Tri-Town have put in over a month of intense preparation for the upcoming final eight fixtures in a bid to achieve their goal of reaching the Premier League by the end of the season.
In the third round of matches, Tri-Town showed amazing strength and won consecutive matches to secure the second place in the table. Looking back at the first three rounds, Tri-Town experienced stormy weather, both thrilling victories and unexpected loss of points, constant lineup adjustments and frequent coaching changes, which were both warmly received by fans and subjected to tremendous questioning pressure. Fortunately, before the start of the fourth stage, the team gradually found the best state, offensive and defensive ends have grown into a strong rival in the Central League, so that the outside world forgets that they are only a new army in the Central League.
With the AFC Cup coming to an end in mid-October, the Sanzhen team took a short break of less than a week to prepare for the match. They carried out physical recovery training in Wuhan and moved to Foshan at the end of October for two weeks of intensive training, during which they also played a number of warm-up matches. 11 November, the team arrived in Meizhou in advance to adapt to the playing environment. In the national soccer world, the three towns team can be said to be the least vacation, the most active preparation, the most diligent training team.
In the upcoming fourth stage, the Three Towns team will face strong teams such as Rongcheng, Kunshan, Hakka and Zhejiang in turn, with each game being like a six-point battle. Facing eight strong matches, acting head coach Pedro said, "For us, the fourth stage is the final of the finals, we need a stronger will and unyielding faith, despite the strength of our opponents, we are not afraid to strive to grab back the points in the last eight matches."
The Sanzhen team will face off with Rongcheng at the Wuhua Olympic Sports Center on Nov. 22 at 7:35 p.m. With 61 and 55 points respectively, the game is clearly close.
Pedro revealed that the team has thoroughly analyzed the opponents and hopes to play at the best level in the match, "This match will be the best moment to test the results of the players' active preparation." Captain Deng Zhuoxiang also said, "In every game in the fourth stage, we will play it as a final, from the first minute to the last moment of the game, we will follow the coach's arrangement to get the best result."
It is worth mentioning that the FA will introduce the VAR refereeing system in some of the matches in the fourth phase of the competition, and for this match, Wang Wei (Beijing) will be the video assistant referee.
