At the same time as the match between Spring City and Al Ain ended, the match of Qilu team also ended, and they drew 1-1 away from Buriram United!

Being able to draw the opponent away from home and also hold an away goal, the Qilu team also occupied the advantage of advancing to the semi-finals. However, their advantage is obviously not as big as that of the Spring City team.

A hearty 4:1 surprised the players of the Qilu team who had just finished the game. This score is already a bit abnormal in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League, especially since it is the Spring City team that scored four goals!

Being able to enter the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League shows that the strength of the Al Ain team is not weak, but why were they so easily defeated by the Spring City team at home?

The players of the Qilu team then knew the whole process of the Spring City team's game, and they knew that the reason why the Al Ain team lost so badly was because they underestimated the opponent in the first half of the game.

The Qilu team couldn't help but be a little envious of the Quancheng team, who was able to meet such an idiotic opponent in the quarterfinals, and dared to underestimate the enemy in such a game, Al Ain really didn't know how to write the word "death......

After this game, the Spring City team, which led by three goals, can be said to have stepped into the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League with half a foot, and the day after the game, almost all the Asian media confidently stated that unless a miracle happens, it is impossible for Al Ain to complete the comeback against Spring City at their home stadium!

It was not just because of the game but also because of the performance in the second half of the game that gave them the confidence to say it.

Second half of the game. Al Ain have fielded the strongest squad they can use in the AFC Champions League. But even so, they only played a 1:1 draw with the Quancheng team in the forty-five minutes of the second half, which shows that the strength of the Quancheng team is not weaker than Al Ain at all!

If Al Ain were stronger, it would be to attribute the close match shown by Springs in the second half to their home advantage.

Going to Al Ain's away stadium, maybe the Springs team will not be so strong. However, even so, it will be extremely difficult for Al Ain to recover the disadvantage of three goals at home.

Therefore, the Asian media unanimously expressed optimism about the Quancheng team, and they felt that the Quancheng team had taken the lead in occupying a place in the top four of the AFC Champions League!

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Al Ain was criticised by fans and media across the country after returning home, and it was clear that their performance in this match did not please the fans in the UAE. Fans and media alike pointed the finger at the head coach of Al Ain.

In the face of accusations and embarrassment from fans and the media, the head coach of the Al Ain team took all the responsibility on himself, and he could not tell the fans why the Al Ain team was underestimated. It's all due to the willfulness of their club owners......

"This game. Our team made a very serious mistake in the line-up, and the score of 1:4 has put us on the verge of elimination......" In response to reporters' questions, the head coach of the Al Ain team said generously.

"It's not over yet, though. We still have a chance to play at home. It is not impossible for our team Al Ain to turn the tide of the game at that time. After all, it's not the last minute. No one knows what will happen on the pitch. The Al Ain manager's words were full of confidence, as if he could really make a comeback for his team at home.

Naturally, the reporters did not believe his words very much. But his words have come to this point, and this group of reporters can no longer continue to make things difficult for him.

Because the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League have not yet been completely over, the Al Ain team has not been completely eliminated by the Spring City team.

Despite the slim hope of a comeback, UAE journalists are hoping to see the outcome described by the Al Ain manager......

After speaking to reporters, the Al Ain head coach went straight back to their club and the first thing he did was walk into their boss's office.

The reason why he went directly to their local tyrant boss, the head coach of the Al Ain team had two purposes. One is that he wants to see if his boss has developed a prejudice against him because of the loss in this game, and the other is that he wants to admit his mistake and apologize to their boss.

Yes, it is to admit mistakes and apologize. Although the mistake was made by the owners of their club, he still had to apologize to his boss because he still wanted to keep his position as head coach.

When he walked into his boss's office, their boss looked down in serious thought.

The head coach of the Al Ain team chuckled in his heart when he saw his boss's serious expression, which was not a good thing for him.

At the moment, the head coach did not hesitate to say what he was prepared to say.

"I'm sorry, boss, I let you down." He said, bowing his head.

"It doesn't matter, no one is perfect, who can not make some mistakes." In the face of the manager's attitude of taking the initiative to admit his mistakes, a smile finally appeared on the face of the owner of Al Ain Club. He doesn't really blame his manager, after all, he made his mistakes, and it's pretty good that this manager can take the blame for himself.

However, not apologizing means nothing to the current Al Ain team owner, he only hopes that the Al Ain team can really achieve a shocking comeback in the second leg of the game as their manager said!

So he continued to say seriously: "The quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League are not completely over, and I hope that after the next game against Quancheng, it will be our Al Ain who will finally advance to the semi-finals!" ”

Hearing the boss's words, the head coach of the Al Ain team breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he nodded vigorously, turned around and left the boss's office.

The purpose of his trip has been achieved, and the UAE oil tycoon did not directly ask him to roll up and get out, he still has time. There is still a chance to turn the book......

As long as Al Ain can have the last laugh in the second leg at home, the position will be truly retained.

However, it is definitely not that easy to achieve this goal, and Al Ain have already trailed Springs by three goals, a difference in the score that makes it difficult for Al Ain to do so even on their home turf.

The head coach of Al Ain is feeling gloomy again, and to be honest, he doesn't have any idea of the second leg against Springs.

He saw the performance of the Springs team in the second half of the game. He had to admit that the Springs team is a team that is not weaker than their Al Ain team.

It will be too difficult for Al Ain to find the Spring City goal three times at home......

The entire Al Ain club was worried about their second leg of the match. There was laughter and laughter in the Quancheng team.

The score of 4:1 was enough to please the entire Quancheng team and their fans. Even the most demanding media may not be able to pick out any flaws in the performance of the Spring City team in this game.

Although their victory was more due to the willfulness of their opponents, the Chinese media still gave the Quancheng team high praise in the next day's report.

The situation is so favorable for the Springs team that they have almost locked a place in the final four.

The semi-finals, this is still the best result achieved by a Chinese team in the AFC Champions League. If Springs can really manage to advance to the semi-finals in the next leg. That's for the whole of Chinese football. This is undoubtedly a great thing.

The performance of the Spring City team in the AFC Champions League exceeded the expectations of all fans and media, before the start of this season's AFC Champions League. I would never have thought that the Quancheng team would be able to achieve such outstanding results.

They are even closer to the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League than Qilu team!

However, for the Qilu team, the fans are still very optimistic, the Qilu team can draw the opponent away from home is already very good, as long as they can not let the opponent score in the second leg of the home game, then they will be able to successfully eliminate Buriram United!

The Qilu team, which has an away goal in hand, also occupies the advantage of advancing to the semi-finals!

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The first leg of the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League is over, and both Qilu and Quancheng have played well in this leg, and fans throughout China are happy with their results.

After the end of the AFC Champions League, the Quancheng team and the Qilu team started a new round of competition in the standings of the Chinese League.

In the 29th round and the thirtieth round of the Chinese League, both teams played very seriously, they did their best in these two rounds of the game, and in the end they won the opponent in the game, and achieved two consecutive wins, the gap between the two teams in the standings is still three points!

Subsequently, in the 31st round of the Chinese League, the Quancheng team and the Qilu team chose to change the round at the same time, and they had to prepare for the second leg of the upcoming AFC Champions League quarterfinals.

Among them, the Qilu team was more cautious, and Shen Yue put An Run, Zhou Tao and Lin Heng on the bench. The Qilu team did not have as much advantage as the Quancheng team in the first leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-finals, and they can imagine that the second leg of the Qilu team against Buriram United must be a battle to the death.

Although the Qilu team can eliminate the opponent as long as they don't let Buriram United complete the goal, defense is not the strength of the Qilu team, and Shen Yue is more often using offense to replace defense.

However, in the face of such a strong opponent as Buriram United, it is impossible to suppress the opponent, and the exquisite coordination between the Buriram United players is a great challenge for the defenders of the Qilu team.

Shen Yue never thought about not letting Buriram United score in the second leg at all, what he wanted to do was to defeat the opponent and defeat the opponent completely!

That's why he's more cautious.

Compared with the Qilu team, the Quancheng team played much easier in the Chinese League, although they also rotated, but Chen Song did not put all the main players on the bench, they still had to win this Chinese League competition.

In the end, the Quancheng team defeated the opponent 1:0 with Lin Qi's goal, and the Qilu team, which lost the front trident, could only shake hands with their opponent with a score of 0:0.

The point gap between the Quancheng team and the Qilu team has narrowed to one point!

There was no time to think about the Chinese League, and the second leg of the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League began.

Springs take on Al Ain away!

Qilu team hosts Buriram United!

Both matches are played at the same time. The Qilu team showed a stronger desire to attack in this AFC Champions League matchup~, and they relied on the home advantage to constantly threaten the goal of Buriram United......

In comparison, the Quancheng team played a much more conservative game. Facing the strongest lineup of Al Ain, the Springs team adopted more defensive strategies.

The second leg between Springs and Al Ain was completely reversed from their first leg, with Al Ain coming on the attacking side.

It's just that compared with the previous round, the attack of the Al Ain team is not as efficient as the Spring City team, and they did not penetrate the Spring City team's goal for the first time until the end of the first half, and the total score of the two teams was 4:2!

The Springs team still occupies an absolute lead. The head coach of the Al Ain team on the sidelines was secretly anxious. But he didn't have a good solution. Because in this game, their attacking players of the Al Ain team have performed very well, and the defense of the Spring City team is too strong.

Under the leadership of Chen Biao. The Springs' bucket formation caused a big hindrance to Al Ain's attack.

After a fifteen-minute break. The two teams changed sides and fought again. The Al Ain head coach made another change at half-time when he replaced an attacking player with a defender.

Al Ain continued to bolster their attacking strength, and the substitution was a desperate move by the Al Ain head coach with 45 minutes remaining. However, Al Ain trailed Springs by two goals.

At this time, he had no other way to think of than desperately strengthening the attack.

However, before his substitution adjustment played a certain role, the drawbacks of the Al Aine team's substitution were the first to leak out.

While strengthening the attack, Al Ain is bound to sacrifice their defensive strength.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Springs took advantage of a counter-attack opportunity for Lu Fei to break the goal of the Al Ain team.

The aggregate score became 5:2! Springs reopened the gap and scored a goal that sealed the win!

No matter how hard Al Ain tries, they can't score three goals in the remaining 38 minutes......

Lu Fei's goal demobilized the players of the Al Ain team, and even their head coach collapsed in his seat. At this moment, he did not have the slightest sense of tension and urgency. For him, the rest of the game is just a wait, waiting for his final end.

Someone has to take the blame for Al Ain's elimination, and their head coach is the perfect fit......

The rest of the game was garbage time, Al Ain, who had lost his fighting spirit, had completely lost his desire to attack~ and the players of the Spring City team did not want to continue to waste their countless physical strength.

At this stage of this season, whether it is the Chinese League, the AFC Champions League or the Super Cup, it has entered the most critical and difficult period.

The players of the Quancheng team can save some physical strength if they can save some physical strength, and even Lin Qi, who can run the most, chose to walk slowly on the field.

Unlike other Quancheng players, Lin Qi has played almost all the games of the Quancheng team this season, plus the World Youth Championships in the middle, Lin Qi is starting to feel a little tired even if he is an iron man.

Chen Song seemed to see Lin Qi's thoughts, and he used up the first substitution of the Quancheng team in this game and replaced Lin Qi off the field.

When Lin Qi left the field, the few Quancheng fans who came to the scene let out an amazing cheer, and they all stood up and applauded their team's heroes.

Although Lin Qi did not score in this game, the Quancheng team was able to reach the top four in the AFC Champions League, Lin Qi was definitely the biggest hero, and the fans did not hesitate to applaud Lin Qi at all.

After breaking through the rookie wall at the beginning of this season, Lin Qi was replaced by head coach Chen Song for the first time. Springs fans have been waiting for such an opportunity for a long time, and they have long wanted to cheer for their "God of War" alone.

This time, they finally got their chance.

Although they were fighting away from home, the fans of the Quancheng team did not hesitate to give Lin Qi cheers and applause at this time.

Lin Qi raised his hand to greet the fans, and he had a relaxed and slightly embarrassed smile on his face......

In the end, the Spring City team drew 1:1 with Al Ain away from home. The Spring City team advanced to the semifinals of the AFC Champions League with an aggregate score of 5:2!

After making the history of the quarterfinals of the Spring City team, they did not stop their pace, but continued to eliminate their opponents and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League!

The Springs players hugged each other as they excitedly celebrated their successful promotion at Al Ain's home stadium.

And when the Quancheng team celebrated, Quancheng, which was thousands of miles away, had already fallen into a complete boil......

The match of the Qilu team at the same time as the Quancheng team also had a result, and in the end, the Qilu team defeated Buriram United with a score of 2:1 at home, and the Quancheng team joined hands to enter the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League!

At this moment, the entire Quancheng City was boiling, and both the fans of the Quancheng team and the Qilu team fell into a crazy celebration.

Of course, the Chinese fans in other regions did not remain silent, and they also felt proud and proud of the achievements of the Quancheng team and the Qilu team in the AFC Champions League.

In the final four of the AFC Champions League, the teams of the Chinese League occupy two of the seats! How can this keep the fans of Huaxia from feeling excited and excited?

Fans are looking forward to one of the teams in Qilu and Quancheng that can finally stand at the top of the whole of Asia! (To be continued......)