The successful promotion of the Chinese team made all Chinese fans happy, but Zhang Sheng did not feel so.

It would be really strange if the current Chinese team couldn't qualify from the group stage, compared to history, this Chinese team can be said to be extremely strong, but it was really bad in the hands of Peilan, and his player Nie Jiang was injured.

According to the news from the national team doctor after the game, Nie Jiang needs at least 3-4 weeks to participate in training with this injury, which means that the main striker of the Longteng team will not be able to appear for a month, and Zhang Sheng has to make adjustments again in tactics.

But the next Longteng team is still very intensive, two days after the national team game, the Longteng team will usher in the league Guangzhou R&F who is interested in this season's AFC Champions League place, and the next three days later, they will fly to Japan to play the AFC Champions League, and then another league will wait for them in the next three days.

It can be said that this season is so intensive that the team can only do physical recovery during the interval between games, and any tactical training is difficult to carry out.

For this reason, Zhang Sheng was very anxious when he told Nie Jiang to recuperate with peace of mind, and now there is really no one in the team who can replace Nie Jiang, so he can only let Zou Weijia catch the duck on the shelf to take the position of the center forward, and let Chavez replace Nie Jiang, but I don't know how effective it will be in the actual game.

Sure enough, Zhang Sheng's worries were right, in this game with Guangzhou R&F, in addition to Nie Jiang not being able to play, the other three Longteng players who played the last national team game could only sit on the bench for physical reasons.

Among them, Ma Yongli and Xiang Tiange, one is the key figure of the team's three central defenders to two central defenders, and the other is the team's most reliable local attacker on the side, and the state of the entire Longteng team can be said to be not good.

On the contrary, Guangzhou R&F played very beautifully.

Unlike history, although Guangzhou R&F did not play in the AFC Champions League last season, the players also avoided the trouble of double-line battles, with Ivo, the Chinese Super League-level thigh, the whole team played extremely distinctive, they can even be said to be the entire Chinese Super League team in addition to the Longteng team, the game is the most enjoyable and practical team.

This brings us to their manager, Stojkovic.

After taking over the team last season, he slowly integrated his coaching philosophy into the team, and the team slowly evolved from a backward and old-fashioned wide attacking 4231 to a 541 that focused on possession and counter-attack.

As time went on, the team's tactical run-in became more and more successful, and Xiao Kuailing's style of play not only had the style of Cantonese football in the past, but also had the firm imprint of Stojkovic's long-term coaching in Japan.

The fast passing at their feet can be said to be one of the best in the Super League.

After the start of the game, Guangzhou R&F gave the Longteng team a dismount, and the Longteng team's frontcourt pressing made a mistake, allowing Guangzhou R&F to play a beautiful counterattack, and it was Guangzhou R&F's two Longteng team veterans who completed the counterattack.

As the captain on the field, Wang Peng handed over a beautiful shot to Wang Song, who came to respond, who cooperated with foreign aid Reinaldio's continuous short passes, and quickly advanced to the back line of the Longteng team, and finally Ivo hit the post with a beautiful shot.

Since Wang Peng's transfer to Guangzhou R&F, he quickly replaced the team's veteran captain Zhang Yaokun, and his central defender partner with foreign aid Zhang Xianxiu has greatly improved Guangzhou R&F's defense, and at the same time, his long-term training in the Longteng team is also very in line with Stojkovic's tactical concept, is a stable point on the team's backline.

However, the first to score was the Longteng team, this goal is completely the embodiment of Ben Alpha's personal ability, he broke through the defense of Guangzhou R&F side three people on the left side in a row, a beautiful pass found Chavez, the latter's tackle shot was fast and fast for R&F's goalkeeper to save, Longteng team took a 1-0 lead.

But this kind of attack is not the routine that Zhang Sheng wants to see, and the performance of individual ability between foreign players is far less convincing than the team's overall cooperation to score.

Sure enough, in the first half, Guangzhou R&F equalized, Ivo and Reinaldio's cooperation made a mistake in the defense of Liming, who replaced Ma Yongli to play the back back, and with his height, he was actually grabbed by Reinaldio, who was only one meter six or seven tall, and the score on the field became 1:1.

In the second half, Zhang Sheng had to make adjustments to the tactics on the field, Du Zhenyu went to the position of dragging the back midfield, and the substitute right wingback Huang He, who did not perform very well, pulled back to play fullback.

After this change, the 4-1-4-1 formation was obviously more powerful, the players' positions were clearer, and the Longteng team finally gained the initiative on the field.

Soon the team scored a second goal, Zou Weijia used his physical advantage to lean on Wang Peng and then took the ball back with his back, Ben Alfa received the ball from outside the penalty area and fired directly into the far corner to make a contribution to the score again.

After taking the lead in the score, the Longteng team created a lot of chances next, but Zou Weijia, as a center forward, wasted the passes of his teammates many times.

Especially after Chavez sprained his knee in an attack in the second half and was substituted, the Dragons' goalscoring ability became even weaker.

In the end, the Longteng team won the game 2:1 with difficulty, but judging from the results, it seems that the gains outweigh the losses.

After the game, many media began to criticize the Dragons' tactics and impulsiveness during winter training.

As the team that played the most games last season, the rest time of the Longteng team was shorter than others, and then Zhang Sheng insisted on taking the team to Europe for training in order to hone his tactics.

At the same time, the mad dog tactics formulated by Zhang Sheng for the team consume a lot of physical energy, and if there is no more rotation, it will be difficult to say what will happen later.

After the game, Zhang Sheng asked the team doctor about the situation, and it was a little refreshment, Chavez's sprain was not serious, and he could rest in about 2-3 weeks.

Compared with the criticism from the outside world, Zhang Sheng has a headache for the next AFC Champions League, because the day after the game, the team will fly to Japan to challenge Urawa Red Diamonds away.

Nie Jiang and Chavez are both injured now, and how to adjust the team's personnel is a big question.

After discussing with the coaching staff for a long time, it was finally decided to let Zou Weijia start as a center forward, and Tao Wentao took Nie Jiang's position, because the foreign aid registration rules of the AFC Champions League are "3+1", so De Paul did not sign up for the AFC Champions League, so it can't be like the opportunity to let De Paul play in the Chinese Super League, in the arrangement of the midfield, only Xiong Jian can replace Tao Wentao's position.

In this way, the Dragon Teng team can only have two foreign aids.

There is also a problem that makes Zhang Sheng dizzy, and that is the home atmosphere of Urawa Red Diamonds.

In the past, no matter which Chinese Super League team, including Guangzhou Evergrande, has never been able to win at the home of Urawa Red Diamonds, and in real history, the Chinese Super League team has won one draw and five defeats there, and is at an absolute disadvantage.

The home fans of Urawa Red Diamonds are indispensable to this, and as the team with the best fans in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Urawa Red Diamonds' home stadium is famous in Asia and even the world.

Fox Sports once ranked Urawa Red Diamonds fans among the top five die-hard fans in the world, along with fans of five teams such as River Plate in Argentina, Yingliverpool, Galatasaray in Turkey and Barcelona in Spain.

As can be seen from the statistics, Urawa Red Diamonds' home attendance has been ranked first in the J-League 14 times in 18 seasons, and their home stadium has been hailed by the media as having the best fan dance and cheering slogans in the entire J-League.

Shanghai Shenhua has always been famous for the fanaticism and cheering of the entire Chinese Super League, but in history when they met Urawa Red Diamonds in the AFC Champions League, at the home of Shenhua, Red Diamonds only came to 3,000 fans to completely overwhelm the fans of Shanghai Shenhua, they basically did not stop the cheering song of "Red Blood Eleven" throughout the game, and the cheering of the red diamonds in the whole game made the cheers of Shenhua fans inaudible at all, and the red diamonds let Chinese fans see what the real cheering is.

After taking over the team, the Longteng Club has spared no effort to help the loose Jiangcheng Fan Association, including providing better communication opportunities with foreign fans, etc., among which the famous Shenhua Blue Devils Fan Association in China, the first goal of the Longteng Club is to put it on the Urawa Red Diamonds.

It should be said that several big fan associations of the Longteng team have learned a lot from the fan group of Urawa Red Diamonds, and just by learning this little thing, the home stadium of the Longteng team has become a nightmare for many teams.

It can be said that in terms of fan culture, the Chinese Super League teams are still a long way from the J-League.

During this time, Urawa Red Diamonds were in hot form in the league, with 4 wins and 1 draw in five games, undefeated, ranked first in the J League, and scored two goals in each game.

However, the absence of Nie Jiang and Chavez on the side of the Longteng team greatly reduced the offensive strength of the frontcourt, and before the game, Zhang Sheng was very low-key, for an interview with reporters, Zhang Sheng said very earnestly: "Recently, our team has been a little difficult, and the home field of Urawa Red Diamonds is difficult to play, but we will work hard to win." ”

Urawa Red Diamonds are trying their best to win a victory, the focus of the AFC Champions League, the fans of the Red Diamonds Club are extremely enthusiastic, and more than 36,000 tickets were sold in the three days before the game, because the away team fan area at Saitama Stadium with movable seats is only more than 3,500 seats at most, as in the past in the K League and J League, Chinese fans are anti-guest situation is impossible.

Even so, they were not satisfied, and Urawa Red Diamonds' club chairman Keizo Fuchida appealed to the home team's fans before the game: "Even if you don't make money, you can't lose your home stadium." ”

At his request, in order to attract more Urawa fans and even local citizens to cheer for Urawa Red Diamonds, the Red Diamonds Club announced on April 2 that it would reduce the ticket price of the day by as much as 20%, which is extremely rare in the J-League.

Originally, according to Urawa Red Diamonds' habits, the J-League is more important than the AFC Champions League, and it can be seen from their usual attendance - the J-League attendance rate is 36,000, and the AFC Champions League games are usually less than 30,000.

But on the afternoon before the game started, more than 40,000 people poured into the stadium, which is unique for Urawa Red Diamonds, and the day of the game is not a weekend, not to mention that Saitama Stadium is half an hour away from the nearest subway station, and it is very painful for fans to go home after the game.

So when the Dragons arrived at Saitama Stadium to warm up, the scene really scared them, the flags in the sky, the extremely huge TIFO, the deafening roar, and the uniform stand jumping, making the game that had not yet started as if it had reached a white heat.

The Longteng players were originally doing a simple pass on the field to warm up, and they needed to shout loudly to hear each other, and in such a noisy environment, the Longteng players returned to the locker room after a hurried warm-up.

"Everybody saw it, too. Zhang Sheng clapped his hands and attracted everyone's attention, "The other party attaches great importance to our game, and we can't live up to the kindness of others, because you can participate in this game, which means that you are the best." ”

"As for the tactics, we have practiced many times before the game, no matter which team it is, our tactics remain the same, I heard that the team in the Super League has never won here, so let's be the first one. "Zhang Sheng gave the players a lot of confidence.

In fact, Zhang Sheng said his inner words, as a club that aspires to become the best team in Asia, self-confidence is extremely important, the team will always encounter such and such difficulties in a season, in Zhang Sheng's view, it is better to encounter difficulties early than later, and it is better to encounter difficulties in the group stage than to encounter difficulties in the knockout round.

After the official start of the game, Urawa Red Diamonds, who were fighting at home, tried their best to play a high tempo, and this is exactly what Zhang Sheng meant - the tactics of the Longteng team were originally to win quickly.

In just three minutes of the first half, both sides had one shot on goal each, and both shots were on target, but the difference was that Urawa Red Diamonds saved the ball and the Dragons gave a corner.

In this game, Petrovic learned the lessons of the previous leg of the game, did not let Ljubyankic start, but sent the team's main striker Shinzo Kozaka, and the midfield also made adjustments, Takuya Aoki sat on the bench, and Takadai Sekine, who had stronger offensive ability, started the game, which clearly set up a posture to win all three points at home.

In the past few minutes after the opening, the rhythm of the two sides was so fast that even He Wei and Gong Lei, who were in charge of the commentary, praised again and again: "The pace of this game is really fast, both sides are going underground, but they can successfully play together, and the gold content of such a game is really high." ”

In the exclamation of the commentator, the Longteng team played a wave of successful offense, and it was Xiong Jian, who came off the bench in this game, who made the contribution.