Today, the Chinese Football Association announced the specific kick-off time for the 2021 FA Cup final. The match, played at the professional football stadium of Chengdu Phoenix Mountain Sports Center, will start at 7:30 pm this Sunday against Shandong Taishan, the new Chinese Super League champion, and Shanghai Haigang, the runner-up of the Chinese Super League this season.
For Harbour, the FA Cup is the only domestic championship trophy the club has not touched. Before such an important final, the two first players of Xu Genbao Chongming Base in the team, Lu Wenjun and Wang Shenchao, who spent a full 16 years with the club, were interviewed.
The runner-up of the Chinese Super League can accept it, and the happy youngster will take the tip
For the team's second place in the Chinese Super League this season, both Lu Wenjun and Wang Shenchao said that in view of the various difficulties encountered by the team in the past year, this ranking is still acceptable.
Lu Wenjun said: "It should be said that the runner-up is still relatively satisfactory, after all, the team has a lot of difficulties this year, and there are more injured players, including foreign aid is not very neat. Being able to play the second place is the result of everyone's efforts, and it is indeed not easy. Of course, we didn't get three points in a few important games in the first stage, which led to a big difference between us and Shandong Taishan in the championship group, and it was very difficult to catch up with them. So, every game at every stage of the league is crucial, and next season hopefully we can do better in the details. ”
Wang Shenchao believes that the team's lack of neatness and many injuries are indeed unfavorable factors, but it also promotes the growth of young players in the team, "Young players have more opportunities to play, many players like Li Shenyuan, Hu Jinghang and Liu Zhurun, etc., have also shown their strength to everyone, young players have been better trained, they are also the strength of our team in the future, I believe that next season will be a better start." ”
Exactly what position to play, obey the coach's arrangement
In addition to being "Chongming I students", Lu Wenjun and Wang Shenchao also have the same characteristics that they can play in multiple positions and are all-rounders on the field. And this season, Harbor coach Lecco has indeed placed them in a new position.
For example, Lu Wenjun, who switched from a forward to playing left wing-back, but his goal-scoring skills are still there, and he is the team's top scorer of the season who scored a total of 10 goals in the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup.
For his new position, Lu Wenjun said, "My performance this year is still OK. The head coach found me a position that was helpful to the team and improved for me, and this position was more suitable for me. In fact, in attack, I am more like a winger. As a wing-back, we must pay attention to both attack and defense, so the physical requirements are very high. However, the head coach usually trains a lot, and I can still adapt to this new challenge. Maybe for me personally, playing forward is also OK, but the manager has said to obey the whole, so he still chose to put me in the wing-back position. ”
"Wanjin Oil" was originally the label of Wang Shenchao, this season he played right wing-back and right-back at the club, and in the championship group stage, he played at the back and dragging the center-back, and he was also the main left-back in the four-back system in the national team.
"Can you adapt to multiple locations?" This question is placed around 20 years old, and I will have a lot of feelings. Now that I'm 32, that's not a problem for me anymore. I played a lot of positions this year, which reminds me of when Xu coached the team in the past, and I used to play three or four positions in a year, sometimes even changing three positions in one game. Now I think about how to rely on so many years of experience, especially the experience accumulated in different positions, to do a good job of role conversion faster, adapt to the requirements of this position tactical system, and play the role of this position. This is also where I still need to improve and improve. In the end, what position to play, in the end, still have to serve the team, I will go all out to play the position I need according to the arrangement of the head coach. ”
In addition, Wang Shenchao is not only the main force of the Harbor team, but also followed the national football team to participate in the World Preliminary Round, but he said that such an intensive schedule is normal, "For me, the number and rhythm of the game are similar to when we participated in the AFC Champions League a few years ago. The most difficult thing is that there is not much time to rest throughout the year, just to train and compete all the time. Especially in the last few games at the end of the year, the feeling of mental fatigue had a great impact on me. But through this period of adjustment, I will put all my energy and all my strength into this FA Cup final, hoping to write a happy end to our very difficult season. ”
FA Cup final, the most important match
This Sunday, the FA Cup final faced Shandong Taishan, and Shanghai Harbor lost one defeat and one draw in the league, with no victory. But in the eyes of Lu Wenjun and Wang Shenchao, the opportunity to win the first FA Cup trophy for the club is at hand, which is a goal that must be completed.
"This game should be said to be the most important game in my life for us, especially me, Wang Shenchao, Yan Junling and Cai Huikang, the first batch of chongming players." Lu Wenjun said, "After all, our age is here, although there may be opportunities in the future, but now there is such a good opportunity, everyone is particularly eager to win this championship, for us must go to complete this goal." I'm looking forward to this game very much and I hope the whole team will do their best together to win this game. ”
Wang Shenchao also said, "Because the team has won the Chinese Second Division, the Chinese First Division, the Chinese Super League and the Super Cup, our dream is to hope to get a Grand Slam in domestic competitions, so this FA Cup championship is very important for all players and is also very eager." But in the face of such an important game, I think we must grasp it mentally. Although eager to win, it is most important to be very calm when the game comes, to play the technical and tactical requirements of the coach and all the strength of everyone. No matter how excited you are before the game, have a good mindset when you play. Often this kind of game is compared to mentality and impromptu play, and there is no secret between our two teams. ”
Among the two teams in the final, the more optimistic is undoubtedly Shandong Taishan, who has just won the Chinese Super League championship. However, Lu Wenjun believes that the overall strength of the Harbor team is not bad, "Maybe there are more players who can play on the other side, and we must be prepared for difficulties." Really on the field, don't think too much, concentrate on playing a good game, or have the confidence to win this championship. ”
"Although the league has not won two games against Shandong Taishan, the scene and process are better than one, and I believe that in the final we will play this game with better form and better mental outlook." The biggest feature of our team is that it will continue to summarize and improve in the failure, and the whole team has been constantly improving. Often losing is not necessarily a bad thing and will give us more strength and more experience. Wang Shenchao talked about the characteristics of the Harbor team, "It's a bit like we just played in the Chinese Super League and Guangzhou team, at the beginning it was all lost, after a few years of training, slowly have the strength to win them." Although Shandong Taishan may be more well-staffed than us, anything can happen on the football field. I believe that the FA Cup final will be a wonderful game and I hope that we can realize this dream for all fans. ”