Change coach + suspended award, Guangxi Pingguo strives to save himself

Reporter Wang Wei reported that in a game in the 8th round of the China League One on the evening of May 10, Guangxi Pingguo Guojing, who had just changed coach, failed to "change coach like changing swords". She lost to Shijiazhuang Kung Fu 1-4 at home. She currently has only 2 points and continues to be at the bottom of the standings.

The new coach hastily joined the team

On the afternoon of May 9, Guangxi Pingguo Football Club officially announced that it would hire Hiroji Maeda to serve as the head coach of Guangxi Pingguo's first team, and be fully responsible for the team's coaching work. At the same time, its coaching team will also join, including assistant coaches Wang Haixin, Sun Jiangshan and Sun Weirong.

The day before the club's official announcement, at noon on May 8, Maeda Hiroji and his assistant coach arrived in Pingguo, Guangxi, and immediately led the team for their first training that afternoon. In addition, the previous training on May 9, and then the game officially started on the evening of May 10 - Maeda Hiroji, who served as the head coach of the Guangxi Pingguo Guojing team, led the team to train twice in total. For Koji Maeda, who has not even recognized all the players, the first game he took office is very difficult.

The starting lineup of this match against Shijiazhuang Kung Fu team, compared with the previous round of the game with Dalian Kuncheng, Maeda Koji made several adjustments. Lu Chenghe and Hu Jiajin replaced Yao Younan and Ge Hailun into the starting list. Lu Chenghe and Ding Quancheng played two midfielders, while foreign aid Asamoa was pushed to the forward position and played two forwards with another foreign aid Mattus. Guangxi local players Hu Jiajin and Yang Jingfan were separated from left and right front guards. On the back line, Koji Maeda made a personnel change, using Zhang Ran to play the left back to replace the starting left back Ge Helen from the last round of the game.

It is worth mentioning that Guangxi Pingguo Club set up a winning prize for the game before the game, with the winning prize of 300,000 and the flat prize of 200,000. This is the first time the club has awarded a heavy prize for a game this season, with the purpose of motivating the whole team to win.

The entire game, the entire Pingguo Guojing team actively fought. After Shijiazhuang Kung Fu scored the first goal in the first half, only 6 minutes later, Yang Jingfan scored a shot in the penalty area, equalizing the score for the home team. Then Shijiazhuang Kung Fu scored another 3 goals, and in the end, the National Crystal Team lost to Shijiazhuang Kung Fu 1-4, and Hiroji Maeda failed to get a good start in his debut as a result.

It is very important to play the "6-point battle" well

After the game, Koji Maeda said: "I trained for two days after I came. Before the 60 minutes of the game, our team still showed some good things."

Although Koji Maeda only led the team to conduct two training sessions, the players generally expressed that his training was of quality and quality. As a Japanese coach, his football philosophy was originally based on passing and controlling, but he said he was willing to design technical and tactical play based on the actual situation of the team's existing players and other actual situations. He hoped that the whole team would stick to the content played 60 minutes before the game and improve the team's overall strength through high-quality training.

After the game, Hiroji Maeda led the entire team to the sidelines and thanked the fans. The two foreign players also signed and took photos for the fans. Hiroji Maeda's team also kept bowing and thanking the fans on the scene. This move also received positive responses from the fans, shouting "Continue fighting, Guangxi team!" At the post-match press conference, Hiroji Maeda specifically thanked the fans again, "When we went to the thank-you court after the game, we heard the voice of support from the fans for us. I hope that from now on, we can move forward step by step."

Judging from the current situation, Guangxi Pingguo's completion of the change of coach is only the first step for the club to save themselves. After the summer window opens in June, we will also conduct signings to improve the team's strength. The failure to introduce strong aid in the winter window has allowed Guangxi Pingguo to remain passive after the start of the season. At present, the league has only scored 2 draws after 8 rounds, and lost all the other 6 games, ranking at the bottom with 2 points.

What is beneficial to Guangxi Pingguo is that the points have not been thrown away, and there are still several teams in the front relegation opponents with 4 points, 5 points, and 6 points, which is only a game or two gap. In the 9th round on the evening of May 16, Guangxi Pingguo will face his relegation opponent Foshan Nanshi team at home. Playing this "6-point battle" is very critical to the relegation goal this season.