In the first 20 minutes of the game, Evergrande showed the experience of the AFC Champions League champion and occupied the advantage on the field.

Coach Al Ahly saw that the situation on the field was not good, and decisively changed the formation. The wing-backs on the left side are retracted to the full-back position, the original full-back is withdrawn between the two central defenders, and the wing-back position on the other side is in front of the winger. The original 4-4-2 formation was changed to a five-back system, and the front court was led by Goulart's former teammate Ribeiro to form a four-man attacking combination, and the opposing head coach intended to use his own way to govern others, emulating Evergrande's front four to threaten Evergrande's defense.

It's really working. Since Scolari determined Wen Zhihao's main position, Evergrande's offensive system is based on the twin cores of Wen Zhihao and Goulart, with mid-lane assault and penetration as the main offensive routine. After the opponent changed formations, the protection of the middle was increased on the premise of maintaining defensive intensity, and Evergrande's attack fell into a bottleneck for a while.

Amid the Middle Eastern-style cheers at home, the Al Ahly players became more and more excited as they played. The previous history of Chinese football and West Asian teams has repeatedly proved that the West Asian players who are excited are the most headaches for the Chinese team.

Taking advantage of an unsuccessful attack from Evergrande, Al Ahly took advantage of the situation to play a quick counterattack. Goalkeeper Ahmed's big long pass accurately found the forward Ribeiro, in the face of Zheng Zhi's defense, Ribeiro pushed the ball to the left, and the UAE international Hamadi on the left quickly inserted, because Evergrande right-back Zhang Linpeng's assist was too far forward, Hamadi was in front of a large area of excellent sprint, and Evergrande's defense line had a major omission.

The home team fans at the scene suddenly cheered with even greater decibels, and the Evergrande fans on the expedition suddenly raised their hearts, and their eyes looked nervously at each other's every move. He Wei suddenly exclaimed in the commentary seat: "Danger! The other party wants to start up! ”

After getting the ball, Hamadi flew with his legs, like a small sports car moving at full speed into the right side of the Evergrande penalty area, central defender Feng Xiaoting hurriedly came up to make up for the defense, Hamadi pulled the ball outward, flashed the shooting angle, Feng Xiaoting, who was centered on the inside, was caught off guard by this change, and wanted to change direction in a hurry but was shaken to the ground because of the unstable center of gravity, Hamadi rounded his right foot, Zeng Cheng saw that the situation was critical, and decisively threw the whole person's center of gravity to the near corner of the goal, blocking the opponent's close shot.

What everyone didn't expect was that Hamadi's round right foot did not exert force at the moment of touching the ball, but knocked lightly towards the penalty spot, and the Brazilian striker Lima in the middle slapped the horse. Because Zeng Cheng has given up his life to block the small angle, the goal in the middle is wide open at this time, and as long as Lima touches the ball, the score on the field will be rewritten.

Al Ahly fans cheered and cheered, and in their opinion, it was harder to score than to score, and all the home fans stood up and waited for the ball to come into close contact with the net, and they would start a very local dance in the stands.

When He Wei saw this scene, he was also nervous: "The other party faked the true biography and deceived Zeng Cheng!" Inverted triangle cross, empty goal! Dangerous! Watch out for marking! ”

Lima, who was outflanked from the penalty spot, didn't look at the goal at all, he lifted his leg and was 100 per cent confident that he could get the ball into the back of the net.

The Evergrande fans on the other side were full of disappointment, and they had accepted the fact that they were going to fall behind.

After a second......

Lima's raised right foot swept into a cloud of air, and subconsciously looked up to see that the ball had strangely flown out of the right baseline, and the referee's gesture pointed to the corner kick area.

After a short silence, the Evergrande fan stands at the other end let out a huge cheer, and the momentum actually overwhelmed the home team fans dozens of times.

He Wei in the comment seat slammed the table, stood up and roared: "Oh! OMG! Wen Zhihao actually cleared the opponent's nirvana! ”

Lima looked at Wen Zhihao in front of him, and there was a big question mark in his heart. He remembered that Wen Zhihao was still in the middle circle when he outflanked the penalty area, how could this be?

How did he do it?

Damn it!

Lima looked at Wen Zhihao with an unconvinced expression, and his heart was full of fighting intent.

He Wei was still unsatisfied, and continued to reminisce about Wen Zhihao's clearance: "It can be clearly seen from the replay that at the moment when the opponent's winger accelerated, Wen Zhihao had already chased back from the middle circle. As if he knew the other party's choice, he went directly to the middle lane to resolve this danger. This solution integrates consciousness, technology, and physical fitness, and Wen Zhihao's 1V4 chase is similar to that of his predecessor, 'China Sun' Sun Jihai. ”

Many fans in front of the TV scoffed. Sun Jihai's clearance back then was in the Premier League, and it was not at the same level as the AFC Champions League. And it's a more difficult goal-line clearance. Everyone doesn't deny Wen Zhihao's excellence, but is it interesting to forcibly get involved like this?

……

At half-time, the score remained unchanged.

Perhaps out of consideration for the second leg at home, Scolari replaced Wen Zhihao with Huang Bowen after the break to strengthen the overall offensive and defensive balance.

Huang Bowen has a strong ability to transfer and dispatch, but the penetration of the offense is far inferior to Wen Zhihao. Without Wen Zhihao's fire support, Goulart in the forward position quickly fell into a heavy siege, and the back post Paulinho could only frequently insert to support the team's attack.

He Wei saw that Evergrande's attack was blocked again, and directly bombarded Scolari: "I don't know why Scolari replaced Wen Zhihao at the beginning of the second half, according to what we know, Wen Zhihao is not injured." Why can't you just win away from home? Now Evergrande's attack lacks the sharpness of the first half, and without targeted deployment, Scolari is likely to pay the price for his conservatism. ”

Due to the fierce stalemate of the scene, the physical consumption of both sides was huge. In the 80th minute, Goulart was viciously put down by the opposing player when he got the ball in the midfield, and Goulart, who fell to the ground, covered his inner thigh with a painful expression.

He Wei couldn't help but speak again: "Now there is a situation that we don't want to see, and Evergrande's offensive core Goulart is injured. In the second half, the team's attack did not go well, he played very hard, if this injury affects his play in the second leg, Evergrande will face an unprecedented difficult situation. ”

He Wei didn't say it explicitly, but fans who know the ball know what the root cause of all this is, and unanimously criticized Scolari's replacement of Wen Zhihao as a self-defeating martial arts, and now this is self-inflicted.

But fortunately, until the final whistle sounded, the score remained at 0:0, which was not a good result for Evergrande, which was playing away, but it was barely acceptable.

However, the media unanimously expressed concern that Evergrande had lost the lead without scoring away goals, and the second leg of the home stadium had to win the opponent, otherwise it was very likely to fall short.

The scales of victory seem to have begun to tilt in favor of their opponents......

PS: In order to take care of the facts, this plot sacrifices the halo of the protagonist, and he is in pain~