The first game in April was the fourth round of the Chinese Super League, when Tianjin Wei challenged Liaoning Hongyuan away from home.
Liaoning Hongyuan started the season well, winning two games in the first three rounds.
Their lineup is indeed better than Xue Yang thought. In terms of local players, they include Qin Sheng, Ding Haifeng, Yang Shanping and Zhang Lu.
If there is no Tianjin Wei, this lineup is still okay.
However, compared with Tianjin Wei, it is still a bit inferior.
Even with their foreign aid strength, Tianjin Wei finally defeated Liaoning Hongyuan 2-0.
But in this game, Qin Sheng injured Lou Shouyun with his shovel.
Fortunately, the injury was not serious, and Lou Shouyun needed to rest for half a month.
A few days later it was another AFC Champions League match, and the fourth round of the group stage was against Urawa Red Diamonds again.
However, this time it is the opponent's home court, and it is quite difficult to win at home.
Moreover, one of the main midfielders was missing. In the end, Tianjin Wei lost the game 0-2.
At present, four rounds of the AFC Champions League have passed, and Tianjin Wei has managed to survive with two wins and two losses.
Not as dominant as last season, but there is still hope of qualifying.
Currently, Blues Roar and Suwon Samsung have the same record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, which is just one more draw than Tianjin Wei.
Tianjin Wei is still very promising, and Urawa Red Diamonds in the group has little hope.
They only won one victory, and the one they defeated was Tianjin Wei.
As for other Chinese Super League teams, first of all, Beijing Guoan was assigned to Group E.
Their current qualifying situation is not very optimistic. Jeonbuk Hyundai and Kashiwa Reysol in the group performed brilliantly and have not lost a game in four rounds.
On the other hand, Jingcheng Guoan has 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. Although there is still hope, it is not optimistic.
Then there is Guangzhou R&F, they were assigned to Group F.
Their qualifying situation is relatively optimistic, and they currently rank first in the group.
Seeing that they can qualify from the group stage, Chinese fans are very much looking forward to seeing many Chinese Super League teams in the top 16 of the AFC Champions League in the future.
The last one is Guangzhou Evergrande, they were assigned to Group H.
Guangzhou Evergrande is similar to Guangzhou R&F, ranking first in the group.
Both Guangzhou teams performed quite well.
On the contrary, the situation of the Beijing and Tianjin teams is unclear, but Xue Yang is still confident.
In the fifth round of the Chinese Super League, Tianjin Wei faced Jiangsu Sainty at home. Last season, Jiangsu Sainty ranked in the middle.
There was no improvement this season compared to last season. In the end, Tianjin Wei defeated their opponents 4-0.
A week later, in the sixth round of the Chinese Super League, Tianjin Wei challenged Shanghai Shenxin away from home.
Shanghai Shenxin has performed very poorly this season and has lost all their games so far this season.
Ranked last in the standings, they are recognized as favorites for relegation.
He even lost to the newly promoted team, how could he be Tianjin Wei's opponent?
Facing the weak team Xue Yang, we made a rotation because the AFC Champions League group stage will be in a few days.
Xue Yang needs to be prepared, he must win the next game.
Now Tianjin Wei must win in the AFC Champions League, otherwise they may not be able to qualify from the group stage.
It would be a joke if last season's AFC Champions League couldn't even qualify from the group stage.
In the end, Tianjin Wei defeated Shanghai Shenxin 2-0 in an away game. Tianjin Wei still maintains an unbeaten record.
There are currently three teams in the Chinese Super League that have not lost a game, and even Guangzhou Evergrande has lost a game.
Losing to Henan Jianye, which is not very strong, is quite surprising.
The other two undefeated teams are Beijing Guoan and Shanghai SIPG.
Although they have never lost, they have drawn more games than Tianjin Wei, so Tianjin Wei still ranks first in the standings.
This also surprised many people. Many people originally thought that Tianjin Wei would not be relegated this season.
But it was basically impossible to win the championship. As a result, Tianjin Wei actually ranked first in the standings.
In fact, Xue Yang did not expect that it would go so smoothly.
Time came to April 21st to usher in the fifth round of the AFC Champions League group stage. Tianjin Wei faced Brisbane Roar at home.
In the first round of the group stage, Tianjin Wei played against Brisbane Roar.
But in the end, Tianjin Wei unfortunately lost the game. This time back at their home court, Tianjin Wei must take revenge against Brisbane Roar.
Moreover, the situation in the group is tense now, and Tianjin Wei must strive to score points if they want to advance from the group.
Now in theory, all four teams have hope of qualifying, and Tianjin Wei is not the most advantageous team.
Although it hasn't been long since the previous game, the strength of Tianjin Wei's players has improved somewhat.
In the end, Tianjin Wei barely defeated Brisbane Roar 1-0. With the victory in this game, Tianjin Wei's hopes have improved a lot.
After the fifth game of the group stage, Urawa Red Diamonds completely lost hope.
There is definitely no way for them to qualify, and the remaining three teams still need to compete.
In the seventh round of the Chinese Super League, Tianjin Wei challenged Shandong Luneng away from home. Shandong Luneng's start to the new season was not good.
Currently ranked 9th in the Chinese Super League, their strength is actually not weak.
Both players, Tardelli and Aloincio, are very capable foreign players.
To be honest, Xue Yang doesn't have much confidence. Shandong Luneng is indeed a bit strong.
But I don’t know why, but their record is really mediocre.
This is also something that Xue Yang can't understand. When Shandong Luneng recovers, they will have the strength to compete and surpass the top four.
In the end, Tianjin Wei lost the game 1 to 3, and Tianjin Wei finally ushered in its first defeat of the new season.
And this is also the first defeat for Tianjin Wei in two years.
The defeat of this game made some people think that Tianjin Wei is about to step down from the altar and show Tianjin Wei's true strength.
You must know that Tianjin Wei has not lost a game for a long time. The last time they lost was in 2013.
This defeat gave people the feeling that Tianjin Wei was really on its last legs.
Regarding the defeat in this game, both Xue Yang and the players were very frustrated.
But the league still has to go on, and how can there be a team in the world that will never lose.
With the end of this game, all the games in April are over.
And after May came, the training in April also ended.
Forward Xu Qiang has been improved to 66 points, and central midfielder Yan Menglong has been improved to 63 points.
Forward midfielder Lou Shouyun has been improved to 78 points, and right winger Xia Xuan has been improved to 64 points.
Left winger Xing Hong improved to 63 points, and central midfielder Gong Shaowei improved to 77 points.
Defensive midfielder Sang Shixin has been improved to 63 points, and defensive midfielder Cui Yidong has been improved to 75 points.
Defensive midfielder Liu Hong has been upgraded to 67 points, and attacking midfielder Deng Baolin has been upgraded to 60 points.
Central midfielder Xin Kailong has been improved to 67 points, defensive midfielder Yin Fan has been improved to 73 points, and attacking midfielder Qiao Qing has been improved to 61 points.
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