On a hot summer's day, with the heat wave in Tianjin city, the Jinmen Tigers soccer team started an intense and exciting warm-up match at the Tuanbo Soccer Stadium, marking the start of the second half of the first phase of this season's Chinese Super League. In this matchup, Shenzhen defeated Jinmen Tigers 2:0 with a first half goal from foreign aid player Caldecott and an assist from Vaccaro.
Despite the fact that the temperature outdoors was extremely high yesterday and sweat soaked through the back of the clothes, the Shenzhen team still wanted to start the game in a closed environment before the match. However, many fans still braved the heat to come to the Tuanbo soccer stadium in anticipation of a glimpse of the match. After urgent negotiations between the Jinmen Tigers and the Shenzhen team, the final decision was made to open the stands to fulfill the fans' wishes.
On the day of the match, the starting goalkeeper of the Jinmen Tigers was still Fang Jingqi, and in other positions, Zhou Tong, Kadar, Gao Jiarun, Jin Yangyang, Qian Yumiao, Cong Zhen, Wang Jiarnan, Su Yuanjie, Zhao Yingjie, and Xie Weijun were all on the field. In terms of overall tactics, the Tianjin Tigers continued to adhere to the defensive counterattack style of play. Toward the end of the first half, Zhao Yingjie's free kick hit the lintel and nearly broke the deadlock.
At the beginning of the second half, the Jinmen Tigers made a massive substitution, with players such as Li Songyi, Chen Korui, Song Yue, Park Taoyu, Yang Wanshun, Barton, Wang Zhenghao, and Iroquois taking the field. The coaching team's move is obviously to fully mobilize each player's status under the existing staffing, to achieve high-quality rotation in the high-intensity schedule, to maintain the team's combat effectiveness, while preventing injuries. Shenzhen team in the second half of the most striking change is the Achim Peng on the field, the scene fans have applauded him. Both sides exchanged goals in the second half, but neither side scored, and Shenzhen eventually won by 2:0. In the previous first warm-up match, the Jinmen Tigers won 4:2, Shenzhen team also in Tianjin training period and the Jinmen Tigers played two warm-up matches, both sides won one.
According to the plan, from now to the 16th departure to Suzhou, the training of the Jinmen Tigers will mainly focus on adjustments. How to cope with the hottest season of the year and the high-intensity continuous operation in the two regions of Jiangnan and South China is not only a challenge for the Jinmen Tigers, but also a common problem faced by all teams.
