Beijing, July 18, 2021 Season
China Super League (soccer league)
In the 6th round of the league, a key battle between Guangzhou and Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic started. Yin Congyao broke the deadlock in the first half, then Wei Shihao and Gao Junyi scored successively to overtake the score, and Yang Liyu added another goal in the second half, which finally made Guangzhou 3-1 reverse to Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic.
After the match, Guangzhou's head coach Carnavaro said: "Our tactical play and formation in this match had some changes, mainly based on the adjustments we made in the absence of midfielders. Luo Guofu was also able to play, and he did well after coming on the pitch. I think it's important to rotate to a certain extent without affecting the result of the game. What I'm most happy about is seeing Li Xuepeng and Luo Guofu back, but they're not yet fit to play the full 90 minutes, they've been out for a long time, and the weather in Guangzhou is quite hot. I know our squad is not as complete as in previous years and our bench is not as thick, but we will not be intimidated by these difficulties and we will work together to overcome them one by one."
Concerning the first goal conceded in the opening match, Cannavaro said: "The reason for conceding the goal is that our training time is still relatively short, especially in this game, we only had 10 minutes to prepare for the three defenders formation. It's not that we haven't played this formation before, but this game had new requirements that were different from the previous ones. Zhong Yihao may not have played as a right wingback before, and appeared more on the left side, and that loss of the ball may have been more of a result of focusing on the ball, and being too close to the center himself, and then the ball was too far away when it was transferred over, and there was no way to make up for it."
For He Chao and Wei Shihao's departure, Cannavaro explained: "He Chao is just a simple cramp problem, the first game he didn't play much time, this game his coverage area is also relatively large, the performance is still very good, we have to be arranged according to his technical characteristics, if you utilize it well, he can be of great help to the team. And Wei Shihao was replaced it, I inwardly want to let Wei Shihao play more time, since Wei Shihao last year after the injury, he has not returned to that everyone knows the state, I want to give him more time to find the best state."
As for Ickerson, who has been sitting on the bench for this game, Cannavaro bluntly said that today is to let him rotate and rest.
