The time has arrived on March 12 before we know it. On this day, the second round of the AFC Champions League group stage will be held.
Tianjin Wei went to South Korea to challenge the K-League giant Jeonbuk Hyundai. Tianjin Wei was full of fighting spirit for this game.
Everyone hopes to win against their opponents and prove that they are the top team in Asia.
There were a lot of spectators at the scene today. What surprised Xue Yang was that there were so many Chinese fans.
After all, the distance between China and South Korea is relatively close. If you fly from Tianjin, it only takes about 2 hours.
Although the team is full of confidence, there is still bad news after all.
Foreign aid Hurtado is in poor condition today, which gives Xue Yang a headache. He will definitely not be able to start today.
At the same time, Revel's condition is also mediocre, but there should be no problem in starting.
Fortunately, Zhou Zheng's condition has improved a lot and he can start the game today.
After 2014, Xue Yang played more as a double forward.
However, today Xue Yang decided to use a lone striker.
As for Qin Zhen playing as a left winger today, this should be the first time Qin Zhen starts as a left winger after joining Tianjin Guards.
In fact, Qin Zhen's first position is left winger. I believe he will surprise everyone today.
It is worth mentioning that Tianjin Wei is the only one to win among the four Chinese Super League teams participating in the AFC Champions League.
The other three teams had two draws and one loss, plus Tianjin Wei’s previous victory over Melbourne Victory.
Therefore, Tianjin Wei has become the team with the highest probability of qualifying for the group stage in the hearts of Chinese fans.
"Hello, viewers! Welcome to today's live broadcast. What we bring to you today is the second round of the AFC Champions League group stage. Tianjin Wei challenges Jeonbuk Hyundai away from home." He Wei said in the opening commentary.
"After the big win over Melbourne Victory in the first round, a lot of people are paying attention to this game."
"Facing the K-League giant Jeonbuk Hyundai, I wonder if Tianjin Wei can still produce that kind of dominant performance."
"In fact, the Korean media also believes that Jeonbuk Hyundai has the strength to defeat Tianjin Wei."
"Let me introduce the starting lineups of both sides. First of all, the home team Jeonbuk Hyundai has officially given the 4-2-3-1 formation:
Goalkeeper: 1 Kwon Soon-tae;
Defenders: 3 Lee Jae-myung, 4 Kim Ki-hee, 18 Wilkinson, 2 Lee Kyu-ro;
Midfielder: 17 Lee Jae Sung, 55 Kim Nam Il, 10 Leonardo, 15 Jung Hyuk, 8 Aurelio;
Forward: 20 Li Tongguo.”
"Then Tianjin Wei officially gave a 4-3-3 formation:
Goalkeeper: 13 Ge Deshan (63);
Defenders: 12 Ma Yuwen (76), 3 Reifle (79), 2 Shen Yi (69), 21 Wu Qi (64);
Midfielder: 10th Floor Shouyun (63), 6th Aluka (77), 8th Shi Li (74);
Xue Yang looked at Jeonbuk Hyundai's starting lineup and saw several familiar figures.
The first is their foreign midfielder Leonardo. Chinese fans are familiar with this player.
He even has a relationship with Tianjin Wei. He is the Leonardo who joined Tianjin Quanjian in the future, and later joined Shandong Luneng.
However, his performance was mediocre and he eventually left Shandong Luneng.
Then there is their center back Kim Ki-hee, who will join Shanghai Shenhua in the future and is also a good player.
Not to mention forward Li Tongguo, who is considered the nemesis of Chinese football.
In the 1999 Olympic qualifiers, it was Li Tongguo's goal that drew the Chinese Olympic team.
It was because of this draw that the hope of the Chinese Olympic team to qualify was ruined.
In the subsequent Shedun Road Cup, he scored twice and was sent off with a red card after an altercation with Li Weifeng. However, in the end, the Korean team defeated the Chinese team.
In the third and fourth place finals of the 2000 Asian Cup, it was Li Tongguo's goal that defeated the Chinese team again.
It is worth mentioning that Li Tongguo won the Golden Boot of that Asian Cup with 6 goals.
However, Li Tongguo's career did not go well either, and he was excluded from the South Korean team's roster by South Korean head coach Hiddink.
In that World Cup, the South Korean team finished fourth.
Of course, you will understand how you got it.
However, ordinary people in South Korea think that they have obtained it based on their level.
Li Tongguo missed the opportunity to become famous in China. Four years later, he missed the 2006 World Cup due to serious injury.
The same goes for the national team's overseas study. Li Tongguo's overseas study can be described as a failure.
At the same time, Li Tongguo often scores goals against Chinese Super League teams in club games. I believe that fans who follow Chinese Super League games will definitely be familiar with Li Tongguo.
A goal was scored against Changchun Yatai, which caused Changchun Yatai to fail to advance from the group stage.
They also scored twice against Shandong Luneng and Guangzhou Evergrande.
Xue Yang is very curious whether he can perform today. After all, Tianjin Wei's defense is the top in Asia.
Midfielder Kim Nam-il also studied abroad and played in the Russian Super League for several years. He is also a capable player.
Among them, the one that Xue Yang is most familiar with may be Li Zaicheng, who will join Mainz in the Bundesliga in the future.
Lee Jae Sung wears the No. 10 jersey of the Korean national team, which shows his importance to the Korean team.
And Li Zaicheng is indeed very capable, although he is still young.
To be honest, Jeonbuk Hyundai's lineup is really good, and they still have three foreign players playing today.
It can be seen that Jeonbuk Hyundai is determined. It is estimated that due to the pressure of public opinion, they have prepared more fully for this game.
The head coach of Jeonbuk Hyundai is Cui Kangxi, who will coach Dalian and Shanghai Shenhua respectively in the future.
At this time, Cui Kangxi's face was solemn, even he was feeling a little stressed now.
In the last round, Tianjin Wei defeated Melbourne Victory. Cui Kangxi asked himself that with the strength of Jeonbuk Hyundai, it is basically impossible to win against Melbourne Victory like this.
And this also indirectly means that Tianjin Wei's offensive end may be better than Jeonbuk Hyundai.
He had seen Tianjin Wei's game records before, but to be honest, they didn't have much reference value.
In that game, Melbourne Victory had almost no power to fight back, and the several attacks did not put much pressure on Tianjin Wei.
As the referee blew his whistle, the game officially started.
The mentality of the players on both sides is different. Due to domestic public opinion, Jeonbuk Hyundai is under a lot of pressure today.
Although Tianjin Wei defeated Melbourne Victory, that Melbourne Victory team lacked several key players.
On the other hand, Jeonbuk Hyundai's rotation lineup defeated Yokohama Marinos. You must know that Yokohama Marinos won the Emperor's Cup last season.
So the Korean media used this as an argument and claimed that Tianjin Wei was not as powerful as Jeonbuk Hyundai.
So the players are very serious, but the Tianjin Wei players are different.
It was relatively easy for them, after all, Tianjin Wei beat their opponents in the first round.
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