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In the second round, Dalian People will face Guangzhou City on June 8th. In the first round of the tournament, Xie Hui's team drew 2-2 with Henan Songshan Longmen, which was an eye-opener. Xie pointed out that the players need to immerse themselves in cold water to achieve "complete calmness", and he expressed his respect for Guangzhou City's tactical style: "They are the best team in China!
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of refreshing power."
Xie Hui said: "The focus of the recent training is to have the players undergo ice therapy after the training, not only the body and legs, even the head should be dipped into the ice water to keep cool. I'm not too happy with the current atmosphere of preparation for the game, an atmosphere that could put the players in the wrong position and I need to throw some cold water on them. We can't talk about winning without winning. Thank you to the fans and the media for their support, but we should have the resistance to do so." Talking about Guangzhou City, Xie Hui showed enough respect. Despite Guangzhou City's 1-4 defeat against Changchun Yatai in the last round of matches, Xie Hui thinks it doesn't mean anything. "At the moment we don't know what kind of difficulties we will encounter in the next game. Guangzhou City had competed for the title last season and suffered some challenges this season. The 1-4 scoreline in the last round is somewhat misleading." Xie Hui believes Changchun Yatai, Guangzhou City's opponent in the last round, is the favorite to compete for the title this season. "If the team with the least problems in the league right now, I prefer Changchun Yatai, who are the most prepared and are the favorites for the title. With their team's front three, if they are ranked second in the league, there is no first." "This one is more challenging than the last one, both Li Tixiang and Chen Zhichao are experienced players in the Chinese Super League, and I really appreciate their soccer thinking. For modern soccer, high-pressure pressing is not the most courageous soccer, the most courageous is not easy big kicks at the back, but organizing attacks. Guangzhou City is one of the best players in the Chinese
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of a refreshing force. We are going to give it our all and focus 120% on preparing for this game." When asked if he will stick to the high press throughout the season, Xie Hui responded, "The high press is not a new topic, it started 15 years ago, only that it was implemented late in China. I've used this approach before in Nantong and will stick to it." (Sohu Sports Pei Li)
