Reporter Jia Yanfeng reports Due to the flight delay caused by heavy rain, the Zhejiang team, which was originally scheduled to step on the field in Tianjin on the 10th, did not arrive until 8 o'clock that night, and finally had to give up stepping on the field, and held a separate pre-game press conference on the morning of the 11th. On the evening of the 11th, after 99 minutes of fierce battle, the Zhejiang team finally lost 2-3 to the home team Jinmen Tigers and failed to take away the points.

In terms of the game process, the Zhejiang team experienced a process of first suppressing and then rising, conceding two goals in the first half, and after Jodi's adjustment in the midfield, the team still played its real strength in the second half. After the game, some fans said that if the penalty had not been conceded in the first half, maybe it would have been a draw with the Jinmen Tigers away. However, there is no what ifs in this world, and this is the ninth time this season that the Zhejiang team has conceded 3 goals in a single game. Zhejiang also have a record of scoring the fewest away points in the Chinese Super League this season, winning just two away games so far, against Meizhou Hakka and Cangzhou male lion.

Zhang Jiaqi sent a point

In the last round of the league, Zhejiang defeated Qingdao Manatee 4-3 at home, and the whole game played 107 minutes including stoppage time, with 7 players playing the whole game, namely Zhao Bo, Lucas, Li Titian, Owusu, Sun Guowen, Frank and Liu Haofan. Considering the upcoming AFC Champions League, in order not to let fatigue cause injury hazards to the players, Jody replaced the veteran Li Titian with Zhang Jiaqi in the starting lineup of this game, because Li Titian was the longest running distance in the team in the last game, 11115 meters, and the total distance of high-speed running was also at the forefront of the team, so Jody planned to let him slow down. But what he didn't expect was that in the first half, Zhang Jiaqi not only blocked Lucas's route in the 29th minute, but also pulled down the Jinmen Tiger's Kompagno, and was finally awarded a penalty. After conceding this goal, Zhang Jiaqi's mood was also a little chaotic, and he kept chattering for the second half of the first half.

Back in the dressing room at 2-0 at half-time, Jody encouraged his players, saying that the game was not over yet, cheering everyone up, and then he adjusted his tactics. Since the Jinmen Tigers have been trying to play the counterattack of the Zhejiang team in the first half, they are basically shooting behind the Zhejiang team with a big foot, after Jody replaced Zhang Jiaqi with Li Tixiang, he asked Li Titian to also go to the back line to participate in the defense, change to 5 defenders, give up the entanglement between the midfield and the opponent, learn from the Tianjin team, and focus on playing behind the opponent.

Jody's tweaks soon paid off in the second half, with Owusu scoring first, Ademi soon helping the home side to add another and Leonardo making it 2-3. Subsequently, the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers deployed troops to strengthen the defense, and the offensive of the Zhejiang team did not achieve too good results. The score of 2-3 remained until the end.

Send the trio to the AFC Champions League draw

In this year's league, the Zhejiang team still has 3 home games and 4 away games, based on the previous results, if the Zhejiang team can still grab 9 points, that is, win all at home, it will be good. But it doesn't seem that easy at the moment, because the draw for the AFC Champions League is imminent.

On August 16, the AFC will conduct a draw ceremony for the match situation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the first phase of the Asian Elite League "League Stage". At the same time, the AFC Champions League 2 will also have a group draw. Zhejiang, representing China, will participate in the draw as the first seeded team. If Shandong Taishan fails to make it past Thailand's Bangkok United in the play-offs on 13 August, they will also participate in the tournament and will also participate in the draw as the first seeded team. If nothing else, the Zhejiang team will send a vice president, team leader Li Lei and a translator to go.

After 23 rounds of the league, the Zhejiang team has been ranked sixth, with 31 points, and theoretically completed relegation, so if you start playing the AFC Champions League in the second half of the year, you don't have to worry too much about relegation. Zhejiang often lose games when the statistics are dominant, as in the case of the Jinmen Tigers, which is a wake-up call to the team, after all, in the AFC Champions League, making the same mistake again can lead to a big defeat. If Qian Jie can make a quick comeback, perhaps the AFC Champions League journey will be less difficult. But if you want to do well in the AFC Champions League 2, you need the whole team to work hard.