Attack 2021 • Post-match | Mao Yijun: Strive to play every game Young players will have more opportunities to play

At the post-match press conference, Mao Yijun, acting head coach of Shanghai Shenhua Team, said: "First of all, thank my players, through their unremitting efforts, the team won the first game of the second stage. The dedication and focus of the players made me feel very good, especially some of the players who got the first start opportunity did not shy away from the field in the game and played their due strength, which is what makes me happy. The next schedule is very intensive, we will try to play the next game well, and we will also give the young players more opportunities. ”

There is a lot of concern about Shenhua's use of young players in this phase of the league. In response, Mao Yijun replied: "We will definitely give young players more opportunities, like Wang Yi, Wang Haijian, Zhu Chenjie, Wen Jiabao are all members of our U23, originally He Longhai was also one of the starting players we planned today, but unfortunately he was injured in pre-match training, including our young goalkeeper also had an injury situation and could not play." If they don't have injuries, I'll definitely give them a chance to play. In the following matches, they will all have the opportunity to appear one after another. ”

Asked if he was concerned about Zhou Junchen's performance, Mao Yijun said: "I am very familiar with Zhou Junchen, he used to be a player I brought. I can reveal to you here that according to the previously agreed avoidance clause, he should not be able to play in this game, but before the game, we took the initiative to negotiate with Qingdao, and we also hoped that Zhou Junchen could get more exercise, so today Zhou Junchen also got the opportunity to appear. As a young player we loaned to Qingdao, his growth is also very important to us. ”

Talking about the pre-match deployment of today's game, Mao Yijun frankly said: "Before this game, there was speculation that Shenhua might stay in the outside world, but for this, our whole team is very unified from top to bottom, from the players, coaching staff to management all have a common idea: at this stage of the game, we are not fighting for relegation, we will strive to play every game well, let young players and old players better run in, and also make corresponding preparations for next year." ”