Alkalama from Syria is not an ordinary person. They reached the AFC final in 2006;

Although they regretted losing to South Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai in the end, they won the runner-up after reaching the final for the first time;

It is not easy for this small Mediterranean East Coast team from a group of wolves surrounded by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and other Western Asia.

Syria is located in a very special geographical location. On the west side of the Asian continent, the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and close to the northeast corner of Africa, it is an overlapping zone between the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. It has historically been a buffer zone between the East and the West, and has always been a place that military strategists must fight for;

In terms of football, although they are not a traditional powerhouse, under the influence of the West Asian environment, their past achievements are also good;

With Arabs as the main body, they combine the cunning of the Arabs, the spirituality of the Southern Europeans, and the ferociousness of the Africans well, and play a unique West Asian football.

Football has always been one of the favorite sports for Syrians. Their summer league lasts for seven months and the league attendance rate can reach up to 50,000 people. It is a country with a very strong football atmosphere.

As a traditional wealthy family in Syria, Alkalama adheres to the country's football tradition and dares to compete well. It is also a terrifying thing for the strong style of daring to compete.

In this season's AFC Champions League, they were assigned to Group C, and there were two rich teams from Qatar and Ahli of Saudi Arabia. The Syrian team was not favored before the game and successfully surpassed their opponents to qualify. It is easy to imagine how strong they are.

Thanks to developed online information, Mo Huaqiang obtained first-hand information from his opponent. After careful research, he found that Alcalama is a typical opportunist team. He does not like to control the ball and turns from defense to offense very fast;

Often, if you were besieged by your opponent in the previous moment, you would see the opponent's half-time in the next moment;

What is particularly desperate is that they have a strong ability to seize opportunities, and Saudi giant Ahli suffered a great loss in this regard.

However, their shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, they rely too much on the personal ability of launching sneak attacks on players, the midfield organization is relatively scattered, and the defenders are prone to losing positions;

The opponents also like to play against the counter-attack, and they are more determined than they play. Mo Huaqiang naturally understands the way to deal with this type of team;

At the same time, we must sort out the context of midfield passes and controls. This is a point that is stronger than the opponent. If you perform well, it may become the key winner;

Moreover, with the return of Long Tian, ​​a frustrated Olympic champion, Mo Huaqiang's confidence was much more secure;

When fighting against the counterattack, what is the player's reaction and speed. Is there any faster than him?

The strategy of the first game was already very clear. Mo Huaqiang nodded with satisfaction, his eyes frozen at the busy figures of the players on the training ground.

The first leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-final match between Alcalama and Yucheng Yuchai started at 9:00 p.m. on September 17.

Although it was already autumn night, the temperature in Holmes was still as high as 35°;

Even if the players just stood quietly, they were still sweating profusely in such a stuffy and high-temperature environment, let alone having a high-intensity and fast-paced confrontation game;

In the past, when the national team played in West Asia away, the media always used words such as horror and difficulty;

This group of players from southern China did not have much intuitive feelings. After all, in the subtropical Jade City, the hot weather can be maintained until October;

It was not until this time that we set foot on the land of West Asia that the tropical and arid climate here finally gave these South China people a more intuitive understanding of the heat and realized how pleasant the climate in their hometown is.

The hardware facilities are also huge gap with the home court. When the Yucheng players stepped on the field yesterday, they looked at the yellow turf in the home team's home court, and small pieces of exposed soil that appeared from time to time, causing the pits on the field to be like vegetable fields, which is completely incomparable to the electromechanical stadium with proper care;

It feels like after living a wealthy life, and suddenly living a hard life will have a huge psychological gap, which will affect your performance in actual combat.

Mo Huaqiang had a clear understanding of the biggest enemy of high temperature and made some careful preparations, but he still could not resist the powerful lethality of the enemy;

The day before the start of the game, the main team Houwutano suffered a sharp decline in form due to heatstroke, and it was difficult for him to continue to persist, so he could only regretfully withdraw from tomorrow's roster;

Less than half an hour before the game started, I felt like the players were running the whole game, and they were all wet. It was as if they were about to run out of physical strength, and they were very heavy and could not run at all;

With the emergence of Xie Zhan, the second heatstroke player, Mi Chu and Wang Chaoyang's cramps were left, and the Yucheng team, which was left with only one remaining formation, was like a broken net, and could not effectively attack the Karama team's offense, and the rapid counterattack that they were good at was simply unable to perform at all.

Vardy, who was in the front, was still gritting his teeth and persevering. The speed was indeed fast, but he could not get support from behind. He was tricked by several Syrian backcourt players like catching a mouse.

Another person who was also insisting was Long Tian, ​​who was faster than the British, but his opponent obviously studied him and a player always harassed him head-on;

At the same time, there was a player not far away who was breaking the back, and the space was greatly compressed and he couldn't get rid of it;

Moreover, Long Tian did not dare to push forward, because after Xie Zhan came to the field, he was the only one of the four defenders who could quickly retreat. Once he stepped forward and assisted, the opponent would directly use the huge gap behind him;

In this state of confusion and confusion, Long Tian, ​​who has become at a loss, finds it difficult to provide an effective threat.

The goal was lost in 40 minutes in the first half. After Zahad dunked a defender, he made a sharp pass and passed the ball directly through Yucheng's entire defense line;

Winter Hussein, who was forward at high speed, received the ball and hit the ball hard, knocking on the goal guarded by Qiu Li, and Alcalama took the lead 1:0.

During the halftime break, Mo Huaqiang made some adjustments and also comforted and encouraged the players;

It emphasized that the second half is mainly about defending, avoid losing first and then lose, and win less, and chase after the rest when they return to home;

But the idea is beautiful, but the reality is very cruel. The basis of any technical and tactical support must be stable physical conditions. To put it bluntly, you need physical strength;

If you can't run at all, all the technical movements have been deformed. One stop is five or six meters away, and one pass is a thousand miles away;

The opportunities that have finally been created and they always fly inadvertently, so what else can this team expect?

Yucheng players can grow up quickly, and they can produce strong enough combat power in just a few years;

That's because their youth training system has explored a fast-style football based on physical fitness;

They are very fast and physically intensive, and they are the most desperate Saburo who dares to fight in the league;

Relying too much on strong physical fitness will naturally reduce the polishing of basic skills. The shortcomings of rough technology and low ball quotient have become a stereotype of Yucheng players in China.

In this AFC Champions League knockout match, all the problems of the Yucheng team, which was forced by their opponents, were exposed, and their opponents' work in the second half became particularly simple.

In the second half, 56’, 69’, 74’, Yucheng, which has become a loose set, is difficult to organize the goal conceded again. The score of 0:4 is like a huge stone, which makes them breathless.

In recent years, whenever you see a Chinese team committing a tragedy in the AFC Champions League, these ignorant boys will always sneer at it;

I thought to myself that they were all professional players, so why did they hit their opponents, but they had no power to fight back, which was simply a shame to throw out the earth;

But this time, they truly realized the reason. Although these West Asian opponents may not be very strong, they also want to win glory for their country, but they really have the will but lack the ability.

However, their miserable experiences still have no trend.

After Qiu Li saved the opponent's must-scoring goal, he left the court due to injury. The team was forced to replace the second goalkeeper Liang Rongshan. He was too nervous and threw the ball backwards by a strange move.

The thrown ball flew into his own door. This time, the action of paying tribute to the Japanese, Nan Xiongta, suddenly there was a huge sneer from the audience!

And on the land of China thousands of kilometers away, although it was already past three in the morning, many fans were still staying up late to watch this game that was related to the honor of Chinese football;

Seeing the four goals in front of them has made everyone want to die. With the last shot that should only appear in the funny highlights, it was displayed in front of themselves, and extreme fans have begun to smash the TV to vent their anger.

Yucheng Yuchai's outstanding performance in the group stage has made fans across the country highly hope for them, thinking that they will never disappoint the Chinese people. Even if they can't win, they should be able to draw their opponents and strive to get back to home court and then do this group of Western Asians well;

Unexpectedly, man's calculations are worse than God's calculations. These Guangxi people still cannot escape the curse of "outsiders in foreign wars". Another bloody battle of shame was created by Chinese teams. The last fig leaf of Chinese football this year was cruelly unveiled;

They felt like someone walking on the street, suddenly someone stripped naked. The naked scene was full of shame, regret, and heartbroken!

Have these young players ever seen such a collapsed scene? Looking at this desperate score, many people's psychology has collapsed, and their heads are just blank;

No matter how the coach shouted or how he adjusted, it was meaningless. He walked aimlessly like a walking corpse, his eyes were empty, he was in control, and he was at a loss.

The only one in the game who is still in normal state is Vardy who is in front. The British don’t understand why the teammates who have always been brave have become so abnormal, and they look completely out of no way like a professional player;

No wonder he looked down on Asian teams so much in Europe, not only because of their low level, but also because of their immature psychological qualities. The strong-willed Vardy understood his Chinese teammates and could only shake his head helplessly.

Watching the passing of time minute by minute, not only did the Yucheng players who had been defeated have given up their resistance, but even their opponents were bored because of five goals in hand, and the number of unnecessary mistakes began to increase;

Vardy, who had not given up, successfully seized an opportunity in stoppage time. After successfully intercepting the ball, he inserted it from the loose defense line of the Alcalama team and scored directly from the far corner. The opponent's goalkeeper was not even interested in making a save move, watching the ball enter the net.

The score of the game was finally frozen at 5:1. The home team Alcalama has already reached the semi-finals with one leg, and it is not difficult to replicate the final experience two years ago;

Even though they gave their opponents one away goal, they were still calm because they still had 4 goals better;

In the history of the AFC Champions League, there is never a team that has fallen four goals in the first leg but can turn the tables, none    one!
Chapter completed!