On the evening of August 26th at :30 GMT, the semi-finals of the AFC Cup will be a compelling battle of life and death, and Shandong Luneng will once again be the guest of honor for the Dalian Ren team. In the last round of Chinese Super League matches, Shandong Luneng just played against Dalian Ren. As a result, after a fierce battle, Luneng only exchanged 0.:0 handshake with Dalian People. The result of this Chinese Super League match undoubtedly made the semifinals of the FA Cup instantly full of suspense.
However, objectively speaking, the overall strength of Shandong Luneng is obviously stronger than Dalian people, which is obvious from the ranking of this season's Chinese Super League table. In addition, from the two teams' historical confrontation records, Shandong Luneng also occupies an absolute advantage. Data shows that Luneng's last 8 encounters with Dalian people, get 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses absolute advantage. Therefore, as long as Luneng does not fall off the chain in this game, play a normal state, win this battle of life and death should not be a big problem.
However, considering this is a crucial game of life and death, Luneng coach Choi Kang-hee will go all out and sacrifice his strongest elite lineup in his mind without any reservation. Let's briefly predict Luneng's starting lineup.
In the goalkeeper's position, naturally Wang Dalei town Luneng goalkeeper; in the back line, has always been steady Cui Kangxi will naturally continue to sacrifice 4 defenders formation, Ji Xiang, Jia Desong, Zheng Zheng and meritorious veterans will relax 4 defenders. Among them, Jia De Song and Zheng Zheng as a double center back combination; Ji Xiang and relaxation will be on the left and right side as a defender.
In the midfield, there is no doubt that the main back responsible for intercepting Luneng's midfield and backfield tackles will be Li Yuanyi; Liao Lixiang should be the one to form the double back combination with Li Yuanyi's partner. In front of the double back, it is expected that Brazilian ace Moises will be the offensive commander in front of the field, responsible for combing and scheduling the attack in front of the field; Brazilian foreign aid Cressan and the naturalized player Fernando should be the two forwards who form an echo around him.
Up front, new foreigner Mateus Pato should charge forward for Shandong Luneng; while Belgian ace Fellaini will be on standby as a substitute.
To summarize, the expected starting lineup for Luneng in this match against Dalian Ren is:Wang Dalei; Ji Xiang, Jadason, Zheng Zheng, Relax; Li Yuanyi, Liao Lixiang; Cressan, Moises and Fernando; Mateusz Pato
