Reporter Lu Mi reported that the three teams fought hard, in order to complete the relegation as soon as possible, the risky play-offs, can not participate in the course do not want to participate. In the case of internal and external difficulties, the situation of the Chongqing team is very dangerous, in the pre-match press conference, the head coach Zhang Wailong should have told the team's preparations, but it seems that the Chongqing team has nothing to say, Zhang Wailong is speechless, excited and tearful.
Zhang Wailong tearfully shed the press conference
At the pre-match press conference, the head coach and players introduced the preparation of the team, but before the game between Chongqing and Wuhan, Zhang Wailong, the head coach of Chongqing, had nothing to say. "Happy New Year, everyone. By the end of the season, it was the beginning of a new year. Subsequently, it was a long period of choking, Zhang Wailong's eyes were red, and the tears were particularly dazzling under the illumination of the scene lights.
No one expected that this old Korean teacher, who had become a grandfather, would shed tears in the Chinese New Year. 'In 2021 this team has come through too many difficulties and hopefully the last game will be our best game." When he finished speaking, no one at the scene asked any more questions. The difficulties of the Chongqing team are no secret, from financial difficulties to personnel difficulties, the problems are naked in front of them, and there is no point in asking anything more.
Zhang Wailong's crying moved many people watching the press conference and moved by the persistence of the players, staff and coaching staff.
At the end of December last year, the team did not expect to make up for the salary arrears, and many players gritted their teeth and insisted on playing in the case of physical overdraft and injuries. They are under pressure far more than they can express in their words. Over the past year, I have experienced many processes from hope to disappointment, shouldering respect for professional football and responsibility for the city of Chongqing, indeed, very depressed.
These days, everyone is immersed in the joy of the New Year, but in the Chongqing team, it is a different atmosphere. Before the last round and the Shanghai Shenhua match, when everyone learned that the salary that should have been paid on December 31 could not be paid, captain Fernandinho decided not to play, and many players were a little excited and red-eyed.
Whether to play or not has become a choice for the players, but they all chose to fight with the team to the end, because they did not want to live up to the expectations of tens of millions of Chongqing fans.
What they want is very simple, that is, they hope that their efforts, the blood and sweat they have shed for the city, can be exchanged for the most basic respect.
The problem of offensive weakness plagued the team
In the seventh season of the Chinese Super League, except for the 2018 season, when the team lost the final relegation, basically every season, the Chongqing team was able to relegate in advance. This year, Chongqing will have to fight a decisive battle to the end. Although this season's Chinese Super League is not directly relegated, but the last two teams and the third and fourth teams in the Chinese First Division play play-offs, so there are still opportunities, but if Chongqing is really unfortunate to play the play-offs, then the relegation situation will be very unoptimistic. Because of the competition format and chongqing Liangjiang Athletics' own operation and personnel structure, the players' physical problems and injury problems cannot be solved quickly, and funds are also a problem, and it is difficult for them to stick to the cycle of two games.
In the last round of the match with Shanghai Shenhua of the all-Chinese class, Chongqing team did not have no chance to win, but because the only foreign aid did not play, the team only had Feng Jin an offensive point left, and many times he had to retreat to participate in defense. The problem of offensive weakness has always plagued the team, but there is really no good way to do it. In the match against Wuhan, Chongqing will definitely try its best to fight for 3 points. Fernandinho can't get on? Still can't be determined.
It's been here, and whoever plays the last game will fight to the end for victory. At the pre-match press conference, Captain Yang Shuai said: "Thanks to the help and support of the fans and leaders in Chongqing, it is their trust, commitment and persistence that we will stay until today." For the honor of the city, we will fight hard to win this game. ”