On April 17, the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers will travel to Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province to prepare for their away match against Hangzhou Greentown on April 19, but before the trip, the Tianjin Tigers received bad news that Kompagno suffered a bone fracture in his toe......
In the last round against Meizhou Hakka, Kompagno was not in the starting line-up due to injury, and he did not even participate in the warm-up training before the day's game.
However, Kompagno also said at the time that he could come off the bench at any time if the team's attack did not go well.
With the Tigers failing to score in the first half, Vincent Kompagno came off the bench in the second half, but it was not difficult to see that injuries affected Kompagno's performance and he did not have much attacking effect after coming on.
Kompagno's injury came during an away match against Qingdao West Coast in the 5th round. It is reported that during a dribble, Kompagno's foot was stepped on by an opposing defender, and he felt a strong pain at that time.
After returning to Tianjin, Vincent Kompagno was unable to train normally and his injuries were dealt with by the team. At the time, Kompagno's injuries were not apparently bone-wounded.
And more than 30 minutes after the appearance against the Meizhou Hakka team, Kompagno felt something was wrong after the game. At that time, he felt that his left foot was numb.
After a night of observation, the medical team took Kompagno for an imaging test the next day.
Through CT and MRI, Kompagno was diagnosed with a fractured bone in the little toe of his left foot. Such an injury would have him sidelined for four to five weeks.
For the Jinmen Tigers, Kompagno's injury is obviously bad news.
So far this season, Kompagno has scored five goals in six games and is currently the second highest scorer in the Chinese Super League. His absence will greatly affect the attack power of the Jinmen Tigers.
If Kompagno is out for a month due to injury, judging from the schedule, the Jinmen Tigers will still have "hard stubble" opponents during his injury absence.
In the next two rounds, the Jinmen Tigers played two consecutive away games against the old powerhouse Zhejiang team and Wuhan Three Towns, although the two teams have not been in good form recently, they will go all out to fight for a rebound at home.
After two away games, the Tianjin Tigers will host the Beijing-Tianjin derby against Beijing Guoan, and the difficulty of the game is self-evident. After that, they went to play Henan away and Shanghai Shenhua at home.
It is not difficult to see that the Jinmen Tigers are facing the "old rivers and lakes" of the Chinese Super League in these rounds, and without the top scorer in the team, the difficulty of the game will inevitably increase.
On May 17, the Jinmen Tigers will face the Cangzhou Lions on the road. If the recovery goes well, that match could be a comeback battle for Kompagno at the earliest.
In fact, not only Kompagno, but also Ademi, Grant and Fiorridge, the three foreign players, also have injuries of varying degrees.
Even Xie Weijun, who started in place of Kompagno in the last round, limped off the court after the game.
Obviously, after the intensive schedule of the previous period, the Jinmen Tigers are suffering from injuries and fatigue.
For now, Kompagno's central striker position will be replaced by Xie Weijun, but the task of scoring goals cannot fall to Xie Weijun alone.
For the Jinmen Tigers coaching staff, the current issue is not just to make substitutions, but to further adjust tactics in attack according to the different characteristics of Xie Weijun, so that frontcourt players such as Ademi, Barton, Fioririch and Wang Qiuming can play a greater role.
With Vincent Kompagno out injured and strong opponents coming one after another, the Tigers are likely to face their first hurdle since the start of the new season.
However, in the three years since they re-established the army, the Jinmen Tigers have encountered too many similar difficulties. The team still stubbornly stepped through the "hurdles".
For the temporary difficulties, I believe that the Jinmen Tigers have been psychologically prepared, and the fans of Jinmen should also give more support to the team at this time, become a strong backing for the Jinmen Tigers to face difficulties, and accompany the Jinmen Tigers to tide over the difficulties.