At the press conference after the game, when interviewed by reporters, Xue Yang rarely praised his opponent.
"Guangzhou R&F played very well today and put a lot of pressure on us," Xue Yang said.
"Even better than the previous Suwon Samsung. I think they have the strength to be among the top four in the Chinese Super League."
Xue Yang praised Guangzhou R&F, and Guangzhou R&F head coach Contra expressed surprise.
However, I was very happy inside, after all, the one who praised him was the winner of the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League.
He is also the best coach in the AFC. Xue Yang is no longer a nobody now.
Some people may think that Xue Yang is just talking.
However, in fact, Xue Yang does think so. Guangzhou R&F is quite strong.
After buying two players from Tianjin Wei, the team's level has improved a lot, and it also has a stable offensive point in addition to foreign players.
When they introduce powerful foreign players in the future, they may even hope to compete for the Chinese Super League championship.
Of course, this is without Xue Yang, otherwise Guangzhou R&F would have no hope.
However, what Xue Yang didn't know was that Xue Yang's words strengthened Guangzhou R&F's idea of continuing to buy Tianjin Wei players.
They brought in Ji Shang before, which was definitely the right choice.
Even in the AFC Champions League, Ji Shang can play a vital role.
This season Tianjin Wei has loaned several players to the J-League, so they are naturally eyeing them.
Among them, the one that excites them the most may be central defender Li Mingguang.
Liming Guang is definitely a strong central defender. If Liming Guang is introduced, Guangzhou R&F's defense will be more stable.
Of course the fans are still happy that Tianjin Wei won the opening game of the Chinese Super League.
The local media in Tianjin praised Tianjin Wei, saying bluntly that even if all the main players and foreign players leave the team, Tianjin Wei will still be the top team in the Chinese Super League.
Of course, the outside world is different. Although Tianjin Wei won, the score was 3 to 2.
They almost got points by Guangzhou R&F, which was basically impossible last season.
Last season, Tianjin Wei were invincible in the Chinese Super League unless they were in poor condition.
However, things are different now after all, which also makes the public confirm that Tianjin Wei's strength has declined.
The same team from Tianjin, Tianjin TEDA should be called Tianjin TEDA Quanjian, but they don't have such good luck.
Facing the weak Henan Jianye, Tianjin TEDA Quanjian finally lost the game 1-3.
Xue Yang was mentally prepared before the season, preparing for the possibility of poor results at the beginning of the season.
There will definitely be a lot of doubts by then, but fortunately we won the opening game.
Overall, Xue Yang is quite satisfied and everything is moving for the better.
Not only the team's record, but also other aspects are pretty good.
The first is the peripheral aspect. Xue Yang had a conversation with Xia Zhong at the end of last year and solidified his idea of operating peripherals.
At the beginning of the year, Shi Li and Qin Zhen’s jerseys were put on display, but the number was not very large.
Xue Yang knew that it was difficult to deal with the CSL area, and he was well prepared to lose money.
However, in fact, the peripheral sales were surprisingly good, and Shi Li and Qin Zhen’s jerseys sold surprisingly well.
Mainly because everyone knows that Shi Li and Qin Zhen are leaving the team.
This batch of jerseys may be the last Tianjin Wei jerseys with their names on them, and they were sold out quickly.
Now that everything has been done, the next step is to expand.
March 13th ushered in the second round of the Chinese Super League. Tianjin Wei faced newly promoted SJZ Yongchang at home.
This game is still very interesting. SJZ Yongchang started three Tianjin Wei players.
Moreover, even the head coach came from Tianjin Wei, which made Xue Yang very happy.
Tianjin Wei's influence has slowly begun to affect other Chinese Super League teams, which makes Xue Yang very satisfied.
He even wonders whether one day in the future, all the head coaches of the Chinese Super League teams will be from Tianjin Wei.
In the end, Tianjin Wei certainly won, defeating SJZ Yongchang 3-1.
Today Xue Yang boldly let Xu Qiang start the game as a single center, but his strength is not very strong after all.
However, Xu Qiang played very well today. Although he did not score a goal, he provided two assists.
Some people say that forwards should be more independent and seize all opportunities to score goals.
But Xu Qiang is not a striker in this style. He is like a midfielder at the forefront.
Xue Yang even thought in a funny way whether he could pull Xu Qiang back a little and try a no-forward formation in the Chinese Super League.
And just recently, several Tianjin Wei coaches have left the team.
They started their life abroad and will go to The Hague in the Netherlands.
Of course they are not in the first team, but in the echelon to learn and accumulate experience.
Those leaving the team this time are head coach Yang Wei, head coach Mingkong, assistant coach Qu Shuai and physical fitness coach Xu Lang.
The four of them are very much looking forward to studying abroad in The Hague.
Unconsciously, there are already 7 coaches in The Hague. With the "seniors" here, they should be able to adapt to life in The Hague quickly.
March 18th ushered in the third round of the AFC Champions League group stage. Tianjin Wei faced Urawa Red Diamonds of the J-League at home.
Although Urawa Red Diamonds are a strong team in the J-League, Xue Yang is not that worried.
Because Urawa Red Diamonds obviously have no main force to prepare for the game, in their opinion Tianjin Wei's strength has declined seriously.
And for them, the J-League is more important than the Champions League.
Xue Yang didn't dare to let down his guard when facing Urawa Red Diamond like this, because Tianjin Wei's strength had really declined.
So Xue Yang fought with all the main force, and finally won the opponent 2-1 at his home court.
Although it is not the main force, it is still difficult to win.
Of course, part of the reason is that the team's condition is really not good.
A few days later it was the third round of the Chinese Super League, and this game was crucial.
Tianjin Wei will go to Guangzhou to challenge the powerful Guangzhou Evergrande. During this transfer window, Guangzhou Evergrande has introduced powerful foreign players one after another.
This should have been an exciting game, but both teams had AFC Champions League games.
In the last game, Guangzhou Evergrande played much more anxiously than Tianjin Wei.
Facing the strong Kashima Antlers, the score was 4 to 3, which shows how intense this game was.
Coming to the home court of Guangzhou Evergrande, the two sides ended up drawing 1-1.
Xue Yang was originally prepared to lose, but he didn't expect to score points at the opponent's home court.
The league has now passed three rounds, and Tianjin Wei’s results are surprisingly good.
Not only was Xue Yang very satisfied, but the outside world was also quite surprised.
Although we know that Tianjin Wei's decline in strength is not as serious as outsiders say, it is no longer in the championship ranks.
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