Nguyen Chi Long (right) is expected to make his debut. icphoto
BEIJING NEWS (Reporter Zhou Xiao) - Beijing Guoan will play the second round of the FA Cup against champion team Jingchuan Wenhui at home in Rizhao at 15:30 on November 17th. Guoan's key players will be rotated and rested, and team coach Stanley is looking forward to the performance of his young players.
Beijing Guoan has won the FA Cup four times and has not performed well in recent years. Last season, he was eliminated by Chinese first division team Sichuan Jiuniu and stopped making the top 32. However, in the first FA Cup match of the season, Guoan still could not play with all their starters. Coach Stanley, who has led Guoan's youth army to perform well in the FA Cup, revealed in Monday's pre-match press conference, "Due to the tight schedule of the Chinese Super League, some players need to rest and adjust, and we will rely mainly on our young players, and the personnel change is the biggest difference between our game and the one before the Chinese Super League." In addition, according to the rules of the FA Cup, Chinese Super League teams cannot use foreign players when facing Chinese B teams, which means that Guoan will use a "full Chinese class" to appear.
Ruan Qilong attended the pre-match press conference with Stanley, which was taken as a sign that he will start in this match, the performance of young players such as Ruan Qilong and Liang Shaowen is expected by Stanley, "This match is very important for the young players, it is a chance for them to show that they need to show the outside world that they are capable enough to play for Beijing Guoan. "
Indeed, apart from previous involvement u apart from the first phase of the league, the young players of the national team don't have much opportunity and time. If the team can go farther in the FA Cup, they may get more exercise.
