Reporter Chen Wei reported that in the 2020 season, Cui Peng joined the Kunshan team, for Cui Peng, this is not only a change of team, but also a change of platform, he came to the Middle League to play football. Before that, as Cui Peng said, he had not experienced it and had not been in contact with the Chinese League A, but for him, after last year, he had gained a lot, and he said bluntly that he was very fortunate to be able to fight for his dreams with so many teammates at this age.
Cui Peng's mother died before entering the division last year, so when asked which game he remembered last year, he said that the whole season last year made him unforgettable, because before the start of the season, he had an unfortunate thing. In the final round of the league against Meizhou Hakka, Cui Peng's goal helped Kunshan defeat the opponent, he knelt down after scoring, two fingers in the sky, dedicated the goal to his mother.
The new season of the Chinese First Division will soon start, Cui Peng said that he will do better, but also hope to help the team achieve better results, can play on a better platform.
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"Football": How does it feel to train for so long in winter?
Cui Peng: Under the leadership of the coaching staff, our winter training is still doing well. In fact, every year in the winter training, the coaching staff of each team will have their own ideas, each period of the team will arrange different training, as far as we are concerned, after four phases of intensive training, which has a physical reserve period, a technical and tactical run-in period, a warm-up game and a technical and tactical drill, and a final substantive drill, the preparation for this winter training is still very sufficient.
You played 4 warm-up matches in the winter training stage, and the opponents are both Chinese First Division teams and Chinese Super League teams, and it can be seen that the quality of the warm-up matches is still very high.
I think that no matter what kind of team you meet, what kind of warm-up game you play, including where you choose to train, these are the arrangements of the coaches, in fact, it is easy to say that it is conducive to the team's preparation. Playing against Chinese Super League teams, we can really learn a lot, which is also the purpose of playing such a warm-up game. Specifically, playing against Chinese Super League teams makes it easier to discover their own problems, summarize the good and bad, and then make some adjustments in training and competitions to make the team better cope with the next league.
This is your second season in Kunshan, can you talk about the previous gains?
2020 is my first season in Kunshan, this year makes me feel more about the care of the club for the team, including Kunshan Cultural and Commercial Travel, Chang'ao Company, they are doing a good job, we are also very happy. The care they give to the players allows us to train and play with peace of mind.
Coming here, I used to be teammates with head coach Gao Yao, maybe to this team, I feel his care and ability as a coach to arrange training and direct the game, I am also learning how to become a coach, I learned a lot from him.
Our team is very inclusive, because I haven't been in the team for a long time, the players are not very familiar with each other, but I think when it comes to the playing field, everyone can fight for the team like brothers. At my age, I feel very fortunate to have this thing, and it is very happy to be with so many young people now, to chase their dreams, to fight for a team.
From the Chinese Super League to play in the Chinese First Division, was there a gap in your heart at that time?
I don't think so. Because, I think that no matter what platform you are on, you prove that your ability is higher than others, it is not determined by the platform, but you have to see whether what you give is directly proportional to your level. Of course, the three platforms of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese First Division, and the Chinese Second Division are indeed different, at my age, I feel that playing football in the Chinese First Division, I am also undergoing some adjustments, after all, I have not experienced before, nor have I been in contact, and last year Caught up with the epidemic, this is a special year, I learned a lot from it, I experienced a lot. In the first season of the Chinese First Division, we were not easy, we overcame a lot of difficulties. So you say the gap, I think no, I don't feel this thing, I just feel how to make myself better, help the team to achieve better results, this is what I thought.
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"Football": Last season, Kunshan entered the super group and finally won the third place, as a promotion horse, what do you think can achieve such a result?
Cui Peng: First of all, our logistics support, the club's logistics support for us, let us play in a safe environment and not think about anything else, which is very important. In addition, our coaching staff, before each game, even every night in the division, when it is time to eat, when it is time to sleep, is also studying the opponents, studying the techniques and tactics of our team. In fact, I think last year our players did not do well enough, at least the club and coaches did much better than us, although the game needs us to play, but it is inseparable from their hard work, including our team doctor, logistics team have paid a lot, others only see our players playing, their efforts can not see, but we see, their efforts will let us devote ourselves to the game, which is very critical.
As a veteran player, what do you think you need to do well in the new season?
I hope we, the players, can do better and their improvement means that the level of our team has improved. I hope that sometimes I may say something in training, I can help them, maybe I am not all right, but I hope to help them, I hope they can do better, their careers can develop better, they can do more for Kunshan, they can do more for Kunshan, they can do more for Jiangsu Province, and they can do more for Chinese football, so we have to help them solve problems that they can't see.
After playing the Chong Super League competition, where do you think the gap between the team and Yatai and Zhejiang is?
I don't think there's a gap. In fact, I think the outcome of the game is determined by many reasons, my teammates are not worse than anyone, but many times, the game is so coincidental, we lost the ball at the beginning of the game with Zhejiang, which made us fall into passivity, maybe we scored at the beginning, the game end is different, we can do better in the game.
Football is not entirely based on strength to speak, there is an old saying, the time and place are favorable, there are many other factors will also determine the direction of the game, we may be the details of the handling is not as good as the opponent, let others feel that there is a gap, in fact, I think we do not have any gap. Maybe the coach thinks a lot in the game, the player thinks a lot, but just thinks too much, nervous, there are problems, there are many reasons why a game determines the outcome, so I think we didn't qualify in the end is a multifaceted factor.
Last season, what were some of the first league games that you remembered?
In fact, every game is very memorable to me, because last year was my first year to Kunshan, and my mother died before entering the division last year, so this season has been unforgettable from the beginning. In the last game, we played against Meizhou Hakka, I knelt on the ground after scoring, in fact, at that time, I was particularly unhappy in my heart, I then went to hug the high director, I was carrying a lot of emotions, and I thought later, I still have to control myself, because I still have to play, to be an example, many players are looking at you, I quickly restrained myself and entered the state of the game. At that time, the scene of that goal was not noticed by many people, because that game was just a simple live broadcast, and most of them were focused on rushing to the game, as if Yatai was playing Chengdu, but the meaning to me was different.
As a midfielder, how do you feel you played last season?
If I say satisfied, it will definitely not work, be humble, hahaha. But to be honest, I feel like at least every game I'm doing my best, and I've shown as much as I can to show what I can. It may not be the same as some people's expectations, but I would say that I am serious about playing, and if other people say I am not good, I humbly accept it, and then this season I will do better.
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"Football": How to evaluate the foreign players in the team, especially the center-back Piri?
Cui Peng: Because of the epidemic last year, foreign aid came to China and endured a lot. Our leaders said that they are really not easy, foreigners come here, their families are not around, they have to quarantine for a long time, come to our team, we have to treat them as family.
I don't think every player says they didn't make mistakes, but we probably see more of them working hard, contributing to the team, we're all very different in language and culture, which is to understand each other.
Speaking of Pari, his free-kicks are really quite powerful, scoring 2 last season and playing two crossbars against Zhejiang, which is a very threatening offensive means for our team. It is less common for a centre-back to be able to have this footwork. In fact, in the beginning, Pirry's free kick was not what he was good at, and he did not take a good penalty before. That game we played against Xinjiang, in fact, it was very critical for us, we got a free kick, he also wanted to take a penalty, I think he was not a threat, not as good as our frontcourt players who went up and kicked, and finally he said he came, I said yes, I said you penalty far corner, try it from another angle. Because I watched the xinjiang game video before, I found that their goalkeeper had a problem with the position, had the habit of moving in advance, and sure enough, he did take a far corner and scored, and since then we have trusted him, because you scored, we can better hand over this task to you later. Including the match against Chengdu, he also scored, which is the result of trust. I think this is what everyone looks like as a family, trusting each other, only mutual trust, there will be good results after all. This trust is built up slowly, in training, in competition.
What do you want to do for the new season?
I think too much, hahaha. I want to lead the team to rush to the top, achieve better results, help the team to go to a higher platform, play on a higher platform, we must try our best to do a good job, try our best to add glory to Jiangsu football. In fact, this is not my responsibility alone, I hope our team works hard together, as long as you are fighting every game, the result is not important, but we don't like to lose, even if the draw does not like, we have only one goal, to win.
This year's competition is still a tournament system, after last year's tempering, is it more adaptable?
Although last year, although it was a conference system, there were only 15 games, and this year it was 34 games, although they were all conference system competitions, but there was still a difference, because the time span was large, there were more games, and there would be differences in terms of physical endurance. Although I have experienced the closed competition of the epidemic last year, I feel that this year there are more difficulties for me to overcome.
What are the individual requirements for the new season?
In the new season I wish I had less tantrums, hahaha. Because I lose less temper to show that everyone is doing better, usually in training, I shout a lot, but in the game, I advocate encouragement, our club including the coaching team requires us to be positive in the game, to have positive energy, usually training can be said to be a problem, but the game encouragement is very important, encouragement can make the team self-confidence to be improved, can make the players have a lot of motivation, I hope that everyone can put last year's fighting spirit, this year to a higher level, better play out.
The team signed 11 new players this year, and the run-in is a problem for the team, what do you think about this?
Yes, we signed 11 players, their strength is good, there is a certain problem with the run-in, but I think if there is a tacit understanding between the players, in fact, there is no need to say too much, just a look, an action, you know what the teammates do, after all, these players have played for many years, although there are young players, but they are very good, how to overcome the problem of running-in, is through the shouting between the players, in order to make each other more aware of each other's intentions, each person for their teammates to take more responsibility, so, These problems will be solved.