On October 13th, Football Daily revealed that Guangzhou City will start an 8-day closed training in Dafeng District, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. Afterwards, the team will move to Dalian without stopping to prepare for the upcoming Chinese Super League match with Shenhua. Li Wei Feng, head coach of Guangzhou City, revealed that the training is aimed at supplementing and reinforcing the insufficient contents of the previous training.
"The first and foremost purpose of these 8 days of training is to minimize external interference, followed by making up for previous sessions that have not been trained in depth." Li Wei Feng said, "The players have been putting in efforts recently, but they are still lacking in physical fitness, which is related to some injuries and lack of physical fitness conditions in the team. In this training session, we will focus on reserving physical fitness in order to gain an advantage in the game."
During these 8 days of training, Guangzhou City team plans to play one or two warm-up matches to test the attacking tactics in the mid-field. Li Wei Feng emphasized that despite his short time in charge of the team, the first thing to do is to make sure the defense is solid, followed by gradually improving the level of other tactics. "Guangzhou City's midfield is not bad, but we still need to make adjustments and sacrifices in the game according to the actual situation." He believes that every game is crucial and must be played at full strength, "It's a challenge for every player and we need to increase their sense of urgency."
In the first 15 rounds of the league, Guangzhou City team had a big difference with other teams. However, in the last 5 rounds, the team's performance and ranking have improved. Li Wei Feng encouraged his players not to focus too much on the results of the first 15 rounds, "I want you to focus on the recent performance, we are still a strong team. I want you to believe in yourselves, we have the ability to play well and have more confidence."
