The group stage of the AFC Champions League ended, and the Dragon Super League rekindled the fire.

Again, according to the latest FIFA national team rankings, the AFC announced the team classification of the 2019 Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates, although the Dragon Country team only achieved two draws in the previous Dragon Country Cup (only 90 minutes of regular time results are counted), but due to the strength of the opponent and high ranking, it still earned a lot of points, making the Dragon Country team in the latest FIFA rankings, the ranking rose two places to 39th, second only to the Iranian team among Asian teams.

This allowed the Dragons to be seeded in the first pot of the 2019 Asian Cup group draw in the UAE, avoiding the stronger teams in Pot 1 of Iran, Australia, South Korea, Japan, and hosts the United Arab Emirates.

Although with the current strength of the Dragon Country, they are no longer afraid of any team in Asia, even if they meet the Iranian team again, they are confident that they can compete with them.

Moreover, the 2019 Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates is the first event after the expansion of the Asian Cup, and the participating teams have changed from the previous sixteen to 24, and only eight teams have been eliminated in the group stage, and the four teams with better results are still able to advance to the knockout stage.

With the strength of the Dragon Country team, no matter who the opponent is in the group stage, there will be no problem in advancing to the knockout round.

However, to be able to advance more easily, no one wants to have more trouble.

The draw ceremony for the 2019 Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates will be held on May 4, and this tournament is the ultimate goal of Lippi to coach the Dragon Nation team, and this year's World Cup in Russia can only be regarded as a surprise.

Now, the Dragon Country team can have more expectations for this event.

In addition, the Dragon Country Youth Team, which won the U23 Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, was also listed as the first team in East Asia in the draw for the group stage of the 2020 U23 Asian Cup (and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Asian Trials) qualifiers conducted by the AFC a few days ago.

This allows the Longguo national youth team to avoid strong teams such as Japan and South Korea in the qualifying stage and advance to the final stage with a more relaxed attitude.

These two pieces of news prove the strong rise of Dragon Football in Asia, and the performance of the Dragon Team and the National Youth Team in Asian competitions will directly determine the Dragon Football Association's right to speak in the AFC.

However, the Asian Cup and the next U23 Asian Cup are still far away, and the current focus of the Dragon Team is still the upcoming World Cup.

After the rekindling of the Dragon Super League, the coaching staff of the Dragon Country Team led by Lippi divided the way and conducted an intensive investigation of the international players of the Dragon Country Team, and made a thorough investigation for the Dragon Team to participate in the final squad of the World Cup in Russia.

Shen Feng's position in this Dragon Country team can be said to be the most stable, as long as his body is not injured, he will definitely be taken to Russia by Li - even if he is injured, in order to boost morale and confuse the opponent, he will be brought with him!

Before the off-season, Jianye still have five games to play, as well as two AFC Champions League quarter-finals and two FA Cup matches.

In a month's time, 9 games have to be played, with an average of one game every three days, which is a great challenge for the Jianye team, which lacks foundation and bench depth.

In order to ensure the team's record during this period, Jia Xiuquan had to take turns to rest several main forces led by Shen Feng under the existing conditions.

The Dragon Super League is the most important thing for Jia Xiuquan's guidance, so in the game of the Dragon Super League, the Jianye team is the main force and has no reservations!

In this situation, the Jianye team continued its previous strong performance in the five rounds of the Dragon Super League, defeating the Lifan team 4:2 at home; The away 2:2 retreat in front of the Luneng team, which has a good record this season, is also the first draw of the Jianye team this season.

Then beat the Huaxia Happiness Team 2:0 away, and beat the team 3:0 at home!

In the first ten rounds of the Dragon Super League, Jianye team remained undefeated with nine wins and one draw, and continued to rank first in the league standings, and the point gap between the second place in the standings has widened to 9 points, and the lead is very obvious!

During the fourth and fifth rounds of the FA Cup, the Jianye team sent a second-tier lineup, and in the fourth round, facing the Shenshi City Construction Team from the Dragon B League, the substitute lineup of the Jianye team won 4:2; In the fifth round, facing the R&F team, which also played as a substitute, the Jianye team fell behind 1:2 in the first half, and in the second half, Jia Xiuquan replaced Shen Feng, and then Shen Feng made a pass and a shot to help the Jianye team reverse the opponent 3:2 and advance to the quarterfinals.

In the subsequent quarterfinals, the opponent of the Jianye team is the Suning team that has regained the true character of the strong team this season, and the two-legged game, the Jianye team will be away first and then home, the first leg will be on July 8, and the second leg will be on July 25.

This schedule has been arranged before the season, and there is basically no room for adjustment, so if the Dragon Country team performs well in the World Cup, survives the group stage, and the next quarterfinals and quarterfinals, Shen Feng may not be able to catch up with the first leg of the FA Cup quarterfinals between Jianye and Suning.

However, no one cares about this now, not even the Jianye team itself has nothing to worry about it.

The Jianye team will be affected by the World Cup, and the same is true for the Suning team, Wu Xi and Jixiang in the Suning team, although they are not the absolute main force of the Dragon Country team, but they are also important supplementary players, and they are very hopeful to be taken to Russia by Li.

Relatively speaking, there is still only one international player in the Jianye team, Hu Jingheng, Long Cheng, Du Changjie, Liu Heng and others, whose strength has improved significantly this season, but not to the extent that they can gain a firm foothold in the Dragon National Team, but has become a frequent visitor and main force of the national youth team.

In the FA Cup, Jianye team successfully reached the quarterfinals, and the same is true for the AFC Champions League.

In the two-legged match of the AFC Champions League one-eighth finals, the Jianye team is also the first away team and then the home, because the opponent is the Ulsan Hyundai team from the K League, the away team of the Jianye team has to guard against them to make some off-the-board moves, in order to protect Shen Feng, but also let Shen Feng get a chance to rest, so in the first round of the away game, Jia Xiuquan directly did not arrange Shen Feng into the 23-person squad, so that Shen Feng stayed in the country to adjust the state.

As a result, the Jianye team lost to the opponent by one goal away from home, but the media of the Jianye team and the Dragon Kingdom did not pay much attention to this, because they both believed that when they returned to their home stadium in a week, the Jianye team would definitely be able to reverse the promotion situation.

Sure enough, a week later, back at the Nautical Stadium, Jianye defeated the opponent 3-1 at home with the help of Shen Feng's two shots and one pass, and although Ulsan Hyundai scored a valuable away goal, they still lost 3-2 over two legs.