Shanghai Shenhua will face Shandong Luneng at home. This is the second time the two teams have played against each other this season and another top-ranked battle.

As the only national media broadcasting the Chinese Super League this season, Oriental TV started pre-match previews one hour before the start of the game.

The importance of this game is unquestionable. The victory or defeat of the two teams will directly determine the Chinese Super League championship this season. Both teams have won the top league title twice, and are fighting for who can become the second team in China to win three top league championships.

Shanghai Shenhua won the A-A championship in 1995 and the last A-A championship in 2003 respectively.

The Luneng team won the A-League championship in 1999 and the Chinese Super League championship in 2006.

Since the reform of the Chinese Super League, no team has defended the championship and glory, and this year is no exception. The defending champion Changchun Yatai has long lost the possibility of competing for the championship.

Moreover, no team has ever won the Chinese Super League championship twice. In 2004, Shenzhen in 2005, Shandong in 2006, and Changchun in 2007, Luneng is very interested in becoming the first team to win the Chinese Super League championship twice.

The Shanghai Shenhua team is more interested in their first championship in the Chinese Super League era.

Before the game, Dewey from Shenhua's team also accepted an interview. The reporter seemed to be very concerned about how he defended Xu Qi. Without the help of Li Weifeng, whether he could stop Xu Qi.

Dewey also avoided such problems, "Our defense is all based on the overall defense, not through individuals. And I know that Xu Qi has just recovered from injury, and I hope he can recover better. We are not worried about how much threat he can pose to us."

Indeed, judging from the pre-match training news, Xu Qi was still assigned to the substitute team when he was in group confrontation. Obviously, Tuba still doesn't think that Xu Qi has completely recovered.

At the same time, Shenhua boss Zhu Jun also made a bold statement before the game, vowing to win Luneng and finally win the Chinese Super League championship, and said that Xu Qi's ability may not be much better than Shenhua's genius attacker Mao Jianqing.

In order to boost morale before the game, he also offered high bonuses for the Shenhua team and asked the players to fight with all their might, and he would definitely win this battle.

Although saying so does not mean that they really don’t pay attention to Xu Qi. After all, Xu Qi left an indelible impression on them in the first half of the game. A hat trick and a man created four goals can be said to be his performance that completely dominated the game.

Xu Qi was in great shape in that game at that time.

How could such a player be ignored? Even if he is injured, he will still be treated with extra care.

Xu Qi also rarely accepted an interview. He said that his injury had almost recovered and could handle the next game.

But he was not sure whether the head coach would let him start. This was a very important game. He was very glad to be able to make a comeback in time and hoped to get a chance to play.

When the reporter took out the words Zhu Jun said that he was not as good as Mao Jianqing to tease Xu Qi, Xu Qi just smiled and said casually: "Thank you, Boss Zhu for your motivation. I will buy a few more points to repay you when I play World of Warcraft in the future."

Such comparisons mean nothing to him, and he likes to explain everything on the court.

Shenhua team head coach Jia Xiuquan also said that the team is competing with the overall situation. Although Xu Qi has always performed well, he still cannot determine the outcome of the game. There is no need to constantly exaggerate his hat trick when facing Shenhua in the first half of the schedule.

Moreover, during the first half of the schedule, Wu Jingui was leading the Shenhua team, not him.

The media keeps mentioning Xu Qi's hat tricks, which always puts great pressure on the team's preparations. He hopes that the media will not mention the past. All they have to do is to defeat Shandong Luneng at home and overtake the standings.

Always mentioning an opponent's player will always affect the team's preparation mentality.

Jia Xiuquan has achieved good results in leading the team recently, and the Shenhua team's condition has been very popular recently. He does not want to be affected by these topics that cause war of words to affect the team's condition.

At the beginning of the game, the attendance rate of Pudong Yuanshen Stadium reached almost 80%. This stadium is not the traditional home stadium of Shenhua team. For some reasons, the game was temporarily changed to be held at Yuanshen Stadium and could not be held at Hongkou Stadium.

The location of Yuanshen Stadium is relatively erratic, so it is really rare to have such a high attendance rate.

This is enough to reflect the importance that Shenhua fans attach to this game.

Xu Qi was still a little disappointed in this regard. As the first professional football stadium in China, Xu Qi always wanted to experience it during this game, but he didn't expect that the venue was temporarily changed to Yuanshen Stadium.

The conditions of Yuanshen Stadium are still worse than those of Hongkou Football Stadium, but the venue conditions are not the key to the game.

The atmosphere of the fans is the most exciting. Obviously, even at Yuanshen Stadium, the atmosphere on site is still very hot.

Shenhua has a very outstanding fan organization. They think they are the best fan organization in China. They call themselves Shenhua's backing and call themselves the Blue Devils!

They wore uniform costumes to shout, cheer and sing for Shenhua. They rendered the stands blue, which was quite like the Westphaer/Len Devil stands.

Does the Blue Devil mean the Blue Devil?

However, Xu Qi did not notice the huge skull flag on the stands.

Of course, from the color perspective, it looks a bit like the Blues Chelsea's stands. Of course, the level of domestic fans is still far from that of foreign countries, but this is already a pretty good organization.

When Xu Qi walked from the player channel to the bench, he also met his teammates of the National Olympic Team.

Although I haven't seen each other for a long time, I can still say hello very cordially after meeting.

Qiu Shengjiong patted Xu Qi on the shoulder and walked towards the bench. Now he has basically lost his main position. Now the main goalkeeper of Shenhua team is Wang Dalei, who is younger than him.

Xu Qi has an impression of Wang Dalei, because he completed a hat trick against Wang Dalei in the first half.

Originally, he was Qiu Shengjiong's substitute, but now, his rapid growth has pushed Qiu Shengjiong, the main goalkeeper of the National Olympic Team, to the bench.

At the same time, Gao Lin also came over, patted Xu Qi, and asked, "Is it okay to have a foot injury?"

Xu Qi smiled and said, "It's okay, but don't always stare at my feet during the game."

"When you talk about the game, just know that you are fine. If you go on the court, it will be normal to play during the game. Don't cry in the pain at that time." Gao Lin also smiled.

"I'm going to make an excuse to kick me? I won't cry, but it's hard to say whether you can play." Xu Qi also patted Gao Lin and walked to the bench of the visiting team.

At least he should have spent the first half on the bench.

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Chapter completed!