The 4th win in the last 5 games broke the harbor again! Rongcheng is stronger and stronger and advances to the top two!

Reporter Lu Mi reports A wonderful duel, a hearty victory, swept away the haze of the decline in forward efficiency in Chengdu Rongcheng's two consecutive rounds of games - on the evening of the 20th, they defeated Harbour 3-1 away from home, and won the fourth victory in the last five meetings. Chengdu Rongcheng broke the defending champions' unbeaten league run this season and extended their unbeaten run against the top five teams (away wins over Taishan and Ping Guoan), while Xu Zhengyuan's side showed the positive side of "stronger when they meet stronger", and they also moved up to second place in the league table with 17 points.

After being drawn by promoted Ma Yunnan Yukun in the last round, Chengdu Rongcheng quickly adjusted its mentality and wanted to fight for 3 points in the new round of tough battles with Shanghai Port. Playing away from home, the difficulty can be imagined. However, Xu Zhengyuan was still fully prepared for technical and tactical purposes, and the two wings led by Gulfinkel and Hu Hetao could be attacked, retreated and defended, becoming the biggest highlight of the game.

Since the beginning of this season, Chengdu Rongcheng's record has generally met expectations, but after a wave of consecutive wins, it has also encountered the problem of declining forward efficiency. In the previous two consecutive rounds against relegation teams, only one goal was scored. In the match against Qingdao Manatee, Chengdu Rongcheng dominated possession and contributed 14 shots on goal, but only scored a goal through a mistake by the opposition goalkeeper in the first half, and the team missed a total of six great attacking opportunities in that game. Then returned to the home court to face the promoted Ma Yunnan Yukun, Xu Zhengyuan did several positions of personnel rotation, the forward line is still relatively active, and also occupies the initiative in the game. However, only one goal was scored from 21 shots on goal, six great chances were missed, and Felipe's hat-trick over the crossbar was really unlucky.

It can be seen that the players of the entire forward line of Chengdu Rongcheng are not satisfied with the current state, and the team urgently needs a big victory to change this situation. In this round away against Shanghai Port, Xu Zhengyuan fielded the strongest lineup, and Wei Shihao and Gulfinkel both got the start after the last round of rest.

"Today's game, I can expect it to be very difficult because the schedule has been really intense lately and then we have a lot of fitness issues in the team. Coupled with the fact that Harbour have played one game less than us, they should be a little more fit than our team. "Under many difficulties, the coaching staff made sufficient preparations for this game, taking advantage of the opportunity of the reorganization of the opponent's defensive line, focusing on the opponent at the beginning, formulating a variety of playing styles around Felipe as the core, and quickly organizing counterattacks through fierce scrambling in the midfield. At the same time, he firmly grasped the initiative of the second penalty kick, and created Wei Zhen's yellow card in the opening stage, which brought a lot of pressure to the harbor defense.

Compared to the previous games, Hu Hetao and Gulfinkel's two wings have had a lot of attacking opportunities, and the coaching staff also asked them to attack boldly and suppress the opponent's full-backs forward. Sure enough, the two goals were scored by Hu Hetao and Gulfinkel who provided assists respectively. In the 9th minute, Hu Hetao assisted Romulo, who shot into the net from distance to help the team take the lead on the road. On the other side, Gulfinkel's low cross was of very high quality in this game, and in the 20th minute, he broke down the left and sent in a cross, which was quickly cut in by Wei Shihao to extend Rongcheng's lead.

Xu Zhengyuan said: "In the overall preparation process of our past few days, the players have done a very good job, including the analysis of the harbor, the coaching staff put forward a lot of tactical requirements for the players, and today they executed it perfectly on the field. So I think the most important thing today is to see all the players showing their tenacity and the desire to win the game. ”

After taking a 2-0 lead, Chengdu Rongcheng did not relax in the slightest, continued to attack, and also had to watch out for the opponent's counterattack. Although the opponent pulled a goal back in the first half, he still maintained the lead in offensive statistics. The main tone of the second half is to counter offside and increase the threat of high-altitude balls, because in fact, the opponent in the first half has shown loopholes in air defense, and Chengdu Rongcheng has created threats many times. In the 74th minute, the midfielder played a long pass into the penalty area, Felipe received the ball and did it, and central defender Teemo received the ball and volleyed home. A simple and efficient attack allowed Chengdu Rongcheng to seal the victory. Defensively, the three centre-backs withstood the pressure and tried to secure the win at the last minute.

The two sides have met in the Chinese Super League 6 times before, and Rongcheng has won 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses to gain the upper hand, and after winning this game, the team has won the fourth victory in the last 5 times against the harbor. While breaking the opponent's unbeaten golden body in the league this season, Rongcheng itself has also regained its hunger in the front line, continuing the execution that it has been most proud of in several seasons, and also allowing itself to maintain an unbeaten record of 2 wins and 1 draw against the top five of the Chinese Super League this season, which is very important for the accumulation of confidence.

After the game, Xu Zhengyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief: "I told all the players that we must take the three points today and then go back to Chengdu." All the players were very good on the pitch and I want to thank them as well. In addition, I would like to thank all the Chengdu fans who are willing to come so far to cheer for our team. ”