Although it sealed the Chinese Super League half-course championship this season one round earlier, on the evening of July 8, the process and result of the match between Shanghai Port and Dalian people were like "eating flies" for the leaders.
Away coach Xie Hui rotated a number of key players for the six-point relegation tie against Nantong four days later, and Harbour also held the numerical advantage in the final 30 minutes, but still failed to win.
The final 1-1 result narrowed the lead in the Harbour standings from five points to three.
Javier
Miss the best opportunity to reconcile with foreign aid
As if deliberately fighting, in the starting lineup of this game, Javier still only arranged one foreign starter for Oscar.
If the dissatisfaction with the state of Vargas and Pinco's two foreign players has been understandable for a long time, it is incomprehensible that Caron, who was suspended four days ago for a "rotation" away game against Tarzan, was brought into the bench for a red card suspension.
The use of foreign aid has become the main conflict within the Harbour team during this time, with Vargas and Pacco sitting on the bench for both rounds of the international break. It was only in the 75th minute that Javier finally remembered that the team still had two foreign signings available.
But obviously, maybe the long-estranged team has no sense of game, or maybe it has completely fallen out with Javier, and after the two foreign players appeared, there was no way to bring substantial help to the team.
From the time Lawres was sent off for a deliberate handball in the 67th minute, Harbour had nearly 30 minutes to play with one more man, but they just couldn't get the score back. Some fans ridiculed themselves on social media: "The opponent took about the same time as when he played Rongcheng, at least we were not killed in injury time in this game." ”
In fact, this game was originally the best opportunity for Javier to reconcile with foreign aid, two consecutive away games against Guoan and Taishan, as some players said when "on the line" with fans on social media, foreign aid does not defend will affect the whole team system. However, in this game, Xie Hui, the coach of the "deputy squad leader" Dalian people, rotated Lin Liangming, Bosangzic, He Yupeng, Huang Jiahui, Lu Peng and other absolute main players, obviously did not pursue much for the result of the game.
Harbour drew 1-1 at home with Dalian people.
If Javier could have used the initiative of foreign players in the attacking line, he scored early in the first half and should have put three points in his pocket.
However, I didn't expect that it was Dalian people who broke the deadlock, Yan Xiang broke into the first half of injury time and scored single-handedly, fortunately Li Shenglong equalized the score before the end of the half, otherwise he entered the second half with a backward situation, and the scene would have been even worse.
Javier said after the game: "Today we played harder, in the heat and wet weather conditions, the opponent scored first, which made us have to put in more effort, of course we still managed to get a goal back, including against Shandong also fell behind and then equalised, which is a good sign for us. ”
After the game, there were many references to responsibility
Perhaps because of the collective on-site dissuasion of Wu Lei, Oscar and Matijiang after the last home game against Nantong, now the home fans of Harbour no longer shout for class, which is at least not so bad for Javier.
'We tried hard to increase the number of people in the penalty area and created a couple of chances to get the ball in, but the game didn't get it, so as manager I will take responsibility. At Javier's post-match press conference, the word responsibility was mentioned several times.
'We tried everything we could to get a comeback goal, especially in the final stages, but I didn't score a goal, I will take full responsibility, we will definitely not be happy with such a draw, the attacking performance is far from the best.
Harbour failed to score three points.
'We try all the time, but this is football, sometimes trying doesn't always work, the quality of our last pass, the last shot has to improve, I will support our players, I will take all the responsibility.
In recent home games, Javier has clearly been under pressure and the course and results have not been good. In this game, Javier gushed at the post-match press conference, quite a bit of inner monologue, "Our last pass in the offensive third zone needs to be improved, our decision-making is not good, and the opponent has hoarded a heavy defense. ”
He believes the team's performance needs to be strengthened in attack, and after putting a few foreign players in the cold, Javier finally remembers Lee Shenglong, the super-substitute who scored in two consecutive rounds and three in four games after the international break, which was somewhat gratifying to Javier.
'Lee is a very professional player, he was not in the squad at the beginning of the season, but he is still very professional, training hard every day and always waiting for his moment.
"He scored in the FA Cup, against Tarzan and again today, but he wasn't a regular starter before. In today's weather conditions, he had to keep sprinting up front, was very difficult physically, and he was very good in attack. ”
Lee Sung-long scored the equaliser.
Entering the second half, still waiting for signings
After there was a clear rift in the relationship with several foreign aides, what Javier could expect was to adjust foreign aid in the summer window.
With the club's overall budget this year, a multi-million euro transfer fee like Vargas a year ago is no longer possible. It is also unknown what level the "scratch lottery" type of recruitment can achieve. In this regard, Pinka is a good case.
Javier continued to stress the need for signings at the press conference, "The issue of summer window signings is a discussion within the club, and it will be announced to everyone if there is news, but it is not convenient to disclose it now. ”
"If we want to achieve our dreams, we have to work very hard not only on the field, but also off the field. Of course I had a very good conversation with the club and wanted to use the summer window to get what we wanted. ”
What Havel wanted to say has been said in public and private exchanges, and the signal of dissatisfaction with foreign aid has long been clearly conveyed through the employment of people. Then it was the club's management's turn.
"Experience tells me that the second phase of the league will be a bit more difficult because it will be mixed with the FA Cup and the AFC Champions League, and the teams that were not very good at the beginning of the season may slowly rise and the second stage will be more difficult to play when there are multiple fronts."
Wu Lei
"At the moment we are doing okay, and then we hope to be better, we hope to achieve what we want, in fact, we don't need a lot of signings, but we need to make some additions in some links." Javier said.
Of course, the league is first in the middle of the league, and for Javier and Seaport, the goal is already self-evident: "After 15 rounds of the league, we are in a better position at the moment. ”
"I hope everyone will continue to stay together, put in a lot of effort in every game, and today is the same, we will continue to work hard and do our best to achieve our goals."