upset as the Mexican American team.
Even people who have nothing to do with these two games, such as Ronaldinho, who is participating in business activities in China, and Manzano, the coach of Beijing Guoan, who is on vacation in Spain, are constantly cheering for the Longteng team.
Ronaldinho bluntly said that Pato is his good friend, and that he must be prepared for the shocking blow against Barcelona, otherwise Barcelona may encounter the same situation as that year.
Manzano highly praised the Longteng team: "They are an obviously higher-level team in the Chinese Super League. They have absolute dominance. They need to be 'very careful' in the Barcelona game."
As for FIFA and the AFC, which are bent on expanding the influence of Chinese teams, how could they let go of such an opportunity to gain popularity?
The official website of the AFC seems to have forgotten the evil hand against the Dragons in the first round of the AFC Champions League final. It directly praised the Dragons as the pride of Asian football and hoped that they can perform better.
FIFA was even more eager than the Football Federation. From the first day the Dragons arrived in Japan, FIFA's official website had dedicated personnel to report on the Dragons and the team.
After the Longteng team defeated the Mexican American team in a small upset, FIFA stated on the official website that the Longteng team may create an even bigger upset, and conducted an exclusive interview with the captain of the Longteng team, Lin Feng, the newly released Asian Footballer of the Year.
Find out the Longteng team’s attitude towards this game.
Fortunately, after the downturn in the last game, Lin Feng performed very low-key this time, saying that defense is the first priority, and revealed that the reason why he was able to defeat the American team was that he wanted to play against Barcelona.
Of course, the most clever thing about the popularity is in La Liga. During a La Liga match between Real Madrid and Villarreal at the same time as the Club World Cup, a Chinese slogan appeared on the billboard in the stadium: "Dragon Teng"
Come on, team."
It seems that it is true that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. This may be what the La Liga teams, including Real Madrid, want to say: Please Long Teng kill Barcelona!
