On the evening of August 19th, Henan will challenge Dalian Ren on the road. For the Henan team, which is standing on the "relegation threshold", this can be considered the most important game of the season so far. If you win, you can basically "escape from life". If you lose, you will continue to fight in the relegation quagmire. Therefore, the key "six-point battle" on the road to relegation will be a severe test for the soldiers of the Central Plains.
In the last round, relying on Kovic's penalty kick goal in the opening minute, Henan defeated Jinmen Tiger. This rare victory puts Henan 4 points ahead of the bottom three Dalian Ren and 6 points ahead of the bottom two Nantong Zhiyun, improving the relegation situation. This round's direct confrontation with Dalian Ren is even more crucial. If they can beat their opponents as expected, they will be 7 points ahead of Dalian Ren. If there are still 7 rounds left in the league, this advantage can be said to be huge, basically can be considered relegation success; once lost, the lead narrowed to only 1 point. Henan's remaining 7 opponents are not weak, and the next league will be thrilling.
In the match of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, Henan team paid a considerable price while winning. The backbone of the defense, Shuniqi, received the fourth yellow card in the game and will not be able to play in this round. In that match, Henan played very hard for more than 90 minutes after getting the "dream start" and finally kept the victory. The backline led by Sunic contributed a lot. Recently, Henan's backline has had a lot of ups and downs. First of all, Gu Cao was suspended for two games and the team suffered two consecutive defeats during this period. The games in which Gu Cao came back to partner with Sunich were also the rare games in which Henan had zero opponents this year. But with that comes the fact that Shuniqi will miss this crucial game.
While Henan's defense was damaged, Dalian suffered a blow up front. Striker Manzocchi missed the game after receiving a red card in the final round. However, another suspended foreigner, Mamba, will be back in time and the attack will be repaired to some extent. Dalianjin are most threatening against Tesonev and Lin Liangming. They are the key heroes of Dalian Ren's recent two wins in three rounds, especially Lin Liangming, who has scored in three consecutive rounds and is in hot form. In the confrontation between Dalian Ren and Henan last season, Lin Liangming twice broke through Henan's goal in one game. How to limit his performance is the focus of Henan.
From the past record and team strength, Henan team is still very likely to win. The first round of confrontation between the two sides, Henan team at home 1.:0 defeat opponents, ending 7 rounds of unbeatable embarrassing record, Kovic from that game to open the goal account, out of control. But the team in the absence of Šunić at the same time, in defense to be doubly careful, the most important thing is afraid of the mentality. Of course, it is better to contribute to a fight. Even if you can not win, you can accept not to lose. After all, as things stand, it's still much better than the opponent. Therefore, it is more important to try to limit the opponent than to attack, and not to let the home game of Dalian people "crazy". Once the opponent in the frenzy of the atmosphere to start momentum, the game will be exponentially more difficult.
