Starting with playing defensive midfield for Evergrande

Chapter 37 You're playing Captain Tsubasa? (Please continue reading)
"Zhuang Dian'er Tai!"

"Zhuang Dian'er Tai!!!"

"This is a live broadcast of the opening match of the first round of the 2013 Chinese Super League!"

"Defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande vs. Shandong Luneng!"

"The players from both teams are already standing in their respective halves of the field!"

"The referee is checking his watch too!"

"Beep!!!"

"With the referee's whistle!"

"The competition has officially begun!"

"First, let's look at the starting lineups for both sides!"

"Wearing."

"Guangzhou Evergrande still fielded the same squad as in the first round of the AFC Champions League!"

"On the other side, wearing the away team's white jersey, Shandong Luneng's starting goalkeeper, Yang Cheng, is attacking from right to left!"

"Backcourt: Wang Tong, Du Wei, McGowan, Zheng Zheng!"

Midfielders: Lü Zheng, Wang Yongpo, Hao Junmin, Zhou Haibin, Masena!

"Lone striker: Love!"

"First, Guangzhou Evergrande has possession of the ball!"

It is 8:00 AM local time in Guangzhou.

The opening ceremony's song and dance performances have ended, and the female dancers have waved goodbye to the fans and left the stadium!
At the same moment, amidst the cheers of more than 50,000 enthusiastic fans, the first round of the Chinese Super League finally began.

Lippi on the sidelines still had that same lazy look on his face.

Unfortunately, in the old man's view, there wasn't a single team in the entire Chinese Super League that could inspire him to take anything seriously.

Not far away, in front of the Shandong Luneng bench, Antić frowned as if facing a formidable enemy.

Just as Antić had predicted, they were playing on their home turf and had just thrashed Urawa Red Diamonds.

With high morale, Evergrande pressed straight into Shandong Luneng's backfield without any attempt to probe after the whistle blew.

Muriqui makes a diagonal run down the left flank, and Elkeson follows up on the right!

Gao Lin had already penetrated deep into Shandong Luneng's backfield early on.

Conca, in the middle, controlled the ball and pushed forward relentlessly, leading Guangzhou Evergrande's entire line.

"Teacher Huang, which of these two teams do you think will win today?"

In the commentary booth, after Huang Jianxiang finished introducing the starting lineups for both sides, He Wei started chatting with Huang Jianxiang.

"On paper, the gap between the two sides is not that significant. Guangzhou Evergrande has a trident of foreign players in attack, and Shandong Luneng also has three foreign players. As for the number of national team players, both teams currently have national team players on the field, except for the foreign players. However, I still favor Guangzhou Evergrande a bit more, because in terms of the quality of foreign players, Guangzhou Evergrande is obviously a level higher."

It's no secret that Lao Huang (Huang Yonghong) loves this Evergrande team. He said the same thing when they played against J-League powerhouses in the AFC Champions League. Facing Shandong Luneng, who didn't even qualify for the AFC Champions League last season, saying that the gap isn't too obvious is already very considerate of Luneng fans' fragile hearts!

Just now, Huang Jianxiang said that Evergrande's foreign players are of higher quality.

On the field, Conca immediately proved Lao Huang's point of view. Facing Zhou Haibin who was closing in, Conca first used his left foot to flick the ball to the right, and after dodging Zhou Haibin's first tackle, he immediately used his right foot to send the ball diagonally to the left front.

A simple flick and a push, plus Lin Qiao's sideways movement!

Shandong Luneng's midfield general Zhou Haibin has been left far behind by Conca!

"boom!!!"

The star player made such a smooth dribble right at the start of the game, and the Evergrande fans in the stands naturally cheered excitedly.

The cheering squad of Evergrande suddenly erupted in cheers.

Conca on the field suddenly accelerated!
Seeing that Conca was about to penetrate deep into their own half, Hao Junmin had no choice but to retreat from the front and join Zhou Haibin in attacking Conca.

In terms of footwork, Conca is indeed in a class of his own in Asia, but in terms of speed, Conca is somewhat lacking.

With Hao Junmin and Zhou Haibin chasing after him at full speed, Conca was quickly stopped halfway by the two of them working together.

In the past, in situations like this, it would usually be Muriqui, Gao Lin, or Elkeson dropping back to allow one of them to support Conca, slowing down the team's advance and then looking for another opportunity!

But not now!

Su Hao had already followed closely behind when Conca started.

Conca, whose path was blocked by the two sides, seemed to have known that Su Hao would be behind him. Without turning around, Conca cleverly flicked the ball back with his heel.

He controlled the ball with his right foot!
Su Hao had already raised his head and raised his right foot, intending to send the ball directly to Elkeson, who had already accelerated down the right wing.

A perfectly coordinated collaboration between the two!
However, to Su Hao's surprise, as soon as he lifted his foot, a slightly overweight Shandong Luneng player wearing number 8 suddenly launched a vicious sliding tackle at him.

It was none other than someone else who came!

Born on January 19, 1987, Wang Yongpo, a key player for Shandong Luneng, is affectionately known as "Wang Rooney" by Luneng fans!

He excels at long-range shots and free kicks, possesses great power in his right foot, has strong ball control and dribbling skills, excellent passing awareness and goal-scoring instinct, and has extremely good positioning and interception abilities on the defensive end.

Last season, he was awarded the title of the top domestic scorer in the Chinese Super League!
These are the reasons why Wang Yongpo was able to secure a place in the talent-rich midfield of Shandong Luneng!

During this period, Wang Yongpo has lost count of how many times his head coach Antić has told him to be careful of Su Hao, this newcomer who suddenly appeared in Guangzhou Evergrande's matches.

Although Wang Yongpo knew Su Hao was indeed incredibly talented after watching his match videos, what good is talent if it's so exceptional?
Wang Yongpo knew very well what these newcomers feared most!
Therefore, after the referee blew the whistle and Evergrande pressed towards Luneng, Wang Yongpo fixed his gaze on Su Hao.

He knew very well that after Conca was double-teamed, Su Hao would definitely be Evergrande's second ball-playing option!
as predicted!

After seeing Conca flick the ball backwards!

Wang Yongpo grinned and ruthlessly shoveled at Su Hao.

A newcomer!
A 16-year-old boy!
As long as you tackle harder during your first defensive play.
Even if that guy doesn't get hurt, his mentality will definitely be affected!

what is this?
This is the experience of Chinese football that he has gained through hard work and struggle, from the sports school to the national youth team selection and club youth team selection!

Wang Yongpo then shoveled at Su Hao without holding back!
On the field, Su Hao, who received Conca's elegant backheel, saw Wang Yongpo's gleaming, unreserved studs and naturally didn't dare to be careless. He quickly used his right foot to flick the ball forward first.

At the same time, my whole body jumped forward slightly!
One point, one jump!
I barely thought about it; it was like...like a conditioned reflex of the body's instinct!
Su Hao easily dodged Wang Yongpo's extremely vicious sliding tackle and, in the shortest time and in the most reasonable way, continued Evergrande's attacking rhythm!
On the grass!
Watching Su Hao, who was 1.9 meters tall, jump over her so easily.

Wang Yongpo was visibly taken aback.
What the fuck.
This action.
Is this an animated film?
Captain Tsubasa?

(End of this chapter)