At 4:30 p.m. yesterday, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers started a fierce duel with Beijing Guoan in the 6th round of this season's Chinese Super League, and the two sides finally shook hands with a score of 0:0. Jinmen Tigers managed to hold on to a valuable point in this "boring battle". After the game, many commentators called the game a "dull draw", and such an evaluation was also confirmed in another game held in Gusu on the same day between Wuhan and Shanghai Harbor. Yu Dabao, an international player who used to play for Tianjin, summarized the game in a post-match interview to represent many views: "The game wasn't exciting, but we finished the game in good health. ......"
It was an exceptionally sunny day in Gusau yesterday, the hottest day for the Zim Tigers since their arrival on the 16th of this month. Although the weather forecast showed a maximum temperature of 33 degrees Celsius, playing outdoors in direct sunlight made the body temperature even more unimaginable. Especially in this game held in the Gusu Olympic Sports Center outside, before the game, both sides of the players in the temporary construction of the color steel room waiting, I am afraid that the television set in front of the Tianjin fans also feel the heat. The description of the southern people on the heat, but also let a person empathy - fan blowing the wind like a hairdryer, and "where cool where to stay to go" this sentence, both on the heat of the flirtation, but also full of love.
In such a hot weather, facing Beijing Guoan, who still had a number of international players in the game although their lineup was not complete, the starting eleven of Jinmen Tigers were Teng Shangkun, Kadar, Li Songyi, Jin Yangyang, Chen Kerui, Zhao Yingjie, Zhou Tong, Qian Yumiao, Su Yuanjie, Xie Weijun, and Iroquois. The team's tactical arrangement was very clear, that is, defensive counterattack. Despite the fact that Guoan dominated the first half in terms of ball control and shots on goal, the Jinmen Tigers' players were focused on the field and handled the ball appropriately, and the field was not as lopsided as one might expect.
In the second half, the Jinmen Tigers used all five substitutions, replacing the newly joined foreigner Magno Cruz, veterans Bai Yuefeng, Cong Zhen, Park Taoyu and the new domestic player Wang Jianan. Jin Yangyang's debut performance was moderate, perfectly filling the team's lineup vacancies, while Magno's debut brightened the eyes of fans. His excellent awareness, clear passing routes and superb individual skills were all on display in just over 30 minutes. Several attacks initiated by him posed a considerable threat to the Guoan team's goal, especially a missed opportunity by Su Yuanjie, which almost made people choke. In the last ten minutes of the game after successfully defusing Guoan team's intensive attack, the two teams ended up with a 0:0 draw, goalkeeper Teng Shangkun made a number of brilliant saves in the process.
After three consecutive victories, Guoan failed to maintain the momentum of victory. After the match, head coach Bilic expressed his regret for the draw, but also emphasized that the Jinmen Tigers were very tenacious and resolute in the execution of their tactics, so the draw was fair. Jinmen Tigers head coach Yu Genwei recognized the performance of Jin Yangyang and Magno and said, "The result of the match reflects the overall performance of both sides, our players were very committed on the field, as a coach I am satisfied. However, from the whole game, we still have a lot of problems to solve, especially in the offensive end, we did not show the full results of our training."
The temporary lounge in the outfield of Gusu Olympic Sports Center is very small, before the game and during halftime, the staff of the two teams even had to wait at the door, leaving the limited space for the "most needy". After the game, the head coaches of the two teams had to go to the infield press conference room a few hundred meters away to attend the post-game conference, while the players had to go to the infield to take a shower. By the time the teams left the field and returned to their hotels, it was more than an hour after the game had ended. The Tsimshatsui Tigers have maintained stability at this stage of the heat, and they will need to keep up their good form and work hard to solve the problems they have identified in order to achieve better results as a reward for their hard work during the preparation period.
