Reporter Cheng Shan reported In the second round of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Port won another game, defeating Changchun Yatai 2-0, making them currently at the top of the standings on goal difference. It's a good start for the new harbour.

After defeating Shenzhen Xinpeng City 3-1 in the first round, it can be regarded as temporarily stabilizing the morale of the army. In the past few days, Muscat and his players have also reviewed the first round of the league, and everyone believes that the team still has the advantage in controlling the pace of the game in this game, but it was slightly out of control in some periods of the second half. In response to the problems that arose in the previous game, when preparing for the match against Yatai, Muscat also deliberately gave more guidance on the details of the confrontation.

Fortunately, in addition to Wu Lei and Gabriel, the team's injury problems are gradually improving, and a few days before the game with Yatai, Li Ang has participated in the team's joint training, and Liu Ruofan is also recovering well.

What's more, in addition to injuries, the foreign players on the field are also slowly entering the role. After Gabriel's injury, the outside world focused all its attention on Leonardo, as a key part of Muscat's offensive system, Leonardo's "slow start" problem has been criticized by the outside world, but after coming to the harbor, his integration speed is faster than expected, not only reflected in the last kill at the front end, but more importantly, let everyone see that he is not just waiting to get the ball in the whole advancement, but also plays a tandem task role.

Sure enough, Leonardo scored his first goal against Yatai.

Although the last round was also lost to Shenhua in Shanghai, the overall strength of Yatai should not be underestimated. At present, Xie Hui, the head coach of the Yatai team, has also had a long time of experience as an assistant coach in the harbor, and he is familiar with the harbor.

In this game, coach Muscat continued to line up the strongest lineup of 4 foreign aids, led by Vital, Rusa, Gustavo and Leonardo, Jiang Guangtai and Wei Zhen partnered in the central defender, and Xu Xin served as the back. In the 7th minute of the game, Gustavo's shot in front of the goal was saved by the Yatai goalkeeper. In the 23rd minute, Leonardo's shot from inside the penalty area hit the leg of a defender on the Yatai side, and Wang Zhenao missed the shot.

At halftime, Muscart not only put forward some requirements at the forward end, but also specially deployed the task of solid defense. In the 54th minute, Leonardo's low shot hit the post, and Feng Jin scored in front of the goal to give the team a 1-0 lead. In this game, Leonardo's form got better and better, not only scoring the first goal, but also sealing the win for Harbour in stoppage time.

After helping the team win the game 2-0, Leonardo said: "We have a lot of personnel turnover this year, such as Oscar and Vargas have left, we will definitely slowly run in and improve, I hope the fans will be patient and continue to support us." Regarding the first goal, Leonardo said: "After all, I am happy that it was my first goal, and I am even happier that the team won this game." In the new system, my position has changed a bit, my run-in with Gustavo and the run-in with the whole team is getting better. ”

After the game, head coach Muscat also talked about Leonardo, "You can see that the cooperation and understanding between him and Gustavo is slowly getting better, they work very hard for the overall good of the team, and when you work hard for the team, you have the opportunity to improve personally." ”

Commenting on the changes in the game, Muscat also mentioned that the team has more control and is purposefully attacking, "Against a team that plays directly and is in very good physical condition, we did a very good job of limiting the opponent, including dealing with a lot of long balls and transitions. For an attacking team like ours, counter-attacking and switching is a top priority, and we showed a good part today. ”