April 21, Beijing
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Team skipper Bilic arrives for the 2021 season
China Super League (soccer league)
Pre-match conference for the first round of the league. 23rd.
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The team will have a great matchup with
Shanghai Shenhua (soccer team)
The team's "Beijing-Shanghai war". Bilic indicated that the strength of the two teams is not a big distance, the competition will not be one-sided, he and his teammates are now ready for the difficulties.
Bilic at the launch
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The team arrived at the Gusu tournament on the evening of the 19th, and the first practice session was held on the 20th, in which Bilic practiced the offensive and defensive tactics against Shenhua. Regarding the team's preparation, Bilic said at the conference, "As far as I know, the
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The competition with Shenhua is equivalent to
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The team is well prepared for the national derby. With such a crucial competition in the first round of the new season, I hope the team will play with positive and active tension and reap a positive result."
Bilic admitted that although he came to China to coach only a short three months, but he knows more and more about the players, the scope of understanding is not limited to the technical and tactical talent on the field, but also includes off-field temperament and preferences, which help the coaching staff to make the right personnel organization.
Last season.
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The team's third-place finish in the league under French-born boss Genesio has led to talk of a
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The team's play in the new season has more waiting. To this, Bilic responded, "Indeed, now my homework is mainly two parts, one is to make the team stick to the active aspects that were originally shown on the field, and the other is to make up for some of the detailed problems that I had previously observed. This coaching idea has now seen results in practice and teaching matches."
Compared to last season's first five rounds of opponents, this season's
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The team's journey is relatively unfavorable. Especially in the midfield center Augusto failed to return to the team, Bieira, Bakambu two foreign aid to return to the team in a short period of time, will be in the first two rounds of the league suffered in this season's two favorites to win the title Shenhua and Shanghai Harbour, these are the Bilic coaching ability of the huge challenge.
In this regard, Bilic pragmatically stated, "In terms of personnel strength, there is not much distance between the two teams. Shenhua is
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The veteran team, coupled with a number of new recruits to join this season, the strength should not be underestimated. This game will not appear one-sided situation, will certainly play very stalemate, depending on who can better grasp the trend of the game."
He also gave the fans a good "precautionary": "the first game of the season, we do not have to wait too long, the league is long, the team will not be in the first round of the season to play a high level. But we will work hard towards this goal, make progress in every game, show our own characteristics in the competition, and go on bravely."
Korean center back Kim Min Ja, who previously suffered a toe injury, has begun to practice with the team after arriving in Gusu, and it seems that he has recovered from his injury brilliantly. But Bilic did not clearly leak whether Kim Min Ja will enter the list of the competition. "Kim Min Ja is the same as other foreign aid, the arrival time is relatively short. From the practice, every player's condition is good, about who can play, this even became my happy trouble."
Choi Kang-hee arrives for the launch
Shenhua boss Choi Kang-hee, who later arrived at the conference, stated, "
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It is a team with outstanding attacking organization and midfield strength, and we have made special arrangements for individual positions. This is our first game of the season and the result will affect the overall atmosphere of the team, so I attach great importance to it. The team's overall preparation is doing well and I'm very much looking forward to winning this game."
Talking about the status of the team's strikers, Choi Kang-hee said, "Kim Shin-wook and Bassogol have shown good physical condition in practice, and the other players' competitive condition is also very good. I will carefully consider what combination to make tactical organization."
