52. Rain War

The improvement of the first stage of the common task is mainly the ability of the veteran, the growth of the ability value and even the potential value of the Mesozoic players, and the rapid growth of a small number of young players.

The second stage of improvement is placed on the Mesozoic generation players, especially because of the irregularities in the youth training of Chinese football in the past ten years, resulting in the potential value or ability value of the players who have not fulfilled their potential value, as long as they work hard and maintain a long game, the ability value and potential value will be greatly improved, which is often referred to as "the ball has risen" The younger generation of players under the age of 23 are, the more talented they are, the harder they train, the faster they will grow, and they will be able to show more to the manager, get more opportunities to play, and enter a good channel of positive circulation.

According to the data given by the system, after the completion of the first stage, the average ability value of domestic players in the Chinese Super League exceeded 63, and the threshold of the national team has come to more than 70, while after the completion of the second stage, the average value is already 68, and it is almost impossible for players to enter the national team without an ability value of more than 75.

The system prompts that the tasks of the third stage of common progress are more demanding, and to complete the tasks of this stage, the Dragon Club must transfer more than 40 players with an ability value of 70 or more to the domestic club, of which three players must have an ability value of more than 80 and one player must have an ability value of more than 90.

Of course, the rewards given by the system are also very attractive, if you complete this stage of the task, the average ability value of domestic players in the Super League will come to 73, and the entry ability value of national team players will come to 83, which is now the ability of the Longteng team, the Chinese Super League hegemon, to play the main force.

Complete the stage tasks of this long-term mission, and the system also gives you a good additional reward: 1 chance to summon a player (potential value level 105), Super Potential Pill x3 - permanently increase the potential value of players with potential value of 120 and below (the lower the potential value, the more it increases), advanced player growth accelerator x3, advanced tactical formation accelerator x3.

"It's been a long drought and a rainstorm. Looking at the piles of golden and shiny items, Zhang Shengle blossomed, "Thank you beauty." ”

As the strength of the Longteng team becomes stronger and stronger, the system girls rarely take the initiative to come forward to give Zhang Sheng a reward, it is rare that this time it is a big task, Zhang Sheng finally saw the system beauty that he has been for a long time.

"Not bad, not bad. The long-awaited system girl is obviously very happy, "I finally completed a big task." Our national team's form of qualifying for the World Cup is also very good. ”

Obviously, the system pays more attention to the results of the national team.

"Come on. The team brought it well, and the items were exploded. The system beauty even came for a while, "Looking forward to your next performance." ”

After completing the match with Beijing Guoan, the Longteng team ushered in the FA Cup match in midweek, and the opponent was Shandong Luneng.

In this season's FA Cup, the arrangement of home and away has gone out again, and there have been some changes in the arrangement of the weak team at home in the past two years, the first three rounds are still the team with a low level or a low ranking at the same level last season to play at home, and in the fourth round, it has become a team of the same level to play at home last season.

Fortunately, the Longteng team is waiting for Shandong Luneng's challenge at their home stadium this time.

June is the rainy season in Jiangcheng, and the occasional rainstorm causes "watching the sea" in Jiangcheng to be one of the city's repertoire programs every summer, and this time the two teams happened to encounter such weather.

The day before the race, the heavy rain made the citizens of Jiangcheng curse, and everyone once again liked the sea view.

The Luneng team, who flew from Quancheng to Jiangcheng two days in advance, wanted to cry without tears.

For two whole days, most of the time it was rainy, and after a long period of high-intensity rainstorm, it was followed by continuous moderate and light rain. The Longteng Club is very kind, and it didn't arrange any bad venues for Luneng's training, but after such a rainfall, if you want to play football, you want to think too much.

Taking advantage of the light rain, going to the field for activities has become the only opportunity for Luneng to let off steam, and most of the time, the players are nesting in the hotel gym to keep their bodies hot.

Head coach Magath was calm at this time, and his face was always calm without any anxiety about not being able to train before the game.

As a Chinese assistant coach, Li Xiaopeng asked tentatively in English that he was not very proficient in: "There shouldn't be such a situation in Germany where you can't train before the game, right?"

"Of course there will be. "Many of Germany's urban infrastructure is decades old, and it's normal for heavy rains to be flooded. However, German clubs generally have very good drainage pitches, so I'm more worried about the venue for tomorrow's game. ”

If Magath had heard this, he would have doubted his ears.

In 2010, it began to be rumored on the Internet that Qingdao's sewers were built by Germans, and the city would not be flooded no matter how heavy the rain was, and a hundred years later, Qingdao Municipal Government made a phone call to Germany, and the Germans still had spare parts.

Later, the myth of "German oil paper bag" was derived.

In fact, this kind of bizarre theory is nothing more than imagining a non-existent Western world to vent one's dissatisfaction with something in reality.

The real situation is that Qingdao sewers in Germany have also built a small section, less than one thousandth of the sewers in the whole city, Qingdao is less flooded, just because of its special terrain, the urban area is high, and it is close to the sea, and the rain flows into the sea, and it is common for Germany to be flooded when it encounters heavy rain.

Whether it was Hamburg when Magath played football, or Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich where he later coached, there were countless news stories of flooded neighborhoods after the rain.

Someone on the Internet later ridiculed: "German orthodoxy is in Qingdao." "Not without reason.

As a person who came over, Magat really has nothing to be surprised about this rainstorm in Jiangcheng.

Heavy rain and flooding were not unusual, but the next day the players saw something strange on the road.

On June 21, the day of the game, the sky was still drizzling, and the players and coaching staff of Shandong Luneng were lucky enough to turn into a boat on the way from the hotel to the Jiangcheng Sports Center, and the team bus was fortunate to turn into a boat and sailed a long way on the road.

Such a "bold" way of travel allows everyone to have a new experience.

When the bus saw the passing Jiangcheng bus on the road, Luneng's players and coaches, especially foreign aid and foreign coaches, saw it strangely, and everyone took out their mobile phones to take pictures of this rare situation, and passed it on some non-existent apps.

Of course, our Italian artillery will definitely put such a novelty @ Varga, and as for whether Comrade Rigeman knows about it or not, I will say another thing.

Until the team warmed up, the rain did not stop, it was very small, but it was dripping, and the high temperature of 30 degrees made people very unhappy.

Magath had sent someone to the field before the game, and found that the turf was very soft, and there was no obvious waterlogging, but the ball speed was definitely very fast.

For this reason, Luneng players generally replaced with SG, that is, steel nails, this model of spikes is long, suitable for soft surface of real turf, in rainy days to use this kind of football boots more often, because steel spike football boots have a strong grip, not easy to slip.

Sufficient preparation allowed Luneng to perform very well in the game.

Knowing that the team could not fight with the Longteng team to advance on the ground, under the command of Magath, the role of center forward Pelle was played to the extreme, and the two wings took advantage of the slippery characteristics of football in rainy days, and kept vigorously lifting the high ball to the penalty area to find him, even if he couldn't top the ball, Jiang Mingming, the goalkeeper of the Longteng team's rotation, did not dare to hold the ball with his hands, but more to the bottom line and give Luneng a corner kick.

This game is also the first time that the Longteng team has used Huang He to start after Xiang Tiange left the team, and his performance was obviously too excited, in the 33rd minute of the first half, his defense on the right side was too aggressive, allowing Tardelli to easily dunk him and get the opportunity to cross unguarded.

Pelle's clever run in the box shook off the dawn and after receiving a pinpoint pass from Tardelli, a lion shook his head and headed the ball into the net.

Luneng has a lead over the Dragons away from home.

This conceded goal made Huang He very embarrassed, just confirmed his main position, he made a mistake in defense, what he was most afraid of was that Zhang Sheng thought that he was not enterprising, and he got carried away when he got the main position.

After all, behind him, there are not no competitors, whether it is Peng Langjun, who just shined at the World Youth Championships some time ago, or Tian Qijie, who was substituted, or even including Fernando, De Paul can play this position, a little slack, and the sharp eyes of head coach Zhang Sheng are not given in vain.

Gesturing to his teammates in the penalty area, Huang He expressed his apologies, took a few deep breaths in a row, he suppressed his emotions, and in the next game, he had to stabilize his mentality and play well.

After nearly half a season, although Huang He's ability value is not as high as more than 80 like Xiang Tiange, he has also come from 77 to 79, which is definitely among the top few in the current Chinese Super League.

Opposite Huang He is Zheng Zhen, who is also a marginal international player, but the problem is that the latter has been a little less explosive since the recovery of a major injury, and this is particularly obvious in the rain battle.

Although the Longteng team did not pull the score back in the first half, Huang He on the right side still obviously suppressed Zheng Zhen's assist, and it was difficult for Luneng's left side to easily send a good ball to Pelle in the penalty area.

In the second half, it was the left side of the Longteng team that opened the breakthrough, De Paul's impact on Li Songyi caused him to foul and receive a yellow card, relying on this set-piece, Qi Ming scored with a header in the penalty area to equalize the score.

Not long after the Longteng team equalized, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the game on Luneng's side was even more difficult.

As a well-known "devil coach", Magath is very experienced in physical conditioning, but it is common for teams to play away games and not as physically fit as the home team, especially when facing a team like the Dragons who are good at pressing, good at confrontation, and fast pace of the game.

In the twenty-fifth minute of the second half, Huang He's unswerving impact finally had an effect, Zheng Zhen's sliding tackle failed and couldn't take him down, not only received a yellow card, but also strained, Magath had to replace it with Song Long with a black face.

Instead of Liu Yang, a young player with more momentum, but Song Long, who has a more stable defense and worse assist ability, Magath wants to hold on, and the intention of dragging the game back is obvious.

The opponent's strategy retracted, Zhang Sheng was very keenly captured, he began to make decisive substitutions, Qu Wenming, who replaced Tao Wentao's starter, was replaced, Ni Kai, who had a stronger impact, came on the field, and the Longteng team sounded the horn of attack.

In the thirty-seventh minute of the second half, Huang He showed stronger potential than Xiang Tiange - his shots, especially the power and potential of long-range shots, were revealed, and it was his long-range shots that caused Luneng's goalkeeper Han Rongze to get out of his hands, and Ni Kai, who came on as a substitute, cleverly grabbed the second point and successfully hit the empty goal, overtaking the score.

"Huang He, this can be regarded as making up for it. Li Xin, who was in charge of the commentary, blew a wave, "After a mistake in defense that led to the loss of the ball, he sent an assist." The young man is 95 years old, 22 years old is still a month away, and he is also full of potential, and his physical fitness is very good, stronger than Xiang Tiange, who has already transferred away. This long-range shooting kung fu has obviously been practiced, and it is not simple. ”

"It's also about rainy days. Dong Lu continued, "On rainy days, you can use long shots, and it is easy to make miracles vigorously." Han Rongze is still inexperienced, and the save in this kind of weather is as far as possible to pounce outward, and it is better to save the bottom line than to go directly to the middle. ”

"Magath is going to make another substitution. Li Songyi was replaced by Zhang Chi, and after his comeback this season, he is still in good shape. Pelle is now in need of good passes from both wings to see if he can make a difference. ”

Li Xin's mouth is still very accurate, after he relaxed, he took advantage of his good physical characteristics, and hit the side a few times, especially in the 43rd minute of the second half, he let De Paul's return to the defense make a mistake, slipped to the ground, and pulled him down, and won a very good position free kick.

After Hao Junmin's free kick bypassed the human wall, it hit the upright and flew out of the bottom line, which was regarded as sparing the Longteng team once.

"Oh, that's a beautiful free-kick. Li Xin shouted, "Hao Junmin is definitely the top free kick master among domestic players, but this time it's a pity that it's bad luck." ”

"Definitely. The people of Jiangcheng returned to Jiangcheng and were denied a goal by Jiangcheng's goalpost, and their luck was really not good. Dong Lu came with a tongue twister.

After Zhang Sheng changed the horse and replaced De Paul with Shen Jun, the defense on the left side of the Longteng team had an immediate effect, no matter how Magath replaced Liu Binbin to fight, the physical Shen Jun did not give Luneng any chance.

Especially when a functional striker like Tang Jin came on the field, the mentality of the Longteng team to seek stability was already obvious.

2:1, the Longteng team won Shandong Luneng in their home stadium without danger and advanced to the next round, and the opponent was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.

Shanghai Greenland Shenhua relied on Guarin's flash of inspiration this time, defeating Beijing Zhongbo Guoan at home, Xiang Tiange sat in the guest seat in this battle, and the camera was also aimed at him many times, and several mistakes by Zhao Hejing, the right wingback on the field, made everyone think about it.

The FA Cup qualification, marking the beginning of the season Longteng team to win the double goal is on the road to realization.