Special correspondent Gan Hui reports 4-2, Shenhua, who played at home, bloomed on the night of February 18, they defeated the J1 champion Kobe Victory Boat in the second team, although it has not yet been determined whether they can advance to the AFC Champions League Elite League (hereinafter referred to as the AFC Champions League) East Asian quarterfinals, but on the night of the 18th, Shenhua fans are happy.

Kobe, which has advanced to the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League East Asia in advance, has a very dense schedule recently, so they chose to rotate for the Shenhua game, except for the injured Sakai Gaode, Iteguchi Yosuke and others did not go to Shanghai, Muto Yoki, Osako Yuya, and Maekawa Dai also stayed behind. Against Shenhua last night, Kobe rotated 11 players, which can be said to be the second team.

As for Shenhua, Teixeira was unable to play due to physical reasons, and head coach Slutsky sent high providence. Less than two minutes into the game, Gao Tianyi took a corner kick and Mineiro scored his first goal since joining Shenhua, which was also the fastest goal for Shenhua in the AFC Champions League since records began in 2013 (1 minute and 10 seconds).

Mineiro, who opened the goal account, scored two more goals in the subsequent game and scored a hat-trick. In the 48th minute, Andre's header was saved, and Mineiro scored with a supplementary shot; In the 70th minute, Manafa made a penalty and Mineiro scored from the penalty.

Judging from the first two games, Mineiro was eager to score goals and prove his quality, and was a little impatient in handling some of the balls, but not fast. Last night's three goals, in a way, helped him release the pressure.

After the game, Mineiro said that he was very happy, "This is the first time to play at home for Shenhua, and I hope that the form can be maintained and score more goals for the team." ”

Slutsky gave Mineiro a high rating after the game, "Mineiro is a high-level player, his level has been shown for a long time, I think a goalscorer, sometimes his performance does not have to be measured by the number of goals, the involvement at both ends of the pitch and the attitude on the pitch, are the points that need to be paid attention to. ”

Another goal from Shenhua came from Chen Jinyi. In stoppage time in the first half, teenager Yang Haoyu cut the ball inside on the left side of the penalty area, and his heel was lightly given to Chen Jinyi, who followed up, who made a slight adjustment to hit the goal with his left foot.

Judging from the game, after Teixeira's absence, Slutsky allowed Yang Haoyu to reach the very critical No. 10 position, in which he better showed his characteristics and abilities.

"Yang Haoyu is a young player and he moved him from No. 8 to No. 10 today and he did very well, so I'm not surprised because he has been very good in training and warm-up matches before, and he has played in multiple positions, so hopefully he can maintain his current momentum in the future." Slutsky said.

It's a pity that Shenhua, who had a very solid defense last season, conceded goals at the beginning of this season and failed to keep a clean sheet against the opponent. In the final stage of the game, Shenhua conceded two goals in a row, and in the end, they won 4-2.

For most of the game, Shenhua fought with one more person. In the 7th minute, Shenhua found Andre who was inserted forward with a diagonal pass from the left, and Kobe goalkeeper Obina rashly knocked it down, and the referee showed a red card after a little hesitation and sent it off.

"In this game, after the opponent received a red card, the rhythm of the game was controlled by us." But Slutsky was not too happy with his team's lack of concentration in the final moments and conceded two goals.

After winning the match with Kobe, Shenhua ended the first phase of the AFC Champions League East Asia with a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. In 8 games, Shenhua showed obvious characteristics of home strength and away weakness, 9 out of 10 points were obtained at home, and only 1 point was won away, which seriously dragged its feet.

Slutsky said: "I am not very satisfied with the away game against Johor in eight AFC Champions League games, and that defeat may have been due to multiple factors such as travel, dense schedules and incomplete line-ups, which led to the poor performance of the whole team. However, in the other seven games, I think the team showed a certain competitiveness, and it is normal to have wins and losses in the games. I think that through the experience of the AFC Champions League, the intensity of the game has been improved, which has helped a lot to improve the level of the team. ”

In fact, the outside world believes that Shenhua did not play well after being forced to draw 1-1 away by Central Coast and losing 1-2 at home to Ulsan HD, you know, the former is the first from the bottom, and the latter is the second from the bottom.

At present, the AFC Champions League East Asia has confirmed 6 qualifying teams, and the last two qualifying places will be generated in Shenhua, Taishan and Harbour, if Harbour does not win or Taishan loses, Shenhua can advance.

But in any case, at least two of the three teams will advance, which is still acceptable for the Chinese Super League.