Guangzhou Leopards vs Tongliang Dragons: Rush over 6 points? "Just a normal league"

Reporter Wang Wei reports At 19:30 on May 10 (this Saturday), the Guangdong Guangzhou Leopards, who are currently ranked third in the Chinese League, will face the Chongqing Tongliang Dragons, who are ranked first in the Chinese League, at Yuexiushan Stadium at home. Guangzhou Leopard Football Club revealed that at 2 p.m. on May 7, the tickets for this game had just been opened, and the available tickets were quickly sold out.

This round of Guangdong Guangzhou Leopards home game with Chongqing Tongliang Dragons, not so much a contest between the two teams, in fact, more like a showcase of Guangzhou youth players, both sides have a large number of Guangzhou football youth players, in Chongqing Tongliang Dragons, Zhang Zhixiong, Wang Wenxuan, Bai Yutao, Wu Yongqiang, Wu Zitong and other Guangzhou youth players have played this season. The Guangdong Guangzhou Leopards renewed the contract of Guangzhou local players Cai Haochang and other players in the winter window, and introduced Ma Junliang, Hou Yu and other players who grew up in Guangzhou, which is regarded as an important measure for Guangzhou Leopards Football Club to advocate the localization of the team.

At the same time, Guangzhou Leopard also provides opportunities for many players in the 07 age group to play on the professional stage. Huang Shenghao, Xue Sibo and Ai Chuwei, three young players in the 2007 age group, completed the contract renewal with the club after this year. All three are excellent representatives of Guangzhou Youth Academy, among which Huang Shenghao joined the team during the Guangzhou Leopards Champions League, and this year is his third season. Xue Sibo and Ai Chuwei joined the Guangzhou Leopards first team last year, and both completed their professional league debuts.

Three young players grew up in Guangzhou, received football training, and had their home in Guangzhou. Guangzhou Leopard gives them opportunities and a stable environment that gives them enough time to grow. For them and their families, staying in Guangzhou and continuing to study and grow in Guangzhou Leopard is the best choice for them at this stage of their careers.

In the 2025 season, Guangdong Guangzhou Leopards and Chongqing Tonglianglong are both popular teams, the two teams have a common feature, both have stable financial support, in the entire scope of the Chinese League, the stability and support of this operation, are among the best, for Guangzhou Leopards, this is also their most solid backing for long-term development.

In the first seven rounds of this season, Chongqing Tongliang Dragons accumulated 19 points with 6 wins and 1 draw, temporarily ranking first, and Guangzhou Leopards accumulated 16 points with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, temporarily ranking third.

In the past three rounds, the starting lineup of Guangzhou Leopards has tended to be stable, and the starting lineup of Chongqing Tonglianglong has been adjusted individually in each round of games. Chongqing Tongliang Dragons have won six consecutive games except for the first round of the draw by Qingdao Red Lions, while Guangzhou Leopards reversed the top-ranked Shijiazhuang Kung Fu 2-1 away in the last round, which greatly boosted the team's morale.

The reversal of Shijiazhuang Kung Fu gave Guangzhou Leopards player Jiang Jihong a great inspiration, "In the face of adversity, the whole team will work together and unite as one, and there will be a reversal of the result of the game. He said, "It's the same with Chongqing Tongliang Dragons, we will focus on this game, no matter what difficulties we encounter, we will work together as a team, do a good game, and the result will be good." ”

Ma Junliang, a Guangzhou Leopards player who played in Haizhu District since he was a child, said: "Although we fell behind in the last game, we actually performed very well, and the head coach also encouraged us at halftime and laid out tactics. We are also confident that we can win this game for sure, and it is the result of the unity of the whole team. ”

Although this is a six-point battle between the top picks, the Guangzhou Leopards players believe that this game is only one of the 30 games in the whole season, "I think this is a very ordinary game, in fact, it is a league, I think it is just to treat it with a normal heart." Guangzhou Leopards player Hou Yu said. In this game, Hou Yu will face to face with his former teammates, "As a game, everyone is their own master, and the words on the field must be ruthless, and the private relationship between everyone on the field is still very good." I'm going to play as the coach wants me to do, and personally, I'm going to do my job in my position and show my old characteristics. ”

Jiang Jihong has the same feeling as Hou Yu, "I think as a player, treat it as an ordinary game, we just have to do our best, treat it as an ordinary game, do our best 100%, no matter who the opponent is, we must do 100% to play, don't think about some external things, focus on the game, that is, one of the 30 league games, just calm down and go all out to win the game, no matter who the opponent is, focus on the game and focus on the game." ”

Jiang Jihong, a veteran of the Guangzhou Leopards, has already bought a house in Guangzhou, and returned to Guangzhou from Yukun in Yunnan Province to join the Guangzhou Leopards at the beginning of this season, "I feel very close to the city of Guangzhou, like my second hometown. After all, he had worked for Guangzhou R&F for seven or eight years before this, so it was very kind to return to Yuexiu Mountain. ”

The 2025 season is the third year that the Guangzhou Leopards have participated in the Chinese Football League, and the experience of playing in the professional league is only one and a half years. In order to attract the support of more local fans, Guangzhou Leopard also hopes to use the localization strategy to integrate more into the city life of Guangzhou, play a more distinctive technical and tactical style, and strive to contribute to the city, so that fans can find an emotional home, and finally be able to achieve two-way running - the home stadium in Yuexiu Mountain is one of the measures of practical significance.

Ma Junliang, a local player of Guangzhou Leopards, said: "As a player born and raised in Guangzhou, I would like to say to Guangzhou fans, please support our team more, now should be a difficult time for Guangzhou football. Therefore, we also especially hope to bring Guangzhou football back to the stage of the Chinese Super League, and I hope everyone can cheer for us! Jiang Jihong said: "Guangzhou's football culture is very deep, I hope that more fans will support Guangzhou Leopards, pay more attention to us, cheer for us more, and the cheering of Guangzhou fans is our driving force." ”

Hou Yu, a player of the Guangzhou Leopards, sent an invitation to Guangzhou fans: "I hope more fans will support the Guangzhou Leopards and go up the mountain to cheer for the Guangzhou Leopards!" ”