It seems that the FA Cup quarter-finals have just ended, and it seems very distant to talk about the FA Cup semi-finals.

But in fact, seventeen days later, the Twinkle will face the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

In just half a month, for a game to challenge the sixth place in the Chinese Super League, this preparation time is not too long. And there are three league games in the middle league.

The whole team of Shining Star has switched the preparation mode to the FA Cup from the previous size, with Poseidon as all the preparation objects.

As for the Chinese League, the flash star is completely taking time to play......

A week after the FA Cup quarter-finals, on Sunday 20 August, the Twinkles away to Kunyang City.

The Twinks didn't rotate heavily in this game, as there was a week between the two games, which was enough time for the players to recover.

Zhao Kangming only made normal personnel adjustments in individual positions.

The Shining Stars beat their opponents 3-0 away.

Hulay came off the bench in this game and did not score. It was also his first league substitute appearance this season.

Now he is a well-deserved main core of the shining star, and his position was unstable last season, and his position in the shining star this season is untouchable.

This time, he was also substituted by Zhao Kangming, considering that Kunyang City was not strong, there was no need to let Hu Lai waste his physical strength on such an opponent.

After all, until September 9, it was all a double game a week. There's also an FA Cup semi-final.

Of course, Zhao Kangming hoped that Hu Lai would retain all his physical strength and use it on the blade.

Anyway, playing a team like Kunyang City, without Hulai, the shining star also won 3:0.

Three days later, on Wednesday, August 23, in the 20th round of the league, the Twinkling Stars hosted the Meiling Rangers.

This opponent met in the first half of the season, with the Spitricks drawing 1-1 away. At that time, Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei did not participate because of the East Asian Cup.

Now the Twinkles at home have sent out an all-out main lineup, and Hulai has also returned to the starting lineup.

Although the Meiling Ranger is currently ranked fifth, they still can't resist the aggressive attack of the shining star in front of the all-main force of the shining star.

In the end, they lost 0:2.

Chen Xingyi was in excellent form in this game, covering all two goals of the team.

His individual league goal tally reached eight, plus five assists. Chen Xingyi, who was loaned to Shining Star, was simply reborn.

There are already fans online who are discussing whether the club should try to keep Chen Xingyi next season. After all, the team will play the Super League next season, and it also needs Chen Xingyi's strength.

Now the club and the Golden Arrows are negotiating a one-year loan, and after the one-year expires, Chen Xingyi has to return to the Golden Arrows. At that time, whether it is a loan or a transfer buyout, it will need to be renegotiated.

is different from Zhang Qinghuan's situation. At that time, the capital Tenglong was in a hurry to get rid of it, so he agreed to buy it out for 5 million yuan after renting Zhang Qinghuan for one season.

And Chen Xingyi was obviously put on the shining star by the golden arrow to exercise.

This is also the reason why Shinstar fans are in conflicted moods - the better Chen Xingyi performs, the more they hope that Shinstar can sign Chen Xingyi, but the more unlikely it is that Golden Arrow will easily let Chen Xingyi go. If Chen Xingyi does not perform well in Shiningxing, so that Golden Arrow feels that this person has no future in cultivation and is in a hurry to transfer, then Shiningxing's fans will naturally not want to pick up garbage......

So on the one hand, they hope that Chen Xingyi will perform well, and on the other hand, they hope that the collective brain of the Golden Arrow management will enter the water, which is really too demanding.

Chen Xingyi's outstanding performance helped Shinstar beat Meiling Ranger 2-0 at home.

Because of playing in the FA Cup, the flashing star is currently playing one game less. But despite this, they still come in first place.

In terms of points, they are tied with the South Sea team who have played one more game than them, but they are still in first place due to the advantage of goal difference.

The third place has become Ning Tian Yongan, who have won three and drawn one in the last four league rounds, and they are currently with 40 points, six points less than both Shining Star and Nanhai.

The previous Chongshan in southern Sichuan has fallen to fourth, but it is only one point less than Ning Tian Yongan.

These teams have played one more game than the Shining Stars.

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In the 21st round of the league on Sunday, August 27, the flashing stars traveled to Heihe Province to challenge the North Pole Star of Heihe.

This time, Zhao Kangming made a major adjustment to the team's lineup, replacing almost all the main players, including Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi, Zhang Qinghuan, Qin Lin, Wang Guangwei and many other main players, they didn't even follow the team to the away game.

With full substitutions, he even brought a few reserve players to the bench, and the shining star who played on the bench overturned on the road.

They suffered their second defeat of the season with a 1-2 defeat to the Black Pole Star.

After the game, both Zhao Kangming's lineup and the team's attitude towards this game caused a lot of controversy.

Although everyone knows that Zhao Kangming did this to prepare for the FA Cup semi-finals in the coming midweek.

But the question is, with the strength of the shining star, does it have a chance to eliminate the sixth Poseidon team of the Chinese Super League in the semi-finals of the FA Cup?

Even if everyone knows the grievances between Zhao Kangming and the Poseidon Club, they still can't understand Zhao Kangming's approach.

Could it be that Zhao Kangming was really carried away by anger, and didn't know what was most important to Shining Star now?

Of course, it's an upgrade, an upgrade!

You put all the main forces in Jincheng, and you brought a group of substitutes and reserve players to play the Black North Pole Star away, do you really think that you can beat the North Star by relying on these people?

The results have also been seen, and the players of the Black Pole Star obviously feel that they are being looked down upon.

So they were enraged and played very well in this game, and finally pulled the leader from the top position of the league 2:1 - because of the defeat of the flashing star in this game, the South China Sea team returned to the first place in the league with a three-point lead in more games.

At the same time, Ning Tianyongan, who ranked third, accumulated forty-three points, and was only three points away from the shining star.

Because there are only two places to upgrade, the difference between the third place and the shining star is what everyone cares about the most. Now that Ning Tian Yongan and Shanxing are only three points apart, with so many rounds left in the league, it's really hard to say, anything can happen......

In the eyes of many people, Zhao Kangming should decisively give up the FA Cup, send the main lineup in this away game against the Black River North Pole Stars, to ensure the victory, in the case of thirteen rounds of the league, let alone a three-point lead, even a six-point lead is not a very safe advantage.

As a result, some reporters questioned Zhao Kangming's choice at the post-match press conference.

'The Shining Stars are not going to give up on the league, there are thirteen rounds left in the league and we have one game to go, so I don't think the team is already in a bad situation. Of course, I did it for the midweek FA Cup semi-final. But unlike what many people think, I don't have any conflict with Poseidon Club, I have played and coached there for so many years, I have met many people, some of whom are still in touch with each other, they are very good friends, and my family still lives in Lingnan...... I am also grateful to Poseidon Club for giving me the opportunity to become a coach...... I have nothing but gratitude to the club and absolutely no contradictions. ”

He said so, but none of the reporters present believed his "nonsense".

He said that he has met many people and many friends in Poseidon Club for so many years, and this is true.

But to say that there is only gratitude to the club, and there is no contradiction, is nonsense.

But what about public figures, what can you say if you don't say that?

You can't tell the truth and say that he was very dissatisfied with the club's decision that year, and it is impossible to scold the top management of Poseidon Club in front of so many reporters at the press conference, right?

Everyone is an adult, and there is always a basic way to behave and be tactful, no matter how hard you scold in private, you won't put these words on the table.

As for whether Zhao Kangming is really dissatisfied with the Poseidon Club, can't everyone see from his choice?

If he really let go, why should he hold back his energy to play in the FA Cup semi-finals?

Zhao Kangming may have guessed what everyone was thinking, and he continued: "...... But the team managed to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup, and I think whether it's for the sake of experience and respect for the FA Cup semi-finals and the Poseidon as an opponent, we have to give our all in this game. He paused at this point and added, "And I've already told my players that I don't care much about the results in the FA Cup midweek, as long as I give my best, I have no regrets." ”

"Doesn't it matter if you lose to Poseidon?" A media reporter from Nanling Province asked.

"As long as we do our best, even if we lose, it's acceptable." Zhao Kangming replied after a few seconds.

"So the focus is on the process, not the outcome?" A reporter raised his hand and asked.

"Yes. As a Chinese team, it is a great achievement for us to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Zhao Kangming said.

"So why not put in the main players normally in this league and then rotate the players in the FA Cup? As a result, they lost in the league......"

"I've said it before, it's to show respect to the FA Cup. I don't think you want to see the semi-finals of the FA Cup, but the flashing stars use a rotating lineup to face the Chinese Super League teams, right? Zhao Kangming patiently explained.

The reporters below looked at each other, but they had their own understanding of Zhao Kangming's attitude.

It is clear that Zhao Kangming is not telling the truth.

From the selection of the lineup, you can see his true thoughts, he would rather lose three points in the league, he has to keep the main squad until the FA Cup semi-finals, which is definitely not as he said that there are no complaints about the Poseidon club.

He could lie, but his personnel choices betrayed his true thoughts, which could not be faked.

If he really doesn't care about the grudge with Poseidon, how can he let all the substitutes and reserve team players come to play the Black North Pole Star away?

He could have just let half of his squad rest at home, which would have ensured a result against the Black Pole Star and not lose too badly in the FA Cup in midweek – and he had the perfect excuse to lose the game, which was that half of the squad had travelled to Heihe three days earlier, and was out of fitness.

But he didn't do it, which shows that he cares a lot about this game against Poseidon in his heart, and hopes to be able to send the strongest lineup when facing Poseidon.

He wanted to win, even though the hope was very slim.

It's just that he can't say that directly, so he didn't tell the truth to the reporter, because this is the only answer he can give.

Or else?

Do you still want to say, "I am not happy with what the Poseidon Club did to me back then, and now that the three-year period has arrived, I want the Poseidon Club to pay the price"?

Even if the flashing stars eliminated the same Chinese Super League team Haihe Shuanggang in the quarterfinals, can Haihe Shuanggang, who is currently ranked 11th in the Chinese Super League, be compared to Lingnan Poseidon, who is currently ranked sixth?

Obviously, Zhao Kangming himself knows that with the strength of his team, he will not be able to defeat Poseidon.

So even though he has a million grievances with his old club in his heart, he can't show it.

Otherwise, he has a big mouth and a cool spray, but when he is in the game, he is taught to be a man by the sea god, wouldn't it be a loss and a loss, and a loss of the goal?

In this way, because the strength of the team is not as good as others, Zhao Kangming can only hold back in his heart no matter how much dissatisfaction and grievances he has, and at the same time he has to force a smile, saying that he has a very good relationship with the club, and he doesn't care about the bad things that the club swept him out of the house at all.

He can only express his resentment against Poseidon Club by leaving all the main players in Jincheng to prepare for the FA Cup semi-final with Poseidon.

It's just that this approach is both sad and helpless in the eyes of many people, and in the end it is even meaningless, and it may also affect the prospect of Shiningxing.

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After the game, through media reports, Zhao Kangming's words were disseminated.

As the reporters thought, after seeing Zhao Kangming's answer, the vast majority of fans felt that Zhao Kangming was forced to say this out of desperation, and they didn't believe that he really let go of his grievances with Poseidon Club as he said.

But they also didn't believe that Zhao Kangming's calculations of the Poseidon Club could be of any use, after all, the difference in strength between the two teams was too big.

This actually makes the fans of the flash star helpless.

The head coach of their team was treated unfairly in the Poseidon Club, and of course they are well aware of Zhao Kangming's grievances, and they also hope that Zhao Kangming can seek justice from the Poseidon Club.

It's just that the strength of the two teams is so different, even if they go all out, how can they beat their opponents?

Not to mention that the players may not be willing to give their all in this doomed game - although Zhao Kangming said so, but does he say that the players should do that?

In fact, after eliminating a Chinese Super League team in the quarter-finals, many Shining Star fans feel that the team has completed its task in the FA Cup.

The next semi-finals were completely chicken.

If you can't fight and fight, you have to waste your physical strength and risk injury......

Everyone is still more concerned about the results in the league, promotion is the only goal this season, everything else is an addition - the team will not win the FA Cup anyway. If you win the championship, you can also participate in the AFC Champions League next season, and if you don't win the championship, it is meaningless, almost equal to zero.

Shiningstar's fans emotionally support Zhao Kangming's revenge on Poseidon Club, but rational analysis feels that this is really ...... It's not worth it.

Some fans are even worried about whether the semi-final, which represents the best result in the history of the team, will be a turning point on the road to the FA Cup.

When the time comes, will this be regarded as picking sesame seeds and losing watermelon?