Reporter Wang Wei reported that at 18:00 on December 13, Shenzhen team in Guangzhou Huadu Stadium to meet Shanghai Harbor, this game is not only the first time that Shenzhen team has met with Haigang in the league in the past two years, but also a very noteworthy game, in the entire Chinese Super League, equipped with the most neat two teams will be fiercely fought, deep enough to strive to reach the top four of the Chinese Super League, need to go all out to get points on the harbor.
Enter the zone three days early
On December 11, Guangzhou and Guangzhou City entered the division two days earlier, while the Shenzhen team entered the Guangzhou division one day earlier. On the evening of December 10, the whole team set off from Shenzhen Lihu Base and arrived at Guangzhou Oriental Hotel after more than two hours.
In the first stage of this year's league, the Shenzhen team is also in the Guangzhou division, very familiar with the work of the division, before the team arrives in the division, the deep foot logistics personnel have arrived in the division one after another, for the team to do a good job of the pre-settlement arrangement, the staff in the restaurant, conference room, the floor where the team lives added a deep foot element decoration, so that the players have a more "home" feeling. As early as the end of November, the lawn management logistics staff was stationed in the competition area to dock the maintenance work of the deep foot special training lawn.
Entering the division three days early earned the team one more training session in the division, and the team entered training at the outside of Tianhe Stadium the next day, with the team's three foreign assistants Achimpen, Kaldek and Quintero training with the team. Among them, Colombian international Quintero, who has recently ended isolation, deliberately cut his hair short and will appear in the Chinese Super League with a new image.
Compared with other teams in the championship group, Shenzhen is more adapted to the temperature and environment in Guangzhou, and the club hopes to create a good playing environment for the team with all-round preparation.
In the first stage of the competition, Shenzhen team ranked third in the Guangzhou Division with 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, and entered the championship group together with Guangzhou Team, Guangzhou City, Beijing Guoan, Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Haigang, Hebei Team and Changchun Yatai. Judging from the next matchup, The Deep Foot will play two legs against Haigang, Hebei, Changchun and Beijing Guoan respectively.
For The Deep Foot, every game is an encounter, because it has not been encountered with these four teams since last season, and this championship match is all a new beginning.
Encounters meet "old adversaries"
Shanghai Harbour is one of the few teams that do not owe wages at present, and the team's situation is relatively stable, and they and Shandong Taishan are also recognized as the strongest contenders for the Chinese Super League title this season. Deep Foot encountered such an opponent in the first game of the championship group, and how to deal with it requires the comprehensive consideration of the coach and the players.
In fact, in the FA Cup, Shenzu also competed with Shanghai Shenhua, who had a neat lineup, and although it was lost to Shenhua in the first leg at that time, it can also be said that the rhythm of the game was controlled during the regular game time of the second leg. Through the FA Cup and Shenhua such a strong team match to further test the strength of shenzu, and in the first stage of the game, shenzu also defeated Guangzhou team and drew with Shandong Taishan.
Therefore, it is especially important to build confidence when facing a strong team like Harbor, and Deep Foot has the ability to control the rhythm of the game.
Although this game is the first encounter with the Harbor team in two years, from the perspective of the lineup of the two teams, the players who have joined the deep foot in the past two years have long been the old opponents of the Harbor team, so it is not a stranger to this team.
Both Gao Lin and Achimpen said before the game that they had played a lot of games with Harbor before and knew how to play on the field.
Before the championship competition began, Deepfoot set the team's goal to reach the AFC Champions League, which meant that the team had to finish in the top four to complete this goal. Player Wang Yongpo expressed the urgency of this goal, "The whole team trained hard under the leadership of the coach to achieve the goal of entering the AFC Champions League and played 8 games with all its might. Now everyone is ready, the schedule is dense, every team is the same, the coach will make targeted arrangements, basically no big problems. ”
For The Deep Foot, there is good news before the start of the championship group, and the Italian rehabilitationist Coty, who previously worked in guangzhou, will enter the Guangzhou division on December 15 to meet the deep foot and serve as the team's rehabilitation division. Coty updated his personal social media two days ago: "My last day at the Guangzhou team training base, I spent a wonderful decade here. "Coty also helped out with the national team some time ago.
At present, the captain Gao Lin, who has returned to the team after appendicitis surgery, has recovered 90%, and he said that after practicing with the team, he hopes to reach the previous state. Shenzhen coach Carlos also said that he was satisfied with the preparation of the players and looked forward to throwing himself into the game again and doing his best to achieve his goals.