With all odds set in the ordinary, Muscat must boost the harbor's morale

Reporter Cheng Shan reported After getting three points at the plateau, Harbour will face a crucial game during the May Day holiday, at home against Guoan, who have been in good form this season. With just one point separating the two teams at the top of the table, and with an injury situation uncertain against a morale-boosting rival, it will be interesting to see what changes manager Muscat will make.

After 9 rounds of the Chinese Super League, the rankings of each team have gradually become clearer, and Harbour is temporarily in third place with a record of 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss with 17 points with one less game. As for the situation of the opponent Guoan, Haigang is also very clear: Guoan is unbeaten with 4 wins and 4 draws, and ranks fourth after Haigang with 16 points. In the 8th round of the game, Guoan defeated Taishan 6-1 at home, and that hearty victory not only showed strong attacking power, but also greatly improved the team's morale and confidence. In the last round of the game, Guoan fought at home, and in the case of unfavorable factors such as injury and red card suspension, it defeated the Henan team that was not easy to deal with 1-0.

Guoan are currently only one point away from Harbour in front of them, and although they are playing away, it is predictable that they are still eager to take all three points in this strong conversation and achieve transcendence.

Muscat is obviously well aware of this, and in addition to preparing for the match against Guoan, it is necessary to make arrangements for the overall situation of the opponent, and more importantly, to mobilize the enthusiasm of the harbor and stimulate morale.

In the last game against Yukun, Shanghai Port had the advantage in strength, but the team encountered a lot of problems. From the start of the pre-match training Gustavo injury, it seems that good luck was not on the side of the harbor. Muscat had to change his formation, and on the premise of sticking to his own style of play, he strengthened his defense, and the young player Kuai Jiwen, who has attracted much attention from the outside world, also got the opportunity to start and appeared in the Chinese Super League for the first time.

Yusa, Vital and Xu Xin sat in the midfield, and Leonardo in the front line had more offensive space to play freely, but the lack of high points brought trouble to the harbor, and more importantly, the problem of the harbor's defense was more serious, the players did not have enough tacit understanding, and they were not very skilled in the process of defending and counterattacking, resulting in the offensive advance speed was not fast, which ran through the whole game, and Muscat's fast attack style of play was not fully played.

From the beginning to the present, the Harbour injuries have never stopped, and even a complete line of defense has not been put together for a while. Gustavo, who was originally pinned on high hopes, was not in the best physical condition, and his muscles tightened in the 24th minute against Meizhou and was replaced; The derby is also not recovering well; Before the last game, he was injured in training and missed. As a key fulcrum in the Harbour frontcourt, his injury has led to a decline in the team's ability to push and a lack of aerial superiority. On the front line, the play of foreign aid is not stable enough, although Wu Lei returns, it is a mystery when he can return to his best condition. These factors have directly affected Muscat's arrangement, and it is reasonable that Harbour cannot play the strongest performance.

After returning to Shanghai from the Yunnan away trip, the physical fitness of the players was also greatly affected due to the plateau operation, and the team mainly focused on recovery in the first two days. In the first three days of training, Muscat will analyze the current style of play of Guoan to the Harbour players, and polish the details in training. Based on the available personnel, it is currently unknown whether Muscat will make changes to the formation. Now, the team's biggest concern is injury, "This year's winter training time is too short, not only us, but many strong teams have such problems. As for us, both the club hierarchy and the coaching staff are concerned about injuries. According to team insiders, at present, the Harbour side will make some targeted training and preparation adjustments according to the physical data analysis of the players after each game, so as to avoid non-combat attrition as much as possible.