Guangzhou Evergrande in this time and space is a completely different scene.
First of all, although they did not win the AFC Champions League last season, they also avoided the pain of losing a major player in the Club World Cup and the winter training time was compressed to the extreme.
Secondly, in order to regain the honor of the first team in the Chinese Super League, they did an excellent job in preparation during the winter training. Their physical reserves and tactical adjustment far exceeded the Guangzhou Evergrande team in history.
Finally, Lin Feng was poached from the Long Teng team and gave them great encouragement and supplements.
After Lin Feng arrived at Guangzhou Evergrande, the problem of Zheng Zhi's successor that the club had been extremely worried about was temporarily solved. The more realistic effect is that with Lin Feng, they gave Zheng Zhi more room for rotation. This veteran can
Put all your energy on a certain line and no longer worry about physical matters.
Therefore, in terms of the team's performance, they are completely different from those in history.
In the Chinese Super League, although they were 4 points behind the terrifying Longteng team, they maintained an unbeaten record. In the AFC Champions League, they once again made Asian teams feel the fear of being dominated, winning the group with an absolute advantage.
Qualified early.
Because the two teams are now safe from the AFC Champions League, it will definitely be a battle of Mars hitting the earth in the Chinese Super League, which will not waste the title of China's "National Derby" given by the media.
There are many national derbies in the world. La Liga has the famous Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, the Premier League has the double club Manchester United vs. Liverpool, Italy has Juventus vs. Inter Milan, and Brazil has the solemn derby of Sao Paulo vs. Colin.
Tian, needless to say Argentina, it will definitely be River Plate vs. Boca Juniors.
Specific to the Chinese Super League, the topic of national derby seems very reluctant because the history of professional clubs is not long enough. The first was Lianhu's duel, followed by Lianlu and Beijing-Shanghai, and finally the rise of Guangzhou Evergrande and Shandong Luneng and Beijing.
.Jing Guoan, but unfortunately with Evergrande’s unparalleled success, the uneven record has led to the absence of the so-called national derby in the Evergrande era.
However, since the Longteng team began to emerge in the Chinese professional football circle, they have begun to show their prominence. Whether they are in the Chinese Second Division or the Chinese First Division, they have never been afraid of Guangzhou Evergrande. After arriving in the Chinese Super League, they have the upper hand in terms of record.
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When more and more Longteng players were selected for the national team, and when the Longteng club had super-level foreign players, their game against Guangzhou Evergrande was recognized by countless fans as the national derby of the Chinese Super League.
In a game like this, even if Martinez is injured and unable to play, the foreign players on both sides still include Ben Alpha and Paulinho, who were once the main players of the world's top national teams.
Not to mention domestic players, there are as many as ten players in the Longteng team who have been selected for the national team, and the same is true in the Guangzhou Evergrande team. It can be said that these two teams basically form the current Chinese national team.
Before the game, news from all sides was endless. First, the sneaker incident of Zhang Sheng’s good brother Li Gang made a fuss. He was charged for wearing sneakers of Adidas, the official sneaker brand of the Chinese Super League, and Nike’s rival, during the game in charge of Hebei China Fortune.
was fined NT$400,000.
Li Gang finally accepted the fine and paid the fine: "The reason why I made such a mistake is because no one told me before that coaches can't wear casual clothes. There is no way. Since the Chinese Super League has regulations, we must abide by them. So from the last game
When the game started, I had already covered up all the brand logos on my shoes."
However, even though he was fined, he still wore shoes from the rival brand, which highlighted Gangzi's stubborn character.
The subsequent conflict between fans of Chongqing Lifan and Shijiazhuang Yongchang caused the Chinese Football Association to issue a fine. This can also be said to be the beginning of repeated conflicts between Chinese Super League fans in the next one or two years.
What follows is a press conference in which the Chinese Super League warns local media that they are trying to fish in troubled waters by broadcasting Chinese Super League games.
The last breaking news came out. The Brazilian sports media "BandSports" announced that it will broadcast the Chinese Super League live this week. In the first game, they chose Guangzhou Evergrande to face Jiangcheng Longteng at home. Brazilian fans can then see Paulinho.
, Alan, Goulart and other stars, if Pato had not left, they would have been the focus of Brazilian fans.
In fact, this is also related to the fact that many Brazilian national team players play in the Chinese Super League. Currently, there are as many as 21 Brazilian players playing in the Chinese Super League. In addition, there are two Brazilian coaches Scolari and Meneses coaching in the Chinese Super League. The huge "
"Brazilian Gang" has made Brazilian media and Brazilian fans pay more and more attention to the Chinese Super League. In addition, stars from other countries including Lavezzi, Gervinho, Ben Arfa and others also attract the attention of fans.
Luxenberg, the former coach of the Brazilian team Tianjin Quanjian who coached in the Chinese League, also expressed his opinion: "Denga (Brazil national team coach) will recruit Brazilian players who play in China. I have received
There are many invitations from TV stations that are interested in the Chinese league... Unless Dunga is stupid, he will not pay attention to the situation here."
Also broadcasting this round of games was the sports media company owned by the French Thies Group. They announced in early April that they had obtained the exclusive broadcasting rights for the Chinese Super League in France and Portugal this season, as well as Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
non-exclusive broadcast rights.
Also starting from the sixth round of the Chinese Super League, the company will broadcast two Chinese Super League games every weekend on its affiliated TV stations to meet the needs of French and even European audiences until the end of the 2016 season.
Among them, Ben Arfa became an important publicity point for their broadcast of this game. Ben Arfa also gave a special interview to this media before the game.
In the interview, the French "bad boy" praised the club and the Chinese Super League very much.
So before the game, the head coaches of both teams mentioned this to the players to stimulate their performance.
Scolari said: "In this game, we not only want to get back the glory in the Chinese Super League, but we also have to let fans in other countries know about us."
"Especially Goulart, Paulinho, and Alan." Scolari named them one by one. "There are already TV stations in Brazil that will broadcast our games, so you may be exposed by the Brazilian media and even the Brazilian national team.
The head coach is concerned and I think you should know what that means."
After hearing Scolari's words, the three Brazilian foreign players nodded with serious faces, especially Paulinho, who was once the main defensive midfielder of the Brazilian national team, clenched his fists.
At the same time, in another locker room, Zhang Sheng also encouraged Ben Alpha: "You have already been interviewed before the game, and you know the special meaning of this game to you."
Seeing Ben Alpha nodding excitedly, Zhang Sheng turned to all the players and said: "Not only Ben, but all of you, this will be a good opportunity to show your strength. Let's go."
Don’t miss it if you pass by. Especially those who only want to play football in Europe.”
Zhang Sheng's words immediately stirred up the hearts of all the players below who had dreams of studying abroad. Regardless of the influence of this broadcast, mosquito legs are still meat no matter how small they are.
It was just a small surprise for the two foreign media outlets responsible for broadcasting this game, and the majority of them were still in China.
In order to show its importance to this game, LeTV Sports sent the commentary team of Liu Jianhong and Huang Jianxiang, which are also the two top names of LeTV Sports.
Before the game, the two people had been analyzing the starting lineups of the two participating teams.
Among them, Liu Jianhong is more optimistic about Guangzhou Evergrande: "Except for Martinez who is absent due to injury, all the foreign players in Evergrande's starting lineup can play. After more than three months of training and adaptation, Zou Zheng also played two games after his return.
In the game, he recovered very well and was also the starter in this game. As for the key position of midfielder, Scolari still chose Zheng Zhi. For this reason, Zheng Zhi did not play at all in the last round of the AFC Champions League.
.Judging from the current lineup and the home court advantage, Guangzhou Evergrande has a slight advantage."
"It's hard to say." Huang Jianxiang put forward his own point of view, "Although Nie Jiang has just returned to the Longteng team and is only sitting on the bench, Chavez's impact on the front line is still very strong. According to the news from the Longteng team,
According to the news, it has been more than a week since his comeback, and his appearance in the starting lineup for this game is proof. As for the other players in the team, just look at their recent status. They often win overwhelmingly.
Moreover, the Longteng team remains undefeated at Guangzhou Evergrande’s home court.”
"Then let's take a look at their performance in the game." Liu Jianhong didn't argue and started to focus on the competition field.
At this time, the camera also began to circle around the entire Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium. After the start of this season, not only the level of foreign aid of each team has increased explosively, but also the level of game broadcasting has also been greatly improved. Like this
Flying cat photography, which can be used flexibly for wide-angle photography, has been widely used.
Under such shooting conditions, the nearly full Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium looked very spectacular. The fact that foreign media are willing to broadcast Chinese Super League games complements the improvement of the Chinese Super League's broadcasting level.
After the players from both sides took photos, they began to wait for the referee's whistle.
Zhang Sheng was very satisfied with everything else about this game. The only thing he didn't think about was the referee assigned by the Chinese Football Association for this game.
Because of this extremely important game, the referee was actually Fan Qi.
As an old man in the Chinese Super League, Fan Qi is extremely "famous", but he is famous not because of his decisiveness on the court, but because of his hesitation and constant search for balance, which makes him a rare player in the Chinese Super League.
The referee is often scolded by fans from both teams during a game.
Among the referees in the Chinese Super League, there are a few who are set by the fans to be criticized the most by the players, such as Fan Qi, Tan Hai, Huang Yejun, Zhou Gang, Ma Ning, and of course Comrade Hei Xiaohu has the tendency to catch up from behind.
But what everyone doesn't understand is that these people have always been the biggest competitors for the "Golden Whistle" of the Chinese Super League.
Fan Qi won the bronze whistle in the 2011 season and the silver whistle in the 2015 season, and Tan Hai won the gold whistle three times in four years.
Among the referees who have been scolded the most, Ma Ning is easily dissed by players and fans because he likes to play cards, especially red cards, while Fan Qi's standard of law enforcement is more about red cards and yellow cards, and yellow cards with a smile.
Without playing cards, both parties moved more and more loudly, but they still turned a blind eye.
Because of his wrong call, the players of Liaoning Hongyun did not shake hands with him after the game; Wu Xi of Jiangsu Suning did not shake hands with him after the game; fans of Harbin Yiteng held up the "Longjiang Class A Wanted Notice" in the stands and posted it
He was "wanted" by the "black whistle" Fan Qi. Even in 2014 in the Bird's Nest South American Super Derby Cup, Fan Qi awarded Argentina a penalty kick, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the entire Brazilian team. Even Neymar rushed to Fan Qi.
He stood next to Fan Qi and expressed his protest to Fan Qi.
Since he doesn't like to play cards and likes to find a balance after playing cards, Yang Xiaotian once made a dangerous move by flying a shovel, and then poked his opponent's eyes with his fingers. There was no doubt that he received two red cards and was only given two yellow cards.
After the penalty, some fans joked after the game: "Do you know how hard Yang Xiaotian worked to get this red card?"
So according to FIFA rules, Fan Qi, Tan Hai, Huang Yejun, and Zhou Gang all retired after the 2016 season, but because of the gap in experienced referees in the Chinese Super League, Tan Hai, Huang Yejun, and Zhou Gang
Either his retirement was delayed or he was rehired, only Fan Qi completely retired.
In a focus battle to determine the season championship, and a pioneering battle to test the waters with foreign media, the Chinese Football Association sent a controversial referee like Fan Qi, which indeed exceeded Zhang Sheng's expectations.
In any case, when Fan Qi blew the whistle to start the game, the game started under the spotlight.
As the home team, Guangzhou Evergrande showed its determination to win from the very beginning.
In just the first minute of the game, Guangzhou Evergrande, who had the right to kick off the game, sent the ball to the frontcourt with a big kick. Gao Lin's header in the frontcourt was returned to Alan, who was far away.
The shot missed the goal, completing the first shot of the game.
"Guangzhou Evergrande played very simply and gave the Longteng team a disastrous start." Liu Jianhong said excitedly, "It seems that they are not going to test and just start attacking hard. This should be the rhythm of this game."
Liu Jianhong was right. After Guangzhou Evergrande completed its first shot, the Longteng team began to press crazily. The two starting centers in this game, Zou Weijia and Chavez, used their strong bodies and good physical fitness to
The frontcourt continued to harass the Guangzhou Evergrande central defender one after another.
Ben Arfa, Tao Wentao and Xiang Tiange, who are behind the two centers, are stuck in front of the Guangzhou Evergrande midfielders, or stay beside them, although they are ready to steal Guangzhou Evergrande's pass.
This tactic made Guangzhou Evergrande extremely embarrassed. In the fifth minute of the first half, Guangzhou Evergrande's right back Shu Jun chose to take a risk and pass the ball to Zheng Zhi after being forced to the sideline. As a result, Zheng Zhi was
Tao Wentao next to Zhi took a step forward and intercepted the ball.
The Longteng team got the opportunity to steal the ball in the midfield and counterattack.
