After the midweek AFC Champions League, the stars rotated for the second round of the league at the weekend, with most of the main players on the bench.

This arrangement is not surprising to everyone, after all, after the AFC Champions League group stage starts, it will be a week of double matches, with the thickness of the bench of the shining star, if you don't rotate, you won't need to run out of oil for half a season, ****...... No, the whole team collapsed.

So the flash star went to challenge the South Jia Rui Lions away with a rotating lineup.

Then after a hard battle, he finally lost 1:2.

Lai Rong scored his first goal for the Splitter in this game, but was unable to prevent the team's defeat.

After two consecutive wins in the Super Cup and the first round of the league, the Shining Star suffered two consecutive defeats in the AFC Champions League and the league, and the mood of the Shining Star fans was like a roller coaster, just rising to the clouds, and watching it start to plant......

Fortunately, most of the Shinstar fans are still in a good state of mind, knowing the strength and positioning of their team, as well as the practical difficulties they are currently facing.

After all, after a week of double matches, there are still strong opponents, and it is normal to lose.

Moreover, the season has just begun, and even if they lose the game, the current league ranking of the Twinkles is also in eighth place, and it is still early from the relegation zone, so there is no need to panic.

So the mood of the fans is still very stable.

The voices of discord are mainly coming from the media.

Of course, the media has the right to comment on the team when it loses, but now the voice in the media is not criticism, but a pessimistic prediction.

The media believes that with the thickness of the bench of the shining star and the current state shown in the double-front battle, the AFC Champions League may be a sweet trap for the shining star.

The prospect of relegation for the Twinkle this season is not optimistic.

The evidence is certainly not just the performance of the shining star in the last two games, in the schedule that can be seen, those who know the ball can see at a glance the difficulties that the shining star will encounter in the future.

At the beginning of the season when the players' physical reserves were at their best, the Twinkle encountered a double game in the AFC Champions League for a week, which was a torture for the players' fitness and disrupted their rhythm of the game.

As a result, it is impossible to get more points in the league standings.

Finally, the six group stages of the AFC Champions League ended in mid-April, and the FA Cup began again.

The most serious impact came from this summer's Olympics.

The shining stars played the young card, and a number of outstanding young players made them invincible in the Chinese League last season, but there was also a hidden danger, that is, once the national Olympic team was going to play, the main players in the shining star team would be drawn.

Although the Olympic football competition does not start until August 8, the national Olympic team will train for a month before going to the Olympics in August.

This means that the shining star will be drawn from July, Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi, Wang Guangwei, the three main players of the Chinese Olympic team, and they are also the main players of the shining star.

By the way, there is also Junhei Morikawa, the main midfielder of the Japanese Olympic team, who should also be selected by the Japanese Olympic team to train and participate in the Olympic Games.

In addition, Zhang Qinghuan, who is only one year older than the Olympic Olympic age, may also be recruited by the national Olympic team as an overage player to play in the Olympic Games. After all, the tacit understanding between Zhang Qinghuan, Hu Lai, and Chen Xingyi can be seamlessly transplanted to the National Olympic team, and there will definitely be no problem that Qin Lin could not integrate into the team last time he went to the National Olympic team.

At that time, if Zhang Qinghuan is really recruited into the National Olympic team as an overage player, it is estimated that Zhao Kangming will vomit blood.

At this time, the team is missing five people, and half of the main lineup is gone......

How else to kick?

They are expected to miss at least seven league games and when they return to the squad, there will be only seven league games left.

If the Twinkles have not been able to hold on to ꓹ in the two months they have been away, ꓹ will be defeated. Then when Hulai and the others come back, they can really only fight for relegation - this is still a better resultꓹ At least they can fight for relegation.

The worse outcome may be too late.

After all, the league was still affected by the AFC Champions League in the early days.

No matter how you look at it now, this first Super League season of the Sparkling Star is hellish difficulty.

It is no wonder that Zhao Kangming said after winning the Super Cup that the team's goal is still relegation.

And they may have to fight for relegation at the very beginning of the league.

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Wednesday, March 13 The Andong Provincial Sports Center welcomed its first AFC Champions League match since its completion.

In the group stage, the Twinkle Stars, who are currently bottom of the table, take on third-placed Sydney Coast.

But the fans of the shining stars have mixed feelings about this match.

On the one hand, this is a moment in the history of Andong football that deserves to be remembered, and it is the glory of Andong football.

But on the other hand, it is not clear whether the AFC Champions League match is good or bad for today's Anton Shining Star.

Everyone hopes that the shining star can perform well in the AFC Champions League, but they are worried that doing their best in the AFC Champions League will affect the next league.

If there is no Olympics this year, they don't have to be so entangled, because even if the AFC Champions League is affected in the early stage, the league ranking is low, and they can slowly catch up later, at least relegation should not be a problem.

But with the Olympics and Hulai missing at least seven rounds, the impact on the team cannot be ignored.

After all, there are only 30 rounds in the Chinese Super League, and they can't play a quarter of the games.

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"Recently there has been a talk on the Internet that we should give up the AFC Champions League. The reason is naturally because we sacrificed the league in order to play the AFC Champions League, and with our strength, we must not be able to go far in the AFC Champions League, so why fight so hard for an event that is destined to be eliminated? Why not put that energy into the league? If we completely abandon the AFC Champions League and only play in the league, the prospects for relegation will be bright......"

In the locker room, in the final five minutes before the start of the game, Zhao Kangming asked the players: "Are you willing to accept such a strategy?" Give up the AFC Champions League and concentrate on playing in the league. ”

Everyone shook their heads: "I don't want to!" ”

They have actually heard more or less of the online statements that Director Zhao said, and they have discussed similar issues in private.

So Zhao Kangming's current question has long been answered among the players.

"In fact, the club and the coaching staff have no specific requirements for the team's results in the AFC Champions League." Zhao Kangming continued after getting the players' answers: "But this does not mean that the AFC Champions League is abandoned. I think the AFC Champions League is a very rare opportunity for us, an opportunity for us to play against the best teams in Asia. Just as last season we benefited from the FA Cup and the Chinese Super League as a team in the Chinese League. So I don't think playing in the AFC Champions League is a bad thing for us, and I don't think playing in the AFC Champions League will keep us from relegation. On the contrary, as promoted horses, we can learn a lot in the AFC Champions League, and these gains will in turn help us to perform better in the league. You can understand what I mean, right? ”

The team members nodded their heads.

In fact, they feel this very deeply, after playing against Haihe Shuanggang and Lingnan Poseidon in the FA Cup last season, everyone feels that they have obvious hints in terms of ability and mentality.

This kind of improvement has allowed the whole team to show a crushing advantage in the Chinese League, completely crushing the opponent in the sprint stage of the league, and maintaining a stable performance, not allowing the competitor to take advantage of it again.

"But if we just play the AFC Champions League with the mentality of the game, then I don't think we will learn anything from these games. So even if we don't have a score requirement in the AFC Champions League, I want everyone to give their all in every game...... 'what to do with the midweek AFC Champions League, what to do in the league at the weekend' is something that the coaching staff should think about, not what you players should think about. You just have to give your best in every game. It's the same with today's game, go all out, have no distractions! ”

After he finished speaking, Qin Lin, as the captain of the field who was going to start this game, stood up, turned around and shouted to his teammates: "No matter what our final result is in the AFC Champions League, if we don't have anything left, then we are here to make up the numbers!" We're here for nothing! When the time comes, your relatives and friends will ask you, what is it like to play in the AFC Champions League? What do you want to say? 'I don't know, I kicked it casually'? Can't even blow a cow...... It's a loss! ”

Hearing him say this, the shining star players in the locker room burst into laughter.

In the midst of laughter, Qin Lin raised his voice: "Let's play now!" Don't let your friends wait too long! ”

Hulai jumped up and said loudly, "A friend has come from afar...... Even if it is far away, it will be punished! ”