Reporter Zuo Rui reports On the afternoon of May Day, in the 10th round of the Chinese Super League, Yunnan Yukun will start a fierce battle with Dalian InBev away from home. After nine rounds of the Chinese Super League, the newly upgraded teams that won the championship and runner-up of last season's Chinese League will fight again at the Barracuda Bay Stadium, which is exciting.

Grievances are also an attitude

In the 2-3 home defeat to Shanghai Port, VAR technology made Yukun suffer, and a classic battle that would have been resonating and talked about was also lost.

In the 18th minute, Hou Yongyong opened the scoring, and the video assistant referee intervened "in time" to determine that the attacker was offside and the goal was invalid. In the 89th minute, Hou Yongyong's header was saved by the opposing goalkeeper Yan Junling on the goal line, and VAR did not intervene to confirm whether the ball had crossed the goal line as a whole. In the 91st minute, Sun Xuelong rewrote the score to 2-3, and when the home team was about to seize the time to equalize, it was frustrating that VAR took five minutes to confirm the "naked eye" goal.

The day after the game, Yunnan Yukun Club filed a complaint with the Chinese Football Association about the above situation: the first goal was blown off by VAR, was there a misjudgment? The second goal involved the goal line and VAR did not intervene, was it in order? Why does the VAR identification of the third ball take so long and affect the normal progress of the game, and is it appropriate?

Despite knowing that a grievance could not change the outcome of the match, the club's move showed that everyone involved wanted to protect the team's desire to win and the enthusiasm of the fans while participating in fair play. To a certain extent, Yukun's appeal will also lay down the burden and boost the motivation of the team on the expedition to Dalian.

Anderson led the team north

Previously, the club was fined 100,000 yuan for "failing to complete the official game process within the specified time, delaying news interviews and delaying kick-off in the second half"; Head coach Anderson was fined $30,000 and banned from entering the stadium for three games for "misconduct against game officials." Since receiving the penalty decision from the Chinese Football Federation on the first day before the game, the club has not made any excuses, but accepted the punishment and responded positively.

In the battle against Harbour, members of the coaching staff frequently got up and translated several times to pass the word on the sidelines...... These changes on the Yukun bench show that Anderson's remote command is still working. In this regard, Chang Wei, the assistant coach who acted on his behalf at the press conference, said: "Everyone also saw the performance of our players on the field today, and they implemented the manager's technical and tactical deployment well. ”

It is unclear how much of an impact the manager will have on the on-the-spot handling of the game's transient changes in the game. However, after Anderson's attempt to "interact" off the court and on the court in the 9th round, Yukun has some experience. It is understood that in the 10th round of the game, Anderson will still lead the team north to Dalian and give orders to all players by unconventional means.

The promoted horses are evenly matched

In the first two seasons, the two armies met in the second and second divisions, and Yukun occupied an overwhelming advantage with 3 wins and 1 draw. But at that time, Dalian InBev not only never lost at home with a capacity of more than 60,000 people this season, but also played the initiative to dominate the field when facing relegation opponents Qingdao Manatee and Shenzhen Xinpeng City away from home, and took away 1 point.

At present, the two Chinese Super League new teams are in a similar situation after nine rounds, with similar points, and are temporarily in the safe zone of relegation, among which Dalian InBev has 10 points with 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, 1 point more than Yunnan Yukun with 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. But judging from the opponents they have encountered, InBev has not encountered the top three in Beijing and Shanghai so far, and Yukun has completed the first round of the battle with the top four teams last season, Haigang, Shenhua, Rongcheng and Guoan, although the record is 1 draw and 3 losses, but the team's experience and points are higher than the opponent.

Under the principle of Anderson's every round of attacking and struggling to grab points, it is inevitable that there will be a certain loss of troops, but this relatively aggressive strategy not only accelerates the run-in between new players, but also stimulates the potential of substitute players.

Although attacking midfielder Jonicha and centre-back Martinez are both likely to remain in Yuxi for May Day, Oscar's support for his team-mates against Harbour has increased, and striker partner Enrique has scored in the open game. On that day, full-back Zhang Chenliang showed his talent at centre-back, and he was encouraged by substitute midfielder Sun Xuelong's first goal in the Chinese Super League.

"Even if you can't start, as a substitute, you have to try to help the main players and keep them in good shape." Sun Xuelong from Xishuangbanna said in an interview after the game that the training in the next few days was mainly recovery, "The next game will go to Dalian, which is farther, and we will try to get points when we go away." ”