In the 13th round of the league, the Longteng team continued to lead by 1 point over Guangzhou Evergrande, and the lead was very large in terms of winning and losing and goal difference.

Contrary to everyone's prediction at the beginning of the season that the Longteng team took Du Zhenyu in the center back and Roke Gill in the back, and the defense would decline very much, so far, the Longteng team has only conceded 5 goals, an average of less than 0.4 goals per game, which can be said to be unprecedented.

This is also achieved by the team when the vice-captain, central defender, and the core of the defense, Ma Yongli, is seriously injured and absent for a long time.

It should be said that the "old captain" Lu Zhihui ushered in the golden period of his career at the age of just over 30 years old, his physical fitness has not declined, but his experience is extremely rich, and the ups and downs of his early career have created his good mentality.

Of course, the Longteng team's defense is stable, indispensable for the support of the midfield, and Qi Ming, whose ability value has soared to 90, has really become the object of everyone's attention.

Qi Ming is the kind of temperament player who can make people see at a glance that "this kid can definitely become a star", and the style of a general is everyone's evaluation of him.

In addition, this season, Zhang Sheng asked the team to play more steadily, and more tactics to retreat and set defensive traps, and the Longteng team's investment in defense is also one of the key factors for conceding fewer goals.

Compared with the Longteng team, this season's Guangzhou Evergrande is very different from history.

Jackson Martinez of Guangzhou Evergrande in 2017 didn't even get a chance to play at all, and repeated injuries basically made him spend time in the gym - anyway, every time he revealed his status on social media, it was in the gym.

In the summer transfer period of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande even brought back the meritorious foreign aid Muric.

Now with Diego Costa, Guangzhou Evergrande's attack has been much sharper, as evidenced by their goal tally ratio to Longteng's so far.

And Paulinho's role is completely the mainstay, with him or not in the game, Guangzhou Evergrande is completely two different teams, and his state is a barometer of Guangzhou Evergrande's state.

Not only the Chinese Super League, but also in the Brazilian national team, Paulinho is still the existence of golden thighs, and countless Chinese fans, especially Guangzhou Evergrande fans, proudly said: Paulinho's ability in Guangzhou Evergrande has reached a new level.

What does it mean to be happy and sad?

Soon, the fans of Guangzhou Evergrande will deeply understand.

On June 24, it was Jiangcheng the day after a heavy rain, the match day of the 14th round of the Chinese Super League.

In the morning, Zhang Sheng led the team to the recovery training before the game.

Assistant coach Michael Genk came to Zhang Sheng's side: "There is very exciting news. ”

"What?" Zhang Sheng, who was in a relaxed mood, made a joke, after all, it is the summer transfer period of the Chinese Super League, and it coincides with the most transfer news and the most exciting period in the European League every year, and countless information passes through Zhang Sheng's mind every day, and his jokes are related to the transfer, "Messi is coming to China? or is Ronaldo coming to China? Which club?"

Michael Henk smiled a little weirdly: "You said the opposite. It was Barcelona who took a fancy to the players of the Chinese Super League. ”

"Huh, our players?" Zhang Sheng also reacted immediately, his players were favored by Barcelona, and he would definitely be notified as soon as possible, "Players from other teams? La Liga wants to open the Chinese market?"

"Haha. I knew you wouldn't have guessed. After shaking his head and denying Zhang Sheng's speculation, and seeing that Zhang Sheng was a little confused, Michael Henk said in a tone that he didn't think, "Barcelona has taken a fancy to Paulinho of Guangzhou Evergrande." I asked my friends in Europe, and this time it was for real. ”

In fact, as early as May, there were Brazilian media reports that Bayern was interested in Paulinho.

The reason is also true: in order to strengthen the hardness of the midfield, Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti wants to replace Alonso with Paulinho, and said that Bayern is making inquiries to Guangzhou Evergrande.

After this news reached China, it caused a little ripple.

Guangzhou Evergrande fans are both looking forward to and worried, looking forward to the news is true, then Guangzhou Evergrande can fight for face in the Super League, worried that the news is also true, that day away, Guangzhou Evergrande's waist will collapse.

It feels like the goddess who has been chasing her for a long time agrees to date her.,After some preparation.,While imagining that the goddess will blush when she sees her.,On the other hand, I'm worried that the other party will turn away when she sees her otaku god of war outfit.。

But then, Paulinho said that he would not go to Bayern.

Guangzhou Evergrande fans quickly put their minds at ease.

The problem is that the situation is different now.

Paulinho himself admitted it. Barcelona are in contact with him. Michael Henk laughed, "It's not easy. That's Barcelona. ”

Paulinho's acknowledgment of the news broke not only in the Brazilian media, but also in the Spanish media. It was Barcelona who took the initiative to contact Paulinho's agent and gave an offer. It's just that the Brazilian media said it mildly, saying that Paulinho was very happy in Evergrande, so it is necessary to consider that the Spanish media has a determined attitude, and Paulinho will definitely come to the olive branch thrown by Barcelona, which is nothing more than to pay liquidated damages.

In April of this year, Paulinho just successfully renewed his contract with Guangzhou Evergrande until the end of 2020, which is a large contract, and the contract contains a termination clause of 40 million euros, which is what we often call liquidated damages.

In fact, whether it is Paulinho or Guangzhou Evergrande, they all think that this 40 million is just a symbolic number, representing the level of Paulinho's play in the Chinese Super League.

No matter how Guangzhou Evergrande coach Scolari denied that Paulinho would not leave, it was more of an expression that he did not want Paulinho to leave, and the contact with Barcelona was confirmed.

Now it's lively.

"Are you sure I heard me right?"

"I said before that the Super League is a star nursing home, and I came out and took two steps?"

Shocked, Barcelona discovered Guangzhou Evergrande's plug-in and tried to take him away. ”

There are also rebuttals: "It's boring hype lace news again, it's gambling again, and it's a woman's worries, will Barcelona want him?"

Evergrande's fans are obviously unhappy: "Keep your mouth clean." Paulinho was cheated by his agent, just a commercial. Besides, Paulinho is not only a thigh in Guangzhou Evergrande, but also a thigh in the Brazilian national team. Is it unthinkable that Barcelona is looking at the heart of the Brazilian national team's midfield?"

"The 30-year-old core of the Chinese Super League, going to Barcelona is also to see the water cooler. His foot skills are also used in the Super League, and he went to Barcelona to definitely be a cancer on the field. ”

Anyway, the quarrel about Paulinho on the Internet pushed the already popular Chinese Super League to another level.

Whether it is Longteng's 3-1 home win over Guangzhou R&F in another rain battle, or Guangzhou Evergrande's 3-0 home win over AFC Champions League qualifiers Hebei Huaxia Happiness, Paulinho's news has always dominated the headlines of Chinese football.

On the third day after this round of matches, Barcelona officials officially stated that the club is in contact with Brazilian star Paulinho of Guangzhou Evergrande Club of the Chinese Super League, and Barcelona coach Valverde has recognized his ability.

In view of this, some netizens P a photo of Paulinho wearing a Barcelona jersey, and Paulinho liked it on social platforms, and Paulinho's good feelings for Barcelona were undoubtedly revealed.

However, judging from the official news from Guangzhou Evergrande, the club denied the transfer, and the head coach Scolari once again stated that Paulinho could not go.

Paulinho is also constantly coming out of the news, one time he is very happy in China in Guangzhou and does not want to leave, and the other time he says that Barcelona is too attractive and he insists on leaving.

A transfer slowly turned into a bubble drama, and the stock of Evergrande Club soared upward.

Zhang Sheng, as a melon-eating crowd, was blowing the air conditioner, nibbling on watermelon, and watching the play slowly in such a hot weather, and on the way, he even summoned the players just given by the system.

The midfielder on the right side of the midfield given by the system this time is a panacea role, he can not only play the right midfielder, including the right winger, right fullback, midfield and central defender, it can be said that he alone covers the right side and the center, is a ruthless character.

This player, who was born in 2001, came to Inner Mongolia and is called Huo Zihan, a typical post-00s name. Local children like to play football, but the football youth training environment is average, since the branch of Longteng Football School opened, Huo Zihan has been favored as a talented player.

It is precisely because of his good talent that Huo Zihan was used as a thigh by the previous coach, as long as the right and middle sides need to be strengthened, where there is a shortage, it can only be said that there are pros and cons to this operation.

The unfixed position makes him unable to stand out in a certain position, but the training of multiple positions has also given him the experience of experiencing different positions, especially the improvement in ball quotient is very great, he can run, and the wide vision of passing and receiving the ball has always been a label attached to him.

Considering that two players were sold during the summer window, Zhang Sheng instructed to select talents from the outstanding seedlings of the football school, and Huo Zihan was among the two 16-year-old players who had just signed a contract reported below.

Now Zhang Sheng has given the football school a very large degree of trust in the team responsible for selecting players, and he will no longer force every player to be a call-up player, after all, the huge investment for five or six consecutive years is going to bear some fruit, and let the technical committee of the football school choose some non-call-up players by themselves, which can just test the results of their work in the past few years.

With the arrival of July, the temperature has risen all over the country, and it has slowly entered the familiar barbecue mode again.

What's more painful is the rainy day in Jiangcheng, this year's Jiangcheng has entered the middle of June to the present, basically has not stopped, occasionally a day or two cloudy days have become a day worth cheering for the people of Jiangcheng, hot and stuffy has become the main tone.

The Longteng team is good, this weekend they are going to the away team to challenge Henan Jianye, although the weather in Zhengzhou is hot, the highest temperature has come to 36 degrees, but they don't rain, the hot sun makes all the players of the Longteng team evaporate the mold on their bodies.

The start of the evening game was as good as the mood of the Longteng players - in the first ten minutes, the Longteng team relied on the goals of Nie Jiang and Chavez to take a two-goal lead away.

However, the bottom four-placed Jianye is very resilient, as a long-term relegation team, it is the norm for them to fall behind the score, at least they did not give up in this game.

In the 32nd minute of the first half, Jianye's foreign aid Basogo's black and hard worked, and after he carried Lu Yangyang, he pulled back a goal with a push into the penalty area, which gave Jianye a boost to the morale of the army.

Then Basogo's power completely exploded, Lu Yangyang's point was completely blown up by him, and in the few minutes of the break, he was continuously broken through, and his own goalkeeper was also pitted by him.

In the first half of the 38th minute, Huang Dawei rushed out to save Lu Yangyang's header, and was hit by Basogo and flew sideways.

The ambulance parked on the sidelines also came directly this time, and Huang Dawei on the stretcher was directly sent to the ambulance. Zhang Sheng had to change his face gloomily and replace him with a substitute goalkeeper - non-call-up player Jiang Mingming.

The score of 2:1 made Zhang Sheng very worried at halftime, after all, Huang Dawei's ability value is much higher than Jiang Mingming's, and his long-term tacit cooperation with the back line is the most critical.

Sure enough, shortly after the start of the second half, Javier, another foreign aid of Jianye, broke through Jiang Mingming's ten fingers with a long-range shot, and Henan Jianye actually equalized when they were two goals behind the Longteng team.

The encouraged Jianye team once dominated the field, and the Longteng team was suppressed.

Zhang Sheng decisively made a substitution, Lu Yangyang obviously had a psychological shadow on his teammates in the first half, and he was timid to show his performance, and he was replaced by Shen Jun.

With a full-back for a centre-back, the Dragons went from 3-5-2 to 4-4-2, and another tactic modeled after Atletico Madrid was introduced this season.

Because of Jianye's poor record, the former Yongchang head coach Ya Barbecue, who took over from Jia to learn from Jia's guidance, was obviously not familiar with this change of formation of the Longteng team.

After the change of formation, the Longteng team had an immediate effect, the team not only pressed the opponent back, but then Tao Wentao's goal led the score again.

Henan Jianye, who was unwilling to give in, mustered up the remaining strength to launch an attack, and they fought because the goalkeepers of the Longteng team were not skilled in cooperating with the defenders, and they just beat them.

In the twenty-five minutes of the second half, Jianye foreign aid Dochkar passed a pass of low quality to the penalty area, Jiang Mingming and Liming actually grabbed this point at the same time, but the football came to the feet of the teenager Hu Jinghang under the impact of the two of them, and Liming in a panic stretched out his foot and tripped Hu Jinghang.

This foul in the Liming penalty area not only gave Jianye a penalty, but also received a second yellow card and was punished.

Zhang Sheng on the sidelines didn't even look at it, and this series of low-level mistakes was really miserable.

It can only be said that at the beginning of the season, he was too underestimated in the reserve of goalkeepers.

After Basogo's penalty was scored, Jianye equalized the score again, and they had the idea of taking three points with one more player.

Zhang Sheng had to make another substitution, Tao Wentao was replaced, Peng Langjun went on the field to play left wingback, and Shen Jun went to play left central back.

In the next game, after Jianye's excitement, his physical fitness was exhausted, the players continued to cramp, and one less person in the Longteng team could not easily penetrate Jianye's defense, and the final game ended with a 3:3 goal battle.