The FA Cup final is on the verge of happening Taishan Harbor generals have vowed to win the title

Chengdu, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The final of the 2021 Chinese Football Association Cup will be held on the 9th at the professional football stadium of Chengdu Phoenix Mountain Sports Park, and Shandong Taishan, who has just won the 2021 Chinese Super League, will play against Shanghai Harbor, and the game will adopt a winner-loss format. Players from both teams said in interviews before the game that they hoped to play the final battle of the season and win the FA Cup.

Taishan team Guo Tianyu: go all out to win the "double champion"

Taishan's 22-year-old guo Tianyu has performed prominently in the 2021 Chinese Super League, scoring a total of 10 goals and has secured the team's main striker position. However, due to the previous selection of the national team to participate in the training and competition of the round of 12, Guo Tianyu missed the pre-final match of the FA Cup, and he is full of expectations for the upcoming final.

If they win the FA Cup, Tarzan will become the "double champion" for the third time in the history of the team. Guo Tianyu said that the whole team is eager to win this championship, and now everyone is adjusting their state, just to prepare for the final.

How did the team adjust after winning the league championship, and will there be some relaxation in mentality because of the three early rounds of the championship? In this regard, Guo Tianyu admitted that because he won the championship three rounds in advance, head coach Hao Wei let the players who played relatively many games before adjust slightly, so that people who had less playing time before played more games played more games, but they would not relax their mentality, because the honor of "double champion" is definitely more important than a league championship, so everyone is fully preparing.

However, for the Tarzan team, it is not easy to win the championship, because the final opponent Harbor team is also the strongest competitor in the league. However, Guo Tianyu believes that Taishan's league can win the championship, not only because he has defeated The Harbor in the championship group competition, but more importantly, he has won three points on many opponents.

Guo Tianyu is very close to the FA Cup. In the fourth round of the 2016 FA Cup, Shandong away to Shenhua, the 17-year-old Guo Tianyu came off the bench, which was his team debut, and his outstanding performance made the outside world remember this young high school striker. In 2020, Guo Tianyu won the first FA Cup trophy of his career with the team.

For his final performance, Guo Tianyu said bluntly: "No matter who plays, I hope that every player who appears has a good performance." Our determination is to win the FA Cup through the efforts of everyone and strive for the best possible end to the 2021 season. ”

Harbor Team Wang Shenchao: This time I don't want to miss the championship

This is the second time that Harbor has reached the final of the FA Cup, and in the 2017 season, they were very close to the FA Cup winner, the decisive battle that year was the Shanghai "derby", the two teams won at their respective home stadiums, and the Harbor team lost the championship because of the lack of away goals.

Wang Shenchao said that this is the best opportunity to impact the championship, this year everyone is very hard, hard, everyone will grit their teeth and go all out to play this game.

Talking about the advantages of Taishan, Wang Shenchao said that Taishan is the most neatly staffed of all the teams this season, whether it is foreign aid or local players are very strong, their performance is also the most stable in the league, and the league championship is deserved.

What is the key to victory in the final of the FA Cup? Wang Shenchao said frankly: "We have played two games in the league with Taishan, we know each other very well, and now the biggest difficulty for both sides is how to adjust the state, depending on the on-site play, who is in better shape on the day of the final, the probability of winning is greater." ”

Wang Shenchao participated in the final of the 2017 FA Cup and deeply regretted that he could not win the championship at that time. He said: "As a veteran of the team's backline, I hope to help the team in the final to keep the city goal. Only the fewer goals conceded, the more chances to win. This time, we don't want to miss this title. (End)