The winning streak in the league is very good news for the Longteng team.
As the AFC Champions League last season, the Dragons participated in the Club World Cup, so their winter training time is naturally one month shorter than others. Therefore, many trainings during the winter training period this season have been compressed.
Although the club attaches great importance to physical reserve training and maintains the same training time as in previous seasons, the players' physical recovery is not as good as other teams after all, which has become a well-known shortcoming of the Longteng team this season.
For this reason, Zhang Sheng chose a large-scale rotation policy, and continuous victories can also be implemented because this policy is the basic condition for rotation.
For example, after the last game against Henan Jianye, the Longteng team had to fly to South Korea to challenge Pohang Steelers away from home. This was originally a very tiring task, but the good results in both lines made the Longteng team eligible to play a large number of games.
Substitute player.
Therefore, in this AFC Champions League game, a large number of fans were surprised by the Longteng team's starting lineup. That is, it is an all-Chinese class, and it is an all-Chinese class with local Chinese players from the starting lineup to the substitutes.
Such a lineup has never happened in the history of the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League.
In the past, the Longteng team would also have an all-Chinese squad, but most of them were due to foreign players gaining an advantage on the court, or the foreign players were forced to get injured and had to come off the field to play the all-Chinese squad. This time, the Longteng team made it clear that they would use local players.
Go fight.
This lineup of the Longteng team also greatly stimulated the Korean media. It is very common to play the AFC Champions League with the Chinese Super League team. It is very common for the K League team to have an all-Korean class, but that is based on the strength of the local players of the AFC Champions League team in the K League.
Regarding the strong situation, now the Longteng team is playing away from home, but they have an all-China lineup. Their contempt is too obvious.
The current situation in Group H does not mean that Pohang Steelers have no chance of qualifying. They have 3 points, which is only three points less than Sydney FC. There are still two rounds of games in the AFC Champions League group, and Pohang Steelers still have hope.
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So for the Longteng team's lineup, they felt both insulted and definitely a little lucky.
As Pohang Steelers, currently ranked fourth from the bottom in the K-League, there is still a chance to give it a try, so this game is a rare occasion for a Korean team to bring in foreign players to play against an all-Chinese Super League team.
Then when it comes to the game specifically, Pohang Steelers' situation is not good.
On the two wings, the impact of Yu Bo and Xiang Tiange made Pohang Steelers extremely passive. In addition to rushing forward to find their own frontcourt players, they were oppressed in their own half.
The ball cannot be passed well.
In the 32nd minute of the first half, the Longteng team took advantage of Tao Wentao's pass in front of the penalty area and then inserted Xiang Tiange with a low shot to break the deadlock and the score became 0:1.
Next, the lagging Pohang Steelers played even more crampedly. Just three minutes after the goal, Xiong Jian stole the ball in the frontcourt. After his pass was passed to Tao Wentao, the latter's shot missed the goal slightly.
Post, almost widening the score.
Tactically and technically passive, Pohang Steelers can only frequently use fouls to interrupt the Longteng team's pressure. Fortunately, this is their home court. Longteng team players are constantly being kicked down, but they rarely
Get the cards.
However, this also gave the Longteng team a lot of opportunities for free kicks in the frontcourt. At the end of the first half, Tao Wentao's free kick in the frontcourt was handed to Zou Weijia. The latter's header hit the lintel. Pohang
Steelmaking escaped disaster again.
During the halftime break, Pohang Steelers made substitutions, but the effect was not obvious. On the contrary, Yang Dongxuan, who had just come on the field, did not adapt to the rhythm of the game quickly and committed continuous fouls on the field. The referee couldn't stand it and gave him a penalty.
A yellow card.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Pohang Steelers once again took substitution measures. The only foreign aid on the field, Veselinovic, was replaced by Zheng Yuanzhen, and they completely relied on the speed of the frontcourt players to fight back.
However, such a substitution had no substantive effect. At the 58th minute of the second half, Qi Ming's long pass accurately found Zou Weijia. The latter protected the ball and turned around, then took away Pohang Steelers center back Jin Guang.
Afterwards, he broke into the penalty area and faced the attacking goalkeeper with a powerful volley from the near corner, turning the score into 0:2.
He Wei, who was in charge of the commentary, also said with a relaxed smile: "The players are also mainly young players. Pohang Steelers are still a bit too young. They had no money and no one at the beginning of the season. From the college team and youth team
Many people have been promoted, but at present, it seems that they, who do not have much competition experience, are too far behind the young players of the Dragon Team who are very experienced."
Ou Chuliang, the commentary guest who partnered with He Wei, also said: "In domestic clubs now, it is difficult for young people to get ahead. The Longteng team gave them a chance, and they excelled. All Chinese players have the ability, but they need it."
Someone is willing to train them. Look at Xiang Tiange and Zou Weijia who scored goals, and Tao Wentao and Qi Ming who assisted. The younger Xiang is only 18 years old, and the oldest Qi Ming is only 21. Their respective characteristics are different.
It’s extremely vivid.”
As the game progressed, the Longteng team dropped slightly in terms of physical fitness, and Pohang Steelers finally completed two shots that were not of very high quality.
However, with the emergence of new players like Huang He, Zhang Hao and Yan Xiaoyu, the Longteng team's physical fitness has been greatly compensated. Pohang Steelers, who have been under heavy defensive pressure, even if they replace the captains, they are desperate to win.
Can't win.
Although the Longteng team did not score another goal in the end, they firmly suppressed the opponent in the half, and the score was fixed at 0:2.
After the game, Pohang Steelers head coach Cui Zhenzhe seemed very convinced: "The players in the Longteng team are all Chinese national team players. They are more powerful. The score is a true reflection of the gap between the two sides."
Ou Chuliang also gloated and concluded: "Pohang Steelers as a whole are completely out of shape today. This game is completely opposite to the performance of the Chinese and Korean teams in the previous game. The performance of the local players of the Longteng team proves that the following
In the World Cup qualifiers, we cannot underestimate ourselves too much, we are still capable."
With the end of this round of games, the situation of qualifying for the AFC East Asia group has become completely clear. In addition to the Longteng team's all-China class easily winning, far surpassing all the teams in the group and qualifying first, the other three teams have already qualified.
All Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League teams also won.
Among them, Jiangsu Suning and Guangzhou Evergrande are both ranked first in the group. Guangzhou Evergrande has six points more than the second place in the group with a crushing score and has confirmed the first place in the group. Jiangsu Suning also has more points than Tokyo FC, which ranks third.
With four points, qualifying has been confirmed. The only suspense is who can take first place in the group between them and Jeonbuk Hyundai.
Now it seems that Xiao Yunfan's assist for Jiangsu Suning was so crucial.
Otherwise, Jiangsu Suning, which lacks these two points, will have to challenge Jeonbuk Hyundai away from home in the final round of the group stage, while Tokyo FC will face Binh Duong, the weakest team in the group, with only a two-point gap. Once Tokyo FC
To win, Tokyo FC, which had an advantage in home and away goals, forced Jiangsu Suning to win on the road against Jeonbuk Hyundai. Such collapse under heavy pressure is too common for Chinese Super League teams.
What is equally gratifying is that after Shanghai SIPG won a crucial victory against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, it was 4 points more than this directly competing team, ranking second in the group and ensuring qualifying. This pair
It is a great honor for them to be able to advance from the group just after entering the AFC Champions League.
It is really rare for four Chinese Super League teams to qualify early. Domestic fans are cheering and excited for the overall rise of Chinese Super League clubs. Other leagues in Asia, especially the J-League and K-League in Japan and South Korea, are
It was a look of envy.
The Dragons sold a lot of players at the beginning of the season without supplements but crushed them all the way. The Japanese and Korean media could not find any black spots, and the other three Chinese Super League clubs became the targets of their hatred.
In view of the key performances of big-name foreign players such as Goulart, Paulinho, Elkeson, Conca, Gian, Teixeira and Ramirez, the three Chinese Super League clubs except Longteng were all beaten by Japan and South Korea.
The media sourly calls it that success depends entirely on money.
In particular, all of Jiangsu Suning's goals came from foreign aid, and the Japanese and Korean media complained that without foreign aid, this team was at the bottom of the group.
Only Zhang Sheng knows that compared to history, Guangzhou Evergrande and Jiangsu Suning were both eliminated in humiliating groups. Without the Dragons to support Guangzhou Evergrande Lin Feng and Shu Jun, without Xiao Yunfan’s key assists to Jiangsu Suning, without these locals
The outstanding performance of the players will never be such a grand occasion.
As the day when Zhang Sheng traveled through time came closer and closer, he could only say silently in his heart: "I can only help you so much, you have to walk the rest of the way on your own."
After this AFC Champions League game, Zhang Sheng's points skyrocketed with consecutive victories. Coupled with five consecutive victories in the Chinese Super League, Zhang Sheng now has 270 points.
Zhang Sheng chose to summon the coach this time.
The benefits of time travel are about to disappear, so Zhang Sheng is now paying more attention to the construction of football "infrastructure". As a major pain point in the foundation of football, Zhang Sheng has put the coaching issue at a very high level. Player summons can only summon one, and
Several high-level coaches may educate a group of high-level players and a large number of qualified players above the level in the future. It is still clear which one is more important and which one is more important.
There is also another reason that prompted Zhang Sheng to call for coaches, that is, a large number of coaches from Longteng Club and Longteng Football School were poached.
Since the country promulgated the overall football plan last week, policy support for football is no longer just a boots on the ground, but has been put on the ground. People from all walks of life who have been waiting for this big cake for a long time have begun to race.
enclosure.
Among them, the extremely important part of coaching in football planning has become a resource that everyone is striving for. Correspondingly, Longteng Club and Longteng Football School, which are extremely open to employees and players, have been greatly impacted.
The current Longteng Club and Longteng Football School have erected a sign with a very good reputation for the Longteng Youth Training, but at the same time, it has also given a bright light to those wealthy people waving money - there are good coaches here.
Heike Fogel, the youth training director of the football school, has been very busy during this period. Every day, coaches come to submit resignation reports to the personnel department. Although there are no coaches summoned by Zhang Sheng, most of them are at Longteng Football School.
With coaches who have two or three years of practical experience, they can be said to be capillaries that cannot be ignored in the body of Longteng Football School.
In order to retain these talents, Heike Fogel had to personally participate in management. Even so, he still could not stop this wave of being poached.
Although these coaches all signed training contracts when they entered Longteng Football School and were bound by liquidated damages during their term of office, the actual situation is that they don't care, and hundreds of thousands of liquidated damages are paid at will.
According to information received from the outside world, after these coaches left Longteng Football School, the companies they went to work for basically provided management treatment, and their salaries were greatly improved.
It was impossible for Team Longteng to promote everyone who wanted to leave to management positions, and there were not that many management positions available for them. In the end, they had no choice but to break up peacefully - get a certain amount of liquidated damages and let the other party leave.
Of course, there are also individual entrepreneurs among them. For example, there are two or three young coaches who want to return to their hometowns to establish football training institutions.
For such entrepreneurs, Zhang Sheng's instruction to Longteng Football School is to give full support. Longteng Football School cannot establish branches in all places, allowing these entrepreneurs to tap talents, and it is also excellent for football infrastructure operations.
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Therefore, Longteng Football School has given them a lot of support - supporting them with more training equipment, providing them with undifferentiated post-training opportunities, helping them contact high-level training matches, and if possible, they will accept it at a high price.
They have trained good players and even promised to give them a place at Longteng Football School and welcome them back at any time to solve their worries.
Zhang Sheng did not hesitate to spend all 200 points on the coach's call this time. Four youth training coaches were bought by Zhang Sheng from the system mall and were ready to be accepted by the football school at any time.
Before these four coaches came to the football school, the defensive specialist coach called last time was also officially recruited by the club, and Zhang Sheng included him in his coaching staff.
After the player call was completed, Zhang Sheng devoted himself fully to preparing for the next round of the league. Zhang Sheng attached great importance to this game because the Longteng team was going to challenge Guangzhou Evergrande away from home.
Not only Zhang Sheng attaches great importance to this game, but in the eyes of countless people, this will be a six-point battle that will determine the Chinese Super League championship this season.
Unlike in history, Guangzhou Evergrande now is much stronger than the Guangzhou Evergrande in the 2016 season.
At that time, due to the Club World Cup, Guangzhou Evergrande only trained for one month throughout the winter. They also sacrificed full-back Zou Zheng, who performed extremely well last season, in the Club World Cup.
In order to compete with the local tycoons for influence, Martinez, who spent a lot of money to bring in, also performed in a mess.
After the first five rounds, Guangzhou Evergrande was eliminated early from the AFC Champions League group stage, and was beaten by Jiangsu Suning in the second place in the Chinese Super League by one point.
