In tonight's 23rd round of the Chinese Super League, Guoan beat Henan 2-1 with penalty kicks from Zhang Yuning and Kang Xiangyou for their third consecutive victory. After the match, Henan Songshan Dragons coach Javier attended the press conference.
Javier said, "It was a very tough game, both sides were very close and we were the more aggressive side, the opponents kept waiting for the chance to counterattack. Opponent No. 9 (Zhang Yuning) was very good and they scored first through counter-attacks."
Javier then said, "We made it a point at halftime to emphasize that we had to attack effectively with a solid defense, and that the game could get out of hand if we continued to concede goals. We continued to attack our opponents in the second half, which my players did, and we also got a lot of good chances to almost score again after the team equalized."
Javier said in the last moments, "Before the last game, we gave a penalty to the opponent, which shows that the players are not very mature big team game against a strong team, a detail can decide the game. We played a good game process in this game, but the result was not satisfactory, we paid a big price and we will learn from the details. Of course, we also saw a lot of positives, the team showed a lot of competitiveness and played a good course of the game against a strong team, we are also a team that is improving but still lacks some experience and is not very mature."
