As the sun rises, the streets of the Etihad become hot again, and the Springs team members are once again hiding in the hotel to enjoy the cold air from the air conditioning.

It's just that most of the Quancheng team members were not idle, and they came to the gym in the hotel together for physical exercise. Since outdoor training can't be done, it's good to do some indoor physical exercise before the game.

In the gym, the players did not see the four people of Lin Qi, Luo Ming, Xu Zhen and Chen Biao. After the early morning training, the four of them were sleeping in bed at this time. Although the training time is not too long, it has basically achieved the purpose of the training, and the four of them will show better form than the other players in this game.

Lin Qi didn't think about letting the players of the Quancheng team go out to coach with him, but he gave up this idea after thinking about it. If the whole team knew about this training plan, then Chen Song and other members of the coaching staff would also know that when the time comes, Chen Song must not allow the players to appear on the streets of the Etihad in the early hours of the morning.

Saudi Arabia is not a safe country, and Chen Song, as the head coach of the team, is also responsible for the safety of the players, even if he is eliminated in the AFC Champions League, it is better than the players being physically injured in Saudi Arabia.

Therefore, it is unrealistic for the whole team to go out to practice together, Lin Qi can only call Luo Ming, Xu Zhen and Chen Biao, and sneak out......

In the gym, the players were surprised not to see the four men, judging by what they knew about them. Even if Luo Ming, Xu Zhen and Chen Biao will not come to the gym to train, Lin Qi, a top student on the court, will definitely come.

But it didn't appear, and until the Spring City team was about to collectively go to the home stadium of the Etihad team, Lin Qi and the four of them did not appear in the hotel gym for even a second.

Such an anomaly was exposed by the media again, and some media bluntly said that Lin Qi directly gave up the AFC Champions League game. Even Lin Qi, the core, has given up, and the other Quancheng team players may not be able to return no matter how hard they work.

Lin Qi is also a rare lazy time, it seems that he is really planning to give up this game, I hope that the failure of this game will not affect his next emotions, Lin Qi is still too young after all, he is the same as the Quancheng team. We all need to continue to grow. The media in Huaxia did not have too strong words about Lin Qi's "laziness" this time. They are still very tolerant of Lin Qi.

Lin Qi's "lazy" behavior is completely understandable in their opinion, but it exposes the fact that the Quancheng team wants to give up this game......

The game was exactly as the media and fans had imagined, at seven o'clock that night. The second quarter-final match between Springs and Etihad has officially begun.

Although the Etihad team believes that the Springs team is no longer the slightest threat. But they still took the most conservative style of play - defensive counterattack!

As long as you can defend your goal. That was the biggest win for the Etihad.

That's what they think, that's what they do. From the very beginning of the game, Ittihad completely handed over the initiative of the game to the Spring City team.

However, the Springs who took the initiative in the game were a bit disappointing, with their players with obvious fatigue on their faces, apparently still not adapting to the hot and dry weather at the Etihad.

Despite the late night, the Etihad stadium was still hot, and the semi-enclosed pitch did not feel the slightest cool breeze, which made the players surprisingly uncomfortable.

They can only minimize their running to make themselves comfortable and save some energy.

Playing in such hot and dry weather, in addition to being uncomfortable, physical exertion is also a huge problem. For the Quancheng players, their physical exertion was particularly fast, and after only ten minutes of play, the offensive and defensive tempo of the Quancheng team slowed down.

The Etihad team was quite strong defensively, and it was difficult for Springs to break down their goal when they tried their best, and this reduced tempo of the game was difficult to pose much threat to the Etihad team's goal.

However, the counterattack of the Etihad team made the back line of the Spring City team quite embarrassed, and the Ittihad dared to play defensive counterattacks, then they must have a fast counterattack speed.

In the face of their quick counter-attack, the defenders of the Spring City team struggled, and if Chen Song hadn't adopted a double back in this game, maybe their goal would have been pierced by the Etihad team.

Xu Zhen and Chen Biao got the start in this game at the same time, in the final round of the AFC Champions League group stage against the Osaka Gamba team in the battle of life and death, Chen Song once used the formation of double backs, that game Quancheng team won the game with difficulty, but also proved the strong combat effectiveness of the double back formation.

However, in the second half of the season, the formation of the double back did not show such power again. This formation is not skilled enough for the Spring City team, and the players are not too stable when they change to double midfielders.

Therefore, the Spring City team still adopted the same style of play as in the first half of the season most of the time.

But in this game, Chen Song once again discharged a double back. If it weren't for the series of events that happened before the game, fans and the media would have thought that Chen Song was planning to fight the Etihad team in this formation.

However, with the occurrence of the Quancheng team's preparation mistakes, Chen Song's double-back formation was interpreted as a manifestation of giving up the game.

In the eyes of fans and reporters, the Quancheng team has long been out of the power to fight, and the reason why Chen Song discharged such a formation is just to run in this double back formation, so that it can play a real role in the later games!

After the start of the game, a series of performances by the Spring City team also seemed to confirm the media speculation.

The Spring City team really gave up on this game from the manager to the players, and they just wanted to hone in their new formation in this game......

Although it was only a run-in formation, the performance of Xu Zhen and Chen Biao was recognized by most fans. The two of them became the most active and tireless players on the field. In the absence of other defenders of the Spring City team, these two Spring City midfielders used their active running to keep the Spring City team's backline solid.

In the two of them, it seems that the impact of the hot weather in Saudi Arabia is not visible at all, and the additional training in the early morning allowed Xu Zhen and Chen Biao to maintain a relatively stable performance in the game.

Although the night in Ittihad is still much hotter than in the early morning, for Xu Zhen and Chen Biao, who have adapted to the temperature in the early morning, it is not too difficult to adapt to the night weather again.

The only problem the two of them have to face is the accelerated consumption of physical strength, and they can only barely maintain their physical strength by constantly drinking water on the sidelines.

It is precisely because of the outstanding performance of Xu Zhen and Chen Biao that the Quancheng team ensured that their goals were not lost in the face of the counterattack of the Etihad team!

After repeated ineffective attacks, the Etihad team's counter-attacks gradually decreased, and such hot weather was also a huge drain on the Etihad players.

They no longer try to break the Spring City goal with a quick counter-attack, anyway, as long as they defend their goal, they can still successfully advance to the quarterfinals.

The Etihad team's formation shrank further, and they made a stubborn posture in front of the Springs team who didn't have much fighting spirit! (To be continued......)