The 2013 Chinese Super League Football Association Cup has reached the third round, and Tianjin Wei ushered in its opponent.
The opponent is relatively familiar, this team is Guangdong Sunspring in the Chinese League One.
Now Tianjin Wei's energy is focused on the Chinese Super League, and this is the time to chase points.
Although it is very difficult to win the Chinese Super League championship as a newly promoted team.
But now Tianjin Wei has this opportunity, because Guangzhou Evergrande only has 3 points more than Tianjin Wei.
Therefore, Xue Yang made a lot of rotations in this game, and foreign aid Fortunato also made a rare start.
I have to say that Tianjin Wei's current bench is still deep, and some of its players can serve as the main players in the Chinese Super League.
In the end, thanks to Zheng Jinshan's goal, they defeated the opponent 1-0 and successfully advanced to the next round.
Tianjin Wei's opponent in the next round turned out to be Jingcheng Guoan, which was the situation at that time.
But Xue Yang estimates that Tianjin Wei will most likely give up by then.
There will be another game to be played in a few days, the 11th round of the Chinese Super League.
Unconsciously, 1/3 of the league has passed, and this game is crucial.
Because the opponent is Shandong Luneng, Shandong Luneng currently has the same points as Tianjin Wei.
Both are 3 points less than Guangzhou Evergrande. This is definitely a 6-point battle.
No matter who wins, the position in the standings will be more stable.
Xue Yang attaches great importance to this game and is determined to win.
This is not the first time that the two teams have played against each other. They played against Tianjin Wei last season when they were still in the Chinese League One.
Tianjin Wei defeated Shandong Luneng at that time. Xue Yang knew that this meant that Shandong Luneng would be fully prepared for this game.
Of course, Xue Yang is not unreasonable about this, because Tianjin Wei this season is definitely much stronger than last season.
However, what is unfavorable to Tianjin Wei is that this game is Shandong Luneng's home court.
Moreover, their head coach has also changed. The current head coach of Shandong Luneng is Antic.
Antic once coached Atletico Madrid. He led Atletico Madrid to win the La Liga championship and is also a very capable head coach.
This season, Shandong Luneng's performance has indeed improved a lot compared to last season.
So overall, today's game is much more difficult than last year.
Tianjin Wei also has some problems of its own. Main defensive midfielder Yuan Han is in extremely poor condition, and Xue Yang really doesn't dare to let him start.
After all, this game is too crucial, it is a six-point battle.
As for Dong Yourong, he is even more afraid to use it, and the main left back Ma Yuwen is also in poor condition.
This game is also the focus of the 11th round of the league, and it is definitely the game with the highest attention.
The sports channel broadcast this game live. Tianjin Wei has been quite popular in the Chinese Super League recently.
"Hello, audience friends! Welcome to today's live broadcast. Today I will explain to you the focus of the 11th round of the Chinese Super League. Shandong Luneng faces Tianjin Wei at home." Duan Xuan said in the opening commentary.
"Currently both teams have the same 25 points in the standings, so this is an extremely crucial game."
"Among them, Tianjin Wei, as a newly promoted polo team, can have such a strong performance. I believe that no one expected it before the start of the season." Xu Yang continued to explain.
"And Tianjin Wei is very different from other teams. Tianjin Wei Qiang has very good local players."
"Although Tianjin Wei is a newly promoted team, this is not the first time these two teams have played against each other." Duan Xuan continued the introduction.
"In last year's Football Association Cup, Tianjin Wei, who was still in the Chinese League One at the time, played against Shandong Luneng."
"However, surprisingly, Tianjin Wei finally won. I believe today's game will be very exciting."
"First of all, let me introduce the starting lineups of both sides. First of all, Shandong Luneng, the official gave a 4-2-3-1 formation:
Goalkeeper: 12 Geng Xiaofeng;
Defenders: 16 Zheng Zheng, 4 McGowan, 3 Du Wei, 11 Wang Tong;
Midfielder: 39 Yang Xu, 6 Zhou Haibin, 10 Piskulic, 18 Antal, 24 Lu Zheng;
Forward: 9 Han Peng.”
"Then Tianjin Wei officially gave a 4-3-3 formation:
Goalkeeper: 1 Zhuang Zhongtong (61);
Defenders: 19 Lu Tingwen (60), 3 Reifle (79), 12 Yan Sha (73), 20 Qin Dabao (64);
Midfielder: 8 Qu Xuan (76), 29 Ivo (75), 16 Lu Quan (67);
Xue Yang looked at the opponent's starting lineup and found that it was indeed pretty good.
In terms of forwards, Shandong Luneng started Han Peng, who is also considered a Luneng star.
I think he was also a forward who scored in double figures in a single season, but starting from last season, he gradually became a substitute.
Now in the Chinese Super League, the forward position is more occupied by foreign players.
Local strikers like Han Peng’s living space is getting smaller and smaller.
However, the foreign players introduced by Shandong Luneng at the beginning of the season did not meet the team's expectations.
Han Peng returned to the starting position and was in pretty good shape.
Shandong Luneng's two full-backs are still good, but Tianjin's defenders are a bit worse.
What Xue Yang didn't expect was that the left winger turned out to be Yang Xu.
The effect of letting Yang Xu play as a left winger may be very average, and Yang Xu is more suitable to play in front.
On the other hand, for Tianjin Wei, Xue Yang asked Ivo to play as a defensive midfielder, and then Qu Xuan and Lu Quan played as central midfielders.
Lu Quan is strong now and definitely has the ability to start.
Both sides were very serious today, and Shandong Luneng's head coach Antic only came here at the end of last year.
But he also knew that Shandong Luneng lost to Tianjin Wei last year, and he was determined to help Shandong Luneng get revenge.
As the referee blew his whistle, the game officially started.
The weather is not very good today, it is raining.
The game only lasted a few minutes, and the players' jerseys were already soaked.
However, even in such weather, there were still many spectators coming to the scene.
Of course, most of them are Luneng fans. In fact, Xue Yang also admires Shandong Luneng.
As a traditional strong team in the Chinese Super League, it is also one of the few clubs in the Chinese Super League that attaches great importance to youth training.
At this time, Shandong Luneng got a chance for a corner kick. After the corner kick was taken, the football flew into the penalty area.
The football was pushed out by central defender Reifle. Reifel's strength was indeed good and he did not give Shandong Luneng a chance.
It's a pity that Reifer is Brazilian. If he were from other countries, he would definitely be the main player of the national team.
He has also been selected for the Brazilian national team, but unfortunately he has hardly played on the field, and he has only been on the bench for more than ten minutes.
After the football was pushed out, Tianjin Wei launched a counterattack.
However, the weather still had a great impact. Qu Xuan turned around after catching the ball and was almost intercepted.
Then he sent a through ball to the left and found Hurtado who was running.
Soon arriving outside the opponent's penalty area, Hurtado crossed to Ivo.
Ivo directly took a long shot, but the quality was very poor and was caught by goalkeeper Geng Xiaofeng.
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