The FA Cup meets Taishan again, and Rongcheng looks forward to revenge

Reporter Lu Mi reports After the resumption of the Chinese Super League, the FA Cup followed, and in the quarterfinals, Chengdu Rongcheng unexpectedly met Shandong Taishan again, which also made this game another focus battle in addition to the Shanghai derby of the FA Cup. There has always been an undercurrent between the two South Korean coaches, Shandong Taishan won all the games against Chengdu Rongcheng last season, and Chengdu Rongcheng took the lead in the league this season, and the morale of the team is also high. The FA Cup encounter turned the two sides into a trilogy this year, with both teams losing in the just-concluded league game, which invisibly added a new dimension to the game.

Of course, Choi Kang-hee's life is not easy, but Xu Zhengyuan is not easy either. Previously, Rongcheng ranked second in the league, only 2 points away from the top Shanghai Shenhua, and the season has entered a double-line rhythm, Xu Zhengyuan must speed up the team's overall entry into the game, effectively dispatch personnel rotation, and further consolidate the team's established advantages, so as to grab enough points before the AFC Champions League starts.

However, in the past international break, Chengdu Rongcheng was called up a number of players, Liu Dianzuo, Hu Hetao, Wei Shihao and Yang Mingyang are the absolute main force of the team this season, and Han Pengfei has just returned from injury. Although Xu Zhengyuan increased the amount of training and increased the training intensity in order to better cope with the multi-front battles and intensive schedules in the future, the lack of core players still had an impact on the overall preparation.

Chengdu Rongcheng was a guest in the last round of the league to face the Henan team. In terms of personnel, Hu Hetao was unable to travel with the team because of an injury in the national team, captain Zhou Dingyang did not go to Zhengzhou because of the suspension of four yellows, and Teemo, a foreign aid in the back line, was also absent due to injury. Compared with Xu Zhengyuan's previous habitual staffing, in this game with the Henan team, the midfield and backfield have undergone great changes.

As the team's right wingback, Hu Hetao undertakes important offensive and defensive tasks in the tactical system, and his absence has weakened the team's wing strength to a certain extent. Fortunately, the intensity of the game of several other international players was not large, Liu Dianzuo and Yang Mingyang did not play, Han Pengfei and Wei Shihao did not play much, and they had little impact on the club game. At the beginning of the game against Henan, we could see Wei Shihao's enthusiasm and activity in the forward line, with one pass and one shot to put the team in the lead twice, and he also fulfilled his promise to Felipe and provided him with an assist.

However, the game did not develop according to the expected plan, and the Henan team carried out a lot of technical and tactical run-in after the change of coach, and tested the training effect through two warm-up matches during the interval. However, Chengdu Rongcheng did not make an appointment with the warm-up opponent during the interval, but only had an intra-team confrontation, and it was difficult to maintain a relatively tight rhythm from the state of the game. 3-2 was reversed by the Henan team, giving the team a blow. Coincidentally, the top five teams, because they are all teams with more international players, most of them have been affected, the leader Shanghai Shenhua was defeated by Shenzhen Xinpeng City, Shanghai Port was drawn by Zhejiang team, and Chengdu Rongcheng's FA Cup opponent Shandong Taishan was defeated by Tianjin Jinmen Tigers.

After being reversed by the Henan team, Xu Zhengyuan said that the team needs to go back and summarize well. After all, on the 20th, Chengdu will face Shandong Taishan away. At present, except for Temo and Hu Hetao, there are no major injuries in the team. Theoretically, there will not be much of a problem in supporting the current two-front operation or the three-line operation in the future AFC Champions League play-offs. However, it can also be seen from the more or less passive rotation of Xu Zhengyuan in the game with Henan that the players who originally had the strength entered the game slowly and made many mistakes in the case of a long-term lack of playing opportunities. How to ensure the smooth flow of personnel under the condition of ensuring results is actually a great test of the Korean coaching staff's daily scheduling skills for rotating players.

The FA Cup is one of the goals that Chengdu Rongcheng wants to compete for after it becomes a strong team. In the previous FA Cup journey, the team did not go very far, and last year had the opportunity to go further, but in the semi-finals, they met Shandong Taishan and lost 0-1. What Chengdu Rongcheng is looking forward to is, of course, revenge again in the cup. Against the FA Cup, what they want is not just a win, but to make history on that front.