Guangzhou Evergrande in this time and space is a completely different scene.

First of all, although they did not win the AFC Champions League last season, they also avoided the pain of losing a big player in the Club World Cup and the winter training time being compressed to the extreme.

Secondly, in order to regain the honor of the first team in the Chinese Super League, their preparations during the winter training were excellent, with physical reserves and tactical run-ins far surpassing the Guangzhou Evergrande team in history.

In the end, Lin Feng was poached from the Longteng team, giving them great encouragement and supplementation.

After Lin Feng arrived at Guangzhou Evergrande, the successor of Zheng Zhi, which the club has been extremely worried about, was temporarily resolved, and the more realistic effect was that after Lin Feng, they gave Zheng Zhi more space for rotation, and the veteran was able to put all his energy on a certain line, and no longer bothered by physical matters.

So in terms of team results, they are very different from history.

In the Chinese Super League, although four points behind the terrific Longteng team, they maintained an unbeaten record, and in the AFC Champions League, they made Asian teams feel the fear of domination again, and qualified for the group stage with an absolute advantage.

Because both teams are now worry-free in the AFC Champions League, then in the Chinese Super League, it must be a big battle of Mars hitting the earth, and there is no waste of the name of China's "national derby" given by the media.

There are many national derbies in the world, La Liga has the famous Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, the Premier League has the double red club Manchester United vs. Liverpool, Italy is Juventus vs. Inter Milan, Brazil is Sao Paulo vs. Corinthians, and Argentina is definitely River Plate vs. Boca Juniors.

Specific to the Chinese Super League, the topic of the national derby is not long enough because the history of professional clubs is not long enough, it seems very reluctant, the earliest is the Lianhu duel, followed by Lianlu and Beijing-Shanghai, and finally the rise of Guangzhou Evergrande and Shandong Luneng and Beijing Guoan, but unfortunately with Evergrande's unbeatable ride, the uneven record leads to the absence of the so-called national derby in the Evergrande era.

However, since the Longteng team began to emerge in the Chinese professional football circle, they began to show their grandeur, whether it is from the second division or the first division, they have never been afraid of Guangzhou Evergrande, and after arriving in the Chinese Super League, they have the upper hand in terms of performance.

When more and more Longteng players were selected for the national team, when Longteng Club had super-level foreign aid, their match with Guangzhou Evergrande was recognized by countless fans as the national derby of the Chinese Super League.

In a game like this one, even if Martinez is injured and unable to play, there are players like Ben Arfa and Paulinho, who were once the main players of the world's top national team.

As for the domestic players, not to mention, there are as many as ten players in the Longteng team who have been selected for the national team, and the same is true in the Guangzhou Evergrande team, it can be said that these two teams basically form the current Chinese national team.

Before the game, the news from all sides can be described as endless, first Zhang Sheng's good brother Li Gang's sneaker incident was in an uproar, and he was fined 400,000 yuan for wearing the sneakers of Adidas, the sworn rival of the Chinese Super League sneaker brand Nike, in the game of directing Hebei Huaxia Happiness.

Li Gang finally pleaded guilty to the penalty: "The reason why I made such a mistake is because no one told me that coaches can't wear them casually, there is no way, since the Super League has regulations, you must abide by them, so since the last game, I have covered all the brand signs on the shoes." ”

But after such a fine, he still wears shoes of the opponent's brand, highlighting the stubborn character of Gangzi.

The subsequent conflict between Chongqing Lifan and Shijiazhuang Yongchang fans caused the Chinese Football Association to issue a fine, which can also be said to be the beginning of repeated conflicts between Chinese Super League fans in the next year or two.

Next is the press conference of the Chinese Super League company warning those local media to fish in troubled waters to broadcast the Super League matches.

The last exciting news came out, the Brazilian sports media "BandSports" announced that it would start broadcasting the Chinese Super League from this week, and they chose Guangzhou Evergrande to host Jiangcheng Longteng in the first game, when Brazilian fans can see Paulinho, Alain, Goulart and other stars, if Pato does not go, it is the object of attention of Brazilian fans.

In fact, this is also related to a number of Brazilian national team players playing in the Chinese Super League, there are currently as many as 21 Brazilian players playing in the Chinese Super League, and there are two Brazilian coaches Scolari and Menezes in the Chinese Super League.

Luxenburg, the former coach of the Brazilian team of Tianjin Quanjian, who coached in the Chinese League, also expressed his opinion: "Dunga (the head coach of the Brazilian national team) will call up Brazilian players to play in China next, and I have received many invitations from TV stations interested in the Chinese league...... Unless Dunga was stupid, he wouldn't bother to pay attention to the situation here. ”

Also selected for this round of the game is the sports media company owned by the French group Tiess, which announced in early April that they have won the exclusive broadcast rights of France and Portugal for this season of the Chinese Super League, as well as non-exclusive broadcast rights in Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

Also starting from the sixth round of the Chinese Super League, the company will broadcast two Super League matches every weekend on its TV stations to meet the needs of French and European audiences until the end of the 2016 season.

Among them, Ben Alpha became an important publicity point for them to broadcast this game, and Ben Alpha also gave an interview to this media before the game.

In the interview, the French "bad boy" praised the Longteng Club and the super big conch.

So before the game, the managers of both teams mentioned this to the players to stimulate their performances.

Scolari said: "In this game, we not only want to regain the glory of the Chinese Super League, but also let the fans of other countries know about us. ”

"Especially Goulart, Paulinho, Alain. Scolari named them one by one, "There is already a Brazilian TV station that will broadcast our games, so you may be followed by the Brazilian media, and even the head coach of the Brazilian national team, I think you should know what that means." ”

Hearing Scolari's words, the three Brazilian foreign aides all nodded with serious faces, especially Paulinho, who was once the main defender of the Brazilian national team, he clenched his fists.

At the same time, in another locker room, Zhang Sheng also encouraged Ben Alfa: "You have been interviewed before the game, and you know what this game means to you. ”

Seeing Ben Alpha nodding excitedly, Zhang Sheng turned his head and said to all the players: "Not only Ben, but all of you, this will be a good opportunity to show your strength, don't miss it." Especially those who are hell-bent on playing in Europe. ”

Zhang Sheng's words suddenly made the hearts of all the players below who had a dream of staying abroad ripple, no matter what the influence of this broadcast was, no matter how small the mosquito legs were, they were still meat.

The two foreign media who are responsible for broadcasting this game are just a small surprise, and the big head is still in China.

In order to show the importance of this game, LETV Sports sent a commentary combination of Liu Jianhong and Huang Jianxiang, which are also the two top brands of LETV Sports.

The two men had been analysing the starting line-ups of the two participating teams since the start of the game.

Among them, Liu Jianhong is more optimistic about Guangzhou Evergrande: "Evergrande's starters are all able to play except for Martinez who is absent due to injury, and Zou Zheng has played two games after more than three months of recuperation and adaptation, and his state has recovered very well, and this game is also a starter." As for the key position in the midfield, Scolari still chose Zheng Zhi, for which Zheng Zhi did not play at all in the last round of the AFC Champions League. Judging from the existing lineup, coupled with the home advantage, Guangzhou Evergrande has a slight advantage. ”

"It's hard to say. Huang Jianxiang put forward his own point of view, "Although Nie Jiang has just come back and is just sitting on the bench in the Longteng team, Chavez's impact on the front line is still very strong, according to the news from the Longteng team, it has been more than a week since he came back, and his appearance in the starting list in this game is proof." As for the rest of the squad, just look at their recent form, which has often been crushing victories, and the Longteng team are unbeaten at Guangzhou Evergrande's home stadium. ”

"Let's take a look at how they did in the game. Liu Jianhong didn't argue about anything, and began to set his eyes on the arena.

At this time, the camera also began to circle around the entire Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium, after the start of this season, not only the explosive growth of the foreign aid level of each team, including the broadcast level of the game has also been greatly improved, such as the flying cat shooting that can be used flexibly with wide-angle shooting has been widely used.

Under such shooting conditions, the Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium, which is basically full, is very spectacular, and the foreign media are willing to broadcast the games of the Chinese Super League, which is also complementary to the improvement of the broadcast level of the Chinese Super League.

After the players of both sides took a group photo, they began to wait for the referee's whistle.

Zhang Sheng was very satisfied with this game, and the only thing he didn't figure out was the referee arranged by the Chinese Football Association for this game.

Because of this extremely important game, the referee who arranged it was actually Fan Qi.

As an old man in the Chinese Super League, Fan Qi is extremely "famous", but his fame is not because of his decisiveness on the field, but because of his hesitation and constant balance, which led to him becoming one of the few referees in the Chinese Super League who is often scolded by fans on both sides of the competition.

In the referee group of the Chinese Super League, several of them are the most scolded by the fans and the players, such as Fan Qi, Tan Hai, Huang Yejun, Zhou Gang, Ma Ning, of course, Comrade Hei Xiaohu has the tendency to catch up.

But what everyone doesn't understand is that these people have always been the biggest competitors of the "Golden Whistle" of the Chinese Super League.

Fan Qi won the bronze whistle in the 2011 season, the silver whistle in the 2015 season, and Tan Hai won the gold whistle three times in four years.

Among the most scolded referees in this group, Ma Ning is easy to be dissed by players and fans because he likes to play cards, especially red cards, while Fan Qi's law enforcement scale is more of a red card action to give a yellow card, and the yellow card action is smiling and not taking out the card, and the actions of both sides are getting bigger and bigger, or turning a blind eye.

Because of his wrong judgment, Liaoning Hongyun's players did not shake hands with him after the game; Wu Xi of Jiangsu Suning did not shake hands with him after the game; Harbin Yiteng's fans held up the "Longjiang A-level wanted warrant" in the stands, labeling "Legal Black Whistle Fan Qi" to "want" him, and even in the Bird's Nest South American Super Derby Cup in 2014, Fan Qi awarded Argentina a penalty, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Brazilian team, and even Neymar rushed to Fan Qi's side to express his protest to Fan Qi.

In view of the fact that he doesn't like to play cards, and likes to find balance after playing cards, once Yang Xiaotian first made a dangerous action to fly a tackle, and then poked his opponent's eyes with his fingers, two undoubted red cards were only punished after getting two yellow cards, and some fans ridiculed after the game: "Do you know how hard Yang Xiaotian worked to get this red card?"

So according to the rules of FIFA, Fan Qi, Tan Hai, Huang Yejun, and Zhou Gang all retired after the 2016 season, but because there was a fault line among the experienced referees of the Chinese Super League, Tan Hai, Huang Yejun, and Zhou Gang either delayed retirement or were rehired, and only Fan Qi completely retired.

A battle to determine the focus of the season's championship, a pioneering battle to test the waters of foreign media, but the Chinese Football Association sent a controversial referee like Fan Qi, which was indeed unexpected by Zhang Sheng.

Anyway, when Fan Qi blew the whistle for the start of the game, the match started in the limelight.

As the home team, Guangzhou Evergrande showed the momentum of winning as soon as it started.

Just the first minute of the game, Guangzhou Evergrande, who had the right to kick off the game, sent the ball to the front court with a big kick after kick-off, and Gao Lin's header in the front court was returned to Allan, whose long-range shot was wide of the goal, completing the first shot of the game.

"Guangzhou Evergrande played very simply, and when it came up, it gave the Longteng team a dismount. Liu Jianhong said excitedly, "It seems that they are not ready to make a temptation, and they will directly start to attack." That's the rhythm of the game. ”

Liu Jianhong's words were not wrong, after Guangzhou Evergrande completed the first shot, the Longteng team began to press frantically, and the two center forwards Zou Weijia and Chavez who started the game used their strong bodies and good physical energy to harass the Guangzhou Evergrande center defenders one after the other in the front court.

Ben Alpha, Tao Wentao and Xiang Tiange, who were behind the two center forwards, were stuck in front of the Guangzhou Evergrande midfielders, or stayed next to them, although they were ready to make a steal on Guangzhou Evergrande's pass.

In the fifth minute of the first half, Guangzhou Evergrande's right wingback Shu Jun chose to take the risk of passing the ball to Zheng Zhi after being forced to the sideline, but Tao Wentao next to Zheng Zhi took a step forward and broke the ball.

The Dragons got the chance to break the ball in midfield and counterattack.