In the Asian qualifying round of 12, our team against Australia, Shanghai harbor foreign aid Muy came on in the 68th minute, although he has not participated in the systematic training and competition for nearly 3.5 months, but in just 20 minutes, he still showed extraordinary strength.
Mooi, who is undoubtedly the centerpiece of the team's midfield as the most expensive player in the Australian squad, will be in attendance throughout the Round of 12. This also means that Mooi, along with our players in the Harbour team, will not be able to return to his club until after the sixth round of the 12-team tournament on Nov. 16, thus missing out on the mid-October start of the
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Race.
Despite the fact that Moue will be absent, compared to the last nine games of the first phase of the Super League, with the summer signing of Paulinho and the return of Croatian center back Mai Storović from injury, the Harbour
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There are still plenty of wide receivers at the tournament.
Paulinho has already represented Harbour in
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made five appearances, contributing two goals and two assists. In
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His rapport with the team will also grow in the nearly month and a half of training before.
Mystorovic, the centerpiece of the Harbor's defense this year under new manager Leko, missed the season after having to return to Europe for surgery and rehab due to a serious knee injury suffered in an intrasquad scrimmage earlier in the season
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All matches in the first stage.
In August, Mystorovic, who has basically recovered, entered the country and began to undergo quarantine against the epidemic. On Monday, when the Harbour players regrouped from their vacation, Maistorovic, who had completed his quarantine, was already on the team's training ground.
Currently, the Croatian center back has not yet joined the full team for a training session, as he is actively doing recovery training under the guidance of Edu, the head of the club's medical team. It is reported that there is still about a week or so to go before Mestrovic can train with the ball and is expected to catch up with the
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The Match.
Oscar, Lopez, Paulinho and Maestrović, which should be the Seaport team out of the game
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of the outside back combination.
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It is the only domestic trophy that Shanghai Harbour Club has not yet captured. Therefore, except for the first round where the number of foreigners playing is limited due to the opponent being a lower division team, it is likely that manager Leko will try to use all four foreigners in the starting lineup as much as possible.
Oscar, Paulinho and Lopez will form the team's attacking trident up front. It will be up to Leko to weigh in on whether Maestrovic will play as a trailing center back or a wing halfback if he recovers well.
Replacing Maestrović as
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Wei Zhen, Harbour's main drag-flick center back in the first phase, has been outstanding, and is the only player in the team to play all 14 games, so it's clear that Leko has a lot of trust in him. Without breaking the existing three center backs system, perhaps Leko will use Mystorovic, who is more talented on the ball, to play right center back.
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The switch from right wingback to right centerback in the last few rounds of the first phase was also due to the fact that Leko valued his ball striking talent and consistency more. Now Stanley Wong is following
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Playing in the Big 12, will miss
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of the tournament, Maestrović is just the man to fill that void.
As for the December
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The Contenders Group competition, if all goes well, will see Mui return in time for the Harbour to put together five foreigners for the first time this year.
In previous interviews, Leko has said that he is looking forward to the new midfield combination of Oscar, Paulinho and Moui, "It is very important to have these three high-level players, and I hope that when they start in the group of contenders, they can debut together and prove that our expectations are not a waste of time, and, more importantly, that they can help the team to achieve results. "
Maistorovic should also have a starting position, after all, the title group rivals in Shandong Taishan, Shenzhen team have excellent header talent offensive players, the seaport team need the air defense talent strong foreign center back.
It would appear that if Lopez is unable to
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If he proves himself with more goals in the competition, he will basically be the fifth foreigner for Harbour in the Champions League stage.
