September 3, 2023, Beijing time
China Premier League (CPL)
In the 16th round of the competition, Guangzhou City defeated Tianjin Jinmen Tigers 2-0 at home with Song Wenjie's second goal, ending a 13-game losing streak. Guangzhou City's manager Li Wei Feng was positive about his team's performance as they opened the door on their debut, while Tianjin Jinmen Tiger's manager Yu Genwei was outspoken and said it was the worst performance of the season for his team. After the game, Li Wei Feng said: "Today is indeed very tired, I said to the players, first put down the winning things, because you are this level. Today, many players can only play up to 60 or 70 minutes. To do better, they should train more and give more to the team. If I had been given more time, our defense would have been better than it was today. You have to fight, you need methods, it's not like you go to the battlefield with a knife and a gun and you can kill people, we just grabbed the small details today and we did a good job." Li Wei Feng also emphasized, "We want to become a master of cooking, is there a dish to cook, or to pick the ingredients. I brought these people, I will not ask the team to come a few more foreign aid, these are empty words, we have to play the existing players well. Any team, even if you have a good lineup, you can't do it without a fight. What is the gap between Chinese and Korean soccer? When you are tired, others are still holding on." Talking about his former national teammates, Yu Genwei and Zheng Zhi, who have now become the mid-generation soil managers, Li Wei Feng emphasized, "Any Guangzhou people, Guangzhou fans, if they want better results from our team, they can make our team survive this season. We get to this age now, we should do what we should do at this age, take responsibility for the national team soccer. It's a good time for us now, there's less money, there's no bubble, that's what we want, we need to learn and fight." Tianjin Jinmen Tigers skipper Yu Genwei admitted after the game that it was the worst game played this season: "We lost a game we shouldn't have lost, and we really didn't play well enough in the first half, which was the worst contest of the season. The team's form has been fluctuating lately, so we need to go back and summarize our performance and prepare for the next game. Our next game against Guangzhou is still held in Guangzhou, after a little rest we still need to put our energy into the next game." Yu Genwei added: "I don't think it's an embarrassing situation yet, in the game both teams win or lose is normal, than which team's mental state is better. In the first half, our state of mind is not as good as the other team's, and it's normal to fall behind by two goals. The second half through the adjustment also gradually into the state, the game is like this, the trailing party wants to recover the score, the other side will also create obstacles, this is the game of soccer."
