At 4:45pm on September 28th, the pre-match press conference for the 18th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League (CSL) Supplementary Match between Dalian People's Team and Shanghai Shenhua was held at the Puwan Stadium in Dalian. Dalian People's head coach Xie Hui and Shanghai Shenhua's head coach Wu Jingui both attended the conference.
Commenting on the team's preparations, Coach Wu Jingui said, "In recent days, the team has been actively preparing for the match, while observing the opponent's matches. We have noticed that the opponent has been performing well recently, and the changes and progress this year are remarkable, so we have to pay enough attention to it. For tomorrow's game, we will do our best to play at our best level."
Shenhua is undefeated in the past five rounds of matches, will such a record lead to a change in the team's mentality? Coach Wu Jingui responded clearly: "No. We will take every opponent seriously and give our best in every game. We will take every opponent seriously and go all out in every game, which is our consistent competitive attitude."
Dalian Ren player Yang Xu talked about, "We have been training very seriously in the past few days, and we also had a teaching match to try to find the rhythm of the game, and we hope to present a wonderful game for the fans."
Yang Xu added: "Our team had a change of mindset that affected the game, but in recent games, no matter who the opponent is or how the opponent plays, we have insisted on a me-focused style of play. We have also seen good results, so we will continue this tactical thinking."
Coach Xie Hui said in his introduction of Dalian Ren's preparations, "The next round opponent is Shanghai Shenhua, who have performed very well in both rankings and matches. Technically and tactically, the team led by Mr. Wu has a very high tactical quality, showing very high numbers in the no-ball, on-ball status and in transition, and is able to be ranked in the top three in many difficult situations. This is a very interesting game, I don't want to say it's a tough game, the two teams have very different styles, which is a good thing in terms of soccer itself. I'm also looking forward to what will happen against such an opponent and I hope we can get a good result."
Today the club officially announced Lin Liangming's return to the first team. Regarding Lin Liangming's status and whether he will have a chance to play tomorrow, Coach Xie Hui replied, "Lin Liangming returned to the team's training today, and before that, he trained alone with the fitness coach. Therefore, he can only start from the bench, and I don't think it's very likely for him to start."
In the last round of Dalian people and Guoan team game, the team adopted a new 4312 formation, which is 442 midfield diamond stand. Coach Xie Hui said: "In fact, 433 and 442 diamond in the grafting part is very large, the change is a positive and negative triangle, there are many positions are different diamond, different triangles. As professional players, we can understand these changes, but it does not mean that the formation is completely changed. Three at the back is a bigger formation shift and I don't think it will take too long, in fact we've seen in the last game that we're cutting in very well."
Feng Ze Yuan said, "Our team is currently facing many difficulties and challenges, but this will not prevent us from actively recovering and preparing for tomorrow's match, and we hope that the team will be able to face our opponents in the best spirit tomorrow."
