Reporter Lu Mi reports The match between the 13th round of the Chinese Super League and Shenzhen Xinpeng City was postponed due to an accident, and Wuhan Three Towns rested in advance to prepare for the upcoming FA Cup. Obviously, the team is aiming for relegation this year and the focus will be on the league. After Deng Zhuoxiang became the acting head coach of Wuhan Three Towns, the team took on a new look, and came out of the relegation zone twice, and there was a significant improvement in performance, and the temperament and comprehensive performance of the game have made a qualitative leap. This also put the club's plan to find a new domestic coach on hold, including in the upcoming league break, Deng Zhuoxiang's position will be relatively stable. However, because the club is still entangled in international lawsuits, there is no room for mid-term adjustment personnel for the time being, and the club is currently seizing the time to resolve the transfer ban.

Improvement of mentality and mental strength

Wuhan Three Towns entered the intermission period ahead of schedule, with one round less, and the ranking has come to a relatively safe position. In the past period, the team has ushered in an all-round transformation. In terms of results, since Deng Zhuoxiang was appointed on April 11, as of May 11, in this month, he led the team to 7 league games, achieved 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, and won 11 points.

At the beginning of the season, when Martins led the team, Wuhan Three Towns only achieved a poor record of 1 draw and 4 losses in the first 5 rounds, only 1 point, ranking at the bottom and deep in the relegation zone. After Deng Zhuoxiang took over, the team's form quickly rebounded, and it is currently ranked 12th with 3 wins, 3 draws, 6 losses and 12 points, successfully getting out of the relegation zone. For example, in the home game against Yunnan Yukun, a promoted horse, Deng Zhuoxiang led the team to a 3-1 victory on the second day of taking office, bringing the team a long-lost 3 points and the first league win in the new season; In the match with Beijing Guoan, a Chinese Super League powerhouse, the team scored three goals in the last 10 minutes in a desperate situation of falling behind 1-4, and staged a two-minute draw in the last minute and gained a precious 1 point; In the game against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger and Henan team, the team also completed the reversal and won under the unfavorable situation of conceding the goal first, which fully demonstrated Deng Zhuoxiang's ability to lead the team.

And the reason for such a rapid improvement is more due to the change in the temperament of the players. It can be seen that Deng Zhuoxiang injected soul into the team and gave Wuhan Three Towns a unique label of "can't be messed with in the second half".

In the games he coached, there were many occasions when he made efforts to equalize or even overtake the score in the second half. Like the classic battle with Beijing Guoan, the team fell behind 1-4 with a huge disadvantage, but all the players were not discouraged at all, but broke out with amazing combat effectiveness, and scored three goals in a row at the last moment to achieve a perfect draw. This is completely different from the mental state of the team when it was reversed by Meizhou Hakka not long ago.

In the team's match against Dalian InBev on May 11, Wuhan Three Towns had a hole in the defense in the first half and fell behind 0-2, but at the end of the second half, the situation changed abruptly, and the team scored two goals in a row to draw 2-2. This reflects that under the training of Deng Zhuoxiang, the players of the Three Towns have regained their tenacious will and strong desire to win, and will not give up until the last moment of the game.

The change in the team's mental outlook during the game was noticeable. Deng Zhuoxiang, who commanded on the bench, can never see anxiety and gaffes on his face. This composure and calmness will definitely be passed on to the players, so that they can always stay focused even when they are at a disadvantage, actively execute Deng Zhuoxiang's tactics, and at the same time encourage and support each other to show the cohesion of the team in the game.

Make the best use of people to the greatest extent

This season, although the three towns of Wuhan still have great personnel changes, their comprehensive strength is not weak, and the staffing is relatively reasonable. After Martins left class, Deng Zhuoxiang made reasonable adjustments to the team's tactics to make the team's offense and defense more orderly. On the offensive side, he flexibly arranges according to the characteristics of the players, and no longer blindly attacks. For example, Deng Hanwen has strong offensive ability on the right side, so let him rush forward more; Palacios, a foreign player, had an excellent shooting ability, so he created chances for him to get more balls; Sauer has a set of attacking playmakers who give him command in midfield. Defensively, he emphasised the coordination of the overall defence, and although the team still has some problems defensively, it has improved significantly compared to before.

At present, Deng Zhuoxiang's use of the players of the Three Towns is relatively reasonable, allowing some previously neglected players to regain their glory, such as Tuduolie and Sauer, but there are still some problems in the defensive line. In many games, the team was passive due to conceding goals too early, and Deng Zhuoxiang also shouted in the locker room that there must be no more early conceding goals. In the coming intervals, the team will also focus on this issue.

Because of the outstanding results of leading the team, Deng Zhuoxiang will continue to work in the position of acting coach, and the club's original plan to find a new domestic coach has been shelved. There is no specific plan for whether the team will make personnel changes in the medium term. After all, Wuhan Three Towns still has three transfer registration bans, and they are banned from registration in the next three transfer windows. The club is actively resolving these three lawsuits, striving to be able to strengthen the personnel at the time of the second turn.