China Premier League (CPL)
The third round of the tournament has kicked off with two surprising results in Guangzhou. Shandong Taishan, the favorite to win the championship, drew with relegation team Henan Songshan Longmen, while Shenzhen, once considered a dark horse, lost 0-2 to Guangzhou, a team in low form (
Evergrande (name)
). Although Evergrande lacked the "Pagoda" combination, and Zhang Linpeng, the core of the defense, was absent due to injury, the team was still able to beat the dark horse with a remnant of the team, which is really not easy. If you look at Evergrande's performance in the first two rounds with only one point, the other championship contender
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The performance of the team is even worse, with two consecutive defeats against Shenhua and Shanghai Hong Kong, and so far still no grain.
For Guoan, the third round of matches is undoubtedly a battle for redemption. Facing the relatively weak relegation team Dalian Ren, compared to the strong dialog between Shenhua and Shanghai Hong Kong, Guoan has only one goal: to get all three points. However, Dalian is not a good team. The new head coach Jose, who has served as both assistant coach and manager at Guoan, knows Guoan's tactics and weaknesses very well, so it's not impossible for Dalian to turn the game around.
The strong dialog with Shanghai Hong Kong not only made Guoan lose the game, but also made the team many injuries and the lineup is seriously damaged. In the pre-match conference, Guoan manager Bilic revealed that Kim Min Ja, the core of the defense, suffered an injury after the last game. It is understood that Kim Min Jae's injury for the recurrence of old injuries, he was injured during the winter training, into the Suzhou tournament only after recovery, and now the old injuries recur, out of doubt. In addition, Bilic also revealed that there are two other players injured, once touching the ball, there will be pain, the coaching staff also have to take the health of the players as a priority, whether they can play also need to look at the specifics of May 4th.
With Augusto unable to return, Guoan once again suffered a wave of injuries, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of the game with Dalian people. At the conference, Bieira, who attended together, said that the team lost important players, the loss is obvious, but must face the reality, someone needs to come forward to take responsibility. It is not difficult to see that, in the absence of the best partner, Bieira appears to be a bit lonely, the other side stared at the defense is also very targeted, so the other midfielders need to take more responsibility, the new foreign aid Sousa, international Zhang Xizhe, and other players also have to play their own value.
