It’s not that the Dragons have never experienced players. Players can come and go freely, which has always been Zhang Sheng’s philosophy. More often than not, Zhang Sheng even supports the movement of players, hoping that they can take away the Dragons’ new training methods and new tactical concepts.
At the same time, it can also improve the overall level of the Chinese Super League.
But this also depends on the position of the player, because there are some positions that the team needs very much and candidates are scarce, such as the goalkeeper position of Zhou Wei who proposed to transfer this time.
As a player who was summoned as early as the second league, he belongs to the early batch. Those players have a common characteristic, that is, they all have obvious shortcomings. Zhou Wei's biggest shortcoming is his lack of concentration, which leads to unstable performance.
, Zhang Sheng gave him special training for this matter, but sometimes, his natural shortcomings still appear from time to time.
For example, in an away game against Jiangsu Suning some time ago, Zhou Wei was a mess in his first start. Now it seems that he was secretly talking about a transfer at that time, so he was thinking too much about the game.
The one who wants to buy Zhou Wei is Kaisa, who took over the Shenzhen team at the beginning of this year. They failed to reach the Super League this year but succeeded in relegation. Kaisa has no objection to this result, but the experience of Kaisa's boss makes him want to invest in football to gain some "
brand".
Therefore, Kaisa's investment budget for next year is 300 million, and it has only one goal, which is to exceed the budget.
So finding a reliable goalkeeper for the team is a top priority. After all, a good goalkeeper is worth half of the team.
The problem is that Kaisa needs a reliable goalkeeper, and the Longteng team also needs a reliable substitute goalkeeper. Look at Zengcheng’s injury and unable to play, Liu Dianzuo’s performance, and then think about the first season of the Chinese Super League. His team’s substitute goalkeeper was not available.
It's reliable. If you haven't won a championship, you know how important the substitute goalkeeper is.
Zhang Sheng now has three summoned goalkeepers and two non-summoned goalkeepers.
Among them, the first goalkeeper in the ranking is undoubtedly Huang Dawei, the second goalkeeper is Zhou Wei, and the third goalkeeper should have been Song Dongdong, a talented goalkeeper, but he is still at the end of the recovery period from injury - he will be able to do it next season.
He followed the team for winter training, but he is too young, inexperienced and has poor ability. He has not played for a year after the operation, so it is difficult to judge his actual condition.
Of the two non-call goalkeepers, one has an ability value of less than 70, which is a level that can only play in the first league, and can only play in the reserve league; the other is an ordinary young player who is completely in the echelon, can he become a good player?
The path of a professional player is difficult to predict.
If Zhou Wei really leaves, then once Huang Dawei is injured or suspended due to red and yellow cards, the goalkeeper who comes to replace him will be too unreliable.
However, if Zhou Wei wants to leave, Zhang Sheng cannot stop him. His reasons are very good: "I used to be a starter, play in games, and can join the national team. Now I have less time to play as a substitute, let alone the national team.
So I want to go to a team where I can play the starting goalkeeper."
"It is impossible to play as a substitute. It is impossible to play as a substitute in this life. As long as I can play as a starter, I am willing to go to the Chinese League One team." Zhou Weiliang made his bottom line clear.
Zhou Wei's words made Zhang Sheng helpless. The substitute goalkeeper is indeed a very embarrassing position, and he will be benched at every turn. If he is a very ordinary player, he can sit on the bench patiently and forget it. Like Zhou Wei
For a player who has started games for the national team and has such an active personality, it is impossible for him to sit on the bench and play as a substitute.
"I agree to your transfer request." After pondering for a while, Zhang Sheng finally put it down, "Of course, if multiple clubs promise to give you a starting spot, we will choose the one with a higher price."
"Thank you, boss!" Zhou Wei soon smiled. Kaisa must have done a good job by contacting him so early. It has basically been decided.
Of course, according to Zhou Wei's level, Kaisa has a big business and will not offer any outrageous price. More than 50 million is the lowest price. After all, it is Qianguomen.
After letting Zhou Wei go, what Zhang Sheng had to do now was to quickly recruit another goalkeeper. Although he would definitely not need it for a while, he had to prepare it first. After seeing that he still had 260 points, he originally planned to use it to summon him. The skills of youth training coaches should be used in calling players.
On November 19, the AFC Champions League final started, and Guangzhou Evergrande faced the challenge of Al Ain at home.
Al Ain from the United Arab Emirates League is the best club in West Asia. This team is rich and has many European internationals in the team, but their real core is Omar, who is known as the "Messi of the Gulf". A truly talented player.
At least in the AFC Champions League finals, he showed a very high level.
Because Lin Feng was injured in the national team, he was unable to attend the game. Guangzhou Evergrande's midfield link-up ability was greatly weakened. Scolari chose a more hard-hitting style of play, relying on pressure and impact. Diego Costa The threat in the frontcourt is very big.
Al Ain is obviously not afraid of Guangzhou Evergrande's playing style. The foreign players they choose are also dark and tough players who are keen on confrontation and individual breakthroughs.
The two teams switched offense and defense very quickly throughout the game, and the moves were very large under the loose rules of the referee.
In the first half, when both sides were in good physical condition and could maintain their concentration, it was still a draw. By the time the second half was nearly seventy minutes, both sides had scored.
First, Al Ain's Omar provided an assist with his Messi-style pass, and their forward Asprilla volleyed into the net to break the deadlock. This time, the background player was Li Xuepeng, who had just returned from injury.
Fortunately, Diego Costa was strong enough. He first received a pass from Goulart in the 77th minute and got rid of Al Ain's central defender and scored a key equalizer. Then in the 82nd minute, He succeeded in teasing the opponent's player, allowing the opponent to push him down in the penalty area and get a penalty kick. When Diego Costa successfully took the penalty kick and overtook the score, Al Ain's players changed from their momentary turmoil. Wake up.
But then their players became a little angry. Goulart was shoveled off the field by the opponent's substitute player, which could be said to be a loss of blood. Then Li Xuepeng was injured again, making Evergrande's side even worse.
Fortunately, Evergrande held on to the score of 2:1 in the end.
A week later, in the second round on November 26, Evergrande, with its battalion full of wounded soldiers, was in mourning.
Fortunately, only three minutes into the game, Guangzhou Evergrande scored from their first corner kick. Paulinho's header broke the deadlock on the field.
However, in the AFC Champions League, it was particularly obvious that the East Asian team suffered the referee's disadvantages in this game. Guangzhou Evergrande's midfielder has strong confrontation ability because of the presence of Paulinho, and Al Ain frequently committed fouls. To destroy Evergrande's counterattack. The action on the field was even greater than in the first round. During the game, players from both sides were entangled many times and both fell to the ground, but they quickly got up and continued to fight.
After continuously interrupting Guangzhou Evergrande's offense, Al Ain, playing at home, gradually took the initiative on the court under Omar's organization. However, their forwards were too strong in spitting cakes and wasted countless of Omar's goals.
A good shot.
In the 35th minute of the first half, Al Ain finally took advantage of a corner kick to get the score back. This time the goal was scored by Lee Myung-joo, a midfielder from East Asia and South Korea.
As the referee awarded Al Ain a penalty kick in the 40th minute, but it was kicked away by their players, the emotions of both sides became increasingly difficult to control.
In stoppage time, Zheng Zhi fell to the ground during the fight, but the referee did not stop the game. Al Ain players did not stop attacking after getting the ball, which led to a fierce dispute between the coaching staff of both sides on the sidelines. In the end, Al Ain’s head coach and Heng
The assistant coach was sent to the stands, but Zheng Zhi was replaced at halftime.
In the second half, Guangzhou Evergrande basically became Al Ain's defensive props. The UAE team attacked countless times and shot the ball away countless times. In the second half alone, they had 14 shots, 6 of which were on target. Liu Dianzuo
As if Buffon was possessed, he used various actions to save the ball on the goal line again and again.
Until the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score was still 1:1.
In the end, Guangzhou Evergrande used their strong mental power to hold on to the game, defeating Al Ain with a total score of 3:2 and winning the second AFC Champions League trophy in team history.
Although Evergrande lost and gained something, they won the AFC Champions League after losing the league championship. However, the price of this championship was a bit high, because the Football Association Cup final will be three days later. In these two rounds, including Zengcheng and Li Xuepeng
, Zheng Zhi, Lin Feng, and Goulart will definitely not be able to participate in the battle. Shu Jun found that he had water in his knees after the game and was unable to participate in the first round. Whether he can participate in the second round depends on his recovery.
On November 30, Guangzhou Evergrande, playing at home, put up a very sad lineup. Goulart's position was replaced by Alan, who had been away from the team for a long time. The other position players were miserable, and the two full-backs were in extraordinary condition.
The poor Zou Zheng and Wang Yuandi, whose level is not to be praised; the central defender Mei Fang is injured and no one can replace him, so he can only force it; Paulinho and Liao Lisheng's double midfielder is not reassuring at first glance.
Shang Zheng Long finally got into the starting lineup, and with the addition of Gao Lin and Diego Costa, it was a little bit interesting.
With such a lineup and average physical fitness, Guangzhou Evergrande would have a hard time defending even if they adopted a defensive counterattack style.
At the end of the first half, the Longteng team made a fierce attack. De Paul scored a goal and took a 1:0 lead in the away game. In the last ten minutes of the second half, Nie Jiang scored two goals to expand the score to 3:
0. If Diego Costa hadn't pulled one back, the second round would basically have been unnecessary.
In the final round of the Football Association Cup, Guangzhou Evergrande, who was short of major generals, was defeated by the Dragons 1:3 at their home court and gained the initiative.
Perhaps because the successive battles to avoid relegation in the Chinese Super League, defend the AFC Champions League in the Chinese Super League, and the heroic performance of the national team have consumed the enthusiasm of most fans, this year's competition between the two FA Cup rivals was not as exciting as expected.
In the second round, although the injuries of Evergrande Shu Jun and Mei Fang were basically relieved after a week of rest, and Yu Hanchao returned quickly to continue the wave, the lack of too many main players still prevented Evergrande from playing in good form.
Guangzhou Evergrande has been working hard to score goals. The absence of Goulart has left Diego Costa without a good helper. In addition, Paulinho has to spend a lot of energy defending in the midfield. Evergrande's offense has always been sound.
But it didn't land.
On the contrary, the Longteng team took advantage of Guangzhou Evergrande's eagerness to score, and Tao Wentao successfully attacked and scored a goal at the end of the first half.
Falling behind with a total score of 1:4, Evergrande gave up its final struggle. More than 30 minutes into the second half, seeing no hope of scoring, Scolari began to let players like Zhang OK, who was born in 2000, start to play and feel the atmosphere. Accordingly,
The Longteng team also fielded players like Shen Jun and Wang Xing who were difficult to play in the game.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Chen Jiangfeng, who came to watch the game with his new girlfriend, gained a lot of face. Of course, as a college student from a prestigious university, Chen Jiangfeng still spoke very well: "You are really
My lucky star, you see our team won the championship as soon as you came here, our first time is so happy."
The end of the FA Cup also means that the 2016 season is officially over for the Longteng Club. Compared with other clubs, the holiday is relatively late. Of course, Guangzhou Evergrande, who also plays in the Club World Cup, is the latest team to have a holiday.
Most of the Chinese Super League teams have basically started winter training for the 2017 season. The Shanghai duo, who were a bit frustrated this season, started to assemble on December 4th. Compared with history, Shenhua, which lost the qualification for the AFC Champions League, started gathering on December 4th.
It started on December 1st; several teams that have been relegated every year, including Yanbian Fude, Henan Jianye, Chongqing Lifan, and Changchun Yatai, also gathered around December 5th.
Zhang Sheng's plan is to take a month off after the summary meeting to allow the players who have worked hard for a year to have a good rest, and then gather for winter training.
On December 4th, the annual Longteng Club season summary meeting was held.
As in the past, the annual club summary meeting is about awarding awards and distributing money, and the most eye-catching thing is the selection of overseas players.
Last season, when everyone thought it was Lin Feng, Zhang Sheng announced Nie Jiang, and later it was proved that Lin Feng was indeed leaving. Nie Jiang was promoted to the main forward, but I don't know whose turn it will be this year.
Compared to studying abroad, which was a slightly further goal, the players, after patiently listening to the reports from various club leaders, entered the first climax of their expectations: the distribution of bonuses.
According to the previous bonus award principles set by the Dragon Football Club, although the bonus this year is smaller than last year because of the AFC Champions League, it is still a large amount. At least the Dragon Football Club will give out 10 million this time.
In addition to the distribution of game bonuses, the best player, top scorer, best local scorer, and most improved player awards within the club are also announced.
Nie Jiang scored 18 goals this season. He is the team's top scorer, the best local scorer, and the best player. In the end, he also won the best improved player. Each award is worth 100,000 yuan. It can be said that he is today.
The one who gets the biggest harvest at night.
"I remember when the boss approached me and asked me to play professional football. I played wild football and got paid." Nie Jiang's pause here caused a group of people below to laugh, and he continued without caring.
Speaking of his acceptance speech, he said, "I thought at the time. When I played a lot of games, I could get ten thousand or twenty thousand. Who are you, can you afford that kind of money?"
This time everyone laughed even harder.
After Nie Jiang waited for everyone to laugh, he said seriously: "Now, I am doing what I love most, and with a salary that I could never imagine before, I feel that I am the happiest person in the world. Thank you, boss, and thank you to the club.
