On Friday night, the second leg of the FA Cup quarter-final will be staged, and due to the 3-0 defeat in the first leg, it is almost impossible for Dalian to turn over and qualify. As the team's head coach, Jose has clearly accepted the fate of being eliminated, and in today's pre-match press conference, he said he would send more young players to the game.
"We did some analysis of the results of the last game. Based on the good and bad situations, we made some changes. The result of the game was more painful, because we did not feel that the opponent showed more strength than us in the course of the game. However, the Shanghai seaport is still more optimistic, and it is more normal for them to enter the next round. So, we're going to adjust to that and we're going to send a lot of young players to learn and grow in this game. Jose said. Wan Yu, a young player who attended the press conference with Jose, said: "The last game was lost, the head coach took us to sum up a lot, and we also learned lessons. We will forget the defeat of the last game, play this game as a new game, we will do our best to release the fighting spirit of young people on the field, we will try to learn through this game and improve ourselves. ”
In the question-and-answer session, José replied on the psychological level of how to channel the players, "It is true that psychological adjustments will be made, and in the last game, before the first goal was conceded, both teams actually had a chance, and the second conceded goal was indeed a mistake by ourselves." Before the last goal was conceded, we had the opportunity to score through a set-piece, but didn't catch it, leading to our eventual collapse. The players who played in the second leg, both young and old, wanted them to show their personality on the pitch. This is also the reason for bringing Wan Yu, after all, he is also 19 years old this year, if he plays, I hope to show morale and personality on the field as he said, which is also my expectation of Dalian's young players, I hope they show their strength on the field. For them, this will be a very important game and will be of great help to their future growth. ”
Shanghai Harbour coach Lecco was asked at the press conference whether he would give young players more opportunities to play: "If my team did not play 100% in the second leg, I would be sad. We should respect the game and the opponents and show our quality, our players are very professional and also love football, they will play very hard and I expect my players to play this game with all their might. ”