The tough opponent has suffered another heavy defeat, and the West Coast needs to improve its defensive toughness

Reporter Chen Yong reports "I was convinced to lose 4-0. Shanghai Shenhua is the best team in the Chinese Super League in my opinion, and I admire them very much in terms of staffing, on-field performance, and the ambition they show on the field. "Lost to Shanghai Shenhua away, Qingdao West Coast coach Shao Jiayi said at the press conference after the game. This game, to a certain extent, shows the gap between civilian teams and strong teams, including the gap in absolute strength, the gap in the thickness of the squad, and of course, the gap in their own defensive level.

In this round of the game, Qingdao West Coast and Meizhou Hakka were a little helpless, and they ran into Shanghai Shenhua and Chengdu Rongcheng, who had a strong desire to attack. Shenhua and Rongcheng are fighting fiercely for the top spot in the standings, and they have invested a lot of strength in attack, resulting in a 4-0 score in both matchups.

In the game against Shenhua, Shao Jiayi rotated the starting lineup to a certain extent, with the core of the defensive line, the core of the defensive line, the core of the midfield, Mateus, and the core of the front court, Davidson, all starting, but the other two attackers, Aziz and Nelson Luz, sat on the bench. It is understood that these two players have started continuously before, considering their physical condition and other realistic factors, in the case of the opponent Shenhua's foreign aid striker Andre was suspended due to injury and there were only three foreign aids, Shao Jiayi made such a personnel arrangement, hoping that the starting lineup would stick to half time and then take the lead.

However, the trend of the game was completely unexpected by the west coast of Qingdao. In the first 15 minutes, Shenhua had already scored two goals, and Shao Jiayi had to replace Nelson Luz in the 28th minute of the first half, but the situation on the field still did not change much. Shenhua's first goal, Qingdao West Coast actually has no problem with the number of defenders, but still conceded the goal, as for the two goals scored by Mineiro later, Mineiro's position is actually not particularly good, but the two magical headers have scored. Towards the end of the game, Yang Haoyu scored another goal, and finally lost 0-4 on the West Coast.

At present, the problems of Qingdao West Coast at the defensive level are mainly reflected in two aspects. First, the change of play needs to pay attention to the details, and the more offensive troops are invested, which is naturally prone to problems at the defensive level; Second, the absolute capability of the defensive line is slightly insufficient. In this game, the problem is more on the second level. The West Coast has faced strong teams such as Shenhua and Taishan this season, and the defensive problems have been exposed quite obviously, with a loss of 0-4 and a loss of 1-5.

So far this season, Qingdao West Coast has done an excellent job of injury prevention: all but one of the five foreign players has played one less game, all but Nelson Luz have been in full attendance, and a total of 21 players have played in 11 games, and the rotation is relatively reasonable. In this regard, Shao Jiayi said: "For my teammates, I must protect them to the greatest extent. The players have done really well in training and games, which is a great thing for the coach and I am more confident to make some adjustments to the rotation. So far, there haven't been any major [injury] problems in the team, and it has a lot to do with our training and the rotation that the coaching staff has arranged. So I hope this season to be able to maintain this form, this rhythm, and it's very important for a team like ours to be able to make sure that our core players are as complete as possible. ”

Limited by economic strength, under the premise of ensuring excellent foreign aid, the local squad of Qingdao West Coast is either old players or young players, and it is difficult to introduce excellent players in the prime of life, and the substitute lineup is mostly young players, resulting in the inevitable risk of rotation at the level of performance.

11 rounds, 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, with 16 points, ranked in the middle of the Chinese Super League, for the "second year of the Chinese Super League", Qingdao West Coast's performance this season is not bad. At the press conference, Shao Jiayi said: "The players played very well today, even in a 0-3 situation, we still followed our ideas, our tactics, and the coach's requirements. We're going to adjust for the next game, and there's still a week to go. I'm sure we'll be able to recover right away. ”

After a back-to-back match against Shenhua on the West Coast, they will be away to Chengdu Rongcheng this Saturday.