Update as soon as 20 o'clock on November 9, the second leg of the 2013 AFC Champions League final was played at Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium. Guangzhou Evergrande, who represented China in www.biquge.info game, faced South Korean giants Seoul FC.

Evergrande drew 2:2 with Seoul in the first leg of the away match, and has occupied the initiative in the title race under the two-legged system. In this game, Evergrande followed the configuration of the guard line in the first leg, and the public opinion of Seoul and South Korea continued the manic atmosphere before the first leg, saying that they would win the championship in Guangzhou; Seoul's four foreign players continued to start together in this game, and right wing-back Cha Duri returned.

Evergrande fans created a warm atmosphere of the home stadium of the red ocean at Tianhe Stadium. Seoul, which has been passive in the championship situation, did not actively press and run in the front court after the opening, and still dominated the stable formation in the middle and backfield; Evergrande is looking for an opportunity to start suddenly in a steady rhythm.

In the 2nd minute of the game, Sun Xiang won a corner kick for Evergrande on the left side, and after Cambiaso's pass was destroyed, Seoul quickly advanced to form an offensive penetration, and Zheng Zhi made a key interception in the penalty area. In the 5th minute, Cambiaso picked up a pass to instigate an offensive, and Muric inserted it into the left side of the Seoul penalty area, and his header from a small angle was deflected. After that, Seoul captain Ha Dae-sung volleyed wide from the outside, and the kick was not even counted as an attack by the official statistics.

Muric remains a key target for Seoul, as he was caught in the middle of the game as soon as he got the ball in front of him. In the 8th minute, Cambiaso split the ball to the left and Drogba failed to break through Cheuduri. However, under Cambiaso's continuous scheduling, Evergrande still reflects the midfield advantage. Evergrande instigated an offensive from Sun Xiang's cross from the left, and in the 11th minute, Zhao Xuri's header in the middle of the penalty area hit the top of the goal. After that, Ha Dae-sung also fouled Cambiaso in the midfield and was warned by the referee again.

Evergrande formed a threatening offensive in the 16th minute, Zheng Zhi and Drogba instigated the right side of the attack, Zhang Lin smashed the ball in front of the bottom line to get rid of Molina, who put the shovel, and then returned the low ball to the middle of the penalty area, Cambiaso adjusted the low shot and the ball hit the outside of the post and popped up!

After that, Evergrande's defensive end Kim Young-kwon gave a successful performance of grabbing Deyang. In the 19th minute, Seoul broke the ball in front of the field to form a fast attack, Zheng Zhi intercepted Ha Daesung, the referee did not stop the game according to the favorable principle, and Sun Xiang resolved the danger. Choi Yong-so thought that Jung Ji should be given a yellow card, and made an exaggerated statement of grievance on the sidelines with his arms outstretched to show his incomprehension.

In the 21st minute, Cambiaso's sudden long-range shot in the middle created a threat again, and the ball rubbed against the outside of the post and was slightly off! After that, Evergrande hit Zhao Xuri from the periphery of the continuous impact and missed the long shot.

In the 24th minute, Drogba also threatened with a long-range shot, and Seoul goalkeeper Kim Yong made a sideways save to deflect the ball off the line.

In the 27th minute, Cambiaso split the ball to the right side, Zhang Lin met the ball and crossed directly, and Drogba turned around and volleyed in front of the penalty spot.

Since then, Evergrande has formed a continuous possession and suppression, and the Seoul defense has been fully retracted to the back of their own half. And after Seoul turned to possession, Evergrande also participated in the retreat defense.

Within 1 minute of stoppage time in the first half, Muric and Cambiaso took the ball in the middle and were violated by Gao Mingzhen and Ha Dacheng in a row, and the referee finally showed a yellow card to Ha Dacheng. The first half was 0:0.

After the rematch, Seoul replaced Ko Yoo Han with Yoon Il-rok, who has scored four goals in the AFC Champions League this season. Seoul's offensive rhythm increased significantly, and in the 47th minute, Escudero's hanging cross from the right side was knocked out by Zeng Cheng in front of the goal; Yin Rilu broke through the cross on the left and was destroyed by Sun Xiang out of the bottom line.

In the 49th minute, Cambiaso stepped forward to instigate a threatening offensive, Muric and Huang Bowen formed a breakthrough in the penalty area after continuous passes, and Muric's low shot in front of the small penalty area line was blocked by Jin Longda. One minute later, Muric instigated another attack, and Huang Bowen's low shot in front of the penalty area was too good and was confiscated by Jin Longda.

In the 53rd minute, Yoon Il-rok won a corner kick on the left side for Seoul; After the corner kick was taken, Daesung Hagawa crossed to form a hanging door effect, Zeng Cheng lifted the ball off the crossbar, and Molina took another corner kick and turned the ball directly out of the bottom line. After entering the second half, Seoul's encirclement and scrambling against Cambiaso increased significantly, and the passing errors in the midfield of Evergrande increased in the face of the opponent's pressing.

In the 58th minute, Evergrande scored a goal, Zhao Xuri got the ball in the field to instigate a counterattack offensive, Muric passed diagonally to the middle of the front field in the middle circle, Drogba rushed forward with his left foot to lead the ball forward from behind, directly forming a single ball breakthrough effect, facing the goalkeeper to calmly attack the goal, Evergrande led 1:0.

It was Didier Drogba's 10th goal in 10 AFC Champions League games!

In the 62nd minute, Seoul equalized the score, taking advantage of the opportunity formed by the collision of the Evergrande defense line, Escudero rushed forward in the penalty area and divided the ball, and Dejan, who responded from close range, scored with a low shot, and the score became 1:1.

In the 64th minute, Yoon Il-rok's peripheral attack was blocked by Kim Young-kwon; Yin Rilu passed Deyang again and was judged offside, and his header was also confiscated by Zeng Cheng. 1 minute later, Kim Jin-gyu fouled Cambiaso and received a yellow card, after Evergrande's free kick, Huang Bowen made a wonderful pass to help Sun Xiang cross from the left side, and Drogba's header at the back of the penalty area hit the top of the goal.

Lippi made a substitution in the 67th minute, replacing Zhao Xuri with Gao Lin. Sun Xiang was injured in the scramble and was once dealt with, and after returning to the court, Sun Xiang quickly gave a shot of rushing forward to intercept.

Gao Lin continued to confront the 37-year-old Andilson on the right side of the front, and in the 72nd minute, Gao Lin made a wonderful pass in front of the bottom line to instigate the offensive, Zhang Lin broke into the penalty area and got rid of the pass to the front point, and Muric failed to complete the outflanking attack under the interference of the opponent.

Since then, Seoul has continuously infiltrated near the Evergrande penalty area, and Sun Xiang and Feng Xiaoting have made key interceptions one after another, but Feng Xiaoting was also injured and was once dealt with.

In the 88th minute, Seoul continued to press in front, and the attack outside the penalty area was blocked by Cambiaso and deviated from the bottom line; And the Seoul corner kick, which was already impatient, flew directly out of the bottom line.

After that, Evergrande continued to control the ball in the front field under Cambiaso's dispatch, and in the 90th minute, Cambiaso shot high from the periphery. Lippi made another adjustment and replaced Muric with Qin Sheng.

Entering the last three minutes of stoppage time, Seoul continued to be offside and mismatched. The Seoul assistant coach lost control on the sidelines and was expelled from the referee, and Qin Sheng also had a verbal conflict with his opponent emotionally.

As the referee blew the final whistle, the score was fixed at 1:1, and Evergrande scored 3:3 in the two legs, relying on the advantage of more away goals to win the AFC Champions League. This is also the first AFC Champions League championship won by Chinese football after it became professional.

After Evergrande won the championship, Chinese football was boiling, but at the time of this celebration, there was a rumor that made Evergrande unhappy that Evergrande's main defender Zhang Lin was ready to stay abroad and had been in contact with a number of European clubs.

Although Lippi has repeatedly stated that he will not let Zhang Lin stay in Yang when he coaches Evergrande, Zhang Lin is full of desire to play in Europe, and he said that even if he sits on the bench, he can calm down.

"My wife and I have discussed this issue as well, and she asked me if I was ready to go abroad, and I said that I was ready for a long time. Language is the biggest difficulty, followed by habits, but the most important thing is whether the performance on the pitch can be recognized by the coach. With the 2011 Bench Experience, I can now be at peace with the possibility of a possible bench situation. ”

Zhang Lin's so-called 2011 bench experience is that after he joined Evergrande at that time, he couldn't play the main team for a period of time, and later suffered from injuries, which made him feel very painful. Zhang Lin recalled those days and said: "I rarely played as a substitute in the 10 years of Genbao Base, so I couldn't accept the fact that I played as a substitute in Evergrande at first. ”

Zhang Lin has always had a dream of staying abroad in her heart. Now, this dream is getting closer and closer to him, and the media has revealed that a number of European clubs are interested in bringing him in before the 2014 winter transfer window closes, and have officially sent an offer to Evergrande FC. A domestic sports reporter contacted Zhang Lin himself by phone, and he also confirmed the matter, and made it clear that playing abroad has always been his dream and is ready to face difficulties.

For Evergrande Club, Zhang Lin is the absolute main force of the team, will they choose to let Zhang Lin go at this time? It's also a problem.

Zhang Lin is also very clear about such a reality, "Indeed, the team has its own dreams, and I personally have my own dreams, hoping to understand each other." As long as I play for Evergrande, I will do my best for the team. But after this dream came up, I still hope to be able to fight for myself. Zhang Lin said.

From the perspective of personal ability, Zhang Lin has no big problem in Europe, all he needs now is the opportunity to go out. For him, as long as there is such an opportunity, the possibility of success is very high.

One of the major obstacles to Zhang Lin's previous stay came from head coach Lippi, Silver Fox has repeatedly stated that he will not let Zhang Lin stay in Yang when he coaches Evergrande, but this time Lippi chose to change his words, but instead supported Zhang Lin to go out to see more when he was young, especially to go to the world's top leagues to experience the top level, which is good for him and Chinese football.

Why did Lippi change his tune?

The answer is very simple, because this time among the clubs that asked Evergrande to buy Zhang Lin was Blackburn.

On January 6, Blackburn sent a fax to Evergrande about the introduction of Zhang Lin, and made an offer that conformed to the laws of the international transfer market. Head coach Jurgen Klopp is very recognizant of Zhang Lin's individual ability and hopes to bring in the defender from China.

Guangzhou Evergrande Club also attaches great importance to this matter, and conducted research as soon as it received the offer. Zhang Lin's agent has also arrived in Guangzhou to formally communicate with Evergrande and Blackburn Rovers in depth and detail.

After following Evergrande to win the AFC Champions League, Zhang Lin returned to Guangzhou, and he also knew such news. However, since the matter is still in the process of communication, he can only choose to continue to wait. "Playing abroad is a dream that I have been pursuing for so many years, and I am still very much looking forward to having such an opportunity now, after all, I have been waiting for so many years." Zhang Lin said to a Tencent sports reporter.

As we all know, Zhang Lin has just renewed his contract with Evergrande for five years this year, and his salary has increased significantly compared with the past. If he chooses to play abroad, then his income will definitely be greatly reduced, "No matter how much money I earn at home, my dream of going abroad has not changed." Even if I go abroad to earn less money, I will definitely choose to play abroad, people always have to chase their dreams. Zhang Lin said.

Zhang Lin is very eager for this opportunity to go abroad, and he also hopes that Evergrande Club can support him, "I went out, and it can be regarded as winning glory for Evergrande Club, after all, there are no Chinese players who can represent the Premier League giants in the five major leagues." ”

In recent years, there have also been domestic players who have played abroad, but not many have been successful. Zhang Lin also knows that if you really go abroad, you will encounter all kinds of difficulties, "I am also ready to meet difficulties." If I can go out, I'm definitely going to do my best, play well, show my best and try to play more games. ”

However, due to the restrictions of the FA's labor certification, even if Zhang Lin officially joins Blackburn Rovers at the end of January, he will not be able to get the labor certificate for the time being, and he may be temporarily loaned to other European leagues to qualify for the Champions League or Europa League, so that he can basically get the official labor certification in half a year and return to the Premier League.

In other words, the time period at the end of January this year is very critical for Zhang Lin, and it is more appropriate for him to go out at this time than ever. If you wait until the end of this year to go out, it will take longer to get a labor certificate, which is obviously not good for Zhang Lin. Therefore, from the perspective of player development, Evergrande should still try its best to let Zhang Lin realize his dream and let him officially go out at the end of August.

"I'm just waiting for the result now, whether I can go out in the end depends on the communication between the clubs, and I still need to wait a few days." Zhang Lin said.

Zhang Lin himself has a strong dream of staying abroad, but the Evergrande Club is not willing to take the risk of being wronged, and the progress of the incident is not smooth. Evergrande did not agree to Zhang Lin's stay this time, mainly because Blackburn initially rejected the repurchase clause proposed by Evergrande, which is also the main reason why Evergrande does not dare to take risks.

In recent years, the market price of domestic football is completely inconsistent with that of foreign countries, any international player can sell millions of euros, and top domestic players like Zhang Lin can sell at least 10 million euros in China, and they are priceless. Therefore, if Evergrande lets Zhang Lin stay abroad at a low price, but there is no repurchase clause, it will be difficult to avoid Zhang Lin joining other Chinese Super League teams in the future and becoming an important asset of Evergrande.

Evergrande still supports players to stay abroad to join European giants and win glory for Chinese football. However, it is necessary to put an end to all commercially inclined operations. Zhang Lin's road to staying abroad, whether it will turn around on February 1, or whether it will come to an end temporarily, there is still no definite answer.

In the end, it was former Blackburn Ryanmar Lippi who played a decisive role in the transfer, with Didier Drogba and Cambiaso also helping to broker the deal before the Premier League's winter transfer deadline.

On January 28, 2014, Blackburn and Evergrande signed an agreement on specific matters of deepening comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two sides. Evergrande defender Zhang Lin will join Blackburn Rovers for £1.2 million after the contract is signed.

Evergrande Chairman Xu Jiayin recently led a team to visit Blackburn Rovers in England to exchange views on the cooperation between the two clubs. Yesterday afternoon, Blackburn Club and Evergrande Group held a signing ceremony on the specific matters of deepening strategic cooperation, Arthur and Xu Jiayin attended together and signed the contract on behalf of both parties.

The cooperation between Evergrande and Blackburn has many aspects, the most concerned by the outside world is the cooperation in player exchanges, the two sides may establish an exchange mechanism for players to learn and further study, introduce and export, etc., and Evergrande outstanding players will go directly to Blackburn to play through various forms such as loan and transfer.

The transfer to Blackburn was also confirmed by Zhang Lin himself, "Regarding the transfer, everything is arranged by the club, now it is just confirmed that the transfer is going to be made, and it is a super giant like Blackburn, I am really excited!" But there's definitely a lot of work to follow, and I'm sure the club will handle it well. Zhang Lin said excitedly.

Zhang Lin said that she has been prepared for all kinds of difficulties in studying abroad, "Playing abroad will definitely encounter various challenges and difficulties, and I am mentally prepared for these, but I will not be afraid of these challenges." No matter where I go, I will do my best to train and compete, and that's what I've been doing for so many years. ”

However, although Zhang Lin has officially transferred to Blackburn, he will not appear in Blackburn in the second half of the season, and after passing the medical examination of Blackburn's laboratory on January 29 and wearing Blackburn's half-blue, half-white home jersey, he will take Blackburn's high-level Gulfstream G550 plane to Belgium.

In the second half of the season, Zhang Lin will represent Arthur in Belgium's satellite club Belschott, Belshort is still playing in the Europa League, Zhang Lin can qualify for the Champions League or Europa League, so that he can basically get the official labor certificate in half a year, and has the most basic qualifications to represent Blackburn in the Premier League.

And for Zhang Lin, a club like Blackburn Rovers is really a bit unattainable at the moment, whether it is Azpilicueta or Bellerin in the same position, it is not the object that Zhang Lin can win at present, and these two are only substitutes in the Blackburn lineup. Therefore, for Zhang Lin, who is less than 25 years old, this half year in Belshort is not only a half year to adapt to the style of European football, but also a half year to improve himself.

For Blackburn, signing Zhang Lin can complement their defensive lineup, and more importantly, after Sun Jihai's departure, they can once again become the "parent team" of hundreds of millions of Chinese fans, just like the NBA's Rockets and the Warriors who now have Yi Jianlian.

For Arthur, joining forces with Xu Jiayin allows his other companies to speed up their entry into China and enjoy the world's largest market, so as to develop faster.

This signing is undoubtedly a win-win-win-win deal! (To be continued.) )