Greentown did not expect Zeng Wengsheng to be so capable with his feet. He continuously accelerated and changed directions in the midfield to get rid of the three Greentown players, attracting one of Greentown's central defenders. Then Zeng Wengsheng passed the ball.
It was handed over to Ni Kai who came in at high speed from the left. After receiving the ball, the latter passed the ball past Greentown's right back and into the penalty area, forcing the last center back to run over to defend him.
Because one of the two central defenders went out and one was taken away by Ni Kai. When Zou Weijia received Ni Kai's inverted triangle pass, there was no one around him. Under such circumstances, Zou Weijia even shot at his feet.
No matter how bad his ability was, how could he let it go when faced with an almost empty goal? He easily sent the ball into the net with the safest instep push. The Longteng team broke the deadlock on the court and took a 1:0 lead.
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At this time, Greentown, which was lagging behind, just woke up from a dream and began to attack desperately. Zhang Sheng also gave up when the situation was good, and successively replaced Cao Jinghao and Shen Jun, who were more offensive-oriented Ni Kai and Zeng Wengrong, completely stretching the formation.
Come back.
Until the end of the game, the score of 1:0 was firmly maintained. After suffering a dull loss, Greentown could only accept the fact of defeat.
After this game, the relegation situation suddenly changed. As the last-ranked Changchun Yatai won Jingui's three points with a 1:0 victory, the point difference between Hangzhou Greentown and the last two teams was only five points.
Already.
At the same time, Evergrande was on full fire under the leadership of Diego Costa. The team defeated Luneng 4:0. Costa once again performed a terrifying hat trick, two hat tricks in a row, tying the previous Guangzhou R&F foreign aid forward Ha
Moder's record, Evergrande once again raised eyebrows.
Costa's outstanding performance also made Chinese fans full of expectations for the next AFC Champions League.
Guangzhou Evergrande, which is also fighting on the third front, will meet the challenge of South Korea's K-League team Suwon Samsung at home. Coupled with the match between Longteng and Jeonbuk Hyundai, this is another time when China and South Korea will dominate the AFC Champions League.
After this round of league matches, the Chinese Super League is about to make way for the first round of the World Cup qualifiers in the top 12 on September 1, and the two sides of the match are the Chinese team and the South Korean team. As for who is better in football between the two countries?
The weak argument suddenly became the focus.
If it were based on real history, it goes without saying that even the most optimistic Chinese fans do not think that the Chinese team can catch up with the Korean team.
This timeline is different now.
Whether it is the national team (mainly the youth national team) or the club, China has lost less and less to the South Korean team in recent years. Even a team like Shandong Luneng, which has been defeated by South Korea, can actually play against the South Korean team.
There have been back and forths, and Beijing Guoan has broken the embarrassment of losing more than winning. As for emerging clubs like Shanghai SIPG and Jiangsu Suning, their results against Korean teams are not bad, not to mention Guangzhou Evergrande's repeated defeats.
They defeated their Korean opponents. Of course, the appearance of Longteng made it even more difficult for Korean clubs to hold their heads high - Longteng is still undefeated against Korean K-League clubs.
Regarding this point, there is still a lot of controversy online, and most of the opposition comes from questioning the club's foreign aid.
For example, this reply on the Internet received a very high number of likes: "Can you please remove the number of goals scored by foreign players in both clubs? You can remove it and then look at the scores of both sides. Yes! The clubs I am talking about include those who were
You boast about the Soaring Dragon Team."
And when Chinese fans in red pants brought up the record of the Chinese national youth team, national youth team and Olympic team beating Korean teams of the same level in recent years, they were even more criticized by fans in white pants: "World Junior Championships"
, What can the results of the World Youth Championship and the Olympic Games prove? Can it win the World Junior Championship, can it win the World Cup? If it can enter the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship, can it enter the semi-finals of the World Cup? If the Olympic team can take third place, can it win the World Cup?
Third? Let’s make it to the World Cup first and then brag about it.”
"Then we'll wait and see." Without actual victory as evidence, fans who are optimistic about the Chinese team can only respond with harsh words.
The controversy on the Internet was so great this time that the football topic that had just won the Olympic bronze medal was stirred up again. Even Zhang Sheng, who has become the number one local coach in the country, was involved.
Before the Dragons set sail for South Korea, several media interviewed him and asked about the strength of the Chinese and Korean teams, as well as predictions of the outcome of the next two teams.
Zhang Sheng could only laugh at this: "The results of football matches are difficult to predict. As for the strength of both sides, the final score cannot be 100% determined. We can see the progress of Chinese football in recent years, but we can neither be complacent nor complacent.
You belittle yourself. In the end, the team that plays harder and smarter will definitely win."
What else could he say?
It is said that the team is stronger than the Korean team and will definitely win. Zhang Sheng is indeed not optimistic about the performance of the Chinese team led by Perrin, but admits that it is not as good as the opponent and will lose. Then on the eve of the war, whether it is against the players of the Chinese national team or the
The self-confidence of the players on your own team is a big blow.
In Zhang Sheng's mind, the chance of defeating the South Korean team in an away game is very small. If they can get a draw, they should be happy.
Of course, Zhang Sheng is confident that his team will win.
Also confident of winning is Jeonbuk Hyundai head coach Choi Kang-hee.
In last year's AFC Champions League, Jeonbuk Hyundai also met the Longteng team in the quarter-finals. At that time, Jeonbuk Hyundai was short of major generals and could only use 36-year-old Lee Tong-guk as the core on the front line. When the score fell behind,
The substitutes who can be used are actually foreign players who can't even play in the league.
But this year they are different.
In order to win the AFC Champions League again, the team has invested as much as 32.8 billion won this year, equivalent to RMB 193 million. Although this investment is only at the level of a relegation team in the Chinese Super League, in the Korean K-League, that is an incredible figure. Compared with the investment
Second place FC Seoul had almost double the number.
This is an absolute anomaly in the K-League, where investment is generally low.
As early as the beginning of the season, the Jeonbuk team proposed a plan to form two lineups, introducing Pohang Steelers' Ko Moo-yeol, Ulsan Hyundai's Kim Shin-woo, Suwon Samsung's Choi Jae-soo, Kashiwa Reysol's Kim Chang-soo,
Kim Bo Kyung from Wigan Athletic and Kim Shin from Lyon; in terms of foreign aid, they poached forward Lopez, who scored 11 goals at Jeju United last season, and introduced former Tianjin TEDA player Partaru.
These players have consumed a lot of money from Jeonbuk Hyundai. Among the top five local Korean players in terms of annual salary, the top three are all Hyundai players: Kim Shin-wook with 8.81 million yuan, Kim Bo-kyung with 6.05 million yuan, and Lee Tong-guo with 5.2 million yuan;
Among the top five foreign players in annual salary, Jeonbuk Hyundai also occupies the 1st, 3rd, and 4th positions: Leonardo 10.22 million yuan, Edu 6.11 million yuan, and Lopez 5.38 million yuan respectively.
If there are several teams in the Chinese Super League that are comparable in terms of salary, Jeonbuk Hyundai is completely unique in the Korean K-League, which makes the Korean fans feel numb.
With high-level foreign players, a large number of national-level domestic players, and a group of national-level players within the team, Jeonbuk Hyundai's strength is among the best in Asia.
All this stems from the emphasis that the group behind the club, Jeonbuk Motors Group, places on football. Unlike Samsung Group, which focuses on the Korean domestic baseball market, Chung Eui-sun, vice president of Hyundai Motor Group, is a staunch football fan. He personally not only agrees with Lee
Cui Kangxi has a very good personal relationship with the same country, and has included sports and even football as part of the group's advanced brand strengthening strategy, and is even preparing to imitate the Chinese Super League clubs in buying world-class stars.
Of course, Jeonbuk Hyundai's operating methods are also the trend of the big clubs in South Korea's K-League. In recent years, the K-League has become increasingly divided into rich and poor. Jeonbuk Hyundai, Seoul FC, and Ulsan Hyundai have all adopted the method of hoarding international football players to build their teams.
, and it is possible to use up all 4 foreign aid quotas with a high salary.
So far, Hyundai has maintained an unbeaten record with seventeen wins and twelve draws in the three-cycle regular season, which is the best in the K-League.
Moreover, such a result was achieved even though Jeonbuk Hyundai was faced with huge off-site interference factors, which is even more rare and valuable.
However, Jeonbuk Hyundai’s off-field interference factors this season cannot be blamed on others, because it is the trouble they caused for themselves.
The cause was that during the 2013 season, Jeonbuk Hyundai Club's scouts gave financial bribes to two referees who were officiating that season. A total of 5 million Korean won (equivalent to approximately 27,500 yuan) was given in five installments. As a result, this matter was
It was exposed by the media in May this year.
Soon South Korea's judicial agencies intervened in the matter and conducted an investigation. It is said that the penalty results will be given in the near future. Judging from the news, it is certain that Jeonbuk Hyundai will be deducted points this season. As for whether it will be
Being banned from participating in the AFC Champions League next season is also a problem.
Such an external environment does have an impact on Jeonbuk Hyundai, but Cui Kangxi, as the "Pope" of Jeonbuk, has at least stabilized the situation on the surface.
Cui Kangxi, who was full of confidence last season, did not think much of the Longteng team. In his eyes, the Longteng team is not much different from other Chinese Super League clubs. It is a team that relies on superior top foreign players to play the game. Once the foreign players are eliminated
If the restrictions are dead, the team's offense will be completely misfired.
For such a team, Cui Kangxi believes that he is very experienced - Shanghai SIPG was defeated by him in this way.
But in the actual game, the performance of the domestic players of the Longteng team still made Cui Kangxi feel that he had miscalculated. The 0:3 defeat at home in the first round made him realize the difference between the Longteng team and other Chinese Super League teams.
In the second round of the game, they were able to draw 2:2 away from the Longteng team, which proved that the veteran coach has a very good ability to adjust.
In this year's AFC Champions League, Jeonbuk Hyundai has been waiting to meet the Longteng team again to avenge its past humiliation. This time, it finally caught the opportunity. Cui Kangxi even hated the Longteng team for selling Pato and Ben Arfa, because after he
It seems that even defeating the Dragon Team is not enough to reflect the gold content of the victory.
So before the game, Cui Kangxi gave his disciples a fatal order: "In this game, I just want to win. Now many people outside say that our victory was bought with money, not only the players but also the referees.
But everyone knows that every victory we have is earned through hard work."
"In order to shut up those people outside, I hope you will prove your strength until we win the AFC Champions League." Cui Kangxi categorically stated his desire for the AFC Champions League.
At this time, on the other side, Zhang Sheng seemed extremely relaxed: "I bet the opponent must be gnashing their teeth and swearing now. Last year we scored three goals here and shut them down again. Koreans are very particular about revenge. This
In this game, you can completely imagine how crazy they will attack."
"But this is our opportunity." Zhang Sheng started his usual guided tactical arrangement, "We have already seen Jeonbuk Hyundai's tactics in last year's game, which basically focused on full-court press. More
He likes to play a high center forward tactic, with two wingers responsible for kicking the ball, and he also likes to play a 45-degree slant at every turn."
"So how to limit their two wingers is the most critical point." Zhang Sheng came to the point directly, "This season, Quanbuk bought Ricardo Lopez, and combined with Leonardo in the team, finally
We have gathered together the two foreign aid wingers that Cui Kangxi wanted. Paul, Tiange, you two don't have to worry about anything, and resolutely hit the two full-backs behind them. Qi Ming and Tao Wentao, you expand your defense.
Just widen the area and not give their two wide foreign players a chance to cut in and shoot."
"Finally, what I want to emphasize is that they like to fight hard. Let's show them what real pressing is. This is what we have been emphasizing for most of the season." Zhang Sheng said proudly in the end.
The head coaches of both sides are arranging tactics, and the commentators in charge of commentary are also analyzing the upcoming game.
As the highlight of the AFC Champions League, both China and South Korea have fielded extremely strong lineups.
China’s CCTV 5 broadcast the broadcast, and the narration was the classic combination of He Wei and Xu Yang. LeTV, which has the rights to broadcast online, appeared in the cross talk group of Li Xin and Dong Lu. On the South Korean side, the two narrations were narrated by last year.
The top commentary team for team games - host Baek Sungjae and South Korea's top football commentator Park Moon-sung-rae partner up.
The three pairs of commentators analyzed the past history while introducing the comparison between the two teams this year and last year. The Chinese commentators unanimously believed that the strength of the two sides was closer than last year - the strength of the Longteng team has weakened, and the strength of Jeonbuk Hyundai has obviously improved.
Although the team has strengthened, the chance of the Longteng team winning away from home is still not small; and the South Korean side, like Cui Kangxi, seems confident. In their view, the three foreign players in Jeonbuk this year are no worse than the Longteng team, and the Korean domestic players
The Chinese players are stronger than the Longteng team, and with the advantage of playing at home, Jeonbuk will lose if they don't win.
Sure enough, after the referee blew the whistle to start the game, players from Jeonbuk Hyundai who got the right to kick-off rushed up like a tide. Most of these players on the field had played against the Longteng team, and they were basically all players.
They lost more than they won. This time they put their honor on the line, and their will for revenge began to burn.
