Chapter 33 Strength Determines the Country

No matter what impact Moyes's calculation will have on Li Qingshan, for Li Qingshan, he has no way to know. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After Li Qingshan broke the goal record in the last round of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande will usher in the AFC Champions League quarter-finals at home, and they will face Lekhvia from Qatar at home. If they knock out this West Asian team, Guangzhou Evergrande will make history by reaching the last four of the AFC Champions League.

During this period, there was also some turmoil within the Guangzhou Evergrande team.

The first is the issue of Conca's contract renewal, Conca's contract will return at the end of the year, but so far Conca does not seem to have any intention of renewing his contract with the team. As the core player of Guangzhou Evergrande, if he loses Conca next season, what adjustments will Lippi make to the lineup.

The other thing is the dispute between Guangzhou Evergrande and Barrios. Since the national team break in June, Barrios has not returned to the team on time, and at the same time, when he was interviewed by international media, he "broke the news" that Guangzhou Evergrande "owed wages" and "evaded taxes", and tore his face with the club.

Guangzhou Evergrande, on the other hand, went to FIFA more than three weeks after Barrios did not return to the club, and finally Barrios apologized to Guangzhou Evergrande Club and sold it to Spartak Moscow FC in Russia for 7 million euros.

It is also because of this that Elkeson was also able to add to the AFC Champions League registration list. In terms of strength, Guangzhou Evergrande's strength has not suffered any loss because of Barrios's departure, but Elkeson's performance in the Chinese Super League is much better than Barrios. The overall strength of Guangzhou Evergrande is also higher than that of Lekhvia, so Guangzhou Evergrande has a great chance of entering the top four.

This is also seen from the odds offered by the bookmaker before the game, after eliminating the Central Coast Mariners, the bookmaker's odds for Guangzhou Evergrande to win the AFC Champions League ranked first in front of all teams.

Among the teams in the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League, Guangzhou Evergrande is the most valuable, even compared with the wealthy Qatari club, it is an Asian "aircraft carrier". The four foreign players in the team are worth more than 10 million euros, of which the most valuable Conca and Elkeson are both 3.25 million euros, and Muric is also worth 3 million euros. Asian foreign aid and South Korean international Kim Young-kwon has risen to 1.1 million euros. Barrios has already left, otherwise he would be worth 2.75 million yuan. In contrast, the most valuable player in the Lekhvia team is Tunisia international Youssef? Msakni, who is valued at €2.5 million on the website; followed by Senegalese defender Dia, worth 2 million euros; South Korean player Nam Tae-hee is worth 1 million euros, while Algerian foreign player Majid is only 450,000 euros.

Based on the four foreign aides that Lekhvia signed up for in the first stage, namely Majid, Nam Tae-hee, Msakni and Dia, the combined value of the four is 6 million euros, which is less than 6% of the Evergrande AFC Champions League foreign aid quartet. Generally speaking, the value is an indication of the quality of the player. Evergrande players are of high value and fame, and their level is naturally the top level of Asian foreign aid.

However, judging from the player value data given by the German transfer market, the highest value of the players on both sides is a Chinese player - Li Qingshan.

With goals in the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League this season, the German transfer market has pushed Li Qingshan's value to 4.5 million euros, while his teammates Conca and Elkeson are both worth 3.25 million euros.

But even if Li Qingshan is excluded to compare the local players of the two sides, Guangzhou Evergrande still overpowers Lekhvia. In addition to Sebastian, who is worth 1.5 million euros, the Qatari players in the Lekhvia team are basically worth around 100,000 euros. On the other hand, the Guangzhou Evergrande team, excluding foreign aid, is simply a Chinese national team, Zhang Linpeng is worth 800,000 euros, and Gao Lin is also worth 725,000 euros. Professional sports are all about money, and if you have money, you can build the most luxurious lineup and accumulate the strongest strength.

And the home game also proved this, with Elkeson and Li Qingshan scoring goals in the first and second halves, Guangzhou Evergrande easily defeated Lekhvia 2-0 at home, and stepped into the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League with half a foot.

However, the 2-0 score is not very safe in the eyes of many. The AFC Champions League is a two-legged home and away match. The away games in West Asia have caused countless injuries to the Chinese team. So despite Guangzhou Evergrande's home victory, after the game, the Chinese media generally did not dare to talk too much.

After all, what kind of treatment they will receive in West Asia is unforgettable for the Chinese Super League teams.

The second leg of the match between the two sides will take place in 30 days. In these 30 days, Guangzhou Evergrande's schedule is not tight. They only need to play three Super League games.

In this case, of course, Lippi will not choose to rotate or anything, and in these three games, the main force is in unison, and the opponent is not given any chance.

First of all, in the second leg of the Guangzhou derby on August 25, Guangzhou R&F, who came to Tianhe Stadium, resisted stubbornly for almost 80 minutes, and finally was found by Conca to shoot on the periphery of the penalty area, and a low shot broke the direction of Guangzhou R&F, and Li Qingshan did not score in this game.

On August 31, facing Tianjin TEDA away, Guangzhou Evergrande reaped their first defeat of the season, they were beaten 1-0 by the opponent at the Nautical Stadium, and Guangzhou Evergrande besieged the whole field without scoring a goal.

And Li Qingshan has not scored in two consecutive games. If this were for other strikers, maybe it wouldn't be a big deal, but people are used to Li Qingshan's consecutive goals. Now some media have begun to comment that Li Qingshan has suffered a "goal drought" without scoring in two consecutive games. Some media pointed out that Li Qingshan's offensive means are too simple, and it is easy to be targeted for defense, as evidenced by the lack of goals in these two games.

But then on September 13 against Shanghai Shenhua, Li Qingshan scored a brace to announce his return. Guangzhou Evergrande beat Shanghai Shenhua 3-1 away.

After this game, Guangzhou Evergrande will go to Qatar to prepare for the second leg of the AFC Champions League 1/4 finals.

Although they were well prepared before the game, Guangzhou Evergrande, which came to the away game, still received "special treatment" from Qatar.

The first is the issue of Guangzhou Evergrande's charter flight, after the draw for the quarterfinals was announced, Liu Yongzhuo, chairman of Evergrande Club, told Lekhvia representatives in Kuala Lumpur that he would charter a flight to play away from home. After returning to Guangzhou, Evergrande officially applied for the route to the civil aviation and notified Lekhvia. According to the relevant regulations of civil aviation, Evergrande must get confirmation from the other party 48 hours before the departure of the charter flight. However, Lekhvia did not reply after receiving the notice from Evergrande, and even if Evergrande repeatedly sent letters to urge, it was useless.

In the end, under the repeated communication of Guangzhou Evergrande and the appearance of the Chinese Football Association, they received relevant confirmation from the other party half an hour before the deadline.

In addition to hindering the charter flight, Lechvia also made it difficult for Evergrande in the use of the training ground, hoping to turn the tables through these ways. Evergrande originally reached a lease agreement with the elite academy venue, but when the Evergrande advance team arrived in Doha to implement it, the other party said that it needed to use it and no longer leased it to Evergrande, although Evergrande said it was willing to coordinate the time, but the other party still did not agree. Evergrande asked Lekhvia to coordinate, but Lekhvia said that Evergrande arrived early and could only solve the venue problem by himself.

In the matter of the hotel, Evergrande was also embarrassed by Lekhvia. Originally, Evergrande was going to stay at the Millennium Hotel, but Lekhvia asked to change to another hotel, which was too far from the training ground and the transportation was inconvenient, and it was obvious that Lekhvia wanted to toss the Evergrande players. Evergrande insisted on not changing the hotel, and Lekhvia said that he would not be responsible for any problems.

This is also the "regular treatment" that Chinese teams encounter away from home in West Asia, and any East Asian team that comes to West Asia will be prepared for this.

However, the off-market move can only be effective on the basis of the small difference in strength between the two sides. And Lekhvia's off-the-plate move is more like a death throe!!

After the start of the game, they found that no matter what small actions they made before the game, it was the strength of both sides that made the decisive difference on the football field.

In the tenth minute of the game, Conca blasted the door of Lekhvia with a direct free kick, 1-0!

Six minutes later, another free-kick, this time it was replaced by Elkeson, who fired a direct shot from 30 yards out of goal, and goalkeeper Amin held it with his right palm, and the ball hit the left post and bounced into the goal. Elkeson scored in two consecutive games to give Guangzhou Evergrande a 2-0 lead and extend the aggregate score to 4-0.

In the 31st minute, Elkeson crossed, and Li Qingshan grabbed the header in front of the defender, 3-0!

Not long after the start of the second half, Lekhvia pulled a goal back, but ten minutes later, Guangzhou Evergrande once again extended the score advantage, Gao Lin swept in front of the goal after passing on the side, and Elkeson pushed the empty goal at the back point, 4-1!!

This score was also maintained to the end, and Guangzhou Evergrande advanced to the semifinals of the AFC Champions League 6-1 over two legs.

Although Lechvia did his "homework" before the game, he was useless in the face of the powerful Guangzhou Evergrande.

In football, the strong always win.