On the evening of November 12, Guangzhou City was defeated 0-1 by Meizhou Hakka in the 25th round of the Chinese Super League. After the match, Hakka head coach Milan and Guangzhou acting head coach Li Weifeng attended the press conference.
Summarizing the visitors' performance, Milan said, "I'm happy to win the GD derby again and to win again in three minutes of extra time because as a strong team you need to have those qualities. Today's game was won by a goal, but the truth is, in my opinion, we had more than one goal on the pitch. With this schedule, you can feel that the team is a little bit tired, which is normal. Next, we have to play our professional game in a short period of time, as a profession, or recover our players for the next game."
Once a less-than-stable Hakka, Milan said, "First of all, for the first three games, it's very normal that with this kind of tournament system, after the whole schedule, every team has some highlights and some lows. It is impossible for a team to maintain a high level all the time. The fact is that the most important thing in every game is to plan our players and sometimes our players don't do enough and we feel like we can't keep up with our physicality. As we go through the fitness report of each game and analyze it, we will restore our players according to the new situation. As a matter of fact, we are following this procedure to prepare and recondition our team to be better for the next round."
Summarizing Guangzhou City's performance, Li Wei Feng said, "It really hurts a bit. The pain was the extra time goal. Maybe our team hasn't done a very small detail well, so the goal made every one of our players feel very painful, but I think it's very normal. If you don't do well in one part and one detail, you will pay a very painful price. I also told every player in the dressing room that I want to forget today's game. We have to expect a lot of things because there are still nine games to play. It's not like if you lose today, the team will be relegated tomorrow. So keep your head up."
After losing this game, Guangzhou City suffered three consecutive defeats, how to adjust next? Li Wei Feng confessed, "I think everyone should be prepared for the game. In fact, there is still a gap between us and the good teams including the thickness of the bench. What I can do now is to make good use of the people I have in my hands."
