With the score of 2:0, the game time passed by second by second, making the players on the field of the Longteng team more and more confident, and the short-distance non-stop passing coordination that was rarely used before is now playing like a cloud.

This kind of possession of the ball even more irritated the players of the Mexican América team, who were impatient and fouled the Longteng players who possessed the ball, and were shown yellow cards by referee Eriksen in a row.

In particular, in the second half, Andrade tackled Chavez, who was pulled out of the penalty area with his back to the ball, and he was already carrying a yellow card, but he received a second yellow card and was sent off.

Chavez lay on the ground for a while, but he stood up, apparently unharmed.

Team America is clearly on its way.

Zhang Sheng hurriedly instructed the players on the field to let them play the ball faster and give the opponent as little chance to foul as possible, because the American team is known for its rough movements.

In the two playoff games just before they arrived in Japan, four of America's players, including captain Sambuesa, were ejected from the game after receiving red cards.

The team ate 2 reds and 7 yellows in the first leg, and 2 reds and 5 yellows in the second leg. Especially after captain Sambuesa was sent off with a direct red card for dangerous actions, some fans even said: Who cares if he will be sent off or not? This game is too dirty.

Towards the end of the game, Zhang Sheng made another substitution adjustment, Xiao Yunfan because of the continuous up and down running, his physical fitness reached the limit, and Zhou Zhou, as a player with stronger defensive ability, obviously maintained the strength of the defense.

Compared with the previous constant adjustment of offensive tactics and personnel, Zhang Sheng's substitution this time is also very wise, and holding the victory is the most important thing now.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was also fixed at 2:0.

He Wei also said excitedly: "The game is over. The opponent of this game, the American team, is very strong, and this is perhaps the strongest opponent that the Dragons have faced in an official match. But the Dragons relied on their flexible tactical changes on the field, seized the opportunity, and seized the opportunity. But now we still have to say goodbye to this formidable opponent, this respectable opponent. ”

"That's football. No matter how strong the opponent is, you can always find an opportunity to beat the strong on the field. Xu Yang also said with emotion, "The determination and fighting spirit shown by the Longteng team on the field today tell us that football is a team game, and the reasonable use of every player on the field, including the players on the bench, no opponent is invincible." ”

"It's so exciting to see our home team win against them in a foreign country. He Wei also concluded, "Thank you to the Longteng team, the Asian champion will continue to stay on the way forward." They will face Spain's Barcelona in the semi-finals. Two years ago, another Chinese team, Guangzhou Evergrande, had faced European champions Bayern Munich in the semi-finals. This time, Longteng will meet a very strong opponent, so let's fight. ”

"Now that the Dragons are interacting with the fans of their expedition, I really want to go. Originally, he was about to end the commentary, but seeing that the players of the Longteng team were applauding each other with the fans in the stands in the broadcast footage, Xu Yang couldn't help but add.

"We'll finish the commentary very quickly, and we'll be able to get over later. He Wei also said happily, "Let's look forward to the Barcelona game." ”

The victory of the Longteng team has a very big response among domestic fans and football circles.

Mexico's giants, whether it is the Mexican national team players in the team, or other Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, and the United States national team foreign aid, the status of these countries in world football is far from being comparable to China, and the American team with 9 foreign aides is not much stronger than the Longteng team with only 4 foreign aids.

As a result, the Longteng team kept a clean sheet of 2:0 against the opponent and did not give the opponent too good a chance in the whole game.

At least on paper, the Longteng team, which has a majority of local players in China, defeated the American team, which is dominated by players from the world's strongest national teams, and the meaning of this victory is very profound, which makes many fans have a lot more confidence in the next World Preliminary Tournament - since we can even beat the world's strongest teams in the official competition, then at the Asian level, none of us are afraid.

This idea is very well reflected in a questionnaire survey on a web portal.

The first question is the Dragons' 2-0 clean sheet against America, are you happy with the result?

Among them, the most chosen is: "Satisfied, the Longteng team has played the Chinese spirit." ”

The second question is who is the biggest contributor to this victory.

Among them, head coach Zhang Sheng's choice is the highest.

And the last prediction of the match between the Dragons and Barcelona is more reflective of the fans' expectations for the Dragons - 23% of the fans chose the Dragons to beat Barcelona, and 37% of the fans thought that the Dragons could draw with Barcelona.

Such honey self-confidence made Zhang Sheng have to be ashamed.

Although in the post-match interview between the Longteng team and the American team, Zhang Sheng put out the slogan and said: "From the moment our team knew that we had entered the Club World Cup to the present, all our efforts and everything we needed to do have been done, just to wait for the strongest Barcelona in the world, and we did it." I know we're a small team, but a small team can do some big moves. ”

But in private, Zhang Sheng had to admit that his team's winning chance was very low, and even said that it could be so low that it was desperate.

Compared with the Mexican América team, Zhang Sheng, as a traverser, can indeed know himself and his opponent and be tactically prepared, but in the face of Barcelona, you know what his tactics are, who in world football does not know Barcelona's tactics? Who can say that he can beat them?

In front of Barcelona, those giants of the Champions League, Grand Paris lost, Manchester City was double-killed, Bayern Muri-black was eliminated, and finally Juventus, which is known for its defense, was beaten 1:3, and Real Madrid was abused in the league.

In fact, according to the jokes of those old fans, it is very easy to understand the gap between the two teams: "If we lose five, it will be the level of the Serie A powerhouse Roma, if we lose four, it will be the level of the La Liga giants Real Madrid, if we lose three, it will be the level of the Bundesliga giant Bayern, and if we lose two, it will be the level of the European giants Juventus." Of course, a draw with Barcelona is the level of Deportivo La Coruna, and once we win against Barcelona, we are on the same level as Celta. ”

Although we can see from the ridicule of the fans their expectations for the Longteng team, it is more just self-deprecation when their skills are not as good as others.

After Guangzhou Evergrande lost 0:3 to Barcelona in history, Evergrande's head coach Scolari also said very relaxedly: "We lost 0-3, but this is different from other giants' losses to Barcelona. At least we didn't lose by four goals to Barcelona like Real Madrid did. ”

Of course, even in the face of an opponent whose overall value is 18 times that of himself, Zhang Sheng is still ready for everything.

In order to know each other and confidant, Zhang Sheng searched his stomach to find their current weaknesses from Barcelona.

First of all, Barcelona, which only flew to Japan on December 14, will definitely have some physical problems due to jet lag and other relationships, and from the perspective of Barcelona's strongest MSN, they are mentally exhausted after a long flight.

I've been in Japan for four or five days, and I've played a lot of games, and a lot of the players have recovered well.

Secondly, just in La Liga, Barcelona, which drew three times in the Champions League, does not look very good, among which Messi did not sing the national anthem because of the national team game, and sprayed each other with Argentine fans in the media, which will definitely be distracted, and his team has just defeated a strong opponent much stronger than himself, and morale is high.

Again, if history does not change, Neymar and Messi of Barcelona MSN will not be able to play in this game.

If it was MSN All, Zhang Sheng would simply lie down and be hammered, but now if it was just Suarez alone, Zhang Sheng would still be able to think of some ways to make targeted deployments.

In the end, Zhang Sheng still remembered that Guangzhou Evergrande lost that game, and the big reason was that Zou Zheng's serious injury had a great impact on the morale of the players. At that time, although Guangzhou Evergrande was very passive, it held on until 35 minutes, and four minutes after Zou Zheng's serious injury, Suarez scored, to say that Zou Zheng's injury did not affect the overall state of the team, it is impossible.

And in this game, Pato and Ben Alpha are both extremely impactful players, and the two of them counterattacked, not without a fight.

On Barcelona's side, it can be seen that although they pay lip service to attention, they don't pay much attention to the Dragons.

Although Barcelona coach Enrique said with a serious expression: "The Dragons are a team worthy of respect, they are the strongest club in Asia. But the final conversation came back to the final, "Don't ask me about the Club World Cup final, because we have to win this semi-final first. ”

What followed was a love for talent: "Their No. 11 (Nie Jiang) is a talented player, and with his ability, he can gain a foothold in La Liga. ”

As the absolute mainstay of the team, Busquets's words are also very contradictory: "It's going to be a tough game. But when asked about the Dragons, he said, "We don't know much about them. But I know they have Pato and Ben Alfa in their team. ”

Pique replied bluntly: "They have a lot of players whose names I can't name. But we really want to play well and win against them. ”

Alba's statement is generally representative of Barcelona's overall view of the Dragons: "Everyone thought that it would be América Mexico that would qualify, so we will have a very difficult opponent to fight and the coach has already warned us. Over the next two days we will get to know who they are and how they play. ”

Then Alba's conversation became Champions League rivals Arsenal.

Only Suarez said a few polite words: "I know they have Pato and Ben Alpha in them, but in the end we will stick to our own style." ”

Finally, Suarez turned to teammate Neymar, who had just injured the adductor muscle of his left leg in training.

As the star of the house, Messi directly chose to ignore, including when the reporter asked the two Argentine foreign players in the Longteng team, Chavez and Roque Gil, he bluntly said that he was not familiar, but directly talked about his relationship with the River Plate team, if Barcelona beats Evergrande, River Plate beats Hiroshima Three Arrows, then the two teams will meet in the final: "I think the duel between Barcelona and River Plate will be very exciting." ”

Barcelona's coaches and players also have a similar attitude to their fans.

When the local media "Sport" in Catalonia, Spain, called the Longteng team "Chinese Real Madrid", Barcelona fans believed that as long as it was "Real Madrid", regardless of the country, it would mean that Barcelona could at least play a score of 4:0 and successfully qualify.

However, Barcelona's official website introduced the Longteng team very grandly, saying that they are the double champions of the Chinese Super League this year, winning the championship by an overwhelming margin in both championships, and listed Pato, who had a stunning performance against Barcelona before, Ben Alpha, who has been famous for a long time, and Nie Jiang, the double winner of the Golden Ball and Golden Boot of the World Junior Championship.

indicates that this is an adversary to be wary of.

For this game, not only did the two parties involved in the competition show respect, but the external media also paid attention.

As the host, several major media in Japan have analyzed the 3 or 4 opponents of Hiroshima Three Arrows in advance, believing that although the Longteng team is likely to be defeated by Barcelona, the strength of the players in their team is still much higher than the Asian average, and it may really be like playing the Mexican American team.

Even people who don't have much to do with these two games, such as Xiao Luo, who is participating in business activities in China, and Manzano, the coach of Beijing Guoan, who is on vacation in Spain, are constantly cheering up the Longteng team.

Ronaldo bluntly said that Pato was his good friend, and he had to be guarded against the shocking blow to Barcelona back then, otherwise it was very likely that Barcelona would encounter the same situation as back then.

Manzano praised the Longteng team: "They are a clearly higher team in the Chinese Super League, they have absolute dominance, and Barcelona needs to be 'very careful' in the game. ”

As for FIFA and AFC, who are bent on expanding the influence of Chinese teams, how can they let go of such an opportunity to gain popularity.

The official website of the AFC seems to have forgotten the black hand against the Longteng team in the first leg of the AFC Champions League final, and directly praised the Longteng team as the pride of Asian football, hoping that they can have a better performance.

FIFA is more eager than the AFC, from the first day of the Dragons to Japan, the official FIFA website has a special report on the Dragons team.

After the Longteng team's small upset victory over the Mexican American team, FIFA said on the official website that the Longteng team may create a bigger upset, and made an exclusive interview with Lin Feng, the captain of the Longteng team, the newly baked Asian footballer, to find out the attitude of the Longteng team towards this game.

Fortunately, after the slump in the last game, Lin Feng performed very low-key this time, saying that defense is the first, and revealed that the reason why he was able to beat the American team was that he wanted to play against Barcelona was a very big motivation.

Of course, the most clever heat is in La Liga, in the Club World Cup match at the same time Real Madrid away to Villarreal in a La Liga match, the billboard in the stadium actually appeared in Chinese slogan: "Come on, Longteng." ”

It seems that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and this may be the voice of the La Liga teams, including Real Madrid: Please take out Barcelona!