Chapter 40: Guest Battle
Before the game, Shandong media and Beijing media also began a verbal battle.
Shandong media naturally believe that Shandong Luneng is the strongest club in China today, and it is far ahead of other teams in youth training. A large number of members of the Youth Training National Olympic Team, including Zhou Haibin, Cui Peng, Wang Yongpo, etc., can already serve as the main players in the team, and some are already regulars in the national team.
At the same time, it also mentioned that Xu Qi, who is just over 18 years old, is almost the youngest player in the Chinese Super League, because the new regulations issued by the Chinese Super League this year require that players under the age of 18 cannot register to participate in the professional league.
The Beijing media will naturally not fall behind. In addition to showing that Shandong Luneng has not taken away the victory from Beijing Guoan's home court for seven consecutive seasons, it also showed off its young player representative Huang Bowen.
"Xu Qi is the youngest player in the Chinese Super League at the moment? You know, Huang Bowen of Beijing Guoan team has already represented Beijing Guoan at the age of 16, and he scored goals for Beijing Guoan that season! That is the record of the youngest goal age in the Chinese Football Professional League! Speaking of this, Xu Qi is probably a little short of it. After all, he is not the main player of Shandong team and has never scored goals for the team."
However, Shandong media mocked the Beijing media for taking out a player who was already twenty years old to compare a player who was just eighteen because there were no other younger players in their team who could make a move.
Moreover, Xu Qi has only played once and is in the midfield, so it is naturally difficult to bring goals to the team. This does not affect his ability. He is the best among the younger generation of Chinese football today.
Such verbal confrontation naturally exaggerates the atmosphere of the game.
The training atmosphere before the game can be seen that Tubakovic attaches great importance to this game. He has never taken away three-pointers in Beijing during his coaching career in the Chinese Super League.
This is a very difficult game.
On April 5, Beijing Fengtai Sports Center was crowded with people.
A focus battle in the Chinese Super League is about to begin.
Xu Qi successfully entered the starting lineup this time, and he has decided to give the best performance in this game to repay Tubakovic's trust.
In the player channel, DJ began to shout the names of the starting players on both sides.
When I read the name of the starting player of Luneng, there were endless scoldings on the scene, and Xu Qi could only comfort himself secretly, which is tradition.
However, he had made up his mind to take the stadium and perhaps conquering this stadium would shut up the fans on the scene, and might be even more tragic to curse, but now he has determined that no matter what, he must score three points with the team!
The original Beijing Workers' Stadium was to be renovated due to the Olympics, so the Beijing Guoan team's home court has been held at Fengtai Central Stadium in the past two seasons.
The stadium in Fengtai Center is smaller than the Workers Stadium in Beijing, but the atmosphere of the stadium is not bad at all.
"Shh!"
The referee blew the whistle to start the game.
This season's Chinese Super League can basically be seen through local channels. Hesitating about the importance of this game. In addition to the live broadcasts of Shandong Sports Channel and Beijing Sports Channel, Oriental TV Tomato Channel, which is aimed at audiences across the country, also broadcasts live.
tv5 is not interested in the Chinese Super League this season, after all, they are conducting a countdown program for the Beijing Olympics all day long.
At the beginning of the game, both sides did not have any temptation at all, and they fought for bayonets as soon as they started.
In the first two minutes, the two national team goalkeepers Li Leilei and Yang Zhi made brave saves respectively.
"At the first two minutes of the game, both sides completed a shot and both hit the goal frame! This made us not even have time to introduce the starting list. This game is obviously a very intense highlight!"
The commentator in front of the TV began his commentary.
"The starting list of the home team Beijing Guoan is like this, goalkeeper Yang Zhi, central defenders Xu Yunlong and Zhang Yonghai, the two full-backs are Zhang Shuai and Zhou Ting, the midfielder is Sui Dongliang and Huang Bowen, Tao Wei is in front, and Yan Xiangchuang and Martinez Jr. The ones at the front are Tiago, who is 1.94 meters tall!"
"The starter and last game of Shandong Luneng have changed. The goalkeeper is still Li Leilei, and the defense line has not changed. Yuan Weiwei, Shu Chang, Sichelo and Jiao Zhe are four defenders. In terms of midfielders, Liu Jindong did not start but replaced him with Zhou Haibin. Jikov did not play because of the red card suspension. The replacement of him is not Lu Zheng and Wang Xiaolong, but young players Xu Qi! The configurations of Wang Yongpo, Han Peng and Li Jinyu have not changed."
"Xu Qi is a young player we should pay attention to. Being able to become a starter in Shandong Luneng, where international players gather, is definitely a very promising player!"
Shandong Luneng team is still familiar with the ball-control offensive style, but the speed of Yan Xiangchuang and Martinez Jr. in the frontcourt of Beijing Guoan will definitely make Shandong Luneng team very uncomfortable when they suffer counterattacks.
Xu Qi's position is also closer to the middle according to Tubakovic's requirements. Tuba knew that Xu Qi's cross was not accurate, so he asked Xu Qi to play in the field because he hoped that Xu Qi could use breakthroughs to create some opportunities for set pieces on the offensive end.
Now the team has a certain ability to dodge and break through is probably Xu Qi.
As both sides created an opportunity, the two sides began to fight in the midfield. In the middle, Zhou Haibin hit the ball, and Xu Qi quickly judged the second landing point to get the ball.
Facing Huang Bowen who was pressing up, Xu Qi easily stepped on the ball, turned around and pulled the ball!
Marseille whirlpool!
A cool Marseille gyration directly passed Huang Bowen!
"I finally have a chance to perform! It's really rare!" Xu Qi smiled and dribbled the ball calmly.
"Beautiful! A wonderful Marseille whirlpool! Can you believe it? A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, and he dares to do any move! And he has indeed successfully completed a breakthrough. This is really an uncommon picture in the Chinese Super League! "The TV commentator praised.
Of course, Xu Qi, who had completed the Marseille swing, found that there was no better chance, but handed the ball to Wang Yongpo on one side, and began to find a favorable offensive position.
Then, the ball passed to Xu Qi's feet after the transition, and Xu Qi, who had gradually become confident, chose to break through again.
This time, veteran Tao Wei returned to defense, but Tao Wei's frequency obviously could not keep up with Xu Qi. In order not to let Xu Qi break through, he could only use a foul to knock Xu Qi down.
Xu Qi created a chance to set the ball so easily.
As long as it is a set piece, it is a good opportunity for Luneng team.
After the set ball was taken this time, Han Peng also fought for a header, but unfortunately the ball flew out of the crossbar.
As time goes by, in order to make up more space in the middle lane for Xu Qi, Wang Yongpo has even moved to the side lane, and the middle lane has begun to be dominated by Xu Qi.
With the interception and counterattack of Xu Qi, Zhou Haibin and Cui Peng, Luneng has begun to gain an advantage in the scene.
Chapter completed!