Reporter Lu Mi reports After Chengdu Rongcheng defeated Wuhan Three Towns in the first round, it continued to sit at home against Tianjin Jinmen Tigers in the second round. I originally thought it was a game that was nine out of ten, but I didn't want my offensive efficiency to be low. Xu Zhengyuan started with three foreign aids, and did not take much advantage against the opponent's five foreign aids. At the same time, Zhou Dingyang's red card left the field before the end of the half, which brought great difficulty to the subsequent game adjustment and response. The targeted deployment of the Jinmen Tigers, as well as the thorough adjustment of the technical and tactical adjustments of the Rongcheng team, require Xu Zhengyuan to be vigilant. Losing 1-2, Chengdu has suffered its first defeat in the second round for two consecutive seasons, and the speed of entering the league needs to be accelerated, and the rotation and run-in between personnel should also be improved during the interval.

Facing Tianjin Jinmen Tigers at home, Xu Zhengyuan made a big adjustment in the starting lineup, Liu Dianzuo, who had just been selected for the national team in the goalkeeper position, was substituted, and Jian Tao returned to the starting lineup; Foreign aid only sent Felipe, Gulfinkel and Romulo to play. Timo was unable to start due to fever, and the three central defenders of the all-Chinese class were composed of Yang Shuai, Han Pengfei and Li Yang, and the double back continued the "double ocean" combination of Yang Mingyang and Zhou Dingyang.

There have been such changes in the lineup between the two rounds, due to injuries and tactical considerations. After all, Xu Zhengyuan has too many cards available in his hand now, especially in the midfield and backfield, where there are many internationals. Compared with the opponent Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, whether it is the strength on paper or the depth of the bench, Chengdu Rongcheng is a step higher. And it also has the psychological advantage of never being defeated by an opponent.

Judging from the beginning, Chengdu continued the consistent formation play, and the frontcourt players cooperated with each other very smoothly, and used the wings of Gurfinkel and Hu Hetao to continuously open the dense defense of the Jinmen Tigers. However, the opponent did make a lot of preparation, and the man-to-man defense and standing distance were well controlled, especially the close marking of Felipe, which also made the Brazilian miss the opportunity to change the score first.

The strategy of the Jinmen Tigers is very clear, that is, to play defensive counterattacks, and Chengdu Rongcheng is to use the advantage of personnel strength to press the offense in a big way. After several unsuccessful attempts to press, the opponent took advantage of the space behind him and scored a counter-attacking goal. The three central defenders of the all-Chinese class left too much space for the opponent to step forward in each other's positions, and at the same time made the mistake of lack of concentration.

took advantage of the field, but was scored first by the opponent, which Chengdu Rongcheng did not expect. But they could only keep attacking and get the score back. After 10 minutes, Xu Zhengyuan's attacking design worked, Hu Hetao broke through the ribs from the right and crossed to the back post, where Wei Shihao, who outflanked in place, headed the equaliser. Just when Rongcheng felt that he could take advantage of the situation to pursue, near the end of the half, Zhou Dingyang's straight red became the turning point of the game.

Xu Zhengyuan changed the back four as soon as he came up in the second half, and Timo and Caron came out to replace Hu Hetao and Yang Shuai, and the overall formation was 441, in order to use the physical advantage of the opening game to rewrite the score again. However, Jinmen Tiger took advantage of the numerical advantage and counterattacked again when Rongcheng had just changed formations and the defense had not yet adapted, and Ademi overtook the score.

In the half-time when the number was behind, Chengdu Rongcheng experienced a period of ups and downs, and after the Jinmen Tigers took the lead again, they controlled the ball for a while. But most of the time, Chengdu Rongcheng had a lot of excellent offensive opportunities, but they didn't take advantage of them in the end.

In the end, Chengdu Rongcheng had no choice but to swallow their first defeat of the season in the second round. In fact, at halftime, Xu Zhengyuan faced the deployment that was disrupted by the red card, but he didn't mess up, he told the players to play how they wanted. The core problem of this game is not the question of whether one less person should attack or defend, after all, in previous seasons, Rongcheng has repeatedly played games with one less person and not falling behind, and even won against strong teams. The most important thing is that in the critical phase of the game, after individual position adjustments, the discomfort between the players is obvious, which seriously affects the efficiency.

Last season, Chengdu's first defeat of the season also came in the second round, losing to the Cangzhou Lions in the relegation circle. Also in this season, which has undergone a lot of personnel adjustments, the pace of the team's entry into the state is still a little slow, and the changes on the field are obviously insufficient. As a new force whose performance is improving year by year, Chengdu Rongcheng needs to mature in an all-round way. After two rounds of matches, Chengdu Rongcheng will have a five-day holiday, and Xu Zhengyuan can also take advantage of this break to run in different configurations and even formations, so that the team can have more adequate ways to deal with this year's third-line operations.