This season, the Quancheng team has been stumbling in the AFC Champions League, they seem to have never been smooth, since the AFC Champions League group stage, whether it is the media or fans, they are full of disapproval of the Quancheng team.

Because the strength of the Quancheng team is really nothing compared to their opponents.

But this time, the Chinese media did not speak coldly to the Quancheng team, those remarks about giving up the AFC Champions League are gone, and those remarks about the arrogance of the Quancheng team are also gone.

The media carefully analyzed the current situation of the Quancheng team, and cheered for the Quancheng team at the end of the report, and even the "Football News" rarely said a word of cheer to the Quancheng team.

Entering the knockout stage of the AFC Champions League, this is not to say that you can give up, because even if you don't give up, it doesn't completely mean that you will be able to break through to the next level.

In such a game, every game is a matter of life and death, and every game is a matter of the honor of Chinese football.

In such a game, the media of China are all standing together, and they cheer for the Spring City team together, hoping that the Spring City team can create a miracle at the home of the Etihad in the next round.

Speaking of creating miracles, in fact, this is also an important reason why media such as "Football News" no longer speak coldly to the Quancheng team, they are really scared of being slapped in the face by the Quancheng team......

Moreover, with the glory of Lin Qi, the best player in the World Youth Championships, the weight in the hearts of the media is far different from the past, at this time, they no longer question Lin Qi, but choose to support Lin Qi, believing that Lin Qi can create miracles.

That this time. Will Lin Qi disappoint Huaxia fans and media? We'll have to wait until two weeks later.

Prior to that game, the Chinese youth team still had three Chinese League A games and one Super Cup game to play. In the 23rd round of the Chinese League, the Chinese Youth Team lost 0:1 to their opponents away and suffered their two consecutive defeats.

It seems that the AFC Champions League has affected the Chinese League again, but no media has blamed the Spring City team again, because in the second half of the season, it is very normal for the AFC Champions League to affect the Chinese League.

Even the Qilu team suffered their first defeat of the season in this round of the Chinese League!

This is undoubtedly relatively lucky for the Quancheng team, they did not widen the gap with the Qilu team in the standings.

Originally, the successive failures of the Qilu team and the Quancheng team were a good thing for the Royal Yanjing team. However, the difference between the Royal Yanjing team and the Quancheng team has already reached double digits. Just this defeat still can't give the Royal Yanjing team any hope.

Unless the Royal Yanjing team can win all the next games, and the Quancheng team and the Qilu team repeatedly miss the hooves, otherwise. The championship of the Chinese League is still only a battle between the Qilu team and the Quancheng team.

After this round. The Qilu team and the Quancheng team have successively regained the form of the Chinese League. They defeated their respective opponents in the round of 24 to continue to lead the standings.

Then, it was Super Cup time. Both the Quancheng team and the Qilu team chose to rotate in this game. The Super Cup game was undoubtedly relatively easy for these two teams, although they only played on the bench, they still won against their respective opponents.

In the next 25th round of the Chinese League, the Quancheng team restored their main lineup, and in this game, the Quancheng team really played their style.

A hearty 4:0 proved to the fans of the whole China that the Quancheng team is in good condition, and they will take this full state to Saudi Arabia to have a desperate battle with Ittihad!

In the first round against the Etihad, the Spring City team lost more unjustly, and they broke the Etihad team's goal with Lin Qi's goal in the 22nd minute of the first half of the game.

They were leading the game at one point, but conceded two goals in the final fifteen minutes of the game, which led to the defeat in the first round.

Speaking of which, there was a certain amount of drama to the two goals conceded, the first being an own goal that the Etihad counter-attack, the Quancheng centre-backs accidentally touched the ball into their own goal......

The second goal was even more wronged, and with just five minutes to go, the Etihad had had a good chance on goal. The shot from the Etihad striker hit the arm of the Springs defender.

Ittihad was awarded a penalty and their number 10 captain took it home to make it 2:1!

An own goal, a penalty, created a defeat for the Spring City team.

Of course, no matter how the Springs team lost that game, a loss is a loss. They also conceded two away goals as a result, which made Springs in a rather difficult position in the AFC Champions League.

In the second round of the game, the Quancheng team must score at least two goals at the opponent's home stadium before it is possible to continue to compete in the AFC Champions League! And to achieve this goal, it is undoubtedly very difficult.

In last year's Asian Youth Championship, Lin Qi once saw the strength of Saudi Arabia's defensive players. In this Etihad team, it can be regarded as having two "old friends" of Lin Qi.

The two main central defenders of the Etihad are the two of the Saudi Arabian youth team at last year's Asian Youth Championships! After nearly a year of growth, the two of them have successfully taken the main position in the Etihad team.

They also squeezed out two of the original Etihad centre-backs, who had opted to move away as early as this summer, and were squeezed out by such a young duo, which meant that they had no place in the team at all.

Being able to squeeze out two old qualifications, the strength of these two young players can be seen!

They caused Lin Qi a lot of trouble in the first round of the game, except for the goal in the 22nd minute, Lin Qi hardly got any chance to shoot in the rest of the game.

The two Etihad central defenders know Lin Qi well, and they only divided one person to defend Lin Qi at the beginning, which allowed Lin Qi to seize the opportunity.

After Lin Qi's goal, the Etihad team strengthened their defense again, and the two central defenders also stood by Lin Qi's side.

In the face of any of them, Lin Qi is quite comfortable, but if he faces the two central defenders on the opposite side alone, then Lin Qi is a little stretched.

Between the layers of the two people, he simply didn't play anything.

Combined, the two men gave Lin Qi a feeling that was even tougher than Marquis's Marquis of the Mexican youth team......

Of course, if the Etihad team was just like that, it would not be enough to win the first round.

The Etihad counter-attacks proved to be very threatening as well, and unlike the Springs' tactical play, the Etihad used a typical defensive counter-attack in the first round.

On top of strengthening their defence, they used quick counter-attacks to look for opportunities to break down the Spring City goal. Originally, the defense of the Quancheng team was also unusually solid, but unfortunately they were unlucky and gave the opponent two goals in succession.

And it is precisely because of the appearance of these two goals that the Quancheng team is at an absolute disadvantage!

Through the first round of matches, it is not difficult to find that in fact, when facing the Etihad, the Spring City team has a certain advantage in strength, if it is not for bad luck, they may not necessarily lose the first round of the game, and may even win the opponent.

It's just that there is no such thing as luck, although foreign fans are still used to calling Lin Qi LUCKYLIN, but Lin Qi is not really God's godson.

Luck can't be on his side forever......

The bad luck this time was enough to offset all the advantages of the Quancheng team.

In the second round of the game, the Spring City team played away, and without the home advantage, they may not be able to play like at home again.

This is one of them, and the second is that the Etihad team, who are leading on aggregate and have two away goals in their hands, are already good at counter-attacking, and this situation is just right for them to play on the counter-attack.

The Etihad don't have to chase goals in this game, as long as they defend well, they can easily progress to the quarter-finals.

They can even allow a mistake in defense, because if the final score of this game is 0:1, then according to the principle of away goals, it will still be Spring City who will be eliminated.

Defending is the Etihad team's strength, and they are also quite experienced in defending against Lin Qi. So on the whole, the situation is really bad for the Spring City team......

But the Springs team was not discouraged by this, they resolutely stepped on the plane to Saudi Arabia, and the Springs players and coaching staff hoped that this time, they could bring back a satisfactory result from the Etihad! (To be continued......)

PS: Pick up the tempo...... Go to Europe as soon as possible!!