It was a toss-up on the 28th, a 17-hour layover, followed by a 7-hour flight to Bogotá, and it happened to be night, and the Helios, who had stayed for one night, caught an early flight the next day, and finally arrived in Cali in western Colombia at noon on the 30th. The staff of the Cali Sports Club warmly received the Sun God and his party, how to say that this is also half of the gold father, although the Sun God paid the 30 million for the place of Kari Sports.

What is it about Colombia that is famous all over the world? Obviously, it's not going to be a tourist attraction, it's a food or something, it's just a drug. Now we are about to enter 1997, and Colombia has just eliminated the big drug lord Pablo based in the eastern city of Medellín two years ago. Escobar, the result is that in less than a year, another Cali drug cartel has emerged in Cali in the west, although it is relatively low-key, but it can also be said that it is all evil, which can really be called the east is not bright and the west is bright, and the east is raining in the west. Therefore, on the day of arrival in Cali, the staff of the sports club and the Sun God and his entourage repeatedly emphasized that they should never go out after dark, especially when they are stationed at the training ground on the outskirts of the city. The number 34 of the whole team is crazy, after all, it has only been two years since the shooting of Escobar, a member of the Colombian national team, that shook the world.

The first group stage match against Mexico's Blue Cross started on December 6 at the Estadio de la Coruña in Cali, and in order to adapt to the game and the style of play of the South American teams as soon as possible, the Sun God and Sporting Courier arranged a 60-minute closed training match on the 2nd, so the team was stationed in a 3-star hotel in downtown Cali, 1 km away from the stadium, for the first two days.

On the first day of arrival, the players who had not yet reversed the jet lag endured sleepiness and completed the first training session, which was also to let Li Hongjun, who had just transferred from Yanbian to the Sun God, adapt to the team's style of play. The Suns, who will face a third-tier battle next season, poached the team's core Ko Joong-hoon, Kim Kwang-ju and Li Hongjun from Yanbian Hyundai to make up for the depth of the team's backfield. Among them, Ko Zhongxun and Kim Guangzhu and the team's starting left-back Wu Chengying were all selected for the 96 UAE Asian Cup national team squad, and the game will start on December 4, so this time I did not come to Colombia with the team.

In the afternoon game on the 2nd, Cari Sports also played the main game, and the team's biggest name was the legendary Colombian striker Ivan. Valenciano, just 24-year-old Ivan is in the year of playing, compared to when he scored by experience after passing the peak, today's Ivan has strong impact, outstanding personal ability, and the ability to grasp opportunities in front of the goal is also the world's top, and there is a long shot of about 30 meters. By Ronaldo's time, Ivan and Asprilla and Falcao were still the only three world-class stars in Colombia. In addition, there is the main goalkeeper of the 94 World Cup. Córdoba, full-back Mendoza, centre-back Herrmann. Gaviria, midfielder Gabriel. Gomez and John. Lozano and the small winger Anthony. De Avila, it can be said that the squad of Cali Sporting represents half of the Colombian national team. It can be said that if Guangzhou Sun God can play evenly with Cali Sports in the training match, then there should be no problem in qualifying for the South American Club Cup group this time.

Soon it was time for the internal training match between the two teams, and Cali Sports specially invited 3 international referees from Colombia. Both teams are fully mainstayed. Sporting Cali fielded a 4-3-3 line-up with two wingers with a wide range of movement and often dropped back to midfield, unlike the players of Brazil and Argentina, Colombia, like most South American teams, prefer to use the individual ability of their players to open up the situation. It was the same in this game, Cali Sport, who took the lead in kick-off, passed the ball to Anthony on the right side with three passes and two feet. De Avila, the interesting thing is that the Suns' new left-back Li Hongjun is also a short player, of course, compared to Anthony, the 1.68-meter-old Li Hongjun is a rare big man, but he is also a low center of gravity player, and Anthony, who is flexible in defense, has not suffered. For the first time, Anthony tried to shake Li Hongjun's bottom cross in a row, but was tackled by the experienced Li Hongjun in advance. Li Hongjun took the ball and went directly to Peng Er in front, but Cali Sports' defensive midfielder John Lee. Lozano, who stands at 1.92m tall, won the header with ease, and the ball fell to another midfielder, Gabriel. At the feet of Gomez, this player should be considered the oldest player on the field, Gomez was born in 1959 and is 37 years old and has a lot of experience. After getting the ball, taking advantage of the Guangzhou team's lack of concentration in the backfield, he passed through the middle of Ballack and Gattuso, and then the ball passed through the middle of Li Wei and Li Byrne, and accurately found Ivan. Valenciano, who turned and took a trip and the ball was on the line of the penalty area. Two Li chased back at the same time, Ivan at the same time as the two chased over, pulled back, and then took a step sideways to the left, shook Li Byrne in the middle, shot decisively at the same time as the angle, the ball speed went straight to the upper left corner of the goal, the loss was the goalkeeper's concentration, a side pounce to hold the ball out of the bottom line, otherwise the ball Cali Sports has a goal ahead.

The opening almost allowed the opponent to steal one, and the teenager loudly reminded his teammates to pay attention. Cali Sport's corner kick is taken again. Lozano grabbed the landing point at the front point, but he didn't choose to attack the goal, but swung the ball to the position about a step back from the penalty spot, and it was Ivan again! Huang Qineng next to him shot a sideways barb, but fortunately, under the interference, Ivan's wonderful barb hit high. The opening is a man who overwhelms the three central defenders of the Sun God with his personal ability, and Ivan is worthy of being the leader of Colombia in the next 10 years. Speaking of this, I don't know what the reason was in my previous life, but I regret that I couldn't go to European football to break through, otherwise the achievements will not be limited to Colombia, and he is indeed a very good player.

The onslaught of Cali Sport's opening game also stimulated the Suns players, who had never encountered such an opponent in the A-League in the second half of the season, and the Guangzhou team, which won the league championship with a rainbow of morale, met a real strong opponent at this moment.

As the champion of the Chinese Football League, going to another country to participate in the South American Club Cup, no matter how you say it, you can't be ashamed of the national flag on your chest!

Goalkeeper Huang Hongtao took advantage of the opponent's time to retreat, quickly kicked the ball to the feet of Xie Feng on the right, the latter faced Cali Sport's international fullback Mendoza, made a fake move to the middle, when the opponent's center of gravity will move to the middle, the quick ball broke through the opponent's defense, this time the former Chinese national team fullback and the current Colombian national team fullback contest, Xie Feng's perfect breakthrough victory. As I said before, Xie Feng was born as a striker, and unlike Wu Chengying's breakthrough, he relied on this explosion, and sure enough, this step left the opponent two meters behind. Trezeguet, Hu Zhijun, Peng Er and Ballack in the middle quickly followed up the run, but Cali Sports, the Colombian international, is not a vegetarian, compared to the Orientals, the explosiveness of the South Americans is not bad, and the relative endurance is better, seeing Xie Feng approaching the corner of the opponent's right side of the penalty area, two or three steps away can cut inside to directly threaten the goal, Mendoza is chasing up, the side back is stuck Xie Feng cut the angle, this time Xie Feng does not pass the ball and is really caught up by the opponent.

A cross from 45 degrees was judged by Trezeguet, but unfortunately the ball was knocked out of the box by Colombian international Oscar with a single fist. Hey, there's more! The ball flew to Ballack outside the penalty area, and the opponent's defender Gomez met it, Ballack handled it very smartly, the ball did not choose to stop, but threw the ball to Peng Er in front of the penalty area with his chest. Peng Weijun met the ball and volleyed, the ball flew out like a torpedo, and Oscar didn't have time to return to the goal line!

“dua

g", the ball bounced off the intersection of the post and the outside of the crossbar, followed by a muffled thud. The ball was actually pierced on that tip! It is conceivable how powerful Peng Weijun's shot is! Some people say that the beauty of the power of football is the violent long-range shot hitting the crossbar or the goalpost, and that kind of visual enjoyment is cooler than scoring a goal! The shot even led several Cali Sporting players to shout "Estupe" in Spanish

do! (pretty)".

Unexpectedly, as soon as the game opened, the two sides were on the tip of the needle, and the coaching staff of Cali Sports, who originally thought that the level of Chinese football was low, also began to re-examine the championship team from the Chinese league, and the game entered the white heat at the beginning.