15. Qualifying

Ben Alpha's goal immediately suppressed the morale of Urawa Red Diamonds, and Zhang Sheng made another substitution adjustment, and Qi Ming, who also had physical problems, was replaced by Yu Bo.

After Yu Bo came on the field, his body was strong and his ability to protect the ball quickly showed, although the ability to shoot was a little worse, but in the midfield he still very effectively controlled Komai Yoshisei's side breakthrough.

Yoshinari Komai, a player who is more obsessed with his speed, was suppressed by Yu Bo, causing Urawa Red Diamonds to completely fail to take a free kick in front.

In the final minutes of the game, the Dragons completely suppressed the opponent's offensive and formed a siege on their goal, which was exactly the same situation as the first half was about to end.

Liu Jiayuan also sighed: "In the past, the Chinese Super League team played games with the J League, and they were always suppressed at the end of the half, but now the situation has changed, and it has become the Longteng team using their physical advantage to besiege the opponent, I really hope that more teams in our Chinese Super League can grow like this." ”

As the referee's whistle sounded at the end of the game, Liu Jiayuan said proudly: "Another big victory, the Longteng team has won three consecutive victories in the group, they are in really good shape now, and the opponents in the AFC Champions League should be careful." ”

Liu Jiayuan's words are actually still modest, this season's AFC Champions League, the Chinese Super League team can be said to be red across the board, except for the first leg of several teams have a little bit of the run-in problem of new players and old players, in the second round, the four Super League teams have won all.

And in the third round of the AFC Champions League, all the Chinese Super League teams are still undefeated and have the most points in the Asian League, among which Guangzhou Evergrande is much better than in history, you must know that in the 2016 AFC Champions League in history, Guangzhou Evergrande did not qualify for the group, and the first three rounds were two draws and one loss It is difficult to win.

The current situation is that Guangzhou Evergrande has more training time during the winter break, and Lin Feng has been introduced to help Zheng Zhi share more work, so that their two-line combat is full of confidence.

Except for the unexpected defeat to Melbourne Victory in the first round, the rest of the game was played with ease, and everyone thought that the champion who had been in the AFC Champions League was back.

There is also a difference from history Jiangsu Suning, after being abused in the Super Cup with the Longteng team, their head coach Petrescu gave the domestic players who performed well in the game - Xiao Yunfan, who transferred from the Longteng team, has great trust, he uses Xiao Yunfan's characteristics that can play on both sides, and keeps letting him change sides to impact the opponent's defense, and at the same time uses his passing, ball, and strong running ability.

So in a key game in this round - away against Tokyo FC, Xiao Yunfan used his assists to help the team win 0:1 away.

Jiangsu Suning was eliminated from the group in history, and this game was a 0:0 draw, so that Jiangsu Suning was later eliminated by Tokyo FC by one point.

At the end of the three rounds of the AFC Champions League, except for Shanghai SIPG, which ranked second in the group, the other three Chinese Super League teams were all first in the group, which was the first place in the AFC Champions League after last season's AFC Champions League.

After the AFC Champions League, the national break is coming, and the Chinese national team will usher in the last two games of the group stage of the top 40 of the World Preliminary Tournament.

The Chinese national team, which has a great advantage in the group, has made a big rotation this time, except for a few core players plus players who play in Europe, in other positions, Perrin has sent a lot of previous substitutes and even players who have been selected for the national team for the first time.

In the first game against the Maldives, the Chinese team, which completely crushed the opponent, won 8:0 again, making a good start for the last crucial game, and at the same time completely determining their qualification.

According to the rules of the World Preliminaries, after excluding the results of the matches between each team and the bottom team in the group, the four group runners-up with the best results will qualify for the round of 12.

After 5 rounds of matches, the Chinese national team now wins all 15 points, even if the game with Qatar loses to the second place in the group, it can also have 15 points, and in the other groups, the highest score is Group E second-ranked Syria, they now have 12 points, and the other second-ranked teams have only 10 points.

In other words, the Chinese national team is willing to rank second in the four best groups, and the position of the top 12 has been taken.

Thinking about history, in order to qualify, in the last game, in addition to having to beat Qatar, the Chinese national team has been paying attention to the situation of several other games, and all Chinese fans are eager to get a calculator in their hands and calculate the points and goal difference of several second-ranked teams at any time.

Now it's a world of difference.

In the last game, Qatar was suspended because of the yellow cards of three core players, and its strength was greatly damaged, but the current situation forced Qatar to attack the Chinese team away from home, and they now have their turn to "burn their brains" like the Chinese team in history, because they want to qualify, and it is the safest to get this victory.

After the start of the game, although Qatar played harder, the advantage of the Chinese team on the field was still very obvious.

In this game, the Chinese team sent a full lineup, the front line is Nie Jiang, who has been in good form recently, the three frontcourt players on the left, center and right are Ding Huaiyi, Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu, the two backs are Lin Feng and Zheng Zhi, the four defenders are Zhou Zhou, Li Yun, Ma Yongli and Xiang Tiange, and the goalkeeper is Zengcheng.

Players from Longteng and Guangzhou Evergrande occupied all 11 starting lineups on the field.

Compared with the previous cautious tactics, Perrin required the players to play very openly, and he gave a lot of freedom to several players in the front court who were responsible for the attack, and the positions of Nie Jiang, Ding Huaiyi and Xu Minghao often changed.

Liu Jianhong, who is in charge of the commentary, has always praised Nie Jiang's performance: "Look at Nie Jiang's performance on the field, he cooperated with several players in Europe, and there was no jerky at all, except because they are all in the same vein as the advantages of the Longteng team's playing style, Nie Jiang's own strength is enough for him to play in Europe." ”

In the fifteenth minute of the first half, Nie Jiang's retreat attracted the attention of the Qatari central defender and brought him out of the penalty area.

When another Qatari midfielder was also attracted over, Ding Huaiyi picked up a very imaginative pass into the penalty area, Qin Minghao inserted it from the back row into the penalty area in a timely manner, and then shot through the ten fingers of Qatari goalkeeper Le Conte, and the Chinese national team led 1:0.

"Beautiful, so beautiful. Liu Jianhong shouted excitedly, "Ding Huaiyi's performance, yes, is a performance, the Qatari side is completely unadaptable, the last pass is too imaginative, there is no one kick at the foot of the omen, and the other side is not touching his head at all." As long as Qin Minghao can reach this position of passing, it is too easy to shoot. ”

Ding Huaiyi's performance is actually his performance at Red Bull Salzburg this season, after a year of adaptation, Ding Huaiyi has become a gearbox in Red Bull Salzburg's attack, although he has not scored many goals in the team, so far this season, only scored seven goals, but as many as fifteen assists, and as long as he is on the field, the opponent always has to put at least two defenders on his offensive line, giving teammates a lot of space.

It is said that there are already many teams in the five major leagues that have taken a fancy to him and are ready to introduce him after the end of this season, which means that Ding Huaiyi is likely to become the first former Longteng player to appear in the five major leagues next season, even before Qin Minghao and Li Yun.

In the twenty-first minute of the first half, Qatar's back fouled Qin Minghao, which was a very bad stampede, the referee did not hesitate to show a yellow card, fortunately, Qin Minghao protected himself very well, and stood up and continued the game after lying on his calf on the ground for a while.

Next, Qatar, which is more eager to attack, is more vigorous, and the referee's penalty scale is also very loose, many confrontations he doesn't care about, and the actions of Qatari players on the field are getting bigger and bigger.

In the thirty-third minute of the first half, when Nie Jiang got the ball in the front court, he was kicked in the ankle by the opponent's defender, although the opponent received a yellow card, but Nie Jiang was also carried off the field on a stretcher, although he returned to the field after a little treatment, and Nie Jiang ran a little awkward in the next game.

Due to Qatar's aggressive game situation, although the Chinese team has the advantage on the field, there are not many scoring opportunities in the future.

Although there are many Longteng and former Longteng players in this Chinese team, after all, they are not as smooth as the Longteng team, and they cannot resolve the opponent's foul tactics with fast passes.

At the end of the first half, the score was fixed at 1:0.

At halftime, Nie Jiang was a little unsupportive, and Pei Lan had to replace Nie Jiang with Wu Lei.

Seeing that Nie Jiang was not on the field in the second half, Liu Jianhong was also very worried: "Nie Jiang seems to be unable to hold on, and I don't know how injured he is." The Qatari side played too rough on the pitch. ”

Nie Jiang's downfall is still a very big blow to the frontcourt of the Chinese national team, although the replaced Wu Lei is stronger than Nie Jiang in terms of sudden start and instant explosiveness, but whether it is in the frontcourt in terms of ball ability, ball protection ability, physical confrontation ability, or the most important shooting ability, the two people are indeed a little far apart.

In the second half, the Chinese team was not without chances, because Qatar was eager to equalize, and their formation often pressed out to attack, Qin Minghao, Ding Huaiyi and even Xu Mingyu gave Wu Lei a few beautiful passes and even a single chance.

But Wu Lei is obviously a little anxious, a few times after getting the ball, if he didn't insist on confronting the opponent, his height of 1.72 meters, was squeezed by Qatar's strong central defender and lost the opportunity, or when he shot alone, the ball was easily saved by the opponent's goalkeeper or directly deviated from the goal and flew out of the bottom line.

Another disadvantage is that Wu Lei does not have the ability to be a fulcrum in the frontcourt, so it is a bit difficult for him to grab the header, and the Chinese team can only find Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu, who are responsible for organizing the attack, so that the Chinese team's counterattack is often limited by the Qatar side, and there are good opportunities in the frontcourt, but they cannot be converted into shots.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhi and Lin Feng's midfield interception and Li Yun's command in the back line did not give the opponent much chance, and they were more likely to take long-range shots outside the penalty area to threaten the door of the Chinese team, which was not a problem for Zengcheng.

Seeing this situation, Pei Lan quickly made an adjustment, he replaced Ding Huaiyi with Yang Xu, let Wu Lei play on the left side, and Yang Xu went to play the center position, and this change quickly took effect.

Yang Xu's fulcrum role is still very obvious, he can hold the ball after he comes on the field, especially when he is on his back, he can not be cut off by the opponent.

However, Yang Xu's own running ability and shooting ability are too poor, he can hold the ball but can't pass a good ball, and his slow pace on the field makes the Chinese team's offensive efficiency very low.

In the 30th minute of the second half, Perrin replaced Zheng Zhi with Wu Xi to see if Wu Xi could adapt to the position of central midfielder.

But after Zheng Zhi left the field, the Chinese team's midfield creativity declined even more, and now the task of attacking and organizing completely fell into the hands of Qin Minghao alone.

The appearance of several rough brothers made the performance of the two teams more monotonous on the field, although Wu Xi made Zheng Zhi's hole in the coverage of the reduced physical fitness in the second half to be filled, but the offense was even more dull.

At the end of the game, the Chinese team defeated Qatar 1-0 at home, and won all the group games in the round of 40.

But judging from this game, it is not realistic to find players who can improve the offensive strength of the Chinese team from the existing domestic players who have been famous for a long time.

Qin Minghao's goal is a masterpiece from the cooperation of the front court Liuyang trio and Nie Jiang, Lin Feng was stared at by the opponent very dead in this game, and he can obviously feel that it is difficult for him to have a good opportunity to organize an attack in a more fierce confrontation, unless the Chinese team plays the tactics of fast transmission like the Longteng team.

But in any case, the Chinese team will enter the top 12 after 15 years, giving the rapidly recovering Chinese football a shot in the arm again, and it is foreseeable that in the next few days, more people will pay attention to domestic football and there will be more capital inflows.