At the same time as the Quancheng team defeated the Shanghai Shencheng team, the Qilu team also played their 33rd round of the Chinese League, and the Qilu team did not continue their decline in the domestic arena, and they defeated their opponents with a score of 5:1 in this game.

Quancheng and Qilu both scored five goals in this round of the Chinese League, which is enough to show the strong offensive ability of both teams, and also shows that both teams are in excellent form today.

In the standings of the Chinese League, the Qilu team is still one point ahead of the Quancheng team, and the points of the two teams have not opened any gap. It seems that it will be difficult for these two teams to distinguish between the winners and losers until the final round......

After this round of the Chinese League, the Qilu team and the Quancheng team have become the protagonists of Chinese football, and the fans are most concerned about the semifinals of the AFC Champions League between their two teams!

Among them, the Qilu team will face the challenge of Jeonbuk Hyundai team at home, while the Quancheng team will go to challenge the Puhe Ruby team away.

Huaxia fans hope that Quancheng and Qilu can eliminate their respective opponents in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, so that they can meet in the final, no matter who the final champion of the AFC Champions League is, it will still be the team of the Chinese League after all.

However, such an idea still seems a bit whimsical now, after all, the Qilu team and the Quancheng team have no experience in winning the AFC Champions League, and they are relatively disadvantaged compared with Jeonbuk Hyundai team in this regard.

However, Qilu already has the strength to win the AFC Champions League, and overall, their performance in the AFC Champions League this season is better than Jeonbuk Hyundai.

Qilu advanced to the final four with a winning record, while Jeonbuk Hyundai lost two of their games in the group stage. Then in the knockout stages, they suffered another draw in the quarter-finals.

In the end, Jeonbuk Hyundai was able to advance to the semifinals of the AFC Champions League through a penalty shootout.

Therefore, even if the Qilu team is not as good as Jeonbuk Hyundai in terms of experience in participating in the AFC Champions League, their strength and data occupy an absolute advantage.

Of course, no matter which of the Qilu team and the Jeonbuk Hyundai team is superior or inferior, they still have obvious advantages compared with the Quancheng team and the Puhe Red Diamonds team. In the Asian club rankings, Qilu is now in first place, while Jeonbuk Hyundai is second, and Quancheng and Urawa can only finish third and fourth.

This ranking is actually based on their chances of winning the championship, that is, in the eyes of the Asian media. The Qilu team has the best chance of winning the championship. It is followed by Jeonbuk Hyundai, while the chances of Quancheng and Urawa Red Diamonds winning the championship are almost zero.

The two biggest dark horses in the AFC Champions League met in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, and it seemed that whoever ends up making it to the final will struggle to beat their opponents in the final – of course. It doesn't matter if their opponent in the final is Qilu or Jeonbuk Hyundai. None of the media thought they would be able to emerge victorious.

A dark horse must have the consciousness of a dark horse. Being able to qualify for the final can already be said to be their greatest glory, if even the championship is won by a dark horse, then this dark horse is a little too dark......

The media did not think that the Quancheng team and the Puhe Ruby team had the potential to be "too dark". So they weren't too focused on the AFC Champions League semi-finals between Springs and Urawa Red Diamonds.

Of course, this kind of "not too much attention" is only relative, and the meeting between Quancheng and Puhe Ruby is also the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League after all, and it is difficult for them to stay unnoticed. It's just that, compared to the other AFC Champions League semi-finals between Qilu and Jeonbuk Hyundai, Quancheng and Puhe Ruby attracted too few eyeballs......

This "duel between the biggest dark horses" was completely overshadowed by another "early final", but the Quancheng team and the Puhe Ruby team did not take it lightly because of the media's lack of attention, and this game was as important in their hearts as the other semi-final.

Both semi-finals are to determine a place to qualify for the finals! Regardless of what the media thinks, and whether the fans are focused on another match, Springs and Puhe Rubies are still seriously preparing for their semi-finals.

As two of the same dark horses, the Quancheng team and the Puhe Ruby team are not qualified to look down on anyone, and in their respective hearts, the opponents are very strong.

The Quancheng team will definitely not despise their opponents because they are ranked higher than the Puhe Ruby team!

In fact, the Kamogawa Rubies are also quite a strong team, with two players worth noting in their pairing, one of whom is Masahiro Fukuda, who is the main center of the Kamaga Ruby team and the top scorer in Japan's J-League last year, scoring a total of 32 goals in the 50 games he played last year.

This goal rate is terrifying, and this season, Fukuda Masahiro's goal efficiency is even more terrifying.

This season, due to physical reasons, Masahiro Fukuda did not play all the games of the Puhe Ruby team, and he has scored 23 goals in only 30 games!

In the AFC Champions League, Masahiro Fukuda also scored four goals, and his goal rate seems to be quite different from Lin Qi and An Run, but almost every goal scored by Masahiro Fukuda is a crucial goal.

He is the absolute soul of the Puhe Ruby team!

Another notable player is Shinji Ono, a very young midfielder who represented Japan at last year's Asian Youth Championship and this year's World Junior Championships.

In the Japanese youth team, apart from Keisuke Honda, Shin Ono is the most popular, and he and Keisuke Honda form a strong midfield for the Japanese youth team.

Shinji Ono has made a significant contribution to the Japanese youth team, and although he is not far from Keisuke Honda in terms of fame, his quality is unquestionable.

Being able to play in the main team of Kamaga Ruby at the age of less than 20 is enough to show that Shinji Ono is also one of the best young players in Japan, like Keisuke Honda.

His characteristics are very similar to Keisuke Honda, he has the same ability to organize attacks, but compared to Keisuke Honda, Shinji Ono is slightly weaker in terms of footwork.

Keisuke Honda has the ability to score from a direct free kick, and Shinji Ono's footwork is obviously not comparable to him.

However, this does not affect Shinji Ono's role in the team. Japanese football has always taken European football as a whole as their development goal, so the Kamagawa Ruby team, like the Osaka Gamba team, is better at coordinating the whole team.

Their team is very disciplined and tactical, even stronger than Gamba Osaka, which should be the main reason why they were able to advance to the final four of the AFC Champions League.

Whether it is Shinji Ono or Masahiro Fukuda, they are not as dazzling as Lin Qi and An Yun in the AFC Champions League, and the reason why their team can advance to the final four like Qilu and Quancheng is the overall cooperation between the players.

Shinji Ono, the playmaker of the Kamagawa Ruby midfield, didn't need to be overly precise with his footwork, as his task of organizing the attack in the team was basically carried out by short passes.

They will not concentrate their attacks on the side like the Quancheng team, and they will not start the ball directly from the side like Zhao Lin of the Quancheng team.

On the whole, Karukawa Ruby is the kind of more traditional Japanese team, and their team's style is exactly the same as that of Gamba Osaka, except that Karukawa Ruby is stronger than Gamba Osaka because they have a better center forward - Masahiro Fukuda!

The presence of Masahiro Fukuda can greatly increase the success rate of the Puhe Ruby team's attack, and this player is very worthy of the attention of the Quancheng team, and the responsibility of defending him falls on the two main central defenders of the Quancheng team.

Originally, such a threatening offensive player should have been defended by Chen Biao, but Fukuda Zhengbo's position was too high, Chen Biao did not need to continue to retreat his position for him, Fukuda Zhengbo was not as threatening as An Run after all, even An Run before the transformation should be stronger than Fukuda Zhengbo......

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In this world, because the development of Chinese football is not slower than that of Japanese football, Chinese teams and Japanese teams have become inseparable rivals, they compete in the Asian Youth Championship, compete in the Asian Cup, and will also compete in the AFC Champions League.

As a rival, the Chinese team is still familiar with the characteristics of the Japanese team, and the Quancheng team has also gained a deeper understanding of the Japanese team after experiencing the previous games of the AFC Champions League.

Coupled with the competition in the Asian Youth Championships, Lin Qi Luo Ming and others know more about the Japanese team. When Chen Song specified tactics for the team, he specifically referred to the opinions of Lin Qi and Luo Ming.

Of course, there is also Chen Biao's opinion, Chen Biao, as a member of the Chinese national team, must have the opportunity to play with the Japanese national team, and Fukuda Masahiro is also a member of the Japanese national team, Chen Biao has played with him several times, and they are relatively familiar with each other.

Chen Song has such a little benefit, he is neither dictatorial nor domineering. He knows he doesn't have a lot of experience, so he's good at listening to all aspects of the team, including the players in the team.

After listening to the opinions of all parties, Chen Song had a very thorough understanding of the Puhe Ruby team, and he made a comprehensive arrangement for the players of the Quancheng team according to the characteristics of the Puhe Ruby team! (To be continued......)