Compared with the qualification for the AFC Champions League, the situation of relegation is slightly clearer.

In the relegation team, because Guizhou people only have 19 points, they have been relegated, then the last place is produced between Tianjin Taida and Liaoning Hongyun, but now Liaoning Hongyun has 27 points higher than Tian Tianjin Taida, and the situation of relegation is still very good.

However, the current Zhang Sheng has neither the energy to care about who qualifies for the AFC Champions League, nor does he have time to care about who will be relegated or not, because the second leg of the AFC Champions League semifinals is about to begin.

Before the game, this game was hailed as "an extension of the competition for the crown of the Chinese Super League".

Before the game, Xu Jiaying, the owner of Guangzhou Evergrande, once again reiterated his heavy prize rules, and the goal difference award of 5 million goals in the last game was extended to this one, in order to create an atmosphere of cheering for his team as much as possible, Boss Xu asked the Longteng team whether he could provide 6,000 tickets for away fans.

Zhang Sheng did not agree to Boss Xu's request, not because he was afraid that there would be more away fans and that his home atmosphere was not enough - Zhang Sheng was never afraid of being away or at home, not to mention that the atmosphere at home of the Longteng team this season has always been known as the home stadium of the devil, and they have never lost at home since this season.

Zhang Sheng refused to provide Guangzhou Evergrande with more away tickets because he didn't even have enough tickets for the home stadium.

As early as a month ago, the Longteng team, which has a high probability of coming to this point, was asked by countless people to keep tickets, and in order to maintain these relationships, Zhang Sheng gave away more than 500 guest tickets that did not require money.

Some time ago, when Zhang Sheng was preparing to list the team and sign a big contract with Dongfeng Group, he gave hundreds of tickets to these two big customers - this time Zhang Sheng took the initiative to invite them to come over - Zhang Sheng hoped to let them see his team enter the final of the AFC Champions League with their own eyes.

For the victory of this game, Zhang Sheng has enough confidence.

First of all, this is their home stadium, and in the fanatical cheering of the fans, the team's combat effectiveness has also doubled.

Secondly, the opponent was too passive in this game.

In the last game, Guangzhou Evergrande's main left wingback Zou Zheng was seriously injured - a torn thigh muscle and had to rest for more than three months; the two main full-backs Zheng Long and Huang Bowen were forced to suspend because of two yellow cards; the main central defender Feng Xiaoting was suspended for two yellow cards; and most importantly, their main attacker Goulart was also suspended.

It can be said that last time, Guangzhou Evergrande paid a great price for the comeback of the Longteng team. No matter how strong Guangzhou Evergrande's personnel reserves are, the impact of such a large-scale yellow card suspension is far from being reflected in the weakening of combat effectiveness on paper.

Now there are only a few players in the Guangzhou Evergrande team who can replace these players.

Zou Zheng's position can be played by Li Xuepeng, and the latter's strength is not necessarily worse than Zou Zheng; Feng Xiaoting's position is replaced by Mei Fang, and he and Jin Yingquan may be able to make up for the disadvantage of Guangzhou Evergrande's high-altitude ball, and in history, Mei Fang also replaced Jin Yingquan, who was suspended from the yellow card, to play the first leg of the AFC Champions League final, and performed very well; Zheng Long and Huang Bowen can be replaced by Yu Hanchao and Gao Lin, and even Liao Lisheng, Gao Jun and Rong Hao; then the impact of Gao Lat's absence is too great.

Guangzhou Evergrande in history this season to be honest, can have such dazzling results, Goulart is definitely the first to play, you must know that in history he is the second in the Super League scorer list, the first in the assist list, the AFC Champions League Golden Boot, and the double MVP.

Now in the game that needs the team's attack the most, Goulart is suspended, and Guangzhou Evergrande's power in the front court is less than half.

For this matter, Zhang Sheng kept guessing Scolari's thoughts with the coaching staff, and Scolari, as a party, was of course very distressed.

Judging from the intelligence collected by the Longteng team, Scolari should have let Gao Lin replace Gao Lat and use a 4-2-2-2 formation, so once Gao Lin comes to play one of the double center forwards, who will play the wingback is a problem that Zhang Sheng and the coaching staff must consider and deal with.

In the last round of the league, Guangzhou Evergrande defeated Tianjin TEDA 0:2 away, in that game, in the second half, it was Gao Lin who replaced Gao Lat on the field, and it was Wang Junhui who replaced Huang Bowen.

This player runs very smartly and elegantly, and he is a rare player in China who has a lot of confidence, dares to dribble, and dares to do outstanding actions, but he has several fatal weaknesses in football.

First, anyone who has seen him play can clearly find that he is the kind of person who plays with his head down, which leads to his second weakness - not good at cooperating, no matter what his subjective will is, it is difficult for a person who plays with his head down to find the position of his teammates in time, and he can't play if he wants to play.

In the end, he rushed up and often couldn't come back and couldn't prevent it, which was the biggest drawback for Guangzhou Evergrande, which played overall pressing tactics.

If Zhang Sheng and the coaching staff guessed correctly, even if Wang Junhui could play, he would rush up in the final stage of the game to see if it could have a little effect.

Guangzhou Evergrande's right forward should still be chosen between Liao Lisheng, Gao Jun and Rong Hao.

Of course, the Dragons are not without hidden dangers, first of all, the suspension of Roque Gill has greatly reduced the interception of the Dragons in the midfield, and as a hub connecting the defense and the midfield, he cannot play, and the impact is also very large.

Secondly, Nie Jiang's absence makes Zhang Sheng have a lot less choice in tactics, with Nie Jiang there, the trident in the front court can keep changing positions, and the team can seamlessly switch between 4-2-3-1 to 4-3-3, without Nie Jiang, the tacit understanding between Chavez and the other two foreign aides is far inferior to him, Zou Weijia is not very suitable for the style of play without a striker, and Zhang Sheng has a lot less backhand in the change of the field.

In addition to the competition at the competitive level, there is another level of competition that is extremely important this time.

That is, in terms of economy and politics.

At this time, the country's leaders were on a state visit to the United Kingdom, and the accompanying delegation included Xu Jiaying, the boss of Guangzhou Evergrande.

Obviously, outside the competitive level, Evergrande Group is now far ahead of Longteng Group, and the Longteng team wants to make progress in this, only by surpassing Evergrande at the competitive level first, Boss Xu can follow the group this time, relying on Guangzhou Evergrande's dominance in the Chinese Super League in recent years, and the success of the AFC Champions League.

Guangzhou Evergrande obviously knows this, for this competition, Guangzhou Evergrande used all its resources, it is said that after the request for more away tickets was refused, Evergrande contacted a number of large tourism agencies, let them help get tickets.

In order to ensure the ticket source of these fans, the Longteng club is also at the request of the Jiangcheng City Government, and several tourism agencies have formulated a tourist route to Jiangcheng to travel and watch the game at the same time.

Just such a little opportunity, gave Guangzhou Evergrande the opportunity to get tickets, and by the time the Longteng Club noticed it, Guangzhou Evergrande had already got hundreds of tickets.

When the Longteng Club tightened this opening, Guangzhou Evergrande also complained in the media and started a psychological war - they said that the Longteng team was so nervous that the fans of Guangzhou Evergrande were afraid of Guangzhou Evergrande and felt that they had no confidence in their home stadium, so they did it.

For such psychological warfare, Zhang Sheng's answer is very confident - a team that can't win at home will worry about such a thing.

Zhang Sheng's sentence is still quite stinging, since the establishment of the Longteng team, Guangzhou Evergrande has never lost at home, but has won twice, and Guangzhou Evergrande has never won at the home of Longteng.

Just after the turmoil of the ticket, a bigger news was heard, a well-known domestic sports media broke the news that the captain of the Longteng team, the organizational core of the team, is only 22 years old, and is also known as the core of the Chinese national team in the future of the decade, Zheng Zhi's successor Lin Feng intends to leave the Longteng team, and now multiple teams are contacting him.

At first, most of the fans didn't believe it, and the fans of the Longteng team felt that the news was too boring, even if Lin Feng wanted to leave, if he wanted to break the news, it would be from the side of the Longteng team, when would it be Guangzhou Evergrande's turn to break the news as soon as possible.

In fact, Lin Feng wanted to leave, it was Zhang Sheng's acquiescence, but in order not to affect the team's team atmosphere, Zhang Sheng and the brokerage company were extremely low-key in dealing with Lin Feng's transfer issue.

Lin Feng's performance in the club and the national team was hot before, even if the Longteng team did not make a big fanfare that Lin Feng was leaving, but just released a little rumor, several clubs in the Chinese Super League that were not short of money were like brown bears that saw salmon, and they all surrounded them.

But all the clubs that came over knew that if they wanted to buy Lin Feng, it was really not something that the players who bought the Longteng Club could operate it like they did in the past.

Everyone is a person who understands football, and Lin Feng's level is obvious to all.

To buy Lin Feng, in addition to satisfying the Longteng Club with the price, the conditions he offered must also satisfy Lin Feng, and Lin Feng's conditions are really a lot - in addition to having high requirements for salary, he also wants the club to promise to stay abroad, and it has to be a team in the five major leagues.

In order to win what can be said to be the most sensational transfer in the history of the Chinese Super League, everyone has worked hard. The attitude of the Dragons is also obvious, they can't let this rumor out before the end of the season, otherwise don't think about it.

In recent years, Guangzhou Evergrande has been looking for a successor for the team's captain Zheng Zhi, and they have bought a lot of players in the back position, among which Gao Jun, the former captain of the Longteng team, has been bought as a potential successor.

It's just that Gao Jun's advantages and disadvantages are very obvious, and he didn't play too well in Guangzhou Evergrande, and more of them were used by Guangzhou Evergrande in the way of midfield.

This time Lin Feng is different, compared to Gao Jun, Lin Feng has been in the Longteng team for a long time and has proven himself in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, even in the national team, Lin Feng also has a very good performance.

Of course, Zhang Sheng, who can observe the player index, knows the gap between these two players, Lin Feng's ability index is as high as 83, Gao Jun is only 70, once Lin Feng's transfer is successful, it will be the first summoned player to transfer to other Chinese Super League teams with an ability index of more than 80.

After the news of Lin Feng's transfer came out, Zhang Sheng was very angry, and Lin Feng hurriedly came over to explain to Zhang Sheng, saying that it was definitely not passed on by himself, and he said very sincerely: "Even if I want to leave, I will do my best to help the team win the AFC Champions League." ”

In the end, Zhang Sheng still chose to believe Lin Feng's words, after all, most of the time Lin Feng is a very thoughtful and rational player, and his character is not the kind of person who smiles on his lips and things in his hands.

Soon Zhang Sheng probably knew what the problem was.

In China, the Longteng Club is not only a treasure trove, but also a very "enthusiastic" treasure trove, this team known as the "Young Guards", there are the highest quality young players in China, in the nearly ten years of Chinese football abandoned youth training, it is too rare to buy young players who can be used, and the Longteng Club never seems to hinder the players to find their own future.

The current situation of Longteng Club is like the complex of Shandong Luneng, Shanghai SIPG and Liaoning Hongyun in history, and it is these three clubs that have sold the most combative players in history.

Therefore, most of the Chinese Super League clubs don't want to stiffen the relationship with the Dragon Club, otherwise there will be too few opportunities to buy good players.

This time, it is only Guangzhou Evergrande that would rather be unhappy with the Longteng team, and it is only Guangzhou Evergrande that will make Lin Feng's transfer boiling, because at this time, it is rumored that Lin Feng's transfer can greatly disturb the military morale of the Longteng team.

After the negotiation between Zhang Sheng and Lin Feng, the transfer matter was temporarily stopped.

Soon the Longteng Club and Lin Feng came out together to refute the rumors, both sides denied the previous transfer rumors, and Lin Feng also released cruel words: "I don't want to talk about any transfer issues before the end of the season, what I want most now is to win the AFC Champions League with my teammates, and I will use my performance on the field to counter this rumor." ”

With Lin Feng's words, this rumor came to an abrupt end.

As the game approached, Jiangcheng fans also began to get busy.

In order to create a better atmosphere for the team, one of the biggest slogans in the history of the Chinese Super League was successfully produced, and the large slogan, which can cover half of the grandstands, will be moved from the bottom of the stands to the top of the stands to show the whole of Asia.

Slogans and banners that appear in stadiums have always been part of fan culture, and there are countless stories about them.

In 1993, when Manchester United won the league title for the first time in 26 years, Liverpool fans at Anfield publicly unfurled the slogan: "Goodbye, Cantona and Manchester United." Come back when you've won 18 titles. Years later, when Alex Ferguson finally led United to an 18th top-flight title, United fans proudly returned to Liverpool with a counter-attacking slogan that clearly read: "You told us to wait until we won 18 trophies before coming back...... We're back. ”

At the same time, the United fans also put up a sarcastic slogan mocking Gerrard's slip and said: "Goodbye, Gerrard! The irony of his mockery that Gerrard has not won the Premier League title so far in his career is self-evident.

In the Chinese Super League, there are many such classics, when Harbin Yiteng was relegated from the Chinese Super League, the slogan "tired, but still loved" played by the fans also touched many fans.

This time, the fans of the Dragons team can be regarded as racking their brains to find a way to cheer for their team.