This coming October 13, a highly anticipated
AFC Cup (soccer championship)
The tournament is set to kick off, with the exact time of Shanghai Harbor's first round match having been decided. They will battle it out on October 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Chinese B team Xi'an Junwolf, at the Dalianren Youth Training Base.
In order not to delay the valuable training and preparation time, the Harbour Team chose to leave for Dalian immediately after the training on the same day to ensure a reasonable flight schedule.
Team captain Oscar, who unfortunately suffered a broken foot last month, shared his own recovery ahead of the trip, "My toe is recovering well and improving every day, and I'm hoping for a speedy recovery for the
AFC Cup (soccer championship)
Middle for the team."
Talking about the shortening of his recovery period from the originally expected six weeks to the current four weeks, Oscar said, "Thanks to the hard work of the team's medical team and my positive cooperation with the treatment, I believe that I will be able to
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Middle comeback."
Due to the fact that the first round opponent is a China B team and there are no foreigners available, Harbour cannot use foreigners in this round, which means that Oscar will have enough time to adjust his form in the second round match on October 19th.
Oscar is confident in his Chinese teammates, "I believe we can play a great game, my teammates have been doing well in their daily training. We have both experienced veterans and young players and I believe they can play well in this game."
Oscar also paid special attention to
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of the World Qualifying Tournament, "I've been in the
China Super League (soccer league)
Played for five years in the
national soccer team
Have lots of friends and will certainly support them. Gladly.
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It was also great to see Wu Lei and Wang Shenchao do well in the game after their first win of the 12-team tournament against Vietnam."
Oscar revealed that such passes and assists by Stanley Wang are often practiced in the training of the Harbour team, "In training and matches, I will also often pass the ball to Stanley Wang to break the goal. So it's nice to be able to
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It was great to see such a combination of goals in the game."
"The match against Saudi Arabia was a great success for
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It's very tough for that, but you have to win games like that if you want to qualify for the World Cup." Oscar is looking forward to
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Have a better performance, "Winning Vietnam is certainly something to be happy about, but to get a good result, it depends on the performance against strong teams like Australia, Japan and Saudi Arabia."
It is worth mentioning that the trip to Dalian for the
AFC Cup (soccer championship)
of the Harbor team's 28-man roster, head coach Leko brought along five young players under the age of 20. These include three youngsters drawn from the club's U18 team, Zhang Huiyu, Chen Xuhuang and Lv Kun, as well as striker Liu Zhurun and substitute goalkeeper Guo Tong, who competed in the U20 men's soccer tournament at the National Games.
this season
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The first two rounds of the tournament are both single-game tiebreakers, and if the Harbors make it through the first round, they'll face the
China Super League (soccer league)
The winner of the match between Hebei and the Central League's Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic seeks to advance to the last eight.
harbor team
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entry list
Goalkeeper: Chen Wei (
), Dujia, Guo Tong (U20)
Defenders: Maistorovic (foreign aid), Wei Zhen, Yu Hai, He Jiao, Yu Rui, Fu Huan, Lu Wenjun, Li Shenyuan, Zhang Wei, Chen Binbin (
), Lu Kun (U18)
Midfield: Baiti Jiang, Yang Shiyuan, Cai Huikang, Zhang Yi, Zhang Huachen (
), Chen Chunxin, Gao Haisheng, Chen Xihuang (U18), Zhang Huiyu (U18)
Forwards: Li Shenglong, Oscar, Paulinho, Liu Zhuyun (U20), Hu Jinghang
