Special correspondent Liu Zhun reports After suffering two consecutive defeats at the beginning of the new season, Xie Hui and Changchun Yatai did not hear doubts from the outside world, but received the affirmation of the club's senior management and the support of fans. On March 6, Changchun Yatai ended the small long vacation of the first intermission of the league and continued to assemble in Shanghai to prepare for the next two rounds of points grabbing - on March 29, they challenged the promoted Ma Dalian InBev, and on April 2, they faced Wuhan Three Towns at home. Currently, these two teams are in the bottom three of the standings along with Changchun Yatai.

On January 27, the 2025 Chinese Super League schedule was released, and Changchun Yatai will visit Shanghai in the first two rounds to challenge the top two teams from last season - Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Port. At this time, Changchun Yatai has decided to carry out the second phase of winter training in Shanghai. Although it is an objective coincidence to use Shanghai as the preparation location, it has also brought many convenient conditions to Changchun Yatai's preparation, such as adapting to the Shanghai climate in advance, avoiding the fatigue of away travel, and letting the Shanghai players in the team feel the warmth of their families......

On February 22 and 28, Changchun Yatai lost to Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Port 1-2 and Shanghai Port respectively at the beginning of the new season. This is to be expected. For many Chinese Super League teams, especially those in the middle and lower reaches, it is very difficult to get points at these two venues in Shanghai. You need to look at both sides of it, and although the result is not ideal, I value what the two games have shown more. Today (March 8), I also said at the wrap-up meeting that a lot of the content of our two games was unexpected by the outside world, and the feedback was also very positive, and I hope to maintain this content in the next games. Xie Hui said.

Judging from the score, Changchun Yatai's away loss to last season's champion and runner-up is a reflection of strength, but from the perspective of the game process, Xie Hui is somewhat unwilling. In the first appearance of the new season, Changchun Yatai fought fiercely, and even had the possibility of retreating from Shanghai Stadium. Unfortunately, the referee on duty Li Haixin's misjudgment in stoppage time failed to show a red card and sent Jiang Shenglong off, which led to a turning point in the result of the game, and Changchun Yatai was killed in the stoppage time countdown. After the game, the Chinese Football Association gave internal punishment to Li Haixin's misjudgment, but it is an indisputable fact that Changchun Yatai, which aims for relegation, did not grab points.

In the new season, Changchun Yatai is far better than last season in terms of recruitment efficiency and preparation quality, but it still has not changed the unfavorable situation at the beginning of last season. At the pre-season press conference, Xie Hui was mentally prepared for such a result, but he dialectically explained the difficulty factor of the team throughout the season, "You have to play 30 rounds of games throughout the season, play a strong team first, and then it will be the other way around." The same goes for home and away. In general, it may be more proactive to come before the host. ”

In the first two rounds of the new season, 8 of the 9 new signings introduced by Changchun Yatai made their debut on behalf of Changchun Yatai, and only Sun Qinhan failed to get the opportunity to play. Judging from the team's performance, the speed at which the new signings are integrated, the roles they play, and the role they play are also higher than last season, and this kind of solid preparation is also an important reason why the team has not achieved satisfactory results, but still has the support of fans.

In January this year, Changchun Yatai got 7 domestic aides and 2 foreign aides at the beginning of winter training, and the 11 people who left the team did not occupy the team's training resources. Therefore, Changchun Yatai's preparation efficiency is relatively high, and this also comes from the familiarity of the new signings with each other.

Turning over the U20 national football training list in the 2019 Jankovic era, it is easy to find that Xu Yue, Mo Xuchen, Zhou Junchen, and Sun Qinhan are frequent visitors, and when this team was upgraded to the U22 national football team to prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games, the above four people were still the favorite generals of head coach Djurdjevic. At this time, Xu Haofeng and Tan Long and Di Li Yimiti of Changchun Yatai also became members of the Asian Games team. The familiarity of the new signings with each other allows them to settle into the squad quickly, buying time for the manager to develop into the squad.

"In the new season, we have gone 11 people, 9 people have come, plus the newcomers from the echelon, our lineup has changed a lot, especially the departure of core players like Serginho and Zoey, which has affected the strength of the team, but the league has just played two rounds, and the scene we showed is not lower than last season, which shows that our preparation work is better, and the run-in between the newcomers and the team is also smoother." Xie Hui said.

At present, Changchun is still in the winter in the meteorological sense, and the Yatai soldiers have not been able to return to the Yatai Jingyue Base for training. Depending on the weather conditions, they will either travel to Dalian or return to Changchun to adapt to the weather in the northeast, after all, the away game against Dalian InBev on March 29 and the home game against Wuhan Three Towns on April 2 are only three days apart.

At this time, Xie Hui needs to solve not only the weather, but also the field, as well as how the team can avoid conceding a goal in the last moments. In the first two rounds, Changchun Yatai fought with the opponent until the last moment of stoppage time, and there were goals conceded. At the beginning of last season, Changchun Yatai also encountered this situation frequently, including 1-2 losses at home to Shanghai Shenhua and Chengdu Rongcheng at the last moment.

"We had a difficult start to the season last season and of course I didn't win three games in a row since I took over, so there is a risk of reversing that decline in the league and the Super League is more competitive now than in previous seasons." Xie Hui said, "Through the efforts of all parties, especially the support of the club's leaders, such as the decisive signing of Su Zu in the middle of the season, the team's back line has been stabilized. Overall, the club has been agile in its response to difficulties and very professional in its operations. Of course, I would also like to thank the fans for their support, and our ability to win or score points at home is still very high (last season, Xie Hui coached Changchun Yatai with 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats at home). ”