Reporter Chen Yong reports Although it was very hard, an unexpected mistake by goalkeeper Mu Pengfei caused Qingdao Manatee to lose 0-1 at home to Chengdu Rongcheng and suffered two consecutive defeats. On April 12, the Chinese Super League fought 6 rounds, Qingdao Manatee 2 draws and 4 losses accumulated 2 points, ranking at the bottom of the list. In response to the current predicament, Qingdao Manatee still maintains trust in the coaching staff, while emphasizing the need to maintain unity and hard work, and be ready for a second transfer to improve the team's attacking power.

The defense is strong, the offense is weak

This season's Qingdao Manatee can be described as ill-fated: in the first round of the Chinese Super League, the lead was tied twice twice, and the home team drew 2-2 with Qingdao West Coast, which is a normal score; In the second round, the home team lost 0-1 to Shenzhen Xinpeng City, which was too undeserved for Qingdao Manatee to lose points, because Shenzhen Xinpeng City won 1 win and 5 losses in the first 6 rounds, scored 6 goals, and conceded 17 goals.

In the next four rounds, Qingdao Manatee began to encounter various strange circles: in the away game with Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, center forward Ormenho was injured before the game, and he received two red cards in the game, and finally lost 0-1. In the next 4th round, Qingdao Manatee drew 1-1 with Dalian InBev at home, which is also an acceptable score.

In the last two rounds, Qingdao Manatee was very tenacious against Yunnan Yukun away, but Song Wenjie was red carded in the 78th minute of the game, and Yunnan Yukun scored a killer goal in the 86th minute. On the evening of the 12th, the home game against Chengdu Rongcheng, Qingdao Manatee only had two foreign aid starters, and the team originally played very well, but Mu Pengfei's unexpected mistake buried the game.

In the first 6 rounds of the Chinese Super League, Qingdao Manatee conceded 7 goals, the fourth fewest in the Chinese Super League, it is worth noting that Beijing Guoan, which conceded 5 goals, and Shanghai Port, which conceded 6 goals, actually had one less round, which fully illustrated the tenacity of Qingdao Manatee at the defensive level, in addition, Qingdao Manatee ranked among the best in both steals and interceptions. The factors affecting Qingdao Manatee's performance are in terms of the number of goals, so far there are only 3 goals, the least in the Super League.

This season, Qingdao Manatee's foreign reinforcements are central defender Nikolai, midfielders Saric and Augusto, winger Silva and center Olmenho. Because of the use of double midfielders and foreign aids, Qingdao Manatee's possession rate is not bad, and the two foreign strikers are theoretically enough, but Ormenho's accidental injury has greatly reduced Qingdao Manatee's attacking power.

The continuous winless has brought problems at the mentality level, Song Wenjie directly received a red card as the main attacker, which is somewhat related to the anxiety of the mentality, and on the evening of the 12th, Mu Pengfei slipped and made a mistake that led to the loss, which also hit the team's confidence.

Before the summer window is introduced, it is necessary to grab points to avoid falling behind

Ranking first from the bottom has put head coach Li Xiaopeng under a lot of pressure, but the club has no plans to change the coach at present, but continues to support Li Xiaopeng. For the Manatees, it is important to maintain the current fighting spirit and defensive hardness, and then the improvement of the offensive level, on the one hand, it requires targeted training, and on the other hand, it is also hoped that the injury of foreign players will recover as soon as possible, especially the center Olmenho is very important for the team's offensive system.

In addition to internal potential, another direction for Qingdao Manatees to improve their attack power is the personnel adjustment during the summer window. The second transfer window of this season's Chinese Super League is from June 23 to July 21, that is, after the 14th round of the Chinese Super League. Judging from the current situation, Manatee's adjustment direction is to introduce an efficient attacker, which is a problem that Qingdao Manatee has not solved in the past three seasons. Whether to change the existing forward line or abandon a midfielder and add a striker will depend on the player's performance and injury situation.

There are 8 rounds of games from now to the opening of the summer window, for Qingdao Manatee, in these 8 rounds of games, at least 10 points must be scored to not fall behind, especially in the next 3 rounds away against Shanghai Shenhua, away against Henan team and home against Meizhou Hakka, Qingdao Manatee must get at least 4 points to not fall behind, because after the next 4 rounds, in addition to the home game against Changchun Yatai is a key battle to grab points, Qingdao Manatee's other three opponents are away against Shandong Taishan, The away game against Shanghai Port and home against Beijing Guoan was more difficult.

In other words, in the seven rounds before the next break, Qingdao Manatee will play against four championship favorites, as well as Henan, Meizhou Hakka and Changchun Yatai, and in order to complete the goal of grabbing 10 points, in addition to scoring 6 to 7 points against the last three teams, Qingdao Manatee will need to score points on the four championship favorites - very difficult, but Qingdao Manatee has no way back.