After encountering almost no challenges, Wuhan reached the round of 16 of the FA Cup. As the top four of last season's FA Cup, the schedule of Wuhan this season is not ideal. The opponent in this round is Qingdao, who eliminated himself in the league loser group last year. At the same time, it is also the hometown team of Wuhan coach Li Xiaopeng.
Last year, Liu Yun was able to score or assist as soon as he met Qingdao, will his good form continue?
After the end of the last round, the four opponents of the second stage of the Wuhan team have entered the round of 16, of which the Chongqing team encountered the Dragon Gate of Henan Songshan. Can Wuhan go further than they did in the FA Cup?
In the last round of the FA Cup, there was a goal battle, and Qingdao of the all-China class finally defeated Kunshan FC, which had a foreign aid, 3-2. In this game, while telling the Wuhan Sanzhen team that there is no opponent who can easily win in the next game, it also gives the Wuhan team a wake-up call. Even the Qingdao team of the all-Chinese class is not easy to deal with.
Like last season, Wu Jingui's Qingdao team is full of resilience and has a strong ability to seize opportunities in front of goal. In defense, the whole team spared no effort to physically fight, and those who broke the rules just right did not take the cards. On the contrary, the Kunshan team was in chaos at the last moment, and the opponents were given the opportunity to pay the price of red and yellow cards at the same time. This scene is very similar to the relegation battle between Wuhan and Qingdao last season.
Zhu Jianrong, Zhou Junchen, Li Peng, liu jiashen, Wang Wei and other Shenhua players who did not play, are the pillars of the Qingdao team. Since its salary is paid by Shanghai, the financial problems faced by qingdao teams have nothing to do with these players.
Although Qingdao is Li Xiaopeng's hometown, coach Li Xiaopeng is still a little unfamiliar with the Qingdao team (Qingdao Yellow Sea). On the contrary, in the past season, Li Xiaopeng suffered a lot of losses under Wu Jingui.
As with last year, Qingdao's tactic is to hold on to the counterattack. At one point this season, they were in the top four of the Guangzhou Division. But after that, the team lost consecutive big scores. It seems that they have locked in a relegation place.
Unlike the Wuhan team, most of the teams in the Guangzhou division have won from Qingdao and scored goals on goal difference. This makes the second stage of the game, when the Wuhan team faces Qingdao, only by winning the game can it occupy a relatively favorable position. But the current Qingdao team is not easy to deal with.
In addition to several players on loan from Shenhua, veterans Liu Jian, Zhou Zheng, Lü Peng and others are still quite stable in defense under the condition of physical fitness. Former Shandong Luneng goalkeeper Liu Zhenli is an old acquaintance of Li Xiaopeng, who has played well in many games this season and almost made it to the best team of the round.
Liu Yun is the player with the most goals scored against Qingdao in the Wuhan team. In four meetings last season, Liu Yun scored a total of 3 goals and assisted 1. In the last round of the FA Cup, Liu Yun just broke the ball drought. When encountering the Qingdao team again, will Liu Yun's state continue?
Wuhan's four opponents in the second stage, Qingdao, Chongqing, Cangzhou Lions and Henan Songshan Longmen, have all advanced to the round of 16 of the FA Cup, which also shows that they are in good shape.
Coach Zhang Wailong studied each opponent very carefully, and the Chongqing team successfully won the Wuhan Sanzhen team. Henan Songshan Longmen newcomers performed eye-catchingly, and reversed their opponents with a big score. Although the Cangzhou Lions have gone good, the team's attack is still there. The number of foreign aid in Chongqing and Qingdao is insufficient, but the foreign aid configuration of Cangzhou Lions and Henan Songshan Longmen is definitely above the Wuhan team.
The Wuhan team needs to find out for the second stage of the game, and in the next 8 rounds of matches, the opponents of the Wuhan team are their four teams.