For this battle of Tianwang Mountain, the attitude of the outside media has changed rapidly, and the chameleon is also willing to bow down.

In just one week, Guangzhou Evergrande lost 2:4 to Guangzhou R&F, the opponent in the same city, my God, this time it was fried, as if the end of the world of Guangzhou Evergrande had come, and Paulinho, who was in the transfer vortex, bore the brunt.

Scolari, who often has a disagreement with the media, has not escaped, and for a while various criticisms such as tactical conservativeness, substitution dilemma, indecision, inability to master the dressing room, and negligence in the development of young players have come to his face.

Especially when R&F's coach mentioned after the two games that R&F pays more attention to team spirit and team unity comes first, and he likes to use young players very much and will continue to do so, not only for R&F, but also for the future of Chinese football, the topic of the head coach ratio of the two teams has been pushed to the forefront.

Guangzhou Evergrande, the former overlord of the Chinese Super League, the two-time AFC Champions League champion, the team with the most investment in the Chinese Super League for several consecutive years, the national team player collector, and Guangzhou R&F, in a word, wants to use pickles to make a roast goose flavor team, but the game is from the process to the result is Guangzhou Evergrande defeated.

If Chinese football media reporters can let go of such news explosions, it will be too much of a vegetarian meal, not to mention that with the quality of today's media, they will be shocked if they don't have news to make news.

Sure enough, soon no news came out: "It was revealed that Scolari received an invitation from a national team in Asia, and Evergrande is about to change the coach?"

This kind of news, not to mention which "Brazilian media" broke the news, and it is not clear when the news was broken, let alone the information of the so-called "Asian countries", except for the popularity and alarmist speculation about the change of leadership of Evergrande, there is no useful news.

In fact, this is the current situation of domestic football media.

After several such fake "news" appeared in a row, Evergrande swept R&F 7:2 and then advanced to the semifinals of the FA Cup.

"Scolari's rotation works wonders. ”

"A shocking reversal, Si Shuai directed it single-handedly. ”

"Before the game, the Evergrande players were united, and the game that went down in history was a miracle of teamwork. ”

If you put the news from a week ago together with these reports, people who don't know still think that they have a problem with their eyes, and what is even more ridiculous is that many of the stories that are so different before and after are written by the same person.

When it comes to the performance of Guangzhou Evergrande, how can it not be a team with a higher heat, the Longteng team.

A week ago, the headline of many media was: "The battle of Tianwang Mountain in the Chinese Super League is approaching, and Evergrande's sluggish state may be hated again." ”

At this time, everything has changed: "Evergrande's bench depth is deep and measurable, the players' state is picking up, and the home team wants to catch the dragon." ”

This is not to blame the media, after all, Diego Costa's senior is happy, Goulart scored twice, Alan broke the goal drought, and Paulinho's transfer is also decided, so he can give Evergrande a farewell match with peace of mind.

For Guangzhou Evergrande, this is good news.

Compared with Guangzhou Evergrande, the Longteng team can't get rid of the word "selling people" as always.

The media has always felt that the departure of Xiang Tiange and Zhang Hao has a great impact on the Longteng team.

In the five games he participated in, Guoan shook off the image of being bullied before, and won four wins and one draw, including Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and other strong opponents, he directly created 1 goal and 2 assists, not to mention the deterrence of the opponent's left side.

The latter as a stable rotation player of the Longteng team, after arriving at Quan Jian, easily won the position of the main defensive back, and when facing Evergrande, it made Diego Costa suffer a lot, and then thought of his performance in the first round of the Longteng team this season against Guangzhou Evergrande staring at Diego Costa, everyone agreed that the Longteng team took a "Costa nemesis" player, which is likely to affect the final result of the game.

What makes the outside world question even more is Ma Yongli's absence and Huang Dawei's injury.

Before Huang Dawei's injury, the Longteng team only conceded six goals in 14 rounds of the league, and after he was injured, Jiang Mingming, who took over his position, conceded nine goals in five rounds.

The hidden dangers of the goalkeeper position could not be more obvious.

However, Evergrande's side is not without problems.

The flu that has been haunting the Guangzhou Evergrande team is a big problem, and Guangzhou Evergrande has been fighting so hard during this time, which has nothing to do with this. Like the news that came out before the game, Zheng Zhi and Feng Xiaoting were both in a state of cold, accompanied by a low-grade fever, although the two of them appeared in the starting list submitted by Scolari before the game, it is not yet known what the actual state of the game will be.

In addition, the shortage of central defenders, the level of substitutions is not enough is also a big problem, Mei Fang has been reimbursed this season, Kim Yingquan has recovered from a major injury, and at the same time subject to the foreign aid policy of the Football Association, he did not sign up for this game at all, and the remaining players have only played temporarily in the case of cameo central defenders.

What makes Zhang Sheng more confident in this game is the change in the player's ability after the system upgrade.

Since the system was upgraded not long ago, the state of the players has also been refreshed one by one, and the ability value has increased in different situations (except for injured players).

Compared with Guangzhou Evergrande, although the Longteng team does not have players with an ability value of more than 120 such as Diego Costa and Paulinho, the average strength of the team is not lagging behind.

The three foreign players in the starting list of this game, Chavez has already reached his peak: 112/112;De Paul has also begun to slowly show his talent to play the main force in the Argentine national team in the future, he is now: 112/117;As for Fernando and the stunned young man who took the ball at the beginning of the season, the difference is also very big, the special training of the Longteng coaching staff spared no effort, plus the help of the system's "ubiquitous" skill, 101/105 (?) ability value/ The potential has proven that he has developed into a good striker.

In the Longteng team, there is also Nie Jiang who is also in the mission period with Fernando, and he is also making the task of "top foreign aid Nie Jiang" a reality step by step.

The league has played 19 rounds, and now on the scorer list, Nie Jiang ranks first with 21 goals, followed by the 20-goal Zha Ball King, and unexpectedly, Wu Lei ranks third with 15 goals - this is 2 more than in real history.

Since the Chinese Super League began to introduce a large number of high-level foreign aids, such a scorer ranking can be called a spectacle.

What supports Nie Jiang to score so many goals is his fiery state, the tactical care of the Longteng team, and his 106/120 ability value/potential value, among all the domestic players in the Chinese Super League, this value is a big cut off everyone - the ability value of more than 90 players are rare, which is also a value that can play the main role of players in the middle and lower reaches of the five major European leagues.

When Nie Jiang played, the Longteng team was equivalent to an extra foreign aid.

The two central defenders in the starting list of this game are also ranked top in the Chinese Super League, although the old captain Lu Zhihui's 78/78 data is not outstanding, but the experience and prestige can make the Longteng team's defense stable; although Ma Yongli of 83/83 is injured, Dawn of 87/89 is fully able to take his place, and a central defender with astonishing physical fitness is taking shape.

Among the two substitute central defenders, Lu Yangyang, who has been honed and manipulated for half a season, has grown rapidly, he has come from 65/95 at the beginning of the season to 72/95, which shows that a large number of games help young players grow, and another substitute Chen Yinuo is the best reference, although the latter's potential value is higher, at the beginning of the season was 62/130, but because the actual first team played less, it is only 67/130 now.

The two full-backs who started the game, Shen Jun on the left slowly gained a firm foothold and made a very big breakthrough, from 76/88 at the beginning of the season to 80/88, and Huang He with more opportunities to play on the right was even more powerful, and the 82/92 ability/potential value was also the main reason why Zhang Shengken went to Tiange (82/82).

As the team's full-time king and model worker, the starting back is the real non-ringing, and it is a blockbuster.

Qi Ming from the beginning of the season to the present, except for the inconsequential FA Cup he has been absent, all the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League games he has not lost, at the beginning of the year when Roque Gil was let go of the Longteng team, the outside world also questioned the Longteng team "want money but not life", but the rapid succession of Qi Ming made everyone shut up.

At the age of 21 and a half years old, it is the time when the player is the most powerful, as long as Qi Ming's body allows, Zhang Sheng will not let go of any opportunity to improve his experience, 86/120 at the beginning of the season to 95/120 now, which makes Qi Ming the third player in the Longteng team with an ability value of more than 90.

The second ability value of more than 90 is Tao Wentao in the middle of the midfield with Qi Ming in this game, as early as last year, he has reached 90/90 ability / potential value, and he often thinks that he is the first fan under Zhang Shengmen, and he will always be the most committed and desperate on the field.

In addition to the goalkeeper Jiang Mingming, who has an ability value of just over 70 (70/71), and the captain Lu Zhihui, in the starting list of the Longteng team in this game, there are two players with an ability value of more than 110, two with an ability value of more than 100, two with an ability value of more than 90, and the other three players have a minimum of 80.

Compared with his opponent Guangzhou Evergrande, Zhang Sheng feels that he still has an advantage.

After all, in addition to the three foreign aids, Evergrande's side is really powerful - two have an ability value of 120, one (Gaolat) has 117, and none of the other players have an ability value of more than 90, and the old captain Zheng Zhi has dropped from 90 last season to 88 now - the age is not forgiving, Zengcheng's ability value is 89, Feng Xiaoting is only 88, and all the other players are not more than 82, and Shu Jun, the right wingback, is the only one in Evergrande's starting with an ability value lower than 80, he is only 71.

More of the gap between the two sides is on the bench.

In the substitute lineup submitted for registration by the Longteng team, Huang Dawei (78/78) was injured and could not play, Song Dongdong (60/135) was abroad for a year and a half of surgery, recovery and follow-up training (in Munich 1860 led by Gao Hongbo), temporarily unable to return to China, and the substitute goalkeeper can only be Wang Junlei (52/105), who joined the team at the beginning of the season.

Compared with Evergrande's substitute Liu Dianzhu, this is the only gap in the Longteng team, and the other positions are different.

Whether it is Cao Jinghao (80/88), who is over 80 but is playing as a substitute, Tang Jin (78/88), who is close to or has reached the top, Ni Kai (78/78), Qu Wenming (77/78), such a configuration is too extravagant in the bench list, you must know that Zeng Fanfang (77/85), who is also 77 ability, did not even enter the substitute list.

In other teams, except for Guangzhou Evergrande, 77's ability value is the main force.

Compared with Evergrande's general, which is generally a substitute with an ability value of less than 75, the Longteng team is too far ahead.

In addition to the 18-man squad submitted by the Dragons this time, those players are not simple.

At the World Youth Championships that ended not long ago, Peng Langjun let everyone know that there is such a fierce man in the Longteng team, he has gone from 68/120 at the beginning of the season to 73/120 now, Wang Xing has come from 66/91 to 69/91 (non-called player, and he is a center forward, and the ball rises relatively slowly); Tian Qijie's 72/120 ability/potential value has also improved qualitatively from 68/120 at the beginning of the season.

In addition to these players, most of the remaining players are selected by the technical committees of football schools and clubs.

With so many excellent players, Zhang Sheng's biggest reliance on challenging Guangzhou Evergrande away.

On Saturday, August 5th, two rains came to Guangzhou in the afternoon, which slightly alleviated the high temperature in Yangcheng in summer, but overall, the sticky humidity and heat were still very uncomfortable.

The match between Guangzhou Evergrande and Longteng every season is not only a key battle for the two clubs, but also a highlight for the fans of both sides.

Considering that this is likely to be Paulinho's last game in Evergrande, several big fan associations of Evergrande, such as the Twelve Guards, the Fan League, universities, the Internet, etc., have specially prepared a super-large physique TIFO before the game, ready to cover the fan league areas of Tianhe Stadium 8 and 9 to see Paulinho off.

The fans of the Longteng team are not to be outdone, August is the season of college students' holidays, and a large number of college students have participated in the expeditionary army, filling the stands of the 16 districts allocated by Evergrande.

At 7:35 a.m., at half past six, a large number of fans flocked to Tianhe Stadium, and at the entrance of the stadium and on the way, the fans of Guangzhou Evergrande and Longteng team were still very harmonious, and the two sides took photos together. At 7:20, Liu Yongzhuo, chairman of Evergrande Club, appeared on the leadership seat of District 0 early, and the media's cameras were also frequently aimed at him.

With the FIFA fair play song sounded, the referee team took the lead, the players on both sides led the children from the player tunnel slowly, the scene gradually began to lively, and then the ceremony of playing the national anthem was completed, the referee's whistle, the game officially began, and the deafening cheers of the fans on both sides also sounded.

At the beginning of the season, in view of the fact that the referees, an important part of Chinese football, were also in a situation of lack of success and immature level, Liu Hu, as the director of the Office of the Referee Committee of the Chinese Football Association, adhered to the practice of younger referees in the Chinese Super League and handed over more important games to those young referees with potential to enforce the law.

Liu, Lord, Ren also put a satellite: "Strive to achieve zero foreign whistles in the 2017 season." ”