At 7:35 p.m. on June 29, in the 17th round of the Chinese Super League, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, who ended their continuous away journey, will return to their home stadium against Shenzhen Xinpeng City.
The pressure of a four-game winless run in the league and a winless home run was on the sidelines, and the Jinmen Tigers showed their determination to win before the game.
With the addition of the FA Cup schedule, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers have returned to a fast pace in the past week.
From Yuxi in Yunnan Province to Rugao in Jiangsu Province, the Jinmen Tigers, who have been fighting away from home in a row, have experienced physical difficulties on the plateau and the test of rainy weather along the way.
After overcoming many difficulties, he finally brought back a two-line record of FA Cup promotion and league draw.
At the same time, the team's injury problems have recurred, and the load brought by the poor field conditions in Nantong has invisibly increased the difficulty of the Tianjin Tigers to prepare for the match against Shenzhen Xinpeng City.
Naturally, injury recovery and prevention have also become the foundation of the team's heading into the second half of the season.
Yu Genwei
Head coach of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
At present, Xie Weijun and Shi Yan are still recovering from injuries, and some of the other players have some minor injuries, but they are generally fine and can prepare for tomorrow's game normally. With the schedule including the weather, there may be some injury problems in the team, our coaching staff hopes to minimize the potential for injury, take the usual injury prevention as our top priority now, and hope that everyone can be healthy and complete the next games.
In the battle with Nantong Zhiyun, the Jinmen Tigers scored in stoppage time with tenacious fighting spirit and snatched back a point from the away side, of course, it also exposed a lot of problems.
In particular, the five foreign aid starters who were finally reassembled failed to achieve the expected results, which also deepened the outside world's expectations for the new foreign aid Hadas in the midfield.
It is reported that on the second day after the Tianjin Tigers returned to Tianjin, Hadas had joined the team for joint training, but he did not show up for pre-game training.
This also means that the Jinmen Tigers will still face the match against Shenzhen Xinpeng City with the existing five foreign players.
Yu Genwei
Head coach of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
Hadas is a midfielder who can play in a number of positions in midfield, from midfielder to midfielder, including as a wing-back, and he has also played in the Portuguese Super League. Although we haven't seen the intuitive game yet, watching the previous games through the video, I think he is a very strong player, the midfielder's foot skills, and organizational skills are still relatively strong. He went on holiday after the last game in Europe on May 20th, so there was no systematic training for a month, and we wanted to let him know more about the Super League through these games out of his protection, so we didn't consider letting him play in these two games for the time being. When he will be able to play will depend on how well he recovers.
Prior to the match against Shenzhen Xinpeng City, there was very limited time available for the Jinmen Tigers to adjust and train, but after all, this game was the first home game in the second half of the league, and the Jinmen Tigers had no choice but to go all out.
Yu Genwei
Head coach of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
There was also an FA Cup game last week, so the three games were a bit more intense and did put some pressure on the players' bodies, especially their physical exertion. We also hope that through these two days, we can recover everyone's physical condition and mental state as soon as possible. We also know that we are yet to win at home, so that's one of the most important things that motivates us. I think the players are still full of confidence and I'm looking forward to tomorrow's game. At the moment, most of the players are recovering well and we do expect a win to thank the fans for their support. Tomorrow's game will definitely not be good, but I hope that the players can show their best form, with the strongest fighting spirit and fighting spirit to meet tomorrow's game, and hope to get a good result.
Barton
A member of the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
First of all, it's a double game a week, for us, it's a certain physical test, and this is also the first home game in the second half of the year, so I hope we can bring the fans victory in a good state.
In the first half of the season, the two teams met for the first time, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers won 4-0 away from home, and that game seemed to be the start of the season for the Tianjin Tigers to some extent, because the team was still in the continuation of winter training and was still trying to figure out how to make good use of Kompagno and Ademi.
Now, after 15 rounds, the teams seem to be familiar with the attacking routines of the Jinmen Tigers, and how to re-energize Kompagno and Ademi has become a priority.
The last time the two teams met in Tianjin and Shenzhen, they all lined up a 4-1-4-1 formation, half a season has passed, Jinmen Tigers are still insisting on this formation, Shenzhen Xinpeng City will flexibly use 4-1-4-1, 4-3-3, and even 4-2-3-1 and other different formations according to the different opponents, and the relatively unchanged is the central defender Dugalic and the back Tian Yinong to support the team's defensive system.
Shenzhen's changes are in the mix of players up front, with Thiago Andrade and Ortiz splitting between the left and right sides and often switching positions, with Edu Garcia generally standing in the middle, sometimes playing as a midfielder and sometimes as a central striker.
If Garcia plays as a striker, then the center forward position may be the popular young student of the national football team, Abduwaili or foreign player Almenteros.
Judging from the past games of Xinpeng City, Edu Garcia and Ortiz are responsible for sorting out the team's midfield attack and left wing attack respectively, and they are relatively familiar with the team's cooperation.
Edu Garcia, who scored seven goals, is currently the team's top scorer, while new signing Thiago has three goals and two assists after an early season struggle.
Ortiz finally opened his season goals account after accumulating 28 shots in the season until the 15th round of the league, and his contribution in assists is still 0.
Statistics show that Shenzhen Xinpeng City has a total of 191 shots on goal, ranking 10th in the Chinese Super League, but there are not many goals that can be converted into goals, with 3 penalties in a total of 17 goals, and only more goals in sports than Qingdao Manatee and Meizhou Hakka.
At the same time, in terms of passing and offside data, Xinpeng City ranked 6th in the Chinese Super League with 6918 and 28 doubles respectively, which reflects the team's emphasis on offense, but there is still a lack of tacit understanding in the frontcourt.
In the first leg against Tianjin, Shenzhen had more than 60% possession, 15 shots on goal, and a large margin of corner kicks and free kicks, but ultimately lost a 0-4 loss.
In that game, the most crucial point was that the two openings of the first half were particularly good, and the Jinmen Tigers could properly recover and counterattack, and Kompagno's goal in the 70th minute was a typical counterattack goal.
That game is also a true portrayal of Xinpengcheng's offensive end, with good passing and control, strong foreign aid ability, but biased towards offense, resulting in greater pressure on the back.
At present, Shenzhen Xinpeng City has conceded 30 goals in the league, ranking fourth from the bottom of the league, and only kept clean sheets against Henan, Meizhou Hakka and Nantong Zhiyun.
Judging from the record of the first 16 rounds of the league, Shenzhen Xinpeng City won 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses away, scored 9 goals and conceded 9 goals.
After half a season, the two teams played each other again, and the state of Shenzhen Xingpeng City was no longer the same.
Especially since the opening of the summer transfer window, the Shenzhen team's action to strengthen the squad has not stopped, and has successively introduced a number of new signings such as the young striker Xia Hezati who was originally Shenzu, as well as Hu Ruibao, who is experienced in the Chinese Super League, and the lineup changes have great flexibility, which also enhances their confidence in scoring points away.
At the pre-match press conference, Shenzhen Xinpeng City coach Tato bluntly said, "Our new signings are ready, although the starters have not yet been confirmed, but I am very satisfied with the club's efforts in this window, and I believe that the new signings can help us." Even though we lost the first leg by a big score, I don't think there was that big of a gap on the pitch and we learned how to play in the Super League through that game and then we got better and better. Until now, I thought Tianjin was a strong team, but I hope we can get a good result tomorrow. ”