19. Sing all the way
At this stage of the season, it was quickly clear whether a team or club had the experience of fighting on two fronts.
In the first round of the AFC Champions League, because Martinez's tacit understanding was not enough, after losing to Melbourne Victory in an upset, strong staffing, effective training plans, and rich logistics experience made them soar in both the AFC Champions League and the Chinese Super League, without any defeat.
On the contrary, Jiangsu Suning and Shanghai SIPG, which do not have much experience in two-front operations, are a bit disturbed.
Jiangsu Suning is better, their predecessor Jiangsu Shuntian still has some experience in the AFC Champions League, in the league results of 2 wins and a draw is passable, but in the AFC Champions League played a little difficult, the first three games are 2 wins and a draw, but they are all a small victory, to this round is lost at home to Tokyo FC, fortunately, the biggest competitor in the same group Jeonbuk Hyundai was also defeated by Vietnam Binh Duong away from home, luckily with a slight advantage of one point ahead of Tokyo FC and Jeonbuk Hyundai with six points.
As Shanghai SIPG, which has never had experience in double-line operations, is embarrassed, the situation in the AFC Champions League is average, before it was two draws and one win, and this round was forced to draw, it is undefeated, but the points are only six points, ranking third in the group;
In the first season of the Chinese Super League, the league and the AFC Champions League failed to reach the end, which is indeed a pity, but the experience of such a double-line operation has given the team too much help, and it can be said that the accumulation of last season cannot be underestimated.
When it comes to this season, the Longteng team, which has been accustomed to fighting on two fronts, is very relaxed, even if the two main centers are unable to play, and now they have a winning record in both the league and the AFC Champions League.
And what made domestic fans and football people even happier in this game was the outbreak of the local players of the Longteng team.
In such a crucial away game, facing the Devil's home stadium, there were only two foreign players available, the team overcame the difficulties, not only won the game, but also scored both goals to local players, and in the final stage of the game, the field maintained an all-Chinese lineup, but the opponent had to go on a foreign aid.
This shows that at least in the confrontation of local players from the top clubs of the Chinese Super League and the J League, there is no longer a loss.
On the second day of the AFC Champions League, the Longteng team flew directly to Beijing, because on April 9, the Longteng team was going to challenge Beijing Guoan away.
After the start of this season, North Jing Guoan can be described as a big surprise, Augusto, who broke the club's transfer record before the season, plus Ralph, Yilmaz and other foreign players who are not bad at the same level, and finally with a famous coach like Zaccheroni, the expectations of the outside world are not low.
Without the fetters of the AFC Champions League, the team should also have more time to adapt to physical fitness and tactical run-in, but judging from the situation in the first three league games, the team played poorly.
After the 0:0 draw at home to Guangzhou Evergrande in the first round of the league, everyone thought that the team was on the right path, but they didn't expect that in the next two games, it was actually a second consecutive defeat, and these two opponents were also promoted polo teams in the Chinese Super League this season.
Such a result is unbelievable, losing to Huaxia Happiness, it can also be said that the opponent is a local tyrant, and losing to Yanbian Fude, which has basically no investment, then there is no excuse at all.
There are many reasons for this problem, there are mistakes in the introduction of foreign players - the team brought by Yilmaz with injuries could not play at all in the first few games, and Kleber was a player who was supposed to be cleaned, but he stayed in the team successfully, and he had no desire to play at all.
There are personal reasons for the manager - Zaccheroni, as a famous coach, is too arrogant and thinks that he has coached in Asia for many years and knows something about Asian players. But in fact, Zaccheroni still pretended to understand that he did not understand the players of Guoan at all, not to mention his personality and handling habits, and he did not even have a thorough understanding of the basic technical characteristics and physical conditions. Just seeing some clues, I take it for granted that I understand.
More important is the positioning of the club itself. After missing out on the qualification for the AFC Champions League, the club began to reform its equity, and the cooperation with LeEco was even more slotted.
According to the contract between the two parties, LeTV wants 2 billion yuan to buy 50 percent of the shares of Beijing Guoan, of which 100 million sponsorship fees are equivalent to deposits, all in place at the end of March.
But the actual situation is that except for the first 20 million and the second 30 million, there is no news later.
Aside from the fact that LETV itself is a big fool, Beijing Guoan's own positioning is not accurate, there is no reasonable argument, market analysis, and correct evaluation, and in the end it can only be greedy for small and cheap and suffer big losses.
The impact on the players in the team is huge, coupled with the great loss of domestic players, the players who have been made up are too young, and they do not have the strength of the Super League starters at all, which makes the club decay particularly bad.
Specific to the game against the Longteng team, it was a mess on the field, the offense could not be attacked, the defense could not be defended, and at the end of the first half, the Longteng team was already 0:2 ahead in the away game.
In this game, because it was a continuous away game for a week, coupled with the impact of injuries, the Longteng team sent a semi-main and semi-substitute lineup, including Xiang Tiange, Ma Yongli, Tao Wentao, Qi Ming, and many other main players sat on the bench, Yan Xiaoyu on the field, Ni Kai, Liming, Huang He and others are all new newcomers who can no longer be new.
But they are such newcomers, they are also playing vigorously, strict tactical training, and the targeted arrangement of player characteristics are far better than the messy deployment of Beijing Guoan.
Ben Alfa and De Paul, who started the game, scored a goal each in the first half and basically killed the game.
In the second half, after Ben Alfa and Roque Gil were substituted, the Longteng team was still in control of the situation on the field, and Zou Weijia's header from a free kick in front of the field ended the game completely.
This goal silenced the former Chinese Super League devils at home, followed by the angry roar of "return to our country" and the hoarse voice of "class".
Zaccheroni on the sidelines looked embarrassed.
In the end, the game also ended with the Longteng team's three-goal away victory over Bei Jing Guoan.
The words of the media after the game highly summarized the game: "Fans who don't know still think that this game is a double game in a week, a team that flies continuously at home and abroad, and the Longteng team is the one who waits for work." ”
After the three points against Beijing Guoan, the Longteng team finally had a little respite, and the next game will not come until a week away, and the players can finally take a break.
In the past few days of rest, there have been major events about Chinese football one after another, first of all, on April 11, the Chinese Football Association issued the "Notice on Printing and Distributing the Medium and Long-term Development Plan for Chinese Football (2016-2050)" through the official website. In this development plan, the short-term, medium-term and long-term goals of Chinese football in the future are clarified.
This can be regarded as the stage goal requirements set by the Chinese government for football, which are very detailed in the number of young players, the number of stadiums, etc., have sat on quantitative requirements, and it can be said that the goal could not be clearer.
The outside world unanimously believes that China's football industry may welcome the outbreak of the "singularity": the football clubs ushered in a golden period of development, the football lottery or will break the ice, the "football + Internet" rise entrepreneurial boom, and the football industry chain may welcome comprehensive development.
Corresponding to this, the shares of two football clubs that have been listed, Longteng Football Club and Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Club, have soared.
As the leader of Chinese football clubs, the shares of Longteng Club once rose to a price of 70 yuan per share, and although it fell slightly, the price of 67 yuan per share still amazed everyone.
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao also rose to a price of 58 yuan per share because of the good news.
You must know that now that the reverse operation restriction time of private placement has passed, all the institutions and companies participating in private placement have tradable shares in their hands, and they have really made a lot of money.
Equally important to the national planning is the draw ceremony for the round of 12 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia on April 12, which will determine which opponents the Chinese national team will face in this budget tournament.
Of course, although the Chinese national team has been making up for the past in the past two years, the warm-up matches and the world preliminaries have achieved good results, but after all, the foundation is too poor, compared to the fourth-grade team in history, this time it has only become the third grade, and it will still meet many strong teams in Asia.
However, there are so many Asian teams, so many bitter masters in the history of Chinese football, get rid of this, and the other one will definitely be encountered, and it doesn't mean much to which grade it is in.
In the end, the Chinese team is still the same as in history, and is in Group A with Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Qatar, and Syria.
Facing opponents with most Central and Western Asian teams, because the style of these teams is more of a headache for the national football team, and it is very difficult to play away, the domestic media is very worried. But Zhang Sheng is very confident, Iran's strength is very strong, the Chinese team may be a little stunned, but South Korea's has the strength to fight, and the other three teams are the targets of the Chinese team to grab points.
Of course, this requires the Chinese team to play their own strength.
The funniest reaction is the Japanese and South Korean media, South Korea's domestic media unanimously think that the Chinese team is too good, this feels like winning the SSR, there are already six points to be determined, and the Japanese media is also an expression of why I didn't draw the Chinese team.
Zhang Sheng also does not know where the superiority of the fans of Japan and South Korea comes from, in the past three years, the Longteng team has cultivated a large number of talents for the national teams at all levels, and at the beginning of the year, the Chinese Olympic team won the runner-up and qualified to go to the Rio Olympics, of which the semi-finals were 3-1 victory over the South Korean team, and after the 2-2 draw with Japan in the final, the penalty kick was lost.
In terms of young talent reserves, the Chinese team has begun to slowly recover, "It seems that it is not enough to humiliate you in the club. Zhang Sheng thought maliciously.
What is different from the opinions of the domestic and foreign media is the domestic fans.
Influenced by the good results of the club in recent years and the smooth qualification of the national team group, they unanimously believe that as long as the Chinese team plays bloody and strong, it will not be difficult to qualify.
"We are in Group A where there are three teams that have played in the World Cup, China is one of them, and Group B has five teams that have played in the World Cup...... Except for Thailand. Therefore, China is still more competitive in Group A. "This is the analysis of the data emperor.
"There is nothing better than this sign, South Korea, Iran we have won recently, Qatar group was killed by us, Uzbekistan has won and lost each other, Syria and the national football team are half a pound and eight taels, good signing. "This is the analysis of the Emperor of History.
"With a double win over Syria and Qatar, a win and a draw against Uzbekistan, and a total of 4 points from South Korea and Iran, the Chinese team has 20 points and should be able to qualify. Come on, Chinese team!" is even more predicted, and the fans have planned the results of the game.
"The local players of the Longteng team plus a few Liuyang are enough for us to qualify. Compared with the previous "emperors", on the contrary, it was the message of this fan who should be the Longteng team who received the most approvals.
Maybe it's the ass that decides the head, but it is the South Korean foreign aid who plays in the Chinese Super League who unanimously welcomes the Chinese team to qualify, and they all claim that they are very happy to join hands with the Chinese team to enter the World Cup finals, and it seems that money is the best to speak.
The draw for the national team quickly passed, and the Chinese Super League ushered in the fifth round of matches at the weekend.
In this round of competition, the Longteng team will play against Henan Jianye, which had very good results in the first four rounds.
This season's Henan Jianye is still a budget-conscious style, the introduction of a number of young players from other clubs or the main players of the reserve team, they run hard, sharp defensive counterattack is very eye-catching, the team's head coach "Jia Xue" is also holding points in his hand and bowing his head, calling out love to learn, learning from south to north, but the points are not less.
Before the game, Jia's posture of learning and guidance was surprisingly low, and the word learning was even more inseparable.
He originally wanted to keep a low profile, but when he really got to the game, he met the Longteng team, which had already determined that the AFC Champions League group would definitely qualify, and the whole main force was fighting, and he could really only learn.
Because there is no double match in a week, the players of the Longteng team are full of energy, and the pressure of the whole court makes Henan Jianye breathless, although the desperate defense and held the first half, in the second half, Henan Jianye, who could not keep up with the physical fitness, collapsed, and began to concede two goals in more than 20 minutes in the second half, and the Longteng team completely killed the game.
The score of 2:0 also convinced the arrogant Jia Xuegui: "The strength of the Longteng team is too strong, they have too many good players, this score is normal." ”
Zhang Sheng admires Jia Xuexue very much who likes to cultivate young people, Henan Jianye itself does not have much capital investment, but he is very good at tapping potential young players in other clubs, and then giving them more opportunities to play, such as Long Cheng, such as Li Xiaoming, are good young players trained by Jia Gui.
It is conceivable that if there is no system, Zhang Sheng can only choose the same approach as Director Jia, and it is really difficult to say whether the result is as good as him.
So Zhang Sheng's words after the game were sincere: "Henan Jianye's tactical thinking is clear, the players are very well executed, as long as they are given time, they will be a force to be reckoned with in the Super League." ”