NovelsAlex Chapter 168 AFC Champions League Knockout
Chapter 168 AFC Champions League Knockout
Chapter 168 AFC Champions League Knockout
It has not been easy for Taishan Club to engage in football in the past few years.
Affected by national policies in the past two years, the investment of state-owned enterprises in the tertiary industry has weakened, and the approval and supervision have become more stringent.Coupled with the harsh domestic football environment, the Football Association has issued a series of regulations to limit investment and expenditure.These regulations, for the rich and powerful private companies, are like a bastard's ass - the back of a turtle, and it is useless.There are many ways for people to circumvent the policy, such as yin and yang contracts, high signing fees that are not included in the account, and bonuses in the form of advertising endorsements... In short, everything is used to the extreme!
But for large state-owned enterprises with extremely strict internal audit, it is almost fatal. The above says that one is one, and no one dares to break through the rules and regulations. After all, no one will take the risk of losing their black hat for a football club.
Against this background, the capital budget of the Taishan team for signings is only 4000 million yuan, which is about 530 million yuan when converted into euros.As we all know, foreign players join the Super League for the sake of money, so the contracts signed are generally premium contracts, and according to general conditions, the premium ratio of contracts is generally between 40% and 60%.In other words, the Taishan team took 530 million euros and went to the international football transfer market, and could only sign a player with a real worth of less than 300 million euros.
These days, who can you buy for less than 300 million euros?Either a veteran who started to decline after the age of 30, or a rookie in his 20s with little development potential.Who will come to the Super League for this little money among the talented players in their prime?
Even if you look at the Chinese Super League, this price is really pitifully low. At present, the most valuable player in the Chinese Super League is Paulinho of the Evergrande team with 3500 million euros, No. 2 SIPG’s Anautović with 3200 million euros, and No. 3 Oscar with 3000 million euros... none of the top 10 foreign players in the Chinese Super League is worth less than 1500 million euros.Even domestic player Wu Lei is worth 1000 million euros!
In other words, this little money is enough to buy a hair!
The insiders of the club are also a little bit disappointed. Jill, who is worth 1000 million euros, has left, but the replacement can only go to the scrap market of less than 300 million euros to go to Taobao.The Taishan team, who were used to a prosperous life, was not used to it.However, under the current general environment, life like this is probably the norm in the future, and everyone has to get used to tightening their belts to live.
To this end, the club held a special meeting to study and unify their thinking.Decided to adopt a "two-pronged" approach:
On the one hand, under the current budget situation, the signing team worked overtime to find suitable targets in the international football transfer market; on the other hand, they continued to put pressure on the board of directors to strive for more signing funds.The team's record in the AFC Champions League will directly affect the attitude of the board of directors. If they can defeat the Evergrande team and advance to the top 8, they will definitely get an additional budget.
Therefore, the next AFC Champions League round of 16 knockout matches will be the top priority.
In the recent period of training and preparations, the focus has been on the knockout round of the AFC Champions League, so that the league is a bit out of control. The main players take turns to rest. Two consecutive games that should have been won ended in a draw and a loss.
However, except for a few keyboard warriors who continued to speak out on the Internet, most fans didn't care too much, because everyone knows that this year's league results are just like this. The key is whether the AFC can cross the mountain of Evergrande and make new breakthroughs.
Time flies like a white horse, and soon, it will be the AFC Champions League match day.
The AFC Champions League 1/8 competition system is a two-round home and away game, which is a 180-minute battle.Since the Taishan team is the first in the group, it has a slight advantage in the arrangement of home and away games, first away and then host.
In the first game, they sat at Yangcheng Tianhe and challenged Evergrande.
At the press conference before the game, Li Xiaopeng was asked by reporters about the topic of "poor record in historical confrontation". Li Xiaopeng replied firmly: "History is made to be broken!"
Everyone knows the importance of this game, and they hold back their energy, vowing to break the curse of Evergrande's away win.
Before the game started, Li Xiaopeng made a passionate pre-war mobilization:
"It's been nine years, and we've never won against Evergrande in Tianhe! Looking at the Chinese Super League, there aren't many of them like this! It's a shame! Yatai and Renhe have all been relegated to the Chinese Premier League, and they still managed Evergrande! R&F and Sweeney have been relegated every year, and we are not afraid of Evergrande! Our majestic Taishan team, everyone stands (great), afraid of being beaten by him!
It's been nine years, and it's our turn to win!This is no ordinary game, this is the knockout round of the AFC Champions League!The elders in my hometown are watching us!Fans all over Asia are watching us!At this time, if anyone is blind (not promising, not successful), who wants to play sub-par (low level), he will just think about it personally, is it worthy of the name of the Taishan team?Are you sorry for your hometown parents?I don't have much ink left, just ask ye, what are ye going to do in this game? "
The team members were excited by Lao Li's rustic speech, and shouted: "Fuck him!"
"What are you mumbling about? Can't hear you!"
"Do him!"
"Be louder!"
"Do him!"
Even the two major foreign players, Pellet and Fellaini, shouted at the top of their voices, following everyone in half-baked Chinese and shouting: "Fuck him!"
Li Xiaopeng clapped his hands in satisfaction, and said loudly: "Okay, let's go on stage and deal with him!"
Gao Yuan also felt that his fighting spirit was high, his whole body was boiling with enthusiasm, and he thought: morale is available, this game will have fun!
After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, the passionate Taishan players walked off the court one by one.
1:2, lost again!
People really can't fight with fate!Just like Guoan can't beat Taishan team, Taishan team can't beat Evergrande!
The Taishan team's defense without Jill is very messy. Facing the impact of Talisca and Paulinho, they are at a loss.He was completely crushed by his opponent in one-on-one personal ability. Although Liu Junshuai, who replaced Jill in the game, was very diligent, the gap in ability cannot be filled by hard work. He couldn't keep up with his speed, couldn't defend against his skills, and couldn't hit the confrontation. He staged a catastrophic performance.
And goalkeeper Wang Dalei's performance was not much better. His leg was injured, which affected his speed and jumping. He seemed a little hesitant in several attacks, and the two goals scored by the opponent were not difficult unsolvable balls. If he is in good condition, he can completely resolve them.So much so that after the game, Evergrande fans joked: "The Evergrande team still relies too much on Wang Dalei to win!"
Compared with the back line, the offense has not played out.Because it is the AFC Champions League game, foreign aid can play "3+1", so in Paulinho
In addition to Talisca, the central defenders used the double foreign aid of Browning and Park Zhizhu, plus the original two international players Zhang Linpeng and Feng Xiaoting, the four defenders launched a siege against Pellet.Especially Park Ji-soo, the South Korean international, has performed at the highest level since joining Evergrande. The audience tried their best to defend Pellet, even pulling and pulling, making small moves, which made the Italians lose their temper at all and immediately misfired.
According to someone's post-match analysis, Evergrande coach Cannavaro, after experiencing the nightmare of the 2002 World Cup, knew the truth that the Koreans specialize in defeating the Italians, so he sent Park Ji-soo, who usually doesn't play many games, to defend the Italian cannon Pellet.
With the dual metaphysics blessing of the Koreans defeating the Italians and Evergrande defeating Taishan, it is strange that the Taishan team can beat Evergrande.
But fortunately, the Taishan team was not considered a complete defeat, at least when the game was about to end, the veteran Zhang Chi scored a burst and pulled back a goal.
Don't underestimate this goal. In the home and away double-round contest, an away goal is more precious than gold.This means that, back at home, the Taishan team only needs a score of 1:0 to eliminate Evergrande by virtue of the advantage of more away goals.
In the Olympic Sports Center, the Taishan team wants to score a goal, is it difficult?Of course not difficult!
However, without Jill's defense, is it easy to get a clean sheet from Evergrande?Of course it's not easy!
At the post-match press conference, Li Xiaopeng encouraged himself: "This is a 180-minute contest. In Tianhe, we only played the first half. Next, we will return to Ludong and continue to play the second half. For us, the situation of the game is already clear. We only need to score another goal and at the same time prevent the opponent from scoring. That's it!"
There is one more week until the second leg of the game will start.
Back in Ludong, Li Xiaopeng first called a meeting with the coaching staff to discuss countermeasures.
Gao Yuan has sorted out the analysis report of the last game and distributed it to everyone on the coaching staff.
大家翻看着手里的报告，只见双方射门数11:13，射正数7:3，越位数2：1，控球率43%：57%，角球数4:6·····
Hao Wei said strangely: "Looking at the statistics alone, there is no difference! It seems that our statistics are even stronger! Only the number of shots on goal is not as good as Evergrande, why can't we see it in the game! Looking at the game alone, it seems that we are the suppressed side! Could it be that Evergrande really defeated us?"
Everyone was silent, Li Xiaopeng asked Gao Yuan: "Xiao Gao, what do you think?"
Gao Yuan cleared his throat, and said loudly: "When I first sorted out the data, I was also puzzled. I have been thinking about this problem for the past two days. Later, I gradually got some ideas. I think we have been fooled!"
"Fucked?"
"Yes, I fell for Cannavaro's little fox. What kind of team is the Evergrande team? It is a strong team at the Asian championship level. In the Chinese Super League and even the AFC Champions League, they always play against their opponents. If the ball possession rate is lower than 60%, I am embarrassed to say hello to them! But this time in such an important game at home, the ball possession rate is lower than ours. What does it mean? It means that they deliberately handed over the ball to us!"
One word awakened the dreamer, Li Xiaopeng and Fabio had suddenly realized on their faces, while Hao Wei and Pep were still a little confused.
"Give us possession of the ball, what good is it for them?" Hao Wei asked suspiciously.
(End of this chapter)