Text/Peninsula All Media Special Correspondent Du Jincheng Pan Lichao Photo/Al Jazeera All Media Special Correspondent Yuan Meng
On September 15, the Chinese Super League, which has been suspended for two weeks, will reignite the fight, and the focus of this round is undoubtedly the "Qilu derby" between Qingdao Manatee and Shandong Taishan. The Manatee lost 0-1 at home in the first leg, and the second leg was also the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium to usher in the "Qilu Derby" drama again after ten years. At the press conference before the second leg, Manatee coach Antonio and team member Liu Junshuai hoped to give fans a wonderful derby.
Manatee Forbes and Zheng Long were both suspended for the game, but new signing Šarić scored two goals in the FA Cup and was in hot form, and although the opponent was strong, Antonio thought the derby was significant: "Tomorrow I will face a very strong team in the Chinese Super League, Taishan team, for our city, the derby is very important, the opponent is very strong, the form is very good, the performance is very strong. But we had a lot of confidence, we reached the last four of the FA Cup, won before the break, and took a long time to prepare for this game. We won before the break, but the break disrupted our rhythm, in the FA Cup we rotated the players and also won the game, Shandong is the team that conceded the fewest goals in the league and has a lot of attack, we analysed their characteristics and hope our analysis will help the game. ”
As the old general of Mount Tai facing the old master, Liu Junshuai sighed: "Back to the Olympic Sports Center, I hope to take this rare opportunity to show ourselves, although our strength is not as good as starting, but we will do our best, knowing that the opponent is a difficult bone to gnaw, but still very confident." ”
With the national football team finishing the two warm-up games of the September international break, Wang Dalei, Chen Pu and Sun Guowen, the three internationals returned to Jinan, and the Taishan team gathered the complete squad. Liu Yang, who is preparing for the Hangzhou Asian Games with the national football team, will continue to be absent for a period of time and his return date is undecided.
Wang Dalei, a member of Taishan's team, said before the game: "I just came back from the national team recently, everyone is very active in preparation, I just trained with the team yesterday, and I will complete the pre-match training today, hoping to play a good game tomorrow." Speaking about the team's injury situation, Taishan head coach Cui Kangxi said that only Liu Binbin has not trained with the team, and the team's injury situation is ideal. Looking ahead to the three-tier battle in September, Choi Kang-hee believes that after the 15th match, it is necessary to set out for the AFC Champions League match with the Philippine Kaya team, and there are six games in the third line in 18 days, including away games from the Philippines and Dalian, and it is very important for the team to rotate the squad, including the treatment and recovery of players.
It is understood that more than a thousand Qingdao fans will go to Jinan to watch the match, and the lowest ticket price at home has been sold to 150 yuan. In the first leg of the match, the fans of both sides were generally more rational and created a hot stadium atmosphere, and I hope that in the second leg of the game, the fans can also show the heritage and style of Shandong football for this "Qilu Derby".