On the morning of the second day of the competition, the fourth round of Group A of the Top 12 completed all the matches.

Iran still showed the strongest strength, they beat South Korea 1-0 at home, with 10 points, ranked first in Group A, South Korea is in front of China with 7 points of goal difference (2 more than China), and China relies on this victory to beat Uzbekistan with 6 points in third place.

The points rules for World Cup qualifiers and the World Cup are different from those of both the AFC and UEFA.

Whether it is the AFC or UEFA, in their AFC Champions League and Champions League, they all look at the relationship between winners and losers with the same points, and then look at the number of goals and goal difference between two teams (or more than two teams). If it is still the same, then compare the total goal difference and total goals in the entire group stage, of course, the AFC also has an ingenious away goal count as the final column.

However, FIFA has always adhered to the rule of "comparing the total goal difference with the total number of goals scored, and then comparing the relationship between wins and losses", so in the World Cup qualifiers and even the World Cup finals on all continents, the relationship between winners and losers is not compared in the case of the same points, but the goal difference is the first place.

There is a deep reason why Perrin valued goal difference so much in the first place.

Although it is ranked third in Group A, this ranking has already touched the threshold of qualification, because this ranking is eligible for the third play-off in Group B, and if it can pass the play-offs, it will be eligible for the fourth play-off in Central and North America to compete for a precious ticket to the World Cup finals.

Zhang Sheng gave the players who participated in the national team a two-day vacation after the game, and it was not until the 14th that the players gathered together and flew to Shijiazhuang, and the Longteng team will challenge Yongchang away on the 16th in this round.

The players of the Longteng team who won the victory in the national team are very good in terms of mentality and condition, although Shijiazhuang Yongchang, who ranks last, is now working very hard for relegation, but in the actual game, the gap between the overall strength of the two sides is far beyond everyone's imagination.

In order to get points, Shijiazhuang Yongchang was not conservative in this game, and they attacked from the beginning of the game, but this kind of wide-open game was too easy for the Longteng team.

Nie Jiang, who was in hot form in the first half, scored twice, and with Du Zhenyu's header in the corner kick, the Longteng team led 3:0.

In the second half, the relaxed Longteng players also played extremely relaxed, with all kinds of wonderful passing actions and beautiful combinations emerging in endlessly. The players of the Longteng team are playing happily, and the fans at home are very unhappy, of course, the players of Shijiazhuang Yongchang are even more unhappy.

In the fifteenth minute of the second half, Huang He's long-range shot outside the penalty area helped the Longteng team lead 4:0, and he was very excited to score the first goal of the league, rushed to the stands of the expeditionary force to celebrate for a long time, and returned to the field under the supervision of the referee.

Next, Huang He passed the left fullback of Shijiazhuang Yongchang on the right side of the road, Mi Haolun, but the latter was annoyed and angry, and turned around directly with a scissor foot, Huang He wanted to dodge but did not dodge, and the whole person was cut alive on the turf.

Such a serious foul, the referee decisively showed a red card, and then quickly let the team doctor of the Longteng team play, just from the appearance, there is nothing to see from Huang He, but Huang He covered his knees, which is the most likely place to form ligament rupture after being fouled by scissor feet.

"There's a deformation in this knee. The narrator in charge of the commentary was also frightened by the slow motion of the replay, "This foul is too bad." ”

'Hopefully there won't be any major injuries. Hopefully it's just a ligament injury. The commentator also had a sad face, "In the national team competition a few days ago, Huang He's debut was very successful, and this player has a bright future." ”

The fate of Huang He also means that the two strongest right wingbacks of the Longteng team are out of action in the Chinese Super League and even the AFC Champions League this season.

After Xiong Jian replaced Huang He on the field, Zhang Sheng replaced Nie Jiang and Qi Ming in a row, and simply let the two main forces rest, which was not strong enough in itself, and Shijiazhuang Yongchang, who had one less person to fight, did not close his door in the end, and was broken by Chavez's header, and the final score was over 5:0.

A big victory but sacrificed the Yellow Crane, Zhang Sheng was very unhappy, because three days later, the second leg of the AFC Champions League was about to start.

What made Zhang Sheng even more helpless was that because he didn't expect Huang He to be injured, a few days ago the Chinese Football Association recruited the school-age players of the Longteng team to play in the Asian Youth Championships, and Zhang Sheng, who was still immersed in the joy of the victory of the national team, let Zeng Fanfang, Shen Jun and Wang Xing go to the competition when his own players were very nervous.

Fortunately, Zhang Sheng got a great news after the game, Huang He's knee ligament was torn very badly, and it caused edema, but it was not broken after all.

According to the estimates of doctors and team doctors, Huang He needs to recuperate for a month, and then look at the situation, optimistically, he also needs at least one to one and a half months to officially participate in the competition.

Another piece of good news is that the national youth team got off to a good start in the Asian Youth Championships, and striker Wu Qingmin, who was loaned out by the Longteng team, scored twice to help the team defeat Australia 2:1.

However, how to cope with the next few games has become a headache for Zhang Sheng.

Now the form of the Chinese Super League is not too clear, there are three rounds left in the league, and the Longteng team still has three opponents: Luneng, Suning and Yanbian Fude, and the biggest opponents in the championship Evergrande are: SIPG, China Fortune and Chongqing Lifan.

Generally speaking, the opponents of the Longteng team are the midstream teams that are worry-free about relegation or have the AFC Champions League qualification and have no hope of competing for the championship, while Evergrande has SIPG, which is desperate for the AFC Champions League qualification, and Chongqing Lifan, which is going all out for relegation. But in terms of personnel, Evergrande has slowly come out of the haze of injuries.

Zou Zheng, who was injured in the AFC Champions League, was confirmed to be just a false alarm after the game, he just didn't play for a long time and his body didn't adapt for a while, in this round of the Chinese Super League, Evergrande challenged Yanbian Fude away, Zou Zheng played the whole game, and the main left fullback Li Xuepeng also recovered faster than expected, and now he has begun to train with the team. On the contrary, the four wingbacks on the Longteng side are destined to bid farewell to the rest of the season, and the Longteng's offensive accelerator position is extremely short of manpower.

In terms of points, the Longteng team has 4 points more than Guangzhou Evergrande. Guangzhou Evergrande, which is now in good shape, has a high probability of winning all the next three games, and once the Longteng team has a mistake, these 4 points are not safe, and Evergrande is likely to turn the tables against the wind.

Of course, the AFC Champions League match three days later was the trickiest for Zhang Sheng.

Du Zhenyu can't get a red card, and the player with the best marking ability in the Longteng team's backline is not there, and how Diego Costa, who is white and hard, should look at the defense has become a big problem.

After discussing with the coaching staff, Zhang Sheng decided to return to the old way of play, with Ma Yongli as a free agent at the back, and Li Ming and Lu Zhihui taking turns defending in the penalty area, taking turns to mark Diego Costa. In terms of the choice of two wing-backs, De Paul and Tao Wentao are separated on the left and right, and Roque Gil is in the middle, and the combination of Qi Ming and Xiong Jian is still Nie Jiang and Chavez on the front line.

Before the game, Jiangcheng's ball market ushered in a climax, fortunately, Chen Jiangfeng, as an "old" fan for several years, is the backbone of the fan association, he has a good ticket purchase channel, and helped the three brothers in the dormitory to buy tickets in the ticket distribution channel of the fan association.

"How many times has this game started? I heard that the Longteng team injured a lot of people. "The roommate who doesn't understand much has been asking Chen Jiangfeng, the old driver.

"At least five or five! This is our home field!" Chen Jiangfeng looked determined, "Our Longteng bench is very deep." ”

"Then how did I hear that several players from the national youth team are in the squad. "Zhang Guohua, the roommate who followed Chen Jiangfeng to watch the game last time, has now officially become a qualified fan and knows how to understand the news from many aspects," I read the association's forum and read the posts of several bigwigs, what they said in the posts. ”

"Do you look down on the national youth?" Chen Jiangfeng tried his best to defend the players, "I heard the news from my father, and everyone in the team is very optimistic about them." As long as we make sure we don't lose this game, we don't concede any goals and we have no problem qualifying. The last game was 2:2, what are you afraid of? You've made the cut, and I'm going to have you going for supper. ”

"Did you hear that, Brother Feng, please have supper. Suddenly, several people in the dormitory burst into a chorus, and a group of young college students swayed their passions to the fullest.

For this game, Evergrande seems to be very confident. During the international break, Paulinho was again called up for the Brazilian national team, playing the full game in both games, helping his side to a 5-0 win over Bolivia and a 2-0 away win over Venezuela, both of which were well received.

The absolute main midfielder of the Brazilian national team, Paulinho, who is playing better and better, is fully worthy of this title, and players with this level of ability can be said to be the top existence in the Chinese Super League.

Also on the hot list is Diego Costa, who has missed out on the Spanish national team - since he came to the Chinese Super League, he should be well aware that he has voluntarily given up his place in the national team - but his ability to score consecutive goals is staggering, and he has just completed a brace in the past Chinese Super League.

That is to say, since he joined Guangzhou Evergrande, he has scored in every game, and now he has scored 15 goals in 7 Super League games, 7 goals in 3 AFC Champions League games, and 5 goals in 2 FA Cup games, which is the ability to average more than 2 goals per game in the whole of Asia.

For this bug-level player, Asian teams feel that Evergrande is cheating, and some people even assert: "Diego Costa will definitely not stay in Evergrande for long, and such a player will have to return to Europe to play sooner or later." ”

On October 19th, it rained lightly in Jiangcheng, and the temperature of about 20 degrees made people feel a little cold under the autumn rain, but such a cold and rainy night did not affect the enthusiasm of Jiangcheng fans, and there were two or three hours before the game began, most of the players had come to the vicinity of Jiangcheng Sports Center one after another, and a large number of private cars gathered near the sports center, and the Jiangcheng City Government arranged a large number of traffic police to come and ease traffic.

In addition, Jiangcheng's special police, armed police and fire brigades were also dispatched, in addition to various police explosion-proof vehicles, rare armored vehicles were also sent out to patrol.

Judging from the ticket sales, more than 48,000 tickets were sold out, which was about the same as the ticket price of Guangzhou Evergrande in the first leg, the difference is that the Longteng team deliberately released a lot of student tickets, according to the Longteng Club: "Jiangcheng's more than 1.5 million college students every year are one of the basic plates of our fans, and it is our purpose to serve them, including providing them with more tickets suitable for their economic conditions." ”

This year's Guangzhou Evergrande ticket price is a rare year without price increase (the cheapest student package is only 500 a season, including tickets for three AFC Champions League group stage games), not only that, but also added a lot of benefits - including cooperation with operators to send phone bills and send traffic, etc., as another excellent business development club in the Chinese Super League, the Longteng team's package (the cheapest student package is only 400 a season) also has a lot of benefits, including the parking ticket of the Jiangcheng Sports Center, the membership of the football App invested by the Longteng Group (which implies hidden benefits such as football lottery expert analysis), the new version of the Longteng team's jersey 7.5% discount and so on.

Every year to play to this stage of the AFC Champions League, the club's income from tickets alone can be more than tens of millions, if you count the income of various peripherals, a well-run club can have more than 100 million dollars in the account, which is not a small supplement to the team's expenses.

At half past 6 o'clock in the evening, the second leg of the AFC Champions League semifinals and East Asian finals officially began.

The fans of the Longteng team created a very good atmosphere for the home stadium, and the deafening cheers filled the stadium as soon as Iranian referee Faghani blew the whistle.

The Longteng team, who kicked off first, chose the same attacking style as in the previous round, with the midfielder responsible for sweeping, intercepting and tandem, and attacking on the wing.

With right wing-back Tao Wentao not too familiar with the position, the Longteng team chose to give priority to De Paul's side to attack.

However, De Paul, who took the ball, soon fell into the encirclement of Evergrande's side, considering Xiong Jian's weak breakthrough ability in the midfield, Guangzhou Evergrande's defense in the middle of this game was much easier, and the two midfielders had more energy to help the two fullbacks fill the position.

This time it was Paulinho who came to the flank and used his body to squeeze De Paulo, who was smart enough to fall to the ground, and Fagani awarded the Dragons a free-kick that was far from goal.

Soon after the opening kick, they got such a set-piece attacking opportunity, although the position was not very good, the fans of the Longteng team still gave enthusiastic applause.

"Lu Zhihui is on this game. CCTV broadcaster is responsible for commenting on this game is Liu Jiayuan and Shen Fangjian's partner, and they have also done their homework before the game, "This is the real Evergrande nemesis, as long as it is a set-piece, as a central defender, he will definitely participate in the header attack." This season he suffered a serious injury and had more than two months of rest, but today he was here again. For Guangzhou Evergrande, Lu Zhihui may be late, but he will always show up. ”