The pre-match atmosphere before the start of the AFC Champions League semi-finals was more solemn and tense, coupled with the hype of the media, which gave the players of both teams a sense of urgency.

The players of the Puhe Ruby team are a little better, they are playing at home in this round after all, and there are so many home fans to cheer them on.

The players of the Spring City team are a bit miserable, and their sense of urgency is much stronger than that of the Puhe Ruby players. This is the first time in the history of the Spring City team that they have reached the last four of the AFC Champions League, and they are so close to reaching the top of Asia for the first time. This made the Quancheng team, which was seriously lacking in the competition, a little unbearable, and even Chen Song, the head coach, had a serious expression all day.

It can be seen that Chen Song is also very nervous at this moment.

He, like the players, unconsciously looked at Lin Qi as soon as there was tension in his heart. Lin Qi's calmness seemed to be their reassurance, allowing the entire Quancheng team to maintain their confidence in the game in such a tense atmosphere.

Lin Qi is unaware of this, he is still working hard to prepare for the game as always, he wants to adjust his condition to the best, only in this way can he lead the Quancheng team to victory in this round!

Lin Qi's efforts led the entire Quancheng team, and the players of the Quancheng team were immersed in the pre-game preparations, and the tension outside seemed to be completely ignored by them......

Until the day the game is about to officially start.

After a midday break, the Quancheng team set off from the hotel at about half past four in the afternoon. Head to Sakitamaura and Komaba Stadium, home of the Kamaga Rubys, where they will face the Kamogawa Ruby for 90 minutes!

On the road from the hotel to the stadium, the Quancheng team was almost watched by the Puhe Ruby fans, and the players did not see the Puhe Ruby fans on the street for a moment.

After all, the capacity of Saitamaura and Komaba Stadiums, the home stadium of Puhe Ruby, is limited, and only a relatively small number of fans can enter the stadium to watch the game live, while more fans can only watch the live broadcast of the game outside the stadium, which makes the Puhe Ruby fans on the street seem to be especially large.

The huge number of fans has brought a lot of psychological pressure to the players of the Spring City team. In the bus of the Spring City team, no one spoke, and the players either closed their eyes or listened quietly with headphones on, and they adjusted their emotions and states in their own different ways.

When it's still far from the stadium. The players were able to hear the noise coming from the stadiums in Saitamaura and Komaba. Although there is still a short time before the official start of the game, a large number of fans have already entered the stadium, and they can't wait for the AFC Champions League semi-finals to start soon.

This is an atmosphere that has never been seen in the World Youth Championships, Lin Qi listened to the sound in the stadium in the distance. I was already so excited that I couldn't do it. For the current Lin Qi. This should be his best stage. Lin Qi wants to show his demeanor in front of fans all over Asia again!

This time, he is not a youth player, he is a core of the Springs team that can lead a mature club forward!

It was different from Lin Qi's excitement. The coaching staff of the Quancheng team is the most nervous in the Quancheng team, whether it is Chen Song or Ma Yi, they want to be able to smoke a cigarette now, for them, it seems that smoking is the best way to relieve tension.

But they couldn't, Chen Song could only take out the chewing gum he had prepared a long time ago and put it in his mouth. Chen Song didn't have the habit of chewing gum, and even he smoked very little, but at such a tense moment, he still chose to let himself have something to do.

Chewing gum was probably the only thing he could do.

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Chen Songdu had already explained what should be explained, and he only briefly encouraged the players in the locker room, and then led the Izumi City team to Saitamaura and Komaba Stadium.

As soon as you enter the stadium, the lively atmosphere is enveloped, and the home and away fans in the stands let out their long-suppressed shouts.

The race is finally about to begin.

"The players of both teams came out one after another, and the expressions on the faces of the players were very serious, and it was obvious that this AFC Champions League semi-final contest made the players of both teams more or less nervous, after all, they were both entering the final four of the AFC Champions League for the first time. And no matter how much the media and fans are optimistic that they can win the final championship, they are still full of hunger for the AFC Champions League trophy! ”

The voice of the on-site commentator was heard, and he began to introduce the starters of both teams to the fans in front of the television.

After he finished introducing the starting lists of the two teams, the pre-match ceremony of the two teams was almost carried out, and in the process of guessing the side, the Quancheng team got the right to choose the venue, and the Puhe Ruby team, which was playing at home, was the first to kick off.

With the referee's whistle, the players of the Puhe Ruby team drove the ball out, and the first leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals between the Spring City team and the Puhe Ruby team officially began.

After the Puhe Ruby team drove the ball out, they did not rush to attack, they first stabilized their position, first controlled the football at their feet, and then went to look for opportunities to attack.

The characteristics of the Kamagawa Ruby team are similar to those of the Osaka Gamba team, and they are better at controlling the pace of the game. At the beginning of this game, the Puhe Ruby team dragged the pace of the game very slowly.

They played relatively conservatively, although they were playing at home, and despite facing Quancheng team, whose overall strength was not outstanding in the final four of the AFC Champions League, the Puhe Ruby team still chose a conservative style of play.

The Puhe Ruby team is more accurate in positioning their team, they are well aware that they are also the dark horse team in this AFC Champions League, and they have no qualifications to take their opponents lightly against Izumi City, who eliminated Gamba Osaka in the group stage.

For this reason, the Puhe Ruby team can only seek stability.

The first thing they have to do is to keep the football firmly under their feet and let the tempo of the game follow them completely. The Puhe Ruby team is right to do this, they also have such strength, and with the more precise cooperation of the players, the Puhe Ruby team took the lead in stabilizing the situation.

In the first five minutes of the game, they were in possession in central midfield, not giving Springs any chance to touch the ball.

The Quancheng team can only choose passive defense, they also choose a relatively conservative style of play, and do not rush to steal the football at the feet of the opponent's players.

The Quancheng team left only Lin Qi in the front court, and the other players retreated to their own half of the court to participate in the team's defense, and they patiently waited for the Puhe Ruby team to take the initiative to hand over the ball.

Maybe it's because of the nervousness of the players, maybe it's because of the manager's arrangement, but both teams have opted for a more conservative style of play in this game, which makes the first few minutes of the game look good.

This is also a matter of course in a tournament like the AFC Champions League, where neither team wants to play well, they just want to win. In order to win, in order to be able to reach the final, what if it is a little ugly?

It's just that under this ugly style of play, the Quancheng team is still at an obvious disadvantage, and their team's tactical literacy is not as high as that of the Puhe Ruby team, plus this is an away game, which has led to the football being controlled at the feet of the Puhe Ruby team for a long time.

After a few minutes of adjustment, the players of the Puhe Ruby team gradually got into the groove and began to tentatively launch several attacks on the Spring City goal.

Like Gamba Osaka, the Kamagawa Ruby attack is achieved through a change of pace. If the Izumi team didn't know about the Japanese team, it would be really easy to be caught off guard by the opponent.

It's just that when the Quancheng team was on guard in advance, the Puhe Ruby team's tentative attack did not have any effect.

However, the Puhe Ruby team did not plan to break the opponent's goal so early, and after a few tentative attacks, the Puhe Ruby team performed better and better.

They got into the groove before the Springs players!

The game also entered a one-sided phase, with Puhe Ruby firmly in possession and launching a dangerous attack on the Spring City goal.

If there is an attack, of course, there will be an exchange of the ball, and the players of the Spring City team have also put themselves into the game by touching the ball during this time.

Thankfully, they didn't concede a goal in a one-sided situation.

The game gradually entered the twenty minutes, the first twenty minutes of the game, both teams played decently, although the Quancheng team was in a disadvantageous situation, but Chen Song did not have any anxiety, this situation had long been expected by him. After all, the Spring City team is playing away from home, and it is only natural that they will be at a disadvantage at the beginning of the game.

As the game entered the twentieth minute, players from both teams opened up and began to launch more fierce attacks on the opponent's goal. Among them, the Puhe Ruby team has a lot more offensive opportunities than the Quancheng team, and they can only launch an attack once every three times they launch an attack.

Compared with the Puhe Ruby team, the Quancheng team played more cautiously, although their tactics in this game were not defensive counterattacks, but defense was the main theme of their game, at least the main theme of the first 20 minutes of the game. (To be continued......)