Reporter Liu Xiangyu pen, by the extreme weather, the Gusu district tournament was forced to postpone, originally scheduled for July 25, Guoan and Shenhua battle delayed until August 15th. This is currently in the adjustment period of Guoan, accidentally postponed into the gospel, the team was able to rest for many days. In the next round, Guoan will meet Shanghai Harbor, which is also not to be underestimated.
When the second phase of the schedule was announced, Guoan faced two worrying matches against Jinmen Tigers and Yatai. The opponents are not strong, but Guoan has limited tactical options against teams with dense defenses this season, and both matches are played at 4:30pm. Guoan has not performed well in afternoon matches in the past few seasons, let alone in Gusu in the scorching heat.
The results of the two matches proved that the worries were not superfluous, Guoan drew 0-0 with Jinmen Tiger and 0-2 against Yatai. With only one point from two rounds of matches, the team has fallen out of the group of title contenders in the standings. If not for the hurricane, Guoan will next face the Shanghai duo in succession, with the current situation of Guoan, even the strong enemy, I am afraid it is difficult to stop the downward trend.
In three consecutive matches, Guoan scored no goals in sports, and the offensive end was in poor condition; against Yatai, the defense line also exposed problems. To summarize, after the second stage, although Guoan won a tough victory over Hebei, but then the team's form slipped, and the overall situation is worrisome.
This is actually in line with the laws of soccer. The first phase of Guoan's performance was relatively slow and the technical and tactical skills needed to be polished, so the first part of the league was poor and the later part gradually improved. Originally, the coming of the break should be the perfect time for Bilic to find out the problems and solve them, but the reality is that almost all the main players under him are not in the team. In addition to being transferred to the national team of the international players, several of the most important foreign aid are also absent, a long period of time, the national security only twelve or thirteen people can maintain the daily training, tactical integration can not be talked about.
Against Hebei, Guoan won by virtue of two penalties, a tournament Guoan's international players can still be able to top down with the ability, but after a long period of time, the problem is only apparent. Guoan's situation is worse than people think.
"We haven't won the last two games and people up and down the club are not too happy with the results. The good thing is that there is no problem with the way we are playing at the moment, we have created a lot of scoring chances in the two fixtures, now we need to find ways to score goals and convert those chances into goals. And of course, on the defensive end we need to improve and prevent some unnecessary mistakes." Bilic said. Getting the power not to score can accurately summarize the state of the past two games of the national security. Since the style of play "no problem", that is the personnel situation has not been adjusted.
Compared to the first stage, Guoan in the personnel of the "bones", the axis of the three important players missing, Kim Minya is not in, Bieira is still recovering from injury, Bakambu although present, but now presents only 30% of the Bakambu. In addition, the international players in the Guoan lineup also need to adjust their status. The fatigue of the international players is not only presented in the Guoan family, most of the teams have such a problem. It is normal for players to have ups and downs in their form, plus the hot afternoon field, all of which have become factors affecting Guoan's condition.
"The course of these two tournaments also shows that once we go behind we have to play adventurously so that our opponents have chances when they play defensive counterattacks. If we can get a goal first, the opponents won't have many chances." Bilic stated the plain truth, and fans who have watched the game for a few years know the problems that Guiao is having right now, "Now we need to make sure that we can have quality training. During the game, I want the players to concentrate in the two penalty areas. Fight for goals while preventing conceding." To win a game, it's all about scoring and not conceding, but to do that is not as easy as it sounds.
In the pre-match conference against Shenhua, Bilic purposely brought along Zhang Yuning in the hope that this could inspire his form. The past two games, Zhang Yuning did waste some opportunities, but in Bakambu is not in the frequency of time, Zhang Yuning one person to do is too much, Guoan can not bet on a certain person's body, multi-point blossoming is the biggest feature of Guoan these years. Even if Bieira is not there, Guoan also has the ability to do so, perhaps they need just another day or two of rest.
From this perspective, the postponement of the match against Shenhua is good news for Guoan. On the one hand, the international players can be well adjusted, Bilic also a few more days to summarize the team's style of play, in addition, for Park Cheng and Wang Gang's recovery is also a great help. Park Cheng and Wang Gang two in the past two games have been on the bench, interval back to the starting lineup is not far away, both are the attacking end of the big generals, at least can be the first to solve the problem of the attack of the national security a little bit.
The fixture against Shenhua was postponed and Guoan will next face Seaport on July 28th. This is a much tougher opponent than Shenhua, as Guoan lost 1-3 to Seaport in the first round of this season. Bilic and Leko are both in the same division and will have coffee together, but hometown is hometown, and they still have to get their face back on the field. The first time Bilic lost, he wanted to get back in the game. Guoan's first battle with the harbor, the first three minutes of the opening game, conceded two consecutive goals, the first to dig a big hole for themselves, and then the course of the game in fact, Guoan advantage, and more opportunities. So if we meet again, as long as Guoan doesn't dig a hole for themselves, the two sides are still 50-50 situation.
Now Guoan, as Bilic said, has to get goals before they can be sure of winning. After trying the striker combination of Zhang Yuning partnering Wang Ziming for two games, Bakambu should be back in the starting lineup next.
Bakambu after playing this stage will probably leave Guoan, Guoan sooner or later have to get used to the situation without him, but if he can quickly get back in shape, especially in the tournament against the two teams in Shanghai, and then dedicate a few goals for Guoan, but also be regarded as a democratic Congolese striker to leave the old owner of the last "gift".
