On the evening of April 30, in the 9th round of the Chinese Super League, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers hosted Beijing Guoan.
Although Guoan player Zhang Yuan received a red card early in the 19th minute of the game, the Jinmen Tigers, who had played one more player for a long time, conceded the goal first, Cao Yongjing sealed his throat with a sword, and the Jinmen Tigers finally lost 0-1 at home.
After losing this round, the Jinmen Tigers suffered three consecutive defeats.
In this game, the Jinmen Tigers made strategic adjustments to the starting lineup, Ademi, Barton, Wang Qiuming, and tomorrow sat on the bench, and the team changed to 4 -2-3-1, Shi Yan and Su Yuanjie started as left and right wingbacks, Guo Hao and Huang Jiahui's double backs, Yang Zihao as left fullback, and Wang Zhenghao as right fullback.
In the 46th minute, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers made a substitution, and tomorrow they replaced Wang Zhenghao and Su Yuanjie with Barton.
In the 56th minute, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger made two substitutions again, and Ademi and Wang Qiuming replaced Shi Yan and Guo Hao in the opposite position.
In the 80th minute, Liu Junxian replaced Yang Zihao.
Facing Beijing Guoan at home, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers and opponents have chosen to rotate the lineup, compared with the previous game, the starting lineup of Jinmen Tigers has made 5 personnel changes.
While discharging the 4-2-3-1 formation, the adjustment of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers is not only reflected in the selection of personnel, Su Yuanjie came to the right midfield, and Wang Zhenghao played the right back.
On the side of the Jinmen Tigers, Ademi, Wang Qiuming, Barton, and tomorrow will be on standby, correspondingly, Zhang Xizhe and Gujia on the Guoan side did not start.
Judging from the starting lineups of the coaches of both sides, under the dense schedule, both teams want to put the decisive battle in the second half and strive for the victory of the game through the adjustment of the back hand.
Although both sides played cautiously after the start, the balance on the field was shattered when Zhang Yuan went off the pitch with a red card for a reckless foul in the 19th minute.
After Zhang Yuan left the field, Guoan's formation was recycled as a whole, almost forming a 4-5-0 defensive line, and once the ball was lost, it would return to the defense in all directions.
Cracking the opponent's dense defense has always been a big problem for the Jinmen Tigers. Especially in the absence of Kompagno and the substitutions of key players such as Wang Qiuming, Ademi and Barton, the attacking threat of the Jinmen Tigers in the first half mainly came from Shi Yan on the wing.
Guo Hao's several penetrating passes, as well as Shi Yan's side breakthrough, caused some pressure on Guoan's defense, but there was still a big gap between the goal.
After a midfield adjustment, Barton and Tomorrow will play together, and the two of them will have stronger attacking ability, and the Jinmen Tiger will also want to make the attack of the two wings more balanced.
However, as Guoan took advantage of a mistake in the Jinmen Tigers' defensive line and the unmarked Cao Yongjing helped Guoan take the lead in the score, the pressure on the offensive end of the Jinmen Tigers increased.
After Guoan took the lead, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers quickly sent Wang Qiuming and Ademi to go all out to strengthen the attack. However, Guoan's defense line shrank more thoroughly, and they also sent Bai Yang to change the formation of three central defenders and five defenders.
In the face of the opponent's bucket formation, there are not many scenes like Ademi crossing finding Fioric, more often than not, it is the two central defenders of the Guoan team who easily clear the ball, and for the two 1.9m 'black towers', this is their favorite way to play.
In the end, Tianjin completed 51 crosses and 30 shots, but the end result was nothing.
In the case of besieging Guoan for nearly 30 minutes but scoring no result, everyone misses the center Kompagno very much. Correspondingly, without Kompagno, the team does not seem to have many options to besiege the opponent.
For example, Yang Zihao on the left side is always waiting for the opportunity to start the ball at 45 degrees, and if he can step forward appropriately, so that Ademi does not have to face a one-on-two, or even one-on-three situation, maybe the Jinmen Tiger has more chances.
In contrast, Ademi's only lateral dribble was a threat, and Barton's decisive push to the baseline to receive Ademi's pass also created a chance, at least it wasn't easily defused by the opposition's centre-back.
In terms of personnel in this game, whether it is to deal with the dense schedule, or to hope for a late attack, the Jinmen Tigers have changed a lot in the starting lineup.
The match against Zhejiang was the regular starting lineup of the Jinmen Tigers after losing Kompagno and Grant in succession, with an average age of 28.6 years old, but the average age of the starting lineup for this game was 27.5 years old, and the average age can drop by one year, which means that there are many young players on the field.
In comparison, the average age of Guoan's starting lineup is 30.5 years old.
In practice, the game didn't go as planned, but at least this rotation was a useful attempt to deal with the hectic schedule and apply it locally.
Since it is the time to employ people, then give Shi Yan, Liu Junxian and other young people some time.
Although the team is currently in a relatively sluggish stage of performance, including the team itself, all aspects may be dissatisfied, but this dissatisfaction may be due to the expectation of better results on the basis of last season, after all, the last three years have been a year to come a step up.
But the development of anything is not always on an upward curve, there will be twists and turns and downward movements, and the same is true of professional football.
At the moment, especially when Grant will be out for a long time and Kompagno will miss many games in the future, perhaps all aspects, including the team, can appropriately lower their expectations, for example, are we still aiming for relegation first?
Win 7 more games in the last 21 rounds, or score another 20 points?
With such a goal, which games must be won, which points must be won, and which games can be fought for?
Use more reasonable personnel and more reasonable tactical arrangements to achieve the ultimate goal......
With three consecutive defeats and a third of the season gone home without a win, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers are under a lot of pressure, but the team has no time to be frustrated, because on May 4, the boys will take on Henan on the road.
The Henan team, which lost 1-4 to Zhejiang in this round, ended its two-game winning streak, and will return to the home court in the next game, which is bound to go all out to win.
For Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, in addition to quickly adjusting their physical condition, it is more important to be firm and confident, and at the same time stimulate a stronger desire to win.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers Football Team Head Coach Yu Genwei:
Grant's injury is very unpromising, and he may undergo surgery, so it is unlikely that he will play in the first half of the season. Vincent Kompagno is unlikely to return in recent games, so now we have to face those difficulties together.
In these games, we are indeed at a disadvantage in terms of foreign aid, but as I said before, the absence of the main foreign aid also means that other players in the same position have the opportunity to practice. Today, you can also see that the 4 "post-00" players who played in this game have outstanding performances, and I hope they can maintain their fighting spirit and condition and make more contributions to the team.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team player Fiorridge:
We played better and played with one more man, so it's a shame not to win the game, that's football. At the moment I have mixed emotions and I'm not happy with my performance, but now it's more important that we think positively about the next game. Thank you to the fans for their support, we deserve a win for them. The league is a long one, we have to keep adjusting and trying to improve ourselves as much as possible to win games.