Guangzhou Evergrande is indeed on the cusp now. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Especially after the start of the second half of the season, Guangzhou Evergrande has not played very well in consecutive rounds of games, in addition to draws, there are even losing games, resulting in the team falling from the top of the list, and failing to reach the top in several consecutive rounds, which can be said to be an unprecedented thing for Guangzhou Evergrande, a team that has always been in the hegemony of the Chinese Super League.

Although Guangzhou Evergrande finally returned to the leader position by relying on the winning streak in these rounds and the strength and bad luck of its competitors, there are many accusations of Evergrande's sluggish performance within the club, Evergrande fans, and even the outside media.

Among them, the owner of the club, Xu Jiayin, held a meeting with the leadership of the club continuously, at which he asked the club personnel to put forward their own requirements, which player to buy, what work they want to do, as long as it is in line with the development of the club, he supports it, and at the same time Xu Jiayin would rather be the head of the chicken, not the character of the phoenix, sternly pointed out that since he has created championship-level conditions for the team, but under the conditions can not win the championship of the league, the follow-up punishment means are not very good-looking.

After Xu Jiayin relieved the pressure on the team and proposed high material rewards, Guangzhou Evergrande stabilized its state and returned to the top position.

So Lippi acknowledges the doldrums while not accepting criticism. The Italian coach believes that it will be very difficult for the team to continue to perform well in the third year after two consecutive peaks, so it is understandable that the team is in a slump. As for the team's defence conceding too many goals, Lippi instead said that Evergrande scored more goals than conceded. Clearly, Lippi wants to give his team confidence ahead of the crucial game, and he also believes the team have returned to the familiar winning track.

Evergrande is currently divided by Guoan in the Chinese Super League, and the Longteng team is only one behind, and still has to be distracted by the AFC Champions League. Lippi will be hoping to get the first leg away from home and lay the groundwork for home promotion. In last week's game against TEDA, Lippi rotated at any cost, Gilardino, Elkeson, Gao Lin, Feng Xiaoting, and Kim Yingquan did not play the whole game and got the opportunity to adjust and rest. Lippi just wants his team to be in the best shape to steal points away from home.

Of course, Guangzhou Evergrande is not without hidden dangers in this game, that is, captain Zheng Zhi is suspended for accumulating yellow cards.

It's also strange to say, although there are not many opportunities for the Longteng team and Guangzhou Evergrande to play against each other, there are still a few games, but in these limited games, most of the time Zheng Zhi is always unable to catch up with the game, either injured, or just returned from injury and can't play the whole game, this time it is simply not possible to accumulate yellow cards, which is really good news for the Longteng team.

Although Zheng Zhi has declined slightly with the increase of age in recent years, his physical condition and game status have declined slightly, but strictly speaking, he is still the No.1 in the midfield position of domestic players, his football awareness, technical ability at his feet, and his ability to read and understand the game are definitely second to none among active players, and as a player who has once established himself in the Premier League, Zheng Zhi's self-discipline ability can be said to be rare among domestic players.

When insiders talk about this veteran, many people will mention two words: self-discipline. Zhu Guanghu, who single-handedly excavated Zheng Zhi, once said that it seems that Zheng Zhi is so lucky in his career, but in fact, this is inseparable from his strict requirements for himself, "Zheng Zhi usually trains very hard, and he is also very self-disciplined in his daily life, and rarely smokes or drinks." Overall, he's a player who can control himself very well. ”

Speaking of Zheng Zhi's lack of smoking and drinking in his life, Zhang Sheng once saw a picture in the WeChat circle of friends, which is very popular on the Internet, when a friend in Guangzhou took a photo of a dinner, and Zheng Zhi and Gao Lin were present with their respective wives. The most impressive thing is that Zheng Zhi and Gao Lin only have a cup full of drinks in front of them. This picture also attracted a lot of likes, with someone commenting: "At the unsupervised private party, the two Evergrande players did not drink, which shows that the self-discipline of the Chinese players is much stronger than before, and it should be praised!"

Someone once chatted with the reporter of Evergrande and wanted to ask Zheng Zhi about some situations in his usual life, but the reporter who has been flying around with Guangzhou Evergrande said that although he has had a lot of contact with Zheng Zhi, he has not left any deep memories of his private life, "There is nothing to say about Dazhi's life, he neither plays all night, nor has any vices, and usually goes out to eat with Shao Na (Zheng Zhi's wife) at most." In the words of our media people, Dazhi's life is not newsworthy. When others asked him to recall Zheng Zhi's living habits, the Evergrande reporter thought for a long time before he said: "It seems that in order to maintain his physical condition, Dazhi goes to bed very early every day, and basically does not go to bed late, let alone stay up late." It is said that Zheng Zhi has developed the habit of controlling his mood well after a fierce game in Charlton, and falling asleep early that night, CCTV sports reporter Liu Siyuan also revealed that Zheng Zhi was the earliest to sleep in the Evergrande team, and the fierce game that night will not affect his work and rest time, while many other young players have not been able to do this.

Lippi said in an interview with reporters that with Zheng Zhi's self-discipline and talent, it is entirely possible for him to fight until he is 38 years old, or even 39 years old. And the national football physical fitness coach Jia Han also praised Zheng Zhi, he once said: "Zheng Zhi is definitely a model of Chinese professional players, his physical foundation is good, his usual diet and rest time are also very regular, very professional, so even if he is nearly 35 years old, he will not be able to keep up with the physical intensity requirements of training and competitions." ”

As a Chinese fan, when Zheng Zhi played for the national team, Zhang Sheng of course hoped that Zheng Zhi could stay uninjured and maintain such a good state, but when Zhang Sheng was the head coach of the Longteng team and Zheng Zhi was the opponent of the Longteng team, Zhang Sheng was a hundred willing for a player like Zheng Zhi not to play.

Judging from the ability index given by the system, Zheng Zhi's data is at least stronger than the domestic back of the current Longteng team, Lin Feng's ability index has increased again since the end of the intermission, to 74, but it is still lower than Zheng Zhi, although there is only a gap of 4 to 5 points, but if Zheng Zhi's rich game experience is counted, the comprehensive ability between Lin Feng and Zheng Zhi is too far behind.

Before this game, there were already a large number of domestic sports media reporters squatting in Jiangcheng, because as a contest between the top teams in the Chinese Super League, no football sports reporter would not pay attention to it, and even foreign reporters came to watch the game, after all, no matter who advances, these two teams will face off with Western Sydney Wanderers and Pohang Steelers in the East Asian finals, and Australian and South Korean sports reporters will certainly not waste such an opportunity to watch.

And compared with the previous reporters who regarded the Longteng team as the outbreak and spoiler of Chinese football, the current football reporters have regarded the Longteng team as a giant of the Chinese Super League.

Zhang Sheng still vaguely remembers that when the Longteng team was first formed, let alone domestic reporters, let alone reporters outside Hubei Province, even local football reporters in Jiangcheng would not glance at the Longteng team from the corner of their eyes.

With the improvement of the Longteng team's performance, it was not until they entered the second division that the local reporters in Jiangcheng paid attention to the new football army in Hubei Province, which was the result of the Longteng Group behind the Longteng team spending money to let the local football reporters come to cheer.

After the Longteng team reached the FA Cup final in the second division, domestic reporters realized this dark horse, but they were more interested in the Longteng team in the FA Cup.

And when the Longteng team arrived in the first division, this situation can be regarded as changing, the team's good results, the team's blind fans kryptonite eyed international lineup, in the transfer market of big money, and finally plus the FA Cup champion, at this time, whether it is Jiangcheng's local football reporters, even the country's football reporters have focused on the Longteng Club.

There are even several media long-term contact with the Longteng team to participate in the usual team interviews, and when the Longteng team enters the Chinese Super League, with the influence of the Super League platform, the Longteng team can be regarded as being thoroughly valued, plus the Longteng team has achieved good results in the AFC Champions League, and even the sports media in many Asian countries have begun to pay attention to this emerging club.

Now it is logical that the AFC Champions League match with Guangzhou Evergrande has attracted the attention of many media.

The day before the game, the head coaches of both sides also brought their players to the pre-match press conference, and in the press center of the Longteng club, Zhang Sheng met Lippi.

Lippi is obviously very familiar with Zhang Sheng, when Zhang Sheng greeted Lippi in English, Lippi actually responded to Zhang Sheng in Spanish, obviously he knew that Zhang Sheng, who was proficient in Portuguese, understood Spanish.

Lippi as an old Italian coach, long-term coach in Serie A, in order to facilitate communication with foreign aid from all over the world, so specifically learned Spanish and French, of course, Lippi is Italian, Italian and Portuguese, Spanish and French are Latin, in fact, in the case of Italian as the mother tongue, learning the latter languages is relatively simple, equivalent to their actual grammar is the same, but the accent is different.

When Zhang Sheng greeted Lippi, Lippi extended his hand to Zhang Sheng very warmly, and he said: "Congratulations to your team on coming this far, I hope tomorrow's game will be a good game." ”

Zhang Sheng responded without humility or arrogance: "I also congratulate Guangzhou Evergrande on coming to the quarterfinals again, and I also believe that tomorrow's game will be very exciting." ”

Lippi's words expressed the surprise that the Longteng team entered the quarterfinals, obviously looking down on the Longteng team, and Zhang Sheng emphasized that tomorrow's game will be exciting, obviously Zhang Sheng is ready to make Guangzhou Evergrande look good in tomorrow's game.

When the press conference began, Evergrande, a low-level reporter who likes to make trouble, raised a very unhappy question at the press conference: "Hello, Mr. Lippi, under your leadership, Guangzhou Evergrande has won almost all the Chinese Super League teams, but so far there is no victory against the Longteng team, what do you think of this problem?

Lippi was still smiling when answering other questions, and when he heard this question, he immediately pulled down his face, and he replied bluntly: "It is normal to win or lose football matches, the so-called historical record is not credible, as the AFC Champions League champion and the Chinese Super League champion, we will stick to our own style of play no matter who we face, although the away game will indeed be more difficult, but we have only one goal, that is, to win, because we are strong enough, and the defending champion is the only goal." ”

Sun Xiang, the captain of Guangzhou Evergrande, who came to attend the press conference, also reiterated the team's goal in an interview: "As the best team, we should have the best results, and we will not let go of every champion, whether it is the Chinese Super League or the AFC Champions League, it is our goal." ”

Longteng is undefeated against Guangzhou Evergrande, and the home win rate is very high, which has always been a hot topic in the media.

When Zhang Sheng took Shu Jun to the press conference, the reporters did not let the two of them go because the Longteng team was at home, and bombed them in turn after the regular topic.

The reporter is most aimed at the problem of Ben Alpha, during this period of time, Ben Alpha's ups and downs have been criticized by many people in the outside world, but Zhang Sheng has always placed him in the starting position, every time he really can't play, or the performance is too poor, it affects the overall performance of the team to replace him.

Zhang Sheng's arrangement has always made the outside world wonder whether Ben Alpha has a clause in his contract for the number of games played, and Zhang Sheng had to let Ben Alpha play for the sake of the terms in the contract.

Obviously, everyone thought that Zhang Sheng had to agree to such a condition in order to pursue Ben Alpha's star effect, and this time the reporters finally asked this question.

When the moderator asked a reporter to ask, the reporter asked: "Will you start Ben Alfa in this game, and if so, why did the Longteng club bring him in the contract to play games?" If so, how are you prepared to deal with this contradiction? ”

Zhang Sheng replied decisively: "There is no such thing at all, Ben Alfa's play is all out of the team's tactical considerations, when he does not perform well, I will replace him, of course his strength is obvious to all, he just needs time to adapt." Next question. ”