After defeating their old hosts Dalian Ren, ending a three-round winless streak, and picking up three valuable points to move up to No. 2 in the Suzhou Division standings, Shenhua head coach Cui Kangxi's first words at the post-match press conference were, "As a coach, I don't really want to go through this kind of competition again."
From 2:0 to 2:2, when Huang Jiahui scored the equalizing goal in the 86th minute, the loss was written on every Shenhua's face. Luckily, in the injury time, Shenhua luckily killed the opponent and took the match against Dalian Ren as they wished.
Choi Kang-hee said: "The first half exposed a lot of our bad habits, in the compactness of the formation, effective pressing were not good. In the second half, although the players changed and had a more outstanding performance, which was converted into two goals, but then we were recovered by two goals, and almost scored a third goal. 2:0 is a dangerous score for us, the players were slack, and we had a problem today. I believe that we will feel a lot after this game, and we will try our best to change afterward."
This is indeed a very worthwhile competition for Shenhua to look back and summarize. Why is it that after taking a two-goal lead, it looks like they can't play? After Dalian equalized the first goal, Choi Kang-hee made a substitution, replacing Adrian and sending in Kim Shin-wook.
Kim Shin-wook, who finished the 40-team World Cup, underwent 14+7 days of blocked medical observation and community health management after returning to Shanghai from South Korea. During this period, Jin Xinyu was unable to carry out normal systematic practice, and could only carry out brief physical exercises in the isolation room. Last Monday, Jin Xinyu returned to the team, practicing with the team for only a week, obviously his physical condition has not recovered to the best. From Jin Xin Yu's performance on the field, he didn't have much effect and didn't put pressure on the opponent's back line.
Before Kim Shin-wook came on the field, Shenhua already had 4 foreigners on the field, so in order to send Kim Shin-wook on the field, one foreigner had to be withdrawn. As a result, Choi Kang-hee's pick was to remove Adrian, the big man of the midfield arrangement. Although Adrian's form in this game was not very good, showing many mistakes in the first half, but in the second half his form was greatly improved, linking up the team's midfield very well. Under his arrangement, Shenhua played a very circulating offense for a period of time in the second half, and the team's first goal was suggested by Adrian.
