The reason why the Etihad team has further reduced their formation is not because Springs threatens their goal, but because the Etihad team wants to save energy for the rest of the game.

The second half of the season was no less intense than the Etihad team, and with a long time to go in the second half of the season, they certainly wanted to conserve more energy.

Since you can easily advance to the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League, why bother to choose a more tiring way......

In the view of the Etihad team, defending is the easiest way, they don't even bother to threaten the goal of the Quancheng team with a quick counterattack, anyway, with the existence of Xu Zhen and Chen Biao, most of their quick counterattacks can only return empty-handed, so there is no need to waste the physical strength of the attacking players.

With the advantage of the first round, the Etihad team played very calmly, attacking when they wanted, and defending if they wanted.

Compared to them, the Quancheng team was not so lucky, and they could only continue to accelerate the consumption of physical strength in this hot weather.

Chen Song watched the situation of the game from the sidelines, and his absence was not stretched, and he was tightly wrinkled all the time.

can frown, this shows that in Chen Song's heart, there is actually a glimmer of hope for the victory of the game, if he really gives up completely, then there is no need to be so worried.

And the source of Chen Song's glimmer of hope is actually very simple-he knows that Lin Qi and the four of them went out to practice in the early hours of the morning!

That's why he played in a two-man formation again in this game, because in his opinion. Since Chen Biao and Xu Zhen have both practiced with Lin Qi in the early hours of the morning, the two of them will definitely be in better shape than the other players of the Quancheng team.

The facts also proved his guess, Chen Biao and Xu Zhen's performance did not disappoint him, and in the case of the collective poor performance of the Quancheng team, the two of them were able to keep the goal of the Quancheng team without losing it with their positive running momentum!

"Chen Biao and Xu Zhen are doing well, but what about Lin Qi and Luo Ming? Will they be able to find an opportunity in attack? Chen Song thought like this, and glanced back at Luo Ming, who was sitting on the bench.

Luo Ming, who came back from the World Youth Championships with the championship, did not sit in the main position of the Quancheng team for the first time, and now he is still taking turns with Lu Fei and Zhao Lin.

Sometimes Luo Ming will also start, but Chen Song still chose to put him on the bench for the time being. This is not because Chen Song doesn't believe in Luo Ming. It's because he regards Luo Ming as the real killer of the Quancheng team in this game!

Since Luo Ming also followed Lin Qi to practice in the early hours of the morning. Then his state will definitely be better than Lu Fei and Zhao Lin. However, the hot weather of Ittihad was too much physical exertion on the players on the field, and Chen Song was worried that Luo Ming would use up his physical strength early if he started the game.

That's why he chose to sit on the bench and wait until the critical time to play!

Luo Ming sat in his place. Secretly anxious. He was confident that his state at the moment was definitely better than Lu Fei and Zhao Lin. I wanted to recommend myself to head coach Chen Song, but he was a little hesitant.

Because he didn't dare to let Chen Song know about him and Lin Qi secretly running out to practice in the early hours of the morning, and practicing like this in the early morning. Although it was a good thing, it violated the discipline of the entire Quancheng team.

Luo Ming himself is nothing, what he is most worried about is that Lin Qi, Xu Zhen, and Chen Biao will be punished together.

But what Luo Ming didn't know was that Chen Song had already known that they had secretly run out to practice. Luo Ming could only sit in his seat and continue to struggle, he didn't even know if Chen Song would send him to play in this game.

Chen Song saw Luo Ming's entanglement in his eyes, he smiled secretly in his heart, and at the same time felt a little proud of his decision to put Luo Ming on the bench.

Luo Ming's range of activities on the field is much larger than that of Xu Zhen and Chen Biao, coupled with his somewhat anxious personality, if he is really allowed to start, it is strange that he does not run out of physical strength early......

Chen Song thought a little proudly, his brows still didn't stretch, and he turned his head to look at Lin Qi who was running actively on the field.

In fact, from the beginning of this game to the present, it is not Xu Zhen and Chen Biao who have run the most distance, but Lin Qi! It's just that in the case of the Etihad team's shrinking defense, Lin Qi's active running effect is far less obvious than that of Xu Zhen and Chen Biao, so the media and fans didn't pay much attention to him.

Of course, even if they noticed it, they probably wouldn't feel any difference, because Lin Qi had always been so positive in their eyes.

No matter what the situation of the game is, and no matter what the weather is on the day of the game, Lin Qi is always the hardest player on the field of the Quancheng team.

Chen Song was not worried about Lin Qi's state, even if he didn't know that Lin Qi had practiced in the early hours of the morning, Chen Song was not worried about Lin Qi's state at all.

What he is worried about is whether Lin Qi can find a chance to break the opponent's goal in the Etihad team's heavy defense, and what he is worried about is whether Lin Qi can still find a chance to break the opponent's goal when the overall performance of the Spring City team is not good enough to give Lin Qi enough support.

Lin Qi has been working the field, and he is trying to tear apart the Etihad team's heavy defense with his positive running. But the Etihad team's defense was too solid, and the two young Etihad central defenders almost didn't dare to do anything, so they stared at Lin Qi tightly. Springs also gave Lin Qi too little support in attack, and they couldn't even effectively attract the attention of the Etihad defenders.

As a result, Lin Qi can have four Etihad defenders by his side at most.

In such a situation, Lin Qi is difficult to stand alone, and no matter how aggressive his running is, it is difficult for him to threaten the goal of the Etihad team with his solo play.

There are also two players with stable performance among the players on the field of the Quancheng team, but both of them are midfielders, and they can give Lin Qi little help.

Lin Qi fell into a hard battle, and in the entire first half of the game, Lin Qi did not find too good a chance to score. His only three shots were from outside the box, two of which were blocked by two of the opposition's centre-backs and the other was deflected wide.

The score was 0:0 in the first half! The Springs team has achieved nothing! They are just 45 minutes away from being eliminated, and if Springs can't find the Etihad goal twice in a row within those 45 minutes, then their AFC Champions League campaign for the season will be over.

When Lin Qi left the field, his expression was a little solemn, and he unconsciously glanced at Luo Ming's location. In the forty-five minutes of the first half, when the players of the Quancheng team did not have much fighting spirit, Lin Qi played too hard alone, and Lu Fei and Zhao Lin did not give him much help at all.

Lin Qi is not the kind of player who can break through the opponent's heavy defense completely by himself, as a center forward, a center forward who is not fast and his foot skills are not flashy enough, he needs the help of his teammates too much......

And at this most helpless time, Lin Qi looked at Luo Ming. He hoped that Luo Ming could hurry up and provide him with some help, although Luo Ming's personal ability was not stronger than Lu Fei and Zhao Lin, but Luo Mingsheng was in good shape.

Luo Ming also followed Lin Qi to practice in the early morning, maybe just one additional practice could not make them fully adapt to the hot weather of the Etihad, but in the end it was better than those players who did not participate in the extra training......

Chen Song noticed Lin Qi's gaze, and he glanced back at Luo Ming again.

Luo Ming saw that the head coach looked at him, no longer with that anxious and tangled expression, his eyes widened, and he responded to the head coach's eyes with a fighting spirit.

He was silently protesting to Chen Song, and he hoped that he could use his fighting spirit to impress Chen Song, so that he could appear earlier.

Chen Song sighed secretly, I didn't want you Luo Ming to play, but can your appearance bring two goals to the Quancheng team? Unless Lin Qi can score a goal first, otherwise, even if you play, our Quancheng team will also lose......

Chen Song also has his helplessness, since he regards Luo Ming as his killer weapon, he will definitely not let him appear too early. As he thought in his heart, unless Lin Qi could score a goal first, or the game entered the last ten minutes, otherwise, Luo Ming would not be easily sent on the field.

Even if Lin Qi longs for him to play, even if Luo Ming himself begs to play, it is in vain, who told you that Lin Qi didn't call Lu Fei and Zhao Lin when he practiced in the early morning...... (To be continued......)