At night, the 21st round of the Chinese Super League resumed, Guangzhou City will meet the challenge of Shenzhen at their own stadium. On one side, Guangzhou City is in the relegation whirlpool, and on the other side, Shenzhen continues to slide down the rankings. Both teams are in desperate need of points, especially Guangzhou City, who are only in single digits and have a strong desire to win. However, Shenzhen's recent situation is also worrying, this trip to Yuexiu Mountain, at least take away a point is their small goal.
Li Wei Feng said bluntly: what face we say rotation?
In the last match, Guangzhou City lost 0-2 to Shanghai Seaport on the road, both in terms of scores and scenes. Nonetheless, Guangzhou City's two-game winning streak was interrupted by a strong Harbor team, but it was still acceptable. For Guangzhou City, the real rivals are not the teams at the top of the table, but those who are also struggling in the relegation line.
After 18 rounds of intense fighting, Guangzhou City is in the bottom two with 3 wins and 15 losses, 8 points away from Wuhan Changjiang (17 points) outside the relegation zone, with the risk of relegation looming.
Talking about the loss to Seaport, Guangzhou City's head coach Li Wei Feng admitted that the power gap with Seaport was obvious, but the team had a respectable performance in the game. "In that game, we did a good job of running distance and sprinting distance, but we just lacked a keen insight into the game," Li Wei Feng said, "I have full confidence in the players, and now all we have to do is to play the next game well."
In the last round of games, the first striker Song Wenjie failed to play, after 10 days of rest, Song Wenjie has returned to the team. Li Wei Feng said frankly, at this moment, the team has no time to care about the "rotating lineup", every game is a matter of life and death. He said: "We are still qualified to talk about rotation? We can only go all out!"
Zhang Xiaorui emphasized: the situation is grim, we all know it!
Shenzhen, who are also in dire straits, have only 10 more points (19) than Guangzhou City and are also desperate to stop the bleeding. Zhang Xiaorui, acting head coach of Shenzhen, said the game is worth six points. He said, "Everyone is aware of the current situation and we all need points, so we have to go all out for a win."
In terms of physical fitness, SZF is slightly inferior to Guangzhou City. Contrasting with Guangzhou City's "wait and see", SZF played 3 matches in the "bye period" and was fatigued. Facing Wuhan Changjiang, Shandong Taishan and Changchun Yatai, SZFC traveled from north to south, and the 5 flights made the team's actual training time very limited. As Zhang Xiaorui said: "We have been flying, the team mainly focus on recovery, the training volume is very small."
Fortunately, due to the gradual resolution of the home problem, Foshan's Nanhai Sports Center will soon be put into use, the deep football is expected to be in Foshan continuous "home" games. However, the earliest will be the end of October. At present, SZFC needs to prepare for the match with Guangzhou City and the next match with Shanghai Shenhua in Haikou.
SZF has been plagued by injuries before, especially the foreigners. Thankfully, South Korean center back Lim Chae-min is gradually coming out of his injury and is expected to play against Guangzhou City, which is undoubtedly good news for SZF, who are unstable at the defensive end.
