Reporter Wang Wei reports On the evening of May 16, Foshan Southern Lions won 1-0 against the opponent in the 9th round of the Chinese League away from Guangxi Pingguo in the key game of relegation, with Fortes' goal in the 21st minute. It was Faulters' first goal of the season, the first time the Foshan Southern Lions had scored on the road this season, and their first win since the change of manager. In the past 3 rounds, Foshan Southern Lions have won 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, got 4 points, and currently has 8 points, temporarily out of the relegation circle. After the game, Foshan Southern Lions head coach Wang Hongwei said that after a period of adjustment, he believed that the team would return to its own track.

Fighting power is required for unity

After the start of the Chinese League this season, Foshan Southern Lions suffered two consecutive defeats at the beginning, and then fell into a trough after defeating Shaanxi United 2-1 at home in the third round, and after losing 0-2 to Guangzhou Leopards in the 6th round, 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses in the first 6 rounds, scored 3 goals and conceded 9 goals, and only scored 4 points.

After taking over the whip, Wang Hongwei faced a lot of pressure. The team's winter training arrangements are unreasonable, on the one hand, the lack of physical reserves in winter training, resulting in poor results in the start of the league, on the other hand, it has also led to continuous injuries in the team, Chen Jie and Shi Liang, who joined from Meizhou Hakka this season, have suffered injuries in recent rounds and failed to participate in the game.

Wang Hongwei immediately communicated with the players after taking office, and communicated with almost every player in the team, on the one hand, to keep abreast of the players' competitive state, physical condition and psychological state, and on the other hand, to clearly inform the requirements of the new coaching staff.

Wang Hong's first request after taking office is to emphasize that all players must pay attention to unity, unity in order to play the spirit of hard work, "now the team is more difficult, all coaches and players must play the spirit of unity and hard work." I would like to thank all the players for their hard work and hard work, especially in the face of all kinds of difficulties, everyone was able to work together and firmly implement the tactical deployment in the game to win this difficult game. Wang Hongwei said.

Wang Hongwei took over the team before the start of the 7th round, drawing 1-1 at home to Qingdao Red Lions as soon as he took office, and although he then lost at home to Nanjing City, he won away to Guangxi Pingguo in the 9th round. Judging from the situation this season, Qingdao Red Lions and Guangxi Pingguo are direct competitors of Foshan South Lions' relegation, and Wang Hongwei led the team to score 4 points on these two opponents and achieved the first goal.

In the last three rounds, the starting lineup has changed, which is the mutual understanding and run-in process between the new coaching staff and the players. However, Wang Hongwei entered the role relatively quickly, for example, in the use of foreign aid, he quickly saw that Fortes was good at cruising on the side and in the middle of the front, so when he challenged Guangxi Pingguo away, Wang Hongwei put Zheng Junwei next to Fortes to echo each other, and gave full play to the characteristics of these two players. Returning to a familiar position, Fortes was very active on the pitch and, in addition to a goal, a shot bounced off the post. The team secured three points from relegation thanks to Fortes' goal, and he was also named Man of the Match.

Planning for summer window reinforcement

After this period of observation, Wang Hongwei believes that there are still many challenges in the team that need to be solved, and the most important thing is that due to the lack of physical reserves of the team, although the league has only played 9 rounds, the chain effect of this problem has already appeared. In addition, the average age structure of the squad is not reasonable, and many factors such as lack of fitness are intertwined, making the team face serious challenges. The new coaching staff sees solving these issues as the core task of the current phase, developing and gradually implementing targeted adjustment measures.

Although Wang Hongwei's team firmly believes that as long as the whole team is united and performs their duties, the team will gradually return to the right track, and this season can also strive for the most ideal result for the club. However, judging from the current lineup of Foshan Southern Lions, if you want to complete the relegation task, it is a shortcut to strengthen at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. At present, Foshan Southern Lions are scouting target players, and plan to strengthen them after the opening of the second transfer window in June. What is beneficial to Wang Hongwei is that there is a small break between the 11th and 12th rounds of the Chinese League, which is a good opportunity to run in and adjust the team, "I believe that our team will get better and better after a period of adjustment, and will return to its own track." Wang Hongwei said.