Jinliang Special
When the clock strikes 18:00 on April 22nd, Changchun Yatai's position will welcome their first match after returning to the Chinese Super League - challenging Dalian Ren. In an intense pre-match press conference, manager Chen Yang revealed that the first match of the league is full of challenges every year, especially with the big changes in coaches and player lineups, and many unknown factors need to be tested through actual matches. As a promoted horse, Changchun Yatai is ready to meet the challenge and strive to achieve satisfactory results.
Looking back at the 2020 season of the Central League, Changchun Yatai easily qualified for the return of the Chinese Super League with their outstanding performance. However, the reality is cruel, with the strength of the Central League to challenge the strong rivals of the Super League, is undoubtedly an egg against a stone. Chen Yang said: "In the Central League, whether it is internal or external, we are a strong team, and all the opponents regard us as a strong team. In terms of results, we also did show the strength of the Central League Champions. Back to the Chinese Super League, we have changed from champions to promoted horses, to a weak team. Therefore, we need to adjust our mentality and fight as an underdog."
Despite being a junior manager, Chen Yang has accumulated a wealth of experience by frequently switching his role as head coach in both the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League A. In particular, the real-world insights of winning against the strong with the weak - the lack of personnel reserves and the adaptation of the pace from the Chinese League A to the Chinese Super League - have allowed the players to deeply realize the cruelty of the Chinese Super League - and -Since the moment Changchun Yatai returned to the Chinese Super League, Chen Yang began the preparation for the 2021 season. As the earliest team to start winter training, Chen Yang's preparations are well organized and have a deep understanding of standing firm in the Chinese Super League - first of all, we have to prepare for the game according to the laws of the Chinese Super League, because the strength of the Chinese Super League players must be stronger than that of the Chinese League, the strength of the foreign aiders is also much stronger, and the game tempo is much faster, which needs to be transformed from the introduction of reinforcements to the team. Secondly, on the spiritual level, we should build the cohesion of the team and rely on the strength of the team to fight the opponents and make up for their own shortcomings.
From assembling in Haikou on January 10 this year to ending its preparations in Shanghai Jinan on April 10, Changchun Yatai not only completed the introduction of 10 new recruits such as Junior, Okore, Eric, Huijiakang and so on during the three-month-long preparatory period, but also achieved the purpose of honing its lineup and rehearsing its technical and tactical skills through 14 warm-up matches. "We made an early move to get a foothold in the Premier League, which is the club's immediate need, not a goal. All of us have only one goal, and that is to fight for the city of Changchun." Talking about the preparation work, Chen Yang said, "The team's tactical play will be designed according to the strength and weakness of the opponent, and multiple sets of tactical play will be drawn up. When the opponent is a strong team, we have to draw up a reasonable tactical play, narrow their own defense zone. When the opponent is equal to us in strength, we have to formulate tactics with high speed offense and defense transformation. In short, it is to defend well in the area away from our goal and then make offensive and defensive transformations."
Due to the winter training and reinforcements and other preparatory work well prepared, so that Changchun Yatai hands of foreign aid is relatively rich. Considering that many teams are unable to reach their full quota of foreign aid this year, Changchun Yatai loaned midfielder Lucas to Beijing Guoan. In contrast, Dalian has only one foreign aid, and manager Jose has just been released from quarantine, ending the previous state of commanding training in the air. Will Chen Yang adjust his tactics in the face of Dalian's lack of foreign aid? "Our preparation period was not only practicing defensive counterattacks, but also rehearsing changes in various competition scenarios and playing styles in various time slots. Our players are very clear about the requirements of the coaching staff. I expect the players to be united and have a good clinical performance in the first match." Chen Yang said.
Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe it's a kind of waiting in the dark. For Changchun Yatai, this is a "revenge" battle that has been waiting for 892 days.In the last round of the 2018 Chinese Super League season, Dalian, then known as Dalian Yifang, beat Changchun Yatai 2-0 at home, resulting in the latter's relegation to the first division. Now, Changchun Yatai's first match after returning to the Chinese Super League faces Dalian people, and the outside world defines this match as a battle of revenge. However, from the point of view of the change of the two teams, this competition after 892 days is actually not much revenge content, because the two teams of coaches and players have changed a lot, especially Changchun Yatai experienced the pain of the year's relegation of coaches and players only Zhang Li, Sun Jie, Yan Zhiyu, Zhou Dadi, Wu Yakhorn, and a small number of players. "Now many players have not experienced that competition, they are more expected to prove themselves through the performance of the whole season, rather than focusing on a particular game. I think this is where a team matures." A club official said.
The new season, Dalian people give people the feeling that has been in the subtraction, its strength is also constantly being questioned by the outside world - foreign aid Garnison temporarily unable to return to the team, Boateng is waiting for a visa, Dalian people manager Jose became the new season of the Chinese Super League last official announcement of the manager. In the face of Dalian people can only rely on a single foreign aid, Changchun Yatai can be said to be strong and courageous. But looking back at the game two years ago, the scene is reversed - at that time, Changchun Yatai lack of soldiers, like Ihalo, Ismailov, Marinho, Yu Rui and other strength of the players because of a variety of reasons for the absence of only Adrian, Vibe two foreign aid to fight, losing is reasonable. Now, Changchun Yatai is full of blood, the club also made the first round of the competition poster of the return to the Chinese Super League with this theme, symbolizing the return to the Chinese Super League with a new attitude.
