The departure of a star from the Chinese Super League has caused such an impact, which many people in the domestic football circle did not expect, but overall, the transfer significance is very positive.

Among them, Evergrande has benefited the most, compared to the loss of the team's strength due to the departure of players, there is no small compensation elsewhere.

The continuous attention of domestic and foreign media and fans has made Evergrande Club famous around the world, and it has also brought inspiration for their subsequent recruitment in South America and Europe - where players will not only not be wasted, but may also be reborn.

Then it was the Chinese Super League that profited, and Barcelona's introduction of Paulinho can be said to be an endorsement of the level of the Chinese Super League. If there are any more players coming to the Chinese Super League, they are worried that the league level is not enough, the attention is not enough, and the doubts about losing the national team position will be reduced a lot.

In the end, what people didn't expect was that the Longteng team also "profited": many foreign media who did not pay attention to the Longteng team before, fans and European clubs also began to pay attention to the team that is more dominant than Evergrande in the Chinese Super League.

"Even Evergrande, which owns Paulinho, can't get rid of the domination of the Longteng team in the Chinese Super League. How strong is this team and what good players are there?" has become the focus of many European media, clubs and fans.

It should be said that these people in Europe are already a bit of an afterthought, and they are more concerned about the development of football around the world - football managers have been following the Dragons for a long time.

As early as 2016, when they released Football Manager 2017, they made adjustments to the Chinese Super League, among which the adjustment to the Longteng team was the largest, including those Longteng players who participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics football tournament have been improved in ability and potential.

This year, Sega launched the long-awaited Chinese Simplified Chinese version in June, and also made adjustments to the data of Chinese Super League players, and the ability and potential values of the Chinese players who played in the World Youth Championship rose again, among which several players of the Longteng team were the most eye-catching.

Players like Nie Jiang, who did not participate in the World Youth Championships but have been famous for a long time, were assigned a CA/PA of 133/160, which is the player with the highest potential among all Chinese players.

If you compare the potential value of 160, it is slightly lower than SIPG's foreign aid Hulk is 165, Oscar is 170, but it is higher than Elkeson's 150, and even above Paulinho (155), who has just transferred to Barcelona, and Jiangsu Suning's foreign aid Ramirez.

The ability value of 133 is higher than Barcelona's Munir (130), Borini (130), who has just joined on loan, and only 2 points less than West Ham United's leading striker Carroll, which is a statistic that can be established in Europe's top five leagues.

Several others, Xiang Tiange, who has transferred to Beijing Zhongbo Guoan, has reached 120/150, and is pinned on by the game, after all, he has won the World Junior Championships, won medals in the Olympic Games, and won the fourth place in the World Youth Championships, with remarkable results.

The rest of the Qi Ming 118/145 and Dawn 115/140 are all top in the Super League.

Because of the good results of the Dragon Teng team, even several foreign aides in the team were looked down upon by the game.

The highest is De Paul, whose 136/150 stats are already on the same level as R. Martinez, who Suning bought for 9 million euros. Chavez 133/133, Fernando minimum 130/145.

According to the average CA data of the Longteng team given by the football manager, it is not much worse than the relegation teams of the five major leagues.

What's even more surprising is that because the players are generally young, their PA data is relatively high, if they can really cash out the potential value, then it is the standard of the Champions League finalists in the five major leagues.

The expectations and importance that Football Manager Games places on the Dragons can be seen.

After Paulinho's transfer exposed the Dragons, Europe's focus on the Dragons has changed a lot.

Before, the attention to the Longteng team was those teams that had cooperated with the Longteng team, or several giants with global layout capabilities, and on the whole, the Longteng team had a very small voice in European football.

However, after the transfer drama of Paulinho, the Longteng team, which is stronger than Evergrande, has made countless European teams look at it, coupled with the expansion of the European business of Wuzhou Culture Communication Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Longteng Group, in recent years, some small and medium-sized clubs that did not pay attention to the Chinese Super League before, or the Chinese Super League, and the Longteng Club are still waiting, have also begun to contact the Longteng team.

A gold mine suddenly appeared in front of them.

Without exception, they all made quotations for several outstanding players such as Nie Jiang, and at the same time, several foreign aides were not let go, and for a while, the inquiry documents came one after another.

Although the Dragons rejected all inquiries, it still made the staff in the club very tired.

After this year's season entered August, all teams in the Chinese Super League ushered in the busiest month.

To make way for the last two matches of the World Cup qualifiers round of 12 on 31 August and 5 September, there were three consecutive weeks of double fixtures in the week, two of which were FA Cups.

The top three teams in the league, Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG, are also in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

In addition to this, it is also these three teams that participate in the AFC Champions League for the Chinese Super League clubs, and they also need to play an AFC Champions League game in midweek in the fourth week. It also means that all three teams have to play a high-intensity game every three days.

August in China is always the hottest day, with temperatures of 37 or 8 degrees at every turn, and the physical demands on players can be imagined for playing two matches a week in such weather.

This is the time to test the depth of the bench for all three teams.

Judging from the situation in the first two weeks, although everyone has their own difficulties, everyone has withstood it.

The problems on the Longteng team's side are the injuries of goalkeeper Huang Dawei and central defender Ma Yongli, Guangzhou Evergrande is due to the departure of Paulinho, Huang Bowen and Mei Fang's injuries, and Shanghai SIPG is suspended for eight games because of the team's core Oscar, and Fu Huan, who came out for him, is suspended for six games.

In the first two weeks of the week's doubles, the Longteng team won two and drew two - one was the second leg of the FA Cup, and after the big win in the first leg, the whole substitute drew on the top, Guangzhou Evergrande won three and drew one, and Shanghai SIPG also won three and drew one.

Compared to real history, the latter two have a certain improvement.

Evergrande is mainly because of the emergence of Du Zhenyu, an excellent central defender, which is equivalent to one more Feng Xiaoting, which ensures the stability of the defense, and SIPG benefits more, Yan Xiaoyu played half of Conca in the days of Oscar's absence, and took over the team's front-court offensive organization, unlike in history, 4 consecutive rounds of winless.

By August 15th, although the third week of doubles was coming, Zhang Sheng was obviously in a much happier mood.

Many times, people are happy not because there is something good about them, but because someone is worse than you.

Zhang Sheng's happiness this time is because of this. Longteng team will play the semi-finals of the FA Cup with Shanghai Shenxin at home in midweek, while Shanghai SIPG will fight with Guangzhou Evergrande at home, and then in the middle of next week, Evergrande will have another AFC Champions League collision with SIPG.

It can be said that Zhang Sheng is completely watching from the sidelines in a posture of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.

Shanghai Shenxin, the opponent in the semifinals, can be described as the biggest dark horse in the FA Cup this season.

They are still in the middle league, in the FA Cup, they have eliminated the Chinese Super League team promoted to Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng, and then eliminated the Chinese league powerhouse Hangzhou Greentown, especially in the quarterfinals, Shen Xin defeated the strong with a total score of 4:3 eliminated Jiangsu Suning, becoming the only team in the FA Cup semifinals.

Shanghai Shenxin's team has a very difficult foothold in the magic capital of Shanghai Twins - Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG, a large number of fans have been diverted by these two Chinese Super League teams, only the team club is located in Jinshan (a suburban area of Shanghai) has a small number of fans to pay attention to, the number of fans watching the team's home stadium has always been at the bottom of the league.

However, they are very popular with some neutral fans, as the team insists on using a lot of young players - most of them are from Chinese Super League teams on loan, and the sticking to the ground and small area of play is very ornamental, and the anti-counter-attack tactics are direct and effective.

But in general, Shen Xin's strength is very weak, judging from the fact that they have conceded 24 goals in 21 rounds of the Chinese League, the reason why the team can have its current results is completely due to the explosion of two foreign strikers, one is Conca's former teammate Brazilian player Birobero, and the other is the two-time top scorer of the Thai Super League bought from the Thai Super League at the beginning of the season, Brazilian striker Clayton.

Before the game, Shenxin Spanish coach Juan Ignacio complimented the Longteng team very much: "I know that the Longteng team is the strongest team in China, they have the best local players in the Chinese Super League, and the foreign aid is also very strong. We've come this far and we're very lucky to be able to play against them. We don't care about the result, we're going to enjoy it. ”

With such an obvious smokescreen, the players of the Dragons team were not fooled.

For Shen Xin's two foreign aids, who are not tall but have extremely fast speed, Zhang Sheng went to Lu Yangyang, a central defender of the same type, to defend, and from the perspective of the game, the effect is very good.

The Longteng team relied on its strong strength, and in the first half it was Tang Jin and Lu Zhihui's headers from two set-pieces that took the lead, and in the second half, Ni Kai scored another goal to completely kill the game.

In fact, when Shenxin coach Juan saw that the Longteng team had only two foreign aids, and three players had been rotated in other positions, he thought that his deception tactics of showing weakness had succeeded, but the routine was often based on a certain strength.

If it weren't for Zhang Sheng's intention to reduce the rhythm in the second half, after 3:0, there were three substitutes who played less this season, and the game was likely to have a big score.

A lackluster game, with the only bright spot being in the away stands. The stands of the home team are still very hot in this game, and there is a lone person in the stands of the away team, even so, every time Shen Xin attacks or destroys the attack of the Longteng team, he will wave a scarf to celebrate.

After the game, countless fans gave him good reviews.

Easily solving his own problems, Zhang Sheng began to pay attention to the other two opponents in the FA Cup.

Before the game, Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG formed a big contrast.

Guangzhou Evergrande's side, Paulinho just left, Mei Fang, Huang Bowen was seriously injured and reimbursed for the season, while Goulart and Gao Lin both had minor injuries and sat on the bench, even if Evergrande has a player reserve that is proud of the Super League, it has reached the limit at this time, on the other hand, Shanghai SIPG, Oscar, Fu Huan are all timely to end the suspension and comeback, and there is no injury trouble, which can be described as a strong soldier.

The only thing Evergrande may rely on is the temperament of a champion team at critical moments and the experience of the competition.

In the actual competition, it is true.

Shanghai SIPG occupied the absolute initiative on the field, and Evergrande was counterattacking steadily step by step under strong pressure. In the first half alone, SIPG came to the goalpost twice, and Liu Dianzuo, who came on as a substitute, made many key saves.

More dramatically, it was Guangzhou Evergrande who scored first in the first half, and Du Zhenyu, who played a double central defender with substitute Jin Yingquan, scored the first goal to Guangzhou Evergrande, and he scored with a header from a corner.

When Du Zhenyu scored, Zhang Sheng in front of the TV saw Boas who angrily threw the water bottle in his hand and was happy.

Until the end of the first half, Guangzhou Evergrande entered the halftime break with a one-goal lead, and the commentators were violently criticizing the Shanghai Port forwards for wantonly spitting cakes, and falling behind was the result of being punished as a matter of course.

In the second half, Shanghai SIPG, which continued to besiege, finally reaped the results, or the Hulk Hulk's super heavy artillery shot caused Liu Dianzuo to save the ball, and Wu Lei followed up with the supplementary shot to equalize the score.

After the goal, SIPG didn't seem to know how to score again, Hulk, Oscar hit the post in a row, dead or alive just can't expand the score, Evergrande is confined to the midfield to advance poorly, counterattack can't play, more scoring opportunities can only rely on set-pieces.

Fortunately, at the last moment of the game, central defender He Xi scored with a header in a corner kick and returned Evergrande with the same goal to overtake the score.

Aside from the scoreline, the post-match stats were a good indication of the actual confrontation between the two sides: SIPG had a whopping 60% possession and had 23 shots on goal in the game, seven of which were on target, not counting the four that hit the post. Evergrande's 40% possession rate, only 2 of 13 shots on target, only one at the post, and the number of free kicks and corner kicks in the front court, SIPG also has a clear upper hand, but compared with Evergrande's use of corner kicks, SIPG's set-pieces failed to form much of a threat.

Villas-Boas's displeasure was on his face after the game: "We deserved to win tonight, we were in control of the game for the vast majority of the game. I think if you take advantage of the opportunity, you can get a bigger margin. We could have scored more goals tonight, we just didn't have luck in the game. ”

Scolari accepted the defeat very calmly, after all, it was a semi-main lineup, a score of 1:2, or away, and such an away goal was sometimes decisive: "It was a wonderful game, SIPG created more chances throughout the game, and they deserved this victory. ”

The two teams that did everything they could, the only good thing was the Longteng team.