Article source: Yangcheng Evening News
At 17:30, Canton will play at
China Super League (soccer league)
The team took on Shanghai Harbor in the fourth round of the first phase of the league. This match was originally
China Super League (soccer league)
The summit clash between luxury teams, accompanied by Guangzhou's competitiveness is not what it used to be, made the balance of victory completely fall in favor of Shanghai Seaport.
new season
China Super League (soccer league)
After three rounds of fighting, the youth-oriented Guangzhou team lost consecutively to
Shanghai Shenhua (soccer team)
Wuhan Sanzhen and Wuhan Changjiang have suffered their first three consecutive losses to start a season in team history and are the only teams in the league yet to break their goal drought.
Last round against Wuhan Changjiang, Guangzhou team shot 13 times, playing the best offensive performance of the season so far, just one goal away from breaking the windowpaper, the offensive end began to spark, which is a positive signal. In this regard, head coach Liu Zhiyu believes that the players in the attacking line have been working very hard, "Everyone is familiarizing themselves with each other, after all, the young strikers and the players who have had outstanding performances in the league before still need some time to gel, in fact, we have already made a variety of attempts and efforts in the attacking side."
Does the three consecutive losses make the Guangzhou team have a greater sense of crisis? Liu Zhiyu answered bluntly: "This team from the formation to now, everyone's sense of crisis has always existed. We do not mention the goal now, is to fight one game at a time, all the players are working hard to fight, at present or to put down the burden to do a good job at the moment."
first round
Shanghai Shenhua (soccer team)
In the last match against Wuhan Changjiang, Guangzhou used four defenders on the defensive end and conceded only one goal in both matches. The main defender Wu Shaocong is back from suspension, and the team is expected to play with four defenders, first based on defense and then wait for the opportunity to attack. "After three league games, the players are gradually familiarizing themselves with and adapting to the rhythm of the league. The key to deciding the winner of this game is still to see who makes fewer mistakes and who is more focused." Liu Zhiyu said. Wu Shaocong, who attended the pre-match conference together, also believes that the team is improving with every game, "As long as we keep improving our shortcomings, the victory will come sooner or later."
Shanghai Harbour Team won their first game of the season with a 2-0 victory over Hebei, with newcomers Zhang Linpeng and N'Diaye both scoring their first goals of the season. The biggest attraction of this match is that Zhang Linpeng and Xu Xin, who is returning from a two-round suspension, will face their old masters.
Despite the lack of offensive duo Oscar and Muy two foreign aid, the team in the pre-season preparation is not systematic, but the overall strength of the Shanghai seaport team is still significantly stronger than the Guangzhou team, the manager Leco also believes that the team's performance in the last round in the offensive and defensive ends has been significantly improved, coupled with Zhang Linpeng and N'Diaye, and other new recruits in recovery, which will be a serious test for the losing streak of the Guangzhou team.
