Reporter Chen Yong reported that the Wuhan team, which lost 0-2 in the first leg of the 1/4 final of the FA Cup, ushered in a good situation on October 26, foreign aid Raphael and Lopez rushed to Dalian, coach Li Xiaopeng said that from the training situation, the two played the game completely no problem, "Tomorrow's game, we still have to play it as a very hopeful, very desired game to play." Li Xiaopeng said.
In 2020, Raphael first suffered a thigh strain in a warm-up game before the season, and then stayed in China for treatment. On August 3, while preparing for the second round of the match against Yongchang, Raphael once again injured his left knee during training, and after being diagnosed by the MRI and medical team, he consulted himself, and on August 12, the Wuhan team announced that Raphael had returned to Brazil for treatment.
At the end of September this year, Raphael returned to China, and after quarantine, met the conditions for entering the FA Cup area, he came to Dalian with another foreign striker, Lopez.
In an interview, Raphael said that he had made a full recovery, "First of all, my physical condition, the recovery is still very good, after the treatment, the whole recovery is better than I expected, I think I have fully recovered." ”
For the return to the team, Raphael is very excited, "I am a professional player, the purpose is to play the ball well, after a very hard training, I completed the recovery, the club helped me come back and spent a lot of energy, now I am back, is to enjoy football." 」 This is where my dream begins and I want to put all my attention on football, play every game well and do my best to help the team. ”
When Raphael returned to the team, his teammates found that he was in good shape, scoring a lot of goals, including leaning on the defender and turning around to break the goal. Of course, the intensity of training is not the same as the game, and his teammates will not be too tough on him, and more importantly, the last time Raphael played an official game was on November 27, 2019, has not played a game for 23 months.
Lopez, a new addition to Wuhan this year, scored 2 goals in 1 of the 6th to 14th rounds of the first stage of the Chinese Super League, scoring 2 goals in 2-2 Ping Yatai and 2-1 against Dalian.
With the system playing and no injuries, López was relatively easy to adapt to the game, just a period of training and some games.
At the pre-match press conference on the 27th, Li Xiaopeng revealed that Raphael and Lopez had no problem playing the game, "With the arrival of two heavyweight foreign aides, our attack will be enhanced." Li Xiaopeng said, "Tomorrow's game, we still have to play it as a very hopeful and very desired game." In his opinion, there are two aspects of the game against Tarzan that are very important, one is the attitude and the other is the mentality.
Raphael, who attended the press conference with Li Xiaopeng, said that the game is very important and difficult, "We hope that through our own efforts, we can win the game back and win the final victory." ”
However, for The Wuhan team, it is not realistic for Rafael and Lopez to reverse the 0-2 score by relying on Raphael and Lopez, who have not yet fully recovered, but if they can have a good performance in the game and gradually recover through the game, it is still very valuable to the team.
At present, the Wuhan team needs more strength or the Chinese Super League, although the team is now ranked 11th in the entire Chinese Super League, but the lead over the last two is only 4 points, and the pressure of relegation is still relatively large.