The fact that Tri-Town launched such a fierce offense too early gave the wrong impression that they were able to win the big game. However this was not the case. Before the end of the first half, Dalian nearly broke through when they hit the crossbar once. The close call came from a mistake by Liu Dengzhi, who has made such a mistake more than once this season.
In the second half, the three towns' offenses became more intense. They replaced defender Wallace with Davidson, which was obvious. However, the Brazilian, who was injured for a long time, did not adjust his form well. They were cut off with the ball on several occasions, causing the team's offense to come to a sudden halt. Throughout the game, the three Town Chargers had 64% possession of the ball and only four correct shots from 16 feet. Edmilson and Aziz missed multiple scoring chances and the team had problems converting shots. You should know that last season, Three Town killed Dalian Ren in two games, scoring six goals. At that time, Dalianjin's lineup was strong enough. Malcolm scored six goals and four goals each. However, in today's Three Towns, there is still no one who can replace Malcolm.
The three towns have played six home matches since the start of the tournament without a single win. They lost 0-2 to Harbour, drew 1-1 with Guoan, drew 0-0 with Zhejiang, drew 3-3 with Chengdu Rongcheng, drew 1-1 with Shandong Taishan, and drew 0-0 with Dalian Ren. 5 draws and 1 loss were clear failures, which directly led to the team's early departure from the championship group. The curse of invincibility at home. I believe it will also be a big stone weighing on the chest of the generals of the three towns. The longer it goes on, the more pressure naturally builds and the more you come up for air. Judging by the current state of affairs in the three towns, it may not be a short time before that stone is removed.
There has always been a saying that a change of manager is like a change of sword, however, after this change of manager in Sanzhen, it has not brought any obvious change in the Chinese Super League match field. Dalian are currently at the bottom of the table and have failed to beat the vice-champions, which has undoubtedly dealt a big blow to the morale of San Zhen's players. It seems that the new head coach Takabatake needs to face a lot of problems to be solved.
