The 2008 Chinese Super League will not start until the end of March. This has prepared good objective conditions for Yuchai, who wants to cherish the chance of the AFC qualifying round that suddenly fell from the sky, and can concentrate more time on training.

After nearly a month of training, on the morning of February 27, Yuchai's team of 30 people was first taken to Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou by a club special car, and took a direct flight here to Nha Trang, a city in central and southern Vietnam.

Since Guangxi has not yet had direct flights to domestic cities in Vietnam, after weighing the pros and cons, the team decided to go to Guangzhou, the nearby capital of Guangdong Province, and then take a domestic bus in Vietnam to the final destination Bolaigu.

Vietnam is a neighboring country in the southwest direction of China and happens to border Guangxi. Logically speaking, this trip abroad should be relatively easy;

But after a while, when we arrived at Bolaigu City, where the team Jialai Huangying was located, it was also 7 o'clock in the evening.

After checking in at the hotel you booked in advance, after dinner, it was ten o'clock in the evening;

All members of the Yuchai team who had been struggling for a day went to bed and rest quickly after taking a comfortable hot shower.

The players were arranged to stay in two rooms, and Long Tian and Xie Zhan lived in the same room;

Just when the other rooms were turned off and they were sleeping, their rooms were still on with bright lights, and the team's wings that were leaning heavily on the back line were full of joy.

In front of the four elder brothers Li Xu and Xie Liu, who also came from Lucheng, Long Tian respected Li Weizhen and Xu Te the most, but was the closest to Xie Zhan;

Not only because the two have similar positions and characteristics, Xie Zhan, a good teacher and friend, selflessly impart his experience;

Similarly, Xie Zhan, who is cheerful, is also able to make jokes, and Long Tian will be particularly happy when he gets along with him.

"A Tian, ​​I gave it to me on the 2nd of this season. Do you really don't regret it?" Thinking of the adjustment of the number of the season, Xie Zhan asked with a smile.

"Brother Zhan, you gave this number to me. I have been wearing it for two seasons, so it's time to be content." Long Tian responded generously.

Since Xie Zhan was promoted from the youth team, he has always been wearing the No. 2 of Yuchai, and Zhan’s guard who serves as a full-back has always been a relatively stable position for the team;

When Long Tian first team was just promoted to the first team, he expressed his idea of ​​wearing No. 2 in front of him. For the purpose of supporting his younger brother, Xie Zhan also helped him and changed to wearing No. 22;

When reporting the number at the beginning of this season, Long Tian told him that he would not wear No. 2, so Xie Zhan naturally re-put his love number as soon as possible, while Long Tian asked for the number 21 for the first time.

Xie Zhan couldn't help but ask, "Why choose No. 21? Do you want to be Pirlo?"

"If you like to wear it, just wear it. Why do you get so many? This person can't hang himself on a tree!" Long Tianyun replied calmly.

Xie Zhan understood what he said, patted his shoulder twice, nodded and praised: "It's not bad, it's a good boy."

This was the first time the two of them went abroad to play with the club. They felt fresh and began to discuss the scenery along the way.

"What's the name of the place where you just got off the plane in the afternoon?" Xie Zhan was short-circuited for a moment and couldn't remember the place name, so he could only ask a question.

"It's called Nha Trang, a very beautiful tourist city in Vietnam." Long Tian replied.

"Well, indeed, the blue sky and blue sea water are suitable for dating. Next time I have time, I have to bring my girlfriend here to have fun." Xie Zhan fantasized beautifully.

"Na Trang is still good, but the more we go here, the more we feel like we are back in Guangxi, even worse than ours." Long Tian disagreed.

"Vietnam has few men fought in wars. It is great to have such a poor country." Xie Zhan responded lightly.

"Brother Zhan, you said that Guangxi is all poor. With the strong support of the government, we can barely support our team. Vietnam is so poor, can we still have a football team? The name is Jialai Huangying, or Huangying Jialai. The name of this bird is really strange!" Long Tian asked.

"What do you care about? Try to win this game as soon as possible, and then buy a few more bags of Vietnamese specialties back. Before going abroad, Mili made a list for me!" When Xie Zhan mentioned his girlfriend, he laughed unconsciously.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this kind of smile is only available to those who are in love. Long Tian, ​​who has experienced it, was invisibly forced to eat a handful of dog food.

After two days of training, at 5 pm on March 1, the first round of the qualifying match was held at the home court of the Polakur Stadium of Jialai Huangying.

Before the game, Chinese media unanimously underestimated this Vietnamese team, believing that the third place in the Chinese Super League is not easy to deal with Vietnam. They focused more attention on the analysis of the AFC group stage.

The Yuchai team on the road away game also stepped into Bolaigu Stadium in this relaxed and harmonious atmosphere, but when the game started, they realized that it was completely different from the rookie they imagined.

Southeast Asians are generally short, and the average height of Yuchai team is also at the end of the league, but now facing this Vietnamese team, a sense of superiority arises naturally;

Local players in Yucheng are generally about 1.75 meters tall. In addition, the Northeast player Wang Chaoyang is 1.89 meters tall and the height of three foreign players is over 1.8 meters tall. The average height of the team's starting lineup has also reached 1.77 meters tall.

There are several players in the Huangying team who are 1.6 meters tall, and the tallest goalkeeper and defender are probably not more than 1.8 meters tall.

In terms of figure, the Yucheng players look strong, while the Jialai players are slender and agile, which is not a confrontation at the same level.

After the whistle, Huang Ying team made a continuous ball, and soon let the ball come to Yuchai goalkeeper Qiu Li, who could not even touch the ball;

Qiu Li held the crossbar with one hand in the future and gave the opponent a corner kick. Less than 20 seconds into the game, the opponent was already at the gate. Such rapid advancement ability is really scary.

The subsequent game was completely under the control of the Huangying team, and the Vietnamese players' small skills were excellent;

The ball control and breakthrough in a small space are simply easy, and the tall Chinese player is led by his opponent.

Unexpectedly, the opponent was so skillful in playing pass control, which was a bit beyond the expectations of head coach Mo Huaqiang. He admitted that he was a little contemptuous of his opponent;

But now that things have come to this point, he can only work hard to stabilize the team, take it back and play first, ensure that the formation is stable, and ensure that the goal is not broken.

The showdown on the court emphasizes a kind of momentum. Once one side starts first, the other side will struggle and be very thankless to resist.

Yuchai's characteristics are mainly about rapid advancement, but under the current situation, the opponent's skillful pass control cuts their rhythm into pieces, and the ball cannot be held, and they are even more unable to pass well, and they are even thinking about counterattacking, which is simply a dream;

Under Mo Huaqiang's careful training, the three foreign players have already established their own positioning, and have shown signs of initial integration into the team's overall training before going abroad;

But in this game, the Yuchai team, which was severely disconnected by their opponents, could only fall into a difficult situation of fighting each other and could not connect them completely:

The fast and aggressive Vardy was at the front, and he could only run around like a headless fly if he couldn't get the ball;

Li Weizhen, who could not get the ball, could only retreat to the midfielder, and often overlapped with Mi Chu, which made Espanyol curse, and the team still vaguely emit bad signals;

Xie Zhan and Long Tian, ​​two full-backs, right and left, frequently stepped forward, causing the team to play three-backs, or even two-backs;

The anxious Lin Yuhuan was even full of Korean language, and Wang Chaoyang, who couldn't understand, could not cooperate effectively with him.

Mo Huaqiang, who was on the Asian arena for the first time, had no good way to face such a chaotic situation in the world. He could only remove the striker Vardy and replace him with a midfielder. The team's formation turned to 4231, and first stood in a stable midfielder and then counterattacked.

After the substitution, Yuchai stationed troops in the backcourt, with the advantage of numerical numbers, he wiped out a lot of the opponent's middle infiltration offensive, and gradually stabilized;

Just as Yuchai wanted to take the momentum and fight back that he was good at, the opponent he noticed was constantly changing the rhythm of transmission;

The fast and slow passes made them unable to bear it. Yuchai, who could not keep up, could only witness the arrival of the goal.

One goal was conceded in the first and second half. It was not until the electronic card was raised in three minutes of stoppage time in the second half that the lost Yuchai player woke up like a dream and had to force himself to cheer up. After all, he just lost two goals, and it was not considered that the sky fell;

Yuchai began to play a simple and rough long pass, and the Vietnamese who suffered a loss in figure did not have a good idea. In addition, they took the lead with two goals, so they also began to defend in a targeted manner;

Finally, taking advantage of the corner kick opportunity that Li Weizhen had fought in the last moment, Lin Yuhuan beat Vietnamese players to score a crucial goal, which not only prevented the team from being shaved, but also won a valuable away goal.

After the game, the Vietnamese coach was very dissatisfied with the players' performance. He really couldn't figure it out that they only scored two goals with absolute dominance in the whole game, which was very unsafe;

Moreover, the most fatal thing is to let the opponent see his weakness in high-altitude defense in the final stage, and let the opponent use this weakness to score a goal.

The Vietnamese coach was able to foresee the away trip to China in the second round. He could only sigh repeatedly.

Although the team lost, Mo Huaqiang still saw a glimmer of hope, especially the offensive in the last few minutes, which was simple and crude, but very effective. This shows that he was too complicated to think, and he would do whatever he was simple. He would do it like this in the next game!

Moreover, they also scored a away goal, which means that as long as they force a 1:0 game in the next game, they will advance. Seeing hope, Mo Huaqiang smiled and comforted every lost player.

At the tournament, Vietnam's largest sports media, "Vietnam Light", proudly praised the victory of Jialai Huangying on the homepage of the official website with the title "Asia has no weak teams", believing that the Arsenal Football School, which started last year, has cultivated many talents for their rise;

This qualifying match has played a rough Chinese team, and has performed with top-notch technical performances. The future of Vietnamese football is promising, and the glorious starting point may be from the AFC Champions League this season;
Chapter completed!