I'm sure many fans are looking forward to today's Asian Champions League play-offs. What we expect is that the two teams participating in the Asian Champions League play-offs will advance to the tournament and win honor for the Chinese Super League and Chinese soccer. Before the match, in fact, everyone was worried that one team might not advance. That team was Zhejiang. Although Zhejiang performed well last season, they were once in the relegation quagmire this season. The reason was actually quite simple: the team was experiencing financial problems.
Later, Zhejiang's financial problems were alleviated and the team's performance slowed down. So far, Zhejiang is also ranked fifth in the league. However, everyone agrees that Zhejiang is the weakest team in the Super League. In addition, they face opponents from Thailand and Hong Kong, who are ranked fourth in the Thai Premier League. They are stronger than Hong Kong's rivals Pathum United, who are currently ranked eighth.
Maybe they knew their problems, so Zhejiang kept a low profile from the start. They were very cautious and even a bit passive against Thailand and Hong Kong. In the first half, both sides ended 0-0, but in the second half, Zhejiang seized the chance of counterattack and Frank entered the world wave, finally beating Thailand and Hong Kong 1-0 and steadily entering the AFC Champions League.
The weakest team, Zhejiang, can steadily enter the Asian Champions League. Everyone must believe that Port, who are currently at the top of the Chinese Super League, can easily beat Baton Rouge United to enter the Asian Champions League. However, if you watched the Port's game, you will be infinitely disappointed. This is because the Ports failed completely in terms of both the course of the game and the result.
When the match started, the Harbour Team positioned themselves too high, and some people despised Baton Rouge United as if victory was in sight and they could beat their opponents immediately. However, after some time playing, I realized that this team is not weak. The tempo is faster than Port, and there are more foreign players than Port, so the strength is not inferior. This confused the port players a bit, and then they conceded two goals one after another and fell behind 0-2. It's safe to say that Port got hit with two boring sticks without knowing themselves or their enemy.
In this situation, the Harbour team had never encountered this kind of situation in the previous Super League. So after conceding two goals, the whole team started to fall into chaos. Everyone didn't know what to do with it. At this point, there was no real core on the pitch. Standing up and helping everyone adjust their direction. So even though Harbor got a goal back, the second half would allow the other team to simply work together. Two guys break through a six-man defense. Goal. When the score became 1-3, the team was almost completely out of control. So we could see that the midfielders kept bringing the ball past people and rarely lost the ball in the past. The player next to him kept passing the ball around and
Why did Port inexplicably lose this game? In fact, Port's loss was in stark contrast to Zhejiang's victory. Zhejiang kept a low profile and then remained consistent and ruthless. The Port team was too high-profile, too contemptuous of the enemy, and eventually lost its front hooves. The Ports definitely had the strength to beat their opponents, but poor preparation and mental positioning ultimately led to their defeat. This failed head coach is responsible.
In fact, before the season, I'm sure many people would have wondered why Harbour chose Harbour to coach, as Harbour's coaching style at the time was very much in line with Henan's team style, i.e. they rallied to fight back. Such a coach came to the Harbors, where there were many stars and big brands. Can he bring him on? It doesn't match his coaching style, and if you come from Henan to the Harbor Team, your reputation will inevitably be damaged. Not easy to be trusted by players and fans.
Later, although the team remained undefeated for several rounds, the scores weren't huge and many of the matches were close. This team didn't show strong strength on paper. It looked better than other teams, but not strong. In other words, he didn't take the whole team to a higher level, or even lower.
Later, Javier clashed with many of the foreigners. For example, Vargas publicly confronted him and Caron vandalized public property to express his displeasure at being replaced. In addition, Pinko was unhappy with Javier's lack of opportunities. Indeed, the conflict between the coach and many of the players intensified at the time. The club should have reacted quickly, either by the coach's dismissal, players being left out in the cold, or transfers and rentals. Surprisingly, the Hong Kong club chose peace and forced the coach and players to stay. However, he ousted a hard-working Paulinho.
The end result was players overwhelmed, fighting apart and scattering sand in critical games. There is no central figure who can stand up and help stabilize the team. Dissatisfaction with the coach and the status quo is reflected in the team when they are moved. So, when the Harbors lost this time, was there a greater element of artificiality? Perhaps there were no decisive choices at the beginning, which left the team in a quagmire from which it could not pull itself out.
