The full text is 2874 words, and the estimated reading time is 6 minutes.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers will play away against Wuhan Three Towns in the eighth round of the Chinese Super League.
In this game, the Jinmen Tigers foreign center Kompagno continued to be sidelined due to injury, while central defender Grant returned to Australia to determine the injury and seek treatment.
Against the Three Towns team, who are looking to end a five-round winless run, the Jinmen Tigers only have three foreign players available.
After losing to Zhejiang in the last round, the Tianjin Tigers returned to Tianjin for a brief recovery, and then set off for Wuhan, the Jiangcheng city.
In the squad, centre-back Grant continues to be absent and has returned to Australia for treatment due to a suspected hernia recurrence. Italian centre-forward Vincent Kompagno, who has a fractured toe, is with the squad and is not yet available, but he still wants to be with the team for individual recovery training.
Yu Genwei is the head coach of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
First of all, Grant was indeed quite surprised, he was after the game in Changchun, and found that he had some symptoms. After the examination by the team doctor, it was also found that it may not be a muscle injury, but in the end, it was not easy to evaluate, and I thought it might be caused by fatigue. We gave him two games to recuperate, but it didn't work out very well in the end. Later, after further examinations, we have not accurately judged what type of injury he is. So we still respect his own wishes and go back to Australia to find his previous doctor to make a diagnosis, so we still need to wait for him to get an accurate diagnosis.
Kompagno is well known to everyone that he has a broken bone and that he will definitely not be able to play in the near future. But this player is also very active, and he also travels with the team this time, and he also hopes to keep training as much as he can, and he wants to actively participate and maintain it.
Fiorridge's condition has been well relieved because he has a dislocated left shoulder, which is still in good condition.
Kompagno and Grant, the two big foreign players who have been in the past and the back, will not be able to return in a short period of time, which requires more players in the team to be on top.
After finishing the U23 Asian Cup journey with the Chinese Olympic team, Yang Zihao and Liu Junxian have returned to the team and came to Wuhan with the team.
The return of the two young players has also added some to the team's squad, and whether they can play depends on the physical condition of the two.
Yu Genwei is the head coach of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
They can prepare for the game, but we also have to evaluate their physical condition, because the two people are a little different, Yang Zihao is basically full of three games, Liu Junxian is relatively less played, so we also have to make arrangements according to his current physical condition.
Before this game, the Wuhan Three Towns team conducted pre-match training at their own training base as usual, and after a wave of five rounds of winlessness, the Three Towns team also hoped to find a winning feeling in this game.
For the Jinmen Tigers, whose lineup is not complete, the primary goal of the away game against an opponent who is striving for three points is to stabilize the defense.
Ricardo Rodriguez is the head coach of Wuhan Three Towns football team
In the last three days, we have had some training against Tianjin and we were very close to winning the last game, but unfortunately we didn't take the three points, so hopefully the players can create more chances in this game, take advantage of them and get the three points. The national Olympic players have returned to the team and have done some simple training with the team, they definitely have the conditions for the game, but whether they are starters or substitutes still need to be considered. What is certain is that the return of the National Olympic players, including Liu Ruofan's comeback, has greatly helped the team's squad thickness and allowed me to have more changes in the lineup.
Yu Genwei is the head coach of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
In every game, we really emphasize defending solidly, but sometimes you do work harder, and sometimes in individual positions, there are some problems in short-term decisions. I think we still need to summarize, and at the same time, we need this kind of formal competition to experience. I think the players in our team still have a strong sense of responsibility, and I hope we can solve the problem of defense first through the strength of everyone and the team. I think it's more optimistic, I think first of all the players have a good attitude, which is one of the biggest motivations and foundations for us to get better.
This season, Wuhan Three Towns had a record of only 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses in the first seven rounds. The poor start performance was due to multiple factors such as large changes in the team's lineup, more injuries, and the National Olympic call-up.
Wuhan Three Towns' 5 foreign players this season, except for South Korean central defender Park Zhizhu, who joined and retained last season's summer window, the remaining 4 are all new signings.
Of the four new signings, striker Balde is out injured after three rounds and is still recovering.
Foreign aid Balde was unable to play due to injury, core players such as Deng Hanwen and Liu Ruofan played intermittently, coupled with the National Olympic Games to play in the U23 Asian Cup to recruit Tao Qianglong, Eiffelding and other 4 players, Three Towns' recent style of play strives to be pragmatic.
In the attack, Wuhan Three Towns used Brazilian center Enrique as the fulcrum. At 1.88m tall, he has a strong ability to control the first point, and after seven rounds, Enrique ranks fourth in the Super League with a total of 68 aerial duels and ninth in the Chinese Super League with 28 successful aerial duels.
Enrique's total aerial duels are roughly on the same level as Chengdu Rongcheng's Felipe (71), indicating that Enrique's tactical value to Three Towns is basically the same as Felipe's value to Rongcheng. However, Enrique's success rate is much lower than Felipe (46 successful aerial duels) and can be considered a weakened version of Felipe. This type of striker is precisely the Jinmen Tigers' defense this season is not good enough.
As the current top scorer in the Three Towns squad, two of Enrique's three goals came from penalties and the other with a header. However, both penalties were also created by Enrique himself and scored by himself.
Without many offensive options, Three Towns relied on long passes to deliver shells to Enrique's head. When the passing position is comfortable, the Brazilian center forward can rely on the air advantage to attack the goal directly, and if it is not good to attack the goal directly, his ferry ability should not be underestimated.
In order to match his characteristics of being good at air combat, the Three Towns team's wingers like Jiang Zhipeng and Deng Hanwen often cut forward to cross deep positions, and Jiang Zhipeng's 52 crosses ranked second in the Chinese Super League.
When a full-back comes in, it's not just about crossing. Tang's 10 shots on goal are second only to two former outfielders, Enrique and Darlan Mendes, in the Three Towns squad. In the fourth round against the Cangzhou Lions, Deng Hanwen completed 6 shots in a single game, of which 4 were shots in the penalty area.
Although Deng Hanwen may not replicate the forward performance against Cangzhou in every game, the three towns rely on Enrique's high-altitude ball, and the attack launched from the second point must also attract the attention of the Jinmen Tigers' defense.
With limited access points in the box, Three Towns players are also accustomed to seeing long-range shots as an option to finish an attack. Three Towns currently have eight league goals, with the exception of Enrique's two penalties, half of the remaining six have been scored from distance. Of these three goals, Jiang Zhipeng scored two, and he was also the second scorer in the Three Towns team.
Defensively, Wuhan Three Towns conceded 13 goals in seven rounds were only better than Qingdao West Coast, which conceded 14 goals, but 10 of the 13 goals conceded actually came from three games against Shanghai Port, Shanghai Shenhua and Cangzhou Lions, and the performance of conceding 3 goals in the other four games is basically equivalent to the team's ability.
From the perspective of personnel, Zhang Xiaobin and He Chao in the back position are well-known players, and behind the two are Danilo and Park Zhizhu's foreign aid double central defenders, flanked by Jiang Zhipeng and Deng Hanwen, two fullbacks with international strength. On paper, such a defensive lineup is actually very strong.
Three Towns' defence has stabilized in the last two rounds thanks to coach Ricardo who abandoned his previous experiments after the team's 4-1 defeat to Shenhua, fixing the formation and starting players, especially in the team's defensive end.
From the perspective of the Jinmen Tigers, it is still necessary to deal with the relatively stable 4-4-2 formation that the Wuhan Three Towns team may discharge, and in view of the strong fighting ability of the opponent's two back midfielders, whether to use a single back waist needs to be carefully considered.
In addition, the Jinmen Tigers also need to make a plan for a change in the Wuhan Three Towns team, that is, Luo Senwen can come off the bench. Whether he played for Hebei Huaxia Happiness or Wuhan Three Towns before, Luo Senwen played the role of a "substitute wonder" in the game against the Jinmen Tigers, and he may not be involved in the goal, but he can play a role in changing the rhythm and increasing the pressure in the middle. Although this matter has a bit of a metaphysical flavor, it has to be guarded against for the current Jinmen Tiger.
During the race, the temperature will be around 24 degrees Celsius, which is more suitable for the game, but the Jinmen Tigers still need to pay attention to the extra physical exertion caused by the air humidity.
Wuhan Three Towns VS Tianjin Jinmen Tigers
Tee time: Friday, April 26 at 19:35
Venue: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
Live broadcast agency: Tianjin Radio and Television Sports Channel
(STB 106<标清> STB 425<高清>)
This article was originally written by New Vision in Sports
Without permission, it may not be reprinted, and offenders will be investigated!
If there is a need for manuscript adoption or business cooperation intention,
Please call during business hours (8:00 - 18:00):
（022）23601972 or 13207576205
或用手机添加：EYESONSPORT
Contact us