The AFC Champions League lets two chase four! Zhejiang team retains hope and sees "hope"

Special correspondent Xu Yi reports "Great reversal! Wang Yudong also scored his first goal in a professional tournament!! This year's home finale was perfect. After beating Singapore's Lion City Mariners 4-2, a Zhejiang FC senior said with a smile. In the cold wind of Hangzhou at the end of November, the fans of the Zhejiang team felt extremely warm because of a passionate victory.

In the previous two rounds of the AFC Champions League 2 group stage, the Zhejiang team was full of unhappy memories, first because of a misjudgment in the away game, Evra's goal was judged offside, and the team lost to Thai Port away; Returning to the home field, it was reversed by Thai Port in the lead, which made the hope of Zhejiang team advancing slim.

After the end of the Chinese Super League, Jordi and the Spanish coaching staff returned to China to rest, and the players ushered in a week's vacation. When most of the Chinese Super League teams are on vacation, the Zhejiang team still has to prepare for the AFC Champions League 2 game, coupled with these two depressed losses, the whole team really needs to take a holiday to adjust their body and mind.

After the holiday, in order to improve the state, the Zhejiang team and Shenhua made an appointment for a warm-up match at the Sino-Thai base, and lost by a big score.

The match against the Mariners is the penultimate round of the group stage, and the Zhejiang team has no other choice if they want to qualify. Coach Jordy said before the game: "This game, which means a lot to us, is our last home game of the year, and it is the AFC Champions League 2. With three points, we still have hope of progressing to the knockout rounds, so we have to show the attitude and play the last home game of the year and dedicate the victory to our fans. ”

In the starting lineup, Jody was initially prepared to field Lucas and Owusu, while the Mariners started with five foreign players. However, Owusu was injured in the pre-match warm-up, and the Zhejiang team urgently replaced Evra, which also made the Zhejiang team's tactical play a little different from the idea from the beginning.

Zhejiang needed to score goals, so they played aggressively. In the 30th minute, Patrice Evra went straight into the penalty area, and Gaudi's shot hit the crossbar and bounced. Like many previous games, Zhejiang conceded a goal near the end of the first half, and in the fourth minute of stoppage time, the Mariners won a free kick in front, Datkovic scooped the goal, and the referee also blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

In the second half, the Zhejiang team made tactical adjustments and significantly strengthened the attack, but there were huge holes in the defensive line, and in the 62nd minute, the sailors used a counterattack to score from a distance by Song Rongyi. With two goals behind, the Zhejiang team was on the verge of going out, and perhaps few people could have imagined that the Zhejiang team then began a Jedi counterattack.

In the 66th minute, Zhejiang won a penalty opportunity, and Frank hit a goal back. Just three minutes later, Patrice Evra crossed from the right, and Sun Zhengao helped Zhejiang equalize the score. scored two goals in 3 minutes, which completely ignited the fighting spirit of the Zhejiang team, and in the subsequent game, they completely took the initiative.

In the 86th minute, the Zhejiang team quickly counterattacked, Wang Yudong assisted, and Evra scored a goal to help the home team complete the overtake. In stoppage time, the Zhejiang team got a chance to counterattack, Wang Yudong pushed the far corner to score, 4-2, and the Zhejiang team completed a shocking reversal.

At the end of this battle, the Zhejiang team scored 6 points and rose to 3rd in the group, and Taigang in the same group drew 2-2 with Bandung in the subsequent game and accumulated 10 points to advance the qualification. In the final round of the group stage, Zhejiang will need to challenge Bandung away, while the 7-point Lion City Mariners will face Port Thailand at home. Although the initiative to advance is not in their own hands, as long as they win three points away, then the Lion City Mariners must also win against Thailand and Hong Kong to eliminate Zhejiang. In the midst of desperation, there is hope.

However, compared with whether the AFC Champions League 2 can qualify, what makes Zhejiang fans more happy is the wonderful performance of tomorrow's star Wang Yudong. After sealing the win, Wang Yudong was so excited that he stripped off his clothes to celebrate - this was his first goal in the first team, and it also made him the youngest goal-scorer in the history of the Zhejiang team in the AFC Champions League. Jody is very satisfied with Wang Yudong's performance: "Wang Yudong is a child who works very hard, and his performance in training is particularly good, and the national team at all levels has been participating. Everybody loved the kid and after he scored, everybody was happy and happy. ”

After ending this year's home game with a big reversal, the Zhejiang team went around the field after the game to thank the fans who supported them.

On the sidelines, Jody shouted to the fans: "Our last home game of the season is over, I know we haven't had a good result this season, and we will definitely have more accolades next year, no matter who comes." Thank you for cheering on the players, we are nothing without you and I hope you continue to support us. ”

In 2021, Jody began coaching the Zhejiang team on a two-year contract, which was renewed at the end of 2022, and has been 4 years so far, and his contract will expire at the end of this year.

Zhejiang team has entered the AFC Champions League for two consecutive years, but the opponent is becoming more and more familiar with Jodi's tactics, and the Chinese Super League team is no longer as neat as the previous two years, so the Zhejiang team's Super League results this season have declined, and there is another point, the Zhejiang team has conceded too many goals, 60 goals conceded only 5 less than the deputy squad leader Nantong, ranking second to last. Before the AFC Champions League 2 home match with Bandung, Indonesia, Zhejiang FC has actually prepared a "stop falling plan" to change the coach once the result is not ideal.

At present, both sides will make further assessments of the future before determining the next step, if the contract is not renewed, then this Thursday game will be the curtain call performance of Jody at home, and the next game against Bandung will be his last time in command of the Zhejiang team.

At the end of the season, there were many claims and speculations about the selection of new signings and coaches for the Zhejiang team, which the club people felt a little ridiculous. Regarding the selection of the coach for the new season, whether Jody is or not, one thing is very certain, that is, the club values the work attitude and usual style of the coach, and will not consider some coaches who are not rigorous enough.