Harbour regained the initiative to win the championship, and won the Jinmen Tiger in the final round to defend the title

Reporter Cheng Shan reported 1-0, Harbour won away to Cangzhou Male Lion, and as Shenhua only won a draw in this round, Harbour once again led Shenhua by one point and took back the initiative to win the final round.

After losing to Rongcheng in the last round, Harbour fell into a passive situation. For most of the season, they dominated the initiative as leaders, but after round 28, they became chasers, one point behind Shenhua.

In this round away against Cangzhou male lion, Harbour need to go all out to win, if they don't win and Shenhua wins this round, then Shenhua will win the Super League title one round earlier. Knowing that the pressure on the team is huge, the Harbour senior management specially came to the team to encourage everyone, "The battle is not yet to the end, and we have no reason to give up." ”

Shanghai has recently ended the hot weather, autumn is getting stronger, but compared with the temperature in Cangzhou, Hebei Province is still a lot higher, the temperature difference between the two places is 10 degrees Celsius, the problem of adaptation needs to be paid attention to, the harbor club is quite cautious, changed the law of arriving at the away side one day earlier in the past, and chose to arrive in Cangzhou two days in advance to prepare for the game, hoping that the players will adapt to the temperature change earlier, which is also the first time this season. "It felt okay, although the temperature difference was a bit big, it wasn't particularly cold. Prepare well for the warm-up before exercising, everyone has been in the competition, and the physical function is not bad. The first training session after arriving in Cangzhou ended, the team told reporters.

Head coach Muscat looked more nervous than any previous trip, "We need to push our focus and sharpness to the maximum to keep ourselves in a positive position through performance. Muscat's new coaching philosophy and overall training of the team have been unanimously recognized by the outside world, but after all, competitive sports only use the final results to speak, in the domestic cup, league and AFC Champions League elite league three-line operations, the team's performance has ups and downs, Muscat's single tactical system and ability to adapt on the spot have also suffered some criticism. After the defeat to Chengdu Rongcheng, Muscat and his coaching staff spoke to the team's top management, "The lack of a good start was the key to the team's failure to get a favorable situation after that." Regarding the last two rounds, Muscat admitted, "History cannot be changed, only learning from it." ”

In the days leading up to the game against the Cangzhou Male Lion, Muscat instructed his players to continue to be aggressive, which he believes shows his team's own style of play and belief.

At the beginning of the game, Harbour sent five foreign players to the starting lineup of Jia Wulei, but they obviously put a lot of energy on defense, paying more attention to action in defense, and paying attention to the defensive protection between players. In the 14th minute, the harbor team won a corner kick, Oscar took the penalty to the front point, Wu Lei scored a goal with a header, and the harbor took a 1-0 lead.

In the rematch, the Harbour team wanted to take the initiative and played harder, Gustavo and Leon scored successively, although they could not change the score, but the narrow victory allowed them to get the crucial three points. It is worth mentioning that in the 88th minute, Wu Lei was injured and carried off the field on a stretcher, and the harbor replaced Wu Lei with Lu Wenjun.

At the end of the game, the Harbour players walked up to the sidelines of the fan expeditionary force to thank them. At this moment, the news came that the opponent Shenhua was forced to draw in this round, and Wu Lei on the sidelines trotted all the way to his teammates who were celebrating. "I just watched Shenhua's game in the last 4 minutes, and I was more nervous than playing on the field. The whole team was a little frustrated after losing the last game, but football changes very quickly, and anything can happen in the last round, so it's better to be yourself first. Wu Lei was slightly excited, "Before the game, we have no other way out, and the initiative is not with us, first of all, we should do our best to win the game." ”

Regarding his goal to help the team win, Wu Lei said: "I think it is still due to the performance of the whole team, after the new coach came, the team's technical and tactical play has been upgraded, and every game can create a lot of opportunities, so I will do my own thing in this position." ”

'Actually, the strategy at half-time, even until the end of the game, I was asking for the same thing, trying to score another goal, to keep pressing and to be aggressive, as we do every day in training. It's a game that has to be won so we can keep the title in contention. The other thing is the control of emotions, in such a complex situation, emotions can easily affect the performance of the players, but today we showed a strong mental outlook and mentality, and I think we deserved to win. Muscat said after the game.

Harbour currently has 75 points, back to the top of the standings, 1 point more than Shenhua, Harbour has taken the initiative back, facing Tianjin at home in the next round, if it can win, it can win the Chinese Super League championship.