After the away victory over Cangzhou Lions in the 12th round of the league, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers have scored 7 points in the last three rounds, and Kampagno's hat-trick after his comeback has also added confidence to the Tianjin Tigers for the next games.
On May 21, the Jinmen Tigers will host the in-form Shandong Taishan team in the 13th round of the Chinese Super League. Although the opponent is currently suffering from serious injuries, the Jinmen Tigers must not be careless in the face of the Taishan team with a solid background.
Since this week is a two-week match, the Jinmen Tigers will face Shandong Taishan only three days after the match with the Cangzhou team, and the opponent has one more day of rest than themselves, so the number one task of the Jinmen Tigers at the moment is to recover and adjust their condition.
Yu Genwei
Head coach of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
We have one less day off than our opponents, so our most important task is to recover. Everyone's body is in that mental state and at the moment all the players in the squad except Grant are ready for this game, and I think that's a really good factor for us. As for this game, we don't have more time to train because the time is also very short, but we have also done a good analysis, and will also formulate some effective technical and tactical deployments and requirements according to the characteristics of the current opponent.
In this battle of Jinlu, the lineup of the Taishan team coming to Tianjin was incomplete, and the main players such as Judson and Fernando were absent due to injury.
However, it has always been difficult for the Jinmen Tigers to play against the Taishan team with a thick lineup, so even if the opponent's lineup has a big player absent, the Jinmen Tigers do not dare to be careless.
Yu Genwei
Head coach of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
I think that at present, these teams in the Chinese Super League may have some injury problems of one kind or another, and it is not easy for each team. For Shandong's personnel reserve of this kind, there may be one or two players, the main players are suspended or injured, and the impact on them will not be too great, so we still have to be fully prepared for difficulties. But that's not to say that we're afraid of the opponent, we still have to study the opponent according to our own situation, and play our own training stuff, especially for tomorrow's game, our style of work is very important, and I hope to be able to better mobilize this nerve for our players to be able to play well tomorrow's game.
In the last few games of the Jinmen Tigers, Huang Jiahui's performance in the back has been unanimously recognized by fans. However, Wong Ka Fai has been substituted due to injury in two consecutive rounds, and there is also a question mark over whether he will be able to play in the battle of Jinlu.
However, Director Yu and Huang Jiahui attended the pre-match press conference, at least it is certain that Huang Jiahui can enter the squad for this game.
Yu Genwei
Head coach of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
Wong Ka Fai has been in a very consistent form in recent games and has indeed been a key player in the team this year. In terms of injuries, Xiao Huang is also more professional and has strong willpower, but we still have to make a final assessment based on his situation to assess whether he can play.
In the current Jinmen Tigers team, except for Grant, the other players have participated in the pre-match training, and as for the Australian central defender, he is still unable to return in a short period of time.
As the second transfer date is getting closer and closer, whether the Jinmen Tigers will bring in the sixth foreign aid is also a topic of great concern to the outside world.
Yu Genwei
Head coach of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team
I haven't considered the matter of the sixth foreign player yet, because now the team is not able to return in the near future except for Grant, who is really injured, and the other four foreign players, especially Kompagno, have returned, and we have not considered other matters.
Among the Shandong Taishan team that came to Tianjin this time, including three goalkeepers, there are only 23 people.
From the end of last season's Chinese Super League to the AFC Champions League, and then to the new season of the Chinese Super League, the Taishan team, which basically did not have a winter break, began to be affected by injuries when the league was one-third of the way.
The Chinese Super League meets the cross-season AFC Champions League, and even the Taishan team, which has a solid background, seems a little helpless.
Choi Kang-hee
Head coach of Shandong Taishan football team
We finished the last league game on December 13 last year, when the team needed more than a month of rest to recover, but we didn't have time, but started the preparation for the AFC Champions League earlier, and the physical fitness was good when we first started playing the AFC Champions League, but after playing the AFC Champions League, the mental and physical consumption of the players is extremely huge, including many of our current injuries are also caused by these problems.
In the Taishan team that came to Tianjin this time, players such as Fernando, Judson and Pato were all absent due to injury, plus Zeka, who was injured during winter training, stepped on the field for training before the game, and the Taishan team only had two foreign aids, Cressan and Kazaishvili.
Under the dense schedule, the Taishan team will make some adjustments in the lineup.
Choi Kang-hee
Head coach of Shandong Taishan football team
It's a shame that there are so many injuries at the moment, but we may have another idea to make some rotations to deal with it under the tight schedule.
In the last 6 rounds, the Taishan team has achieved 5 wins and 1 draw, and the points are also closely catching up with Chengdu Rongcheng, which is ranked third. Therefore, this time in Tianjin, even if there are difficulties in personnel, the Taishan team does not want to return empty-handed.
Because of this, the old coach Cui Kangxi's analysis of the Jinmen Tigers is naturally more careful, and from the perspective of the Taishan team, this Jinlu battle is by no means just to limit the Kampagno who scored a hat trick in the last round of the game.
Choi Kang-hee
Head coach of Shandong Taishan football team
The overall compactness, running ability, and characteristics of the running position and foreign aid of the Tianjin team are very good, which is a very difficult team to play. We must pay more attention in the game, Tianjin's center forward had a hat trick in the last game, but not only him, the overall style of play of this team is one of the most stable teams in the Super League at this stage, and we still have to do our best.
For Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, if they want to win at home this time, the first thing to solve is the team's offensive problem. Tianjin Jinmen Tigers have failed to score at home for three consecutive Chinese Super League games, which is the longest home goal drought record for the team in the Chinese Super League.
In their last three home games, the team has drawn 0-0 with Meizhou Hakka, lost 0-1 to Beijing Guoan, and drew 0-0 with Shanghai Shenhua.
The team's failure to find the back of the net in three home games was mainly due to the injury of centre-forward Vincent Kompagno. After starting the last round of fixtures, Vincent Kompagno scored a hat-trick to announce his return and was named the official Player of the Year 12 in the Chinese Super League, which also gave the team hope of breaking the three-game home goal drought.
In addition, Ademi has provided four assists for Vincent Kompagno this season, the highest number of assists per teammate in a single season by a Tianjin Jinmen Tigers player since 2012.
In 2013, Andrezinho provided four assists for Valencia, and in 2019, Achimpen also provided four assists for Wagner.
The in-form combination of Ademi and Vincent Kompagno will be the biggest reliance on the Tigers' home win, and the two of them are expected to break this record.
So far, Shandong Taishan have only kept four clean sheets against their opponents, and recently conceded goals against Cangzhou Lions, Nantong Zhiyun, Shenzhen Xinpeng City, and other teams in the middle and lower reaches of the league.
Most of these goals conceded come from the mistakes of the Shandong team's defensive line, and when the defense is timely enough and the number of defenders is superior, the Shandong team will often have a situation where the marking is not tight, resulting in unnecessary goals conceded. This is also an opportunity that the Jinmen Tigers can seize on the offensive end.
Considering the recent instable defensive performance of the Jinmen Tigers, Shandong Taishan's strong attack power is still the biggest test for the Tianjin team fighting at home.
Although only two foreign players in the Shandong team, Kazaishvili and Cressan, can play, they are the top two in the list of successful dribbles in the Chinese Super League.
Kazaishvili has completed 43 successful dribbles and Cressan 39. Of those, Kazaishvili made 14 dribbles in the opposition box, at least 10 more than any other Super League player.
Kazaishvili has a great deal of freedom and adaptability in central midfield, and he can play his part both on the flanks and in the middle.
Although he has only scored 4 goals and provided 4 assists so far this season, in the last round against Shenzhen Xinpeng City, Kazaishvili contributed one goal and one assist to help the team win, and his cooperation with Cressan has become more and more tacit, which requires the Jinmen Tigers to keep a strict eye on him.
On the day of the race, the temperature in Tianjin will remain around 22 degrees, which is more suitable for the game.