In a pre-match press conference on May 9, Beijing Guoan's head coach Bilic confronted the reality of the team's complex situation, revealing, "We must face up to the challenges ahead of us, and numerous core players will not be available in the starting lineup ......"
Bilic has a stony look on his face at the conference
Guoan defeated Dalian Ren 2-0 in the last round of matches, ushering in the first win of the season. However, the core of the offense, Bieira, was unfortunately injured in a confrontation and suffered damage to the medial collateral ligament and meniscus of his right knee, and has returned to Beijing to receive treatment.
In addition to the problems in the attack line, the back line is also facing challenges. Center back Yu Yang suffered a rib fracture and will be out of action for a while; South Korean foreign aid Kim Min Ja returned to South Korea on the 8th to visit his family due to illness; and side back Wang Gang is still in active recovery. Facing this match with Wuhan, Bilic can only play with a broken team.
Facing difficulties, Bilic calmly said in the conference, "We won the last game, including the game against Shanghai Harbor, we also showed the positive side, so the whole team is looking forward to tomorrow's game. Of course, we also have to face many practical difficulties, such as injuries that have prevented many of our star players from being in the starting lineup."
Bilic admitted that the team's luck was not good as the players suffered various injuries at the beginning of the new season. In this situation, he and the coaching team must trust other players and ask them to show courage and responsibility to contribute better performance for the team. The absence of the main players also forced the team to change its original passing style of play.
On how to deal with this predicament, Bilic responded, "We have a rich reserve of midfielders, and although some of them can't play right now, I don't think it's the right time to complain. On the contrary, we saw that local player Zhang Xizhe conquered the game with his performance in the last match. And Ji Zhongguo, Gao Tianyi and Li Ke are also very good local players."
He expects these local players to carry the weight of the team and come together as one in the game, putting in patience and hard work to get back-to-back wins.
