2022 has arrived, but the "2021" of Chinese football has not yet come to an end. Tomorrow, the first leg of the Chinese Super League Relegation Play-off Kick-off kicks off, and Dalian will face Chengdu Rongcheng, the fourth place in the Chinese First Division. There is no doubt that both teams want to appear on the stage of the Chinese Super League next season, so what awaits them will be a veritable "you die and I live" contest. For the Dalian people's team, the "youth storm" that has blown for two seasons looks like it is in danger of "collapsing in the middle road". At this moment, I don't want to say such things as city honor and responsibility on my shoulders, but I only hope that the whole team can reflect the statement of "full preparation" and "confidence to defeat the opponent" on the court, rather than the general words at the press conference.
Mindset adjustment is more critical
In the past few days, for Chengdu Rongcheng, a somewhat unfamiliar opponent, I believe that the Dalian people team must have conducted targeted research. In fact, although the game looks like an "encounter", it is difficult to have too many secrets between the two teams, and the adjustment of mentality should be more critical than tactical preparation to some extent, especially for the Dalian team.
In the 8 games of the second stage, the Dalian team had an advantage in data statistics almost every game, but finally fell into the embarrassing result of the play-offs, which can only prove that the team is not well considered in terms of overall strategy and specific tactics, especially the second leg of the Chongqing Liangjiang Competition, which can be described as a typical "stealing chicken does not become a corrosion of rice", even if it is played into a draw at that time, it should not face the current situation. Therefore, in the face of Chengdu Rongcheng, which is one level lower than themselves, the Dalian team had better put down the shelf, give the opponent enough respect, remember that the game is 180 minutes, and do not think that "one battle will be decided". By the way, give Dalian another reminder to his teammates: the 6 groups of promotion and relegation play-offs that have ended in the Chinese First Division and the Chinese Second Division, the high-level victory is only 1 group, think about the reasons, it may help.
The opponent is a spear and a shield
First of all, give Dalian fans a generalization of the situation in Chengdu Rongcheng: the head coach is former South Korea international Xu Zhengyuan, the players have our old acquaintance Li Jianbin, Liu Ruovan, rented from Shanghai Shenhua, Liu Yu, Yang Zexiang, Feng Zhuoyi, Han Xuan and other people are also "familiar", plus two forwards and a midfielder of the foreign aid configuration, the combat effectiveness is quite good. In the 34 rounds of the league, Chengdu Rongcheng scored 81 goals, the most in the Chinese League; conceded 28 goals, tied for the second least, which can be said to be a spear-sharp shield.
In the past two seasons, Chengdu Rongcheng has invested a lot of money, the goal is to rush over, for the play-offs, one of their team insiders said that they will do their best to win, and they are very confident in completing the goal of overtaking. At today's pre-match press conference, Xu Zhengyuan said: "Overall, Dalian is an excellent team, I pay attention to their starting 11-man lineup, are very good players, we are very clear that the two play-offs are not easy, but Dalian has advantages, but there are also shortcomings, we still have to work together to get a good result back to Chengdu." ”
In fact, Dalian fans do not have to be frightened by such words, just listen to it, just like you ask the Dalian people team now, they must also strive to win, have the confidence to stay in the Chinese Super League and other statements, can not say ready for relegation, right?
Boateng was certain he could not play
"The pre-match preparation is mainly to arouse the morale of the players, before the league this year, we did not expect to go to this step, we played very well in the second stage of 8 games, but the first stage of the score did not save enough to lead to this situation, in the points we are often in a backward situation, before each game we are in a good state, ready for the next game. The opponent has a strong desire to rush and the level of the players is good, but it is an obligation for us to win this game, we will not lightly fight, we will be well prepared, I believe we have prepared for this game. José at the pre-match press conference was still sad.
For the injury situation in the team, Jose replied very directly: "Boateng will definitely not be able to play, Larson will try to let him reasonably allocate playing time without injury, but his physical fitness is indeed affected by the previous long-term no game, it is difficult to stick to the whole game, Danielsen is no problem." Speaking of the opponent of Chengdu Rongcheng, Jose is obviously more impressed by their attack, "Their forward performance is good, very capable, Liu Ruovan's data is very beautiful, he played a new position this year, last year was playing on the wing, foreign aid is also good, very distinctive." ”