The departure of a star from the Chinese Super League has such a huge impact, which many people in the domestic football circle did not expect. However, overall, the significance of this transfer is very positive.
Among them, Evergrande has gained the most. Compared with the loss to the team's strength caused by players leaving, other places can make up for it.
The continuous attention from domestic and foreign media and fans has made Evergrande Club famous around the world, and it has also inspired their subsequent recruitment in South America and Europe - here players will not only not be abandoned, but may also be reborn.
Then it is the Chinese Super League that benefits. Barcelona’s introduction of Paulinho can be said to be an endorsement of the level of the Chinese Super League. If more players come to the Chinese Super League, they will worry that the league level is not enough, the attention is not enough, and the doubts about losing their position in the national team will be reduced a lot.
What was unexpected in the end was that the Longteng team also "profited": many foreign media, fans and European clubs who had not paid attention to the Longteng team before began to pay attention to this team in the Chinese Super League that is more dominant than Evergrande.
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"Even Evergrande with Paulinho can't get rid of the dominance of Longteng in the Chinese Super League. How strong is this team and what good players are there?" This has become the concern of many European media, clubs and fans.
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It should be said that these people in Europe have been a bit late to the game and are more concerned about the development of football around the world - Football Manager has been paying attention to the Dragons for a long time.
As early as 2016, when they released Football Manager 2017, they made adjustments to the Chinese Super League. Among them, the adjustments to the Longteng team were the biggest, including those players of the Longteng team who participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics football match.
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This year, Sega launched the simplified Chinese version in June that Chinese players have longed for. At the same time, it also made adjustments to the data of Chinese Super League players. The ability and potential values of the group of Chinese players who have played in the World Youth Championship have increased again.
, among which several players of the Longteng team attracted the most attention.
Players like Nie Jiang, who did not participate in the World Youth Championship but have been famous for a long time, were assigned a ca/pa of 133/160, which is the player with the highest potential among all Chinese players.
For comparison, the potential value of 160 is slightly lower than SIPG's foreign aid Hulk (165) and Oscar (170), but it is higher than Elkson's 150, and even higher than Paulinho, who has just transferred to Barcelona (
155), which is the same as Jiangsu Suning’s foreign aid Ramirez.
The ability value of 133 is higher than Barcelona's Munir (130) and Borini (130) who just joined on loan. It is only 2 points lower than West Ham United's leading forward Carroll. This is a player who can definitely play in the game.
Data based on the five major European leagues.
Among the other players, Xiang Tiange, who has transferred to Beijing Zhonghe Guoan, has reached 120/150, and the game has high hopes. After all, he has won the World Youth Championship, won a medal in the Olympics, and won another World Youth Championship this time.
Winning fourth place, a remarkable achievement.
The rest are Qi Ming 118/145 and Liming 115/140, both of which are top-notch in the Chinese Super League.
Because of the good results of the Longteng team, even several foreign players in the team were looked down upon by Yugi Gao.
The highest is De Paul, whose 136/150 data is already on the same level as R. Martinez, whom Suning bought for 9 million euros. Chavez is 133/133, and Fernando is the lowest 130/145.
According to Football Manager, the average CA data of the Dragons is not much worse than the relegation teams in the five major leagues.
What is even more surprising is that because the players of the Longteng team are generally relatively young, their PA data is relatively high. If they can really realize their potential, it will be at the level of the teams shortlisted for the Champions League in the five major leagues.
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This is evident from the Football Manager game’s expectations and emphasis on the Dragons.
After Paulinho's transfer exposed the Dragons, Europe's attention to the Dragons has changed a lot.
In the past, those who paid attention to the Dragons were those teams that had cooperated with the Dragons, or a few giant clubs with global layout capabilities. Overall, the Dragons had a small voice in European football.
However, after the Paulinho transfer drama, the Longteng team, which is more powerful than Evergrande, has attracted the attention of countless European teams. In addition, in recent years, Wuzhou Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Longteng Group, has expanded its European business
To expand, some small and medium-sized clubs that had not paid attention to the Chinese Super League before, or were still waiting on the sidelines of the Chinese Super League and Longteng Club, have also begun to contact the Longteng Team.
A gold mine suddenly appeared in front of them.
Without exception, they all made bids for several outstanding players such as Nie Jiang. At the same time, several foreign players were not let go. For a time, inquiry documents poured in one after another.
Although the Longteng team rejected all inquiries, it still made the employees in the club very tired.
After this year's season entered August, all teams in the Chinese Super League ushered in the busiest month.
To make way for the last two games of the top 12 of the World Cup qualifiers on August 31 and September 5, double matches were arranged for three consecutive weeks, two of which were in the Football Association Cup.
The top three teams in the league, Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG, are also in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
In addition, the Chinese Super League clubs are also participating in the AFC Champions League. They also need to play an AFC Champions League game in the middle of the fourth week. This also means that these three teams must have an AFC Champions League game every three days.
A high-intensity match is about to be played.
August has always been the hottest day in China, with temperatures reaching 37 or 8 degrees Celsius at all times. Playing double matches a week in such weather can imagine the physical demands on the players.
This is the time to test the depth of the benches of these three teams.
Judging from the situation in the past two weeks, although everyone has their own difficulties, everyone has withstood it.
The problem for the Longteng team is the injuries to goalkeeper Huang Dawei and center back Ma Yongli; Guangzhou Evergrande is due to the departure of Paulinho and the injuries of Huang Bowen and Mei Fang; Shanghai SIPG is due to the suspension of the team's playmaker Oscar for eight months.
game, he was suspended for six games.
In the first two weeks of double matches, the Longteng team had two wins and two draws - one game was the second round of the Football Association Cup. After winning the first round by a big score, all the substitutes came on and tied. Guangzhou Evergrande had three wins and one draw.
Shanghai SIPG also had three wins and one draw.
Compared with real history, the latter two have certain improvements.
The main reason for Evergrande is that the emergence of Du Zhenyu, an excellent central defender, is equivalent to having one more Feng Xiaoting, which ensures the stability of the defense, and SIPG benefits even more. Yan Xiaoyu played half of the Kongka in the days when Oscar was away.
He took over the responsibility of the team's frontcourt offensive organization, unlike in history, where he went without a win for 4 consecutive rounds.
By August 15th, even though the third weekly doubleheader was coming, Zhang Sheng was obviously in a much happier mood.
Many times, people are happy not because they have done something good, but because someone is worse off than you.
This is why Zhang Sheng is so happy this time. The Longteng team will play the FA Cup semi-finals at home with Shanghai Shenxin in the middle of the week, while Shanghai SIPG will compete with Guangzhou Evergrande at home. Next week, the
Evergrande will have another AFC Champions League clash with SIPG.
It can be said that Zhang Sheng was watching as if he were sitting on a mountain and watching the fight between tigers and tigers.
The opponent in the semi-finals, Shanghai Shenxin, can be said to be the biggest dark horse in the FA Cup this season.
Still in the Chinese Football Association Cup, they eliminated the newly promoted Chinese Super League team Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng, and then eliminated the powerful Chinese League team Hangzhou Greentown. Especially in the quarter-finals, Shen Xin defeated the strong.
, eliminated Jiangsu Suning with a total score of 4:3 and became the only Chinese League One team to advance to the semi-finals of the Football Association Cup.
It is very difficult for the Shanghai Shenxin team to gain a foothold in the Shanghai duo - Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG. A large number of fans are diverted by these two Chinese Super League teams. Only Jinshan, where the team club is located,
(A suburban area in Shanghai) Some fans are paying attention. The team's home stadium has always been at the bottom of the Chinese Premier League in terms of the number of fans watching its games.
However, they are very popular among some neutral fans because the team insists on using a large number of young players - most of whom are on loan from the Chinese Super League teams. It insists on ground coordination and small-scale passing style, which is very entertaining, and it prevents counterattacks.
The tactics are straightforward and efficient.
But in general, Shenxin's strength is very weak. Judging from the fact that they conceded 24 goals in 21 rounds of China League One, the team's current results are entirely due to the explosion of two foreign forwards.
They are Conca's former teammate, the Brazilian player Biro Biro, and the other is the two-time top scorer in the Thai Super League, Brazilian forward Clayton, who was bought from Muangthong United in the Thai Super League at the beginning of the season.
Before the game, Shenxin Spanish coach Juan Ignacio complimented the Longteng team very much: "I know that the Longteng team is the strongest team in China. They have the best local players in the Chinese Super League, and the foreign players are also very strong.
. We have reached this point and are very lucky to be able to play against them. We will not care about the final result of the game, everyone will enjoy this game very much."
The Dragons players did not fall for such an obvious smoke screen.
Against Shen Xin, two foreign players who are not tall but very fast, Zhang Sheng used Lu Yangyang, the same type of central defender, to defend. Judging from the situation of the game, the effect was very good.
Relying on its strong strength, the Longteng team took the lead in the first half with two set-piece headers from Tang Jin and Lu Zhihui. In the second half, Ni Kai scored another goal, completely killing the game.
In fact, when Shenxin coach Juan saw that the Longteng team only played two foreign players and rotated three players in other positions, he thought that his deceptive tactic of showing weakness was successful, but the routine is often based on a certain level of strength.
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Lu Yangyang could take turns to watch Shen Xin's two forwards, and the game was basically over. If Zhang Sheng hadn't intentionally slowed down the pace in the second half, three substitutes who had played less games this season would have been brought in after 3:0.
, the game is likely to have a big score.
In a lackluster game, the only bright spot was in the visiting team's stands. The home team's stands were still very popular in this game, but there was only one person in the away team's stands. Even so, every time Shen Xin attacked or destroyed the Longteng team.
When attacking, he would wave his scarf to celebrate.
Countless fans praised him after the game.
After easily solving his own problems, Zhang Sheng began to pay attention to the other two opponents in the FA Cup.
Before the game, there was a great contrast between Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG.
For Guangzhou Evergrande, Paulinho has just left. Mei Fang and Huang Bowen are seriously injured and are out for the season. At the same time, Goulart and Gao Lin have minor injuries and are sitting on the bench. Even though Evergrande has a player reserve that ranks first in the Chinese Super League.
At this time, we have reached our limit. On the other hand, Shanghai SIPG, Oscar, and Fu Huan all returned from suspension in time, and there are no injuries. It can be said that they are strong.
The only thing Evergrande relies on may be the temperament of a championship team at critical moments and the experience of big competitions.
In actual games, this is indeed the case.
Shanghai SIPG took the absolute initiative on the court, while Evergrande counterattacked step by step under strong pressure. In the first half alone, SIPG had two goalposts, and Liu Dianzuo, who came on as a substitute, had even more
Made a crucial save.
What is more dramatic is that it was Guangzhou Evergrande who scored the first goal in the first half. Du Zhenyu, who played as a double central defender with Kim Young Kwon as a substitute, got his first goal in Guangzhou Evergrande. He scored with a header from a corner kick.
When Du Zhenyu scored, Zhang Sheng, who was in front of the TV, burst into laughter when he saw Villas-Boas angrily slamming the water bottle in his hand.
Until the end of the first half, Guangzhou Evergrande entered the halftime break with a one-goal lead. The commentators criticized SIPG's strikers for wantonly spitting cakes, and being behind was a natural result of punishment.
In the second half, Shanghai SIPG, which continued to besiege, finally reaped results. It was Hulk Hulk's super heavy shot that caused Liu Dianzuo to save the ball. Wu Lei followed up with a follow-up shot to equalize the score.
After the goal, SIPG seemed to not know how to score again. Hulk and Oscar hit the goal post continuously, but could not expand the score. Evergrande was limited by the weak midfield advancement and could not counterattack. More
The only chance of scoring goals is through set kicks.
Fortunately, at the final moment of the game, central defender He Haicheng scored with a header from a corner kick, returning the same goal to Evergrande to take the lead.
In addition to the score, the post-match statistics can well reflect the actual fighting situation between the two sides: SIPG controlled as much as 60% of the ball and took 23 shots in the game, 7 of which hit the target. This does not include four hits on the goal post.
Evergrande's 40% ball possession rate, only 2 of the 13 shots hit the target, and there was only one goalpost. In terms of the number of free kicks and corner kicks in the frontcourt, SIPG also had a clear advantage, but they used corner kicks with Evergrande.
Compared with breaking the record, SIPG's set kick failed to pose much of a threat.
After the game, Villas-Boas's unhappiness was evident on his face: "We deserved the victory tonight. We controlled the situation on the field for most of the game. I think if we seize the opportunity well,
, we can get a bigger score difference. We could have scored more goals tonight, but we just lacked luck in the game."
Scolari accepted the defeat calmly. After all, he was playing with half the main lineup, the score was 1:2, and it was an away game. Sometimes such an away goal is decisive: "A very exciting game, SIPG."
They created more chances throughout the game and they deserved this win.”
Two teams that tried their best, but the only good thing was the Longteng team.
