0-0! On the evening of 8th, the 13th round of the Central League "top battle" ended. Nanjing City did not score much and failed to take down the leader Guangxi Pingguo at home, and the gap with the opponent is still 4 points. However, the content of the game still satisfied head coach Cao Rui. Since Cao Rui became the coach of Nanjing City, the team has maintained an undefeated record of 4 wins and 3 draws in the league, and has once again peeked at the door of the Chinese Super League.
Won the first three in a row and chipped in five points.
From the recent three matches in round 11, 12 and 13, Nanjing City firstly drew 1-1 with second-ranked Qingdao West Coast on the road at that time, and beat Jinan Xingzhou, which was ranked third at that time, 2-1. In the 13th round home match against Guangxi Pingguo, Nanjing City had an absolute advantage on the field, especially in the second half, almost bombarded around the Pingguo Hanyin goal, but unfortunately did not score a goal. However, Pingguo Hanyin was not without chances. In the second half, a header attack was almost a goal, but Huang Zihao played a courageous game and put the ball over the crossbar.
After the draw with Guangxi Pingguo, Cao Rui said: "First of all, I am very grateful to the players. It was very hot in Nanjing today. In this situation, the players worked hard for 90 minutes. I'm satisfied with what was on the pitch. To be honest, I'm not satisfied with the result because two teams with similar strengths may have one or two absolute chances. If we had taken them, we could have won. We must now improve our ability to take absolute chances."
Cao Rui has revamped the team to 60 or 70%.
Before the start of this season's China First Division League, Nanjing City was one of the few teams that clearly shouted the slogan "overtake". However, in the first six rounds of matches, the team only achieved two wins, three draws and one loss. At that time, they were 9 points behind the super zone 5 points, the results are not satisfactory. Subsequently, Cao Rui, a famous Jiangsu soccer player who led Nantong Zhiyun to succeed in the Super League last season, replaced Oscar as the head coach of Nanjing City. Now Cao Rui has led the team to play 7 rounds of league matches with an undefeated record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 15 points, and the team is finally on the right track.
At present, Cao Rui's appointment is very timely for Nanjing City team. Although this round failed to win and Nanjing City's ranking temporarily dropped to the third in the Central League, the team is still standing in the overtaking sequence.
After the match on the evening of the 8th, when asked "whether the transformation of the team after taking office has met the expectations", Cao Rui said: "Transformation of a team may take half a year to a year, but to be honest, our players contact a month or so is very good, and the ability to understand it is also very strong, so I think that at this stage has reached 60% to 70% of the team. 60 to 70 percent, pretty good."
Now, Nanjing City is in the third place with 24 points, and the gap with Guangxi Pingguo Ha Rang is still 4 points, while Sichuan Jiuniu is in the second place with 26 points after winning this round. In the next round, Nanjing City will usher in another "6-point battle", they will be on the road and Sichuan Jiuniu head-to-head confrontation.
