Written by Cheng Shan The break is a rare respite for Harbour, who is about to restart the Super League and will be able to meet the game with a better squad after the injured and sick have recovered.

The next stage of the Super League is more difficult for the seaport

In the final round of the league before the break, Harbour drew with Shandong Taishan with difficulty, and it was a bit of a depressing time for Muscat. After this season's overhaul, Harbour have shown a far cry from last season's title. To make matters worse, due to the lack of pre-season preparation time, the team has suffered serious injuries one after another, and even led to the dilemma of being unavailable at the back in many key games.

With the remnants of the team, although they can win matches against weak teams and stumble against mid-table teams, they can easily get points, but in the face of opponents in the upper ranks, especially the championship team, Harbour has no victory. It is worth mentioning that in the key games in the previous stage, most of the Harbour were still playing at home, and the points were not smooth, which may affect the final season ranking of the Harbour team. The second half of the league campaign will be even more difficult for Harbour, as it will not only be a two-front battle in the league and FA Cup, but also away from home in a number of games against title rivals.

In the interval, head coach Muscat developed a detailed training plan, and in terms of technique and tactics, he still emphasized sticking to the offensive style of playing mainly on fast breaks, but unlike in the past, his defensive drills have some new changes. This season, after losing the stable combination of Oscar + Wu Lei in the frontcourt, Harbour has not been able to firmly occupy the advantage on the field, which often troubles Muscat. Limited by the lack of personnel, in the situation of the inability to control the situation in the front, the tacit understanding and reaction speed of the harbor defense line have been criticized. Muscat and the coaching team intensified their practice on the details of the midfield and defense during the interval, and enhanced the team's previous cooperation.

Fearing that the team would suffer from another large-scale injury, Harbour did not try to improve the physical fitness of the team in training, but gradually arranged according to the situation of each player. The high-tech statistical equipment set up in the team to analyze the physical reactions of the players also provides more references for Muscat and his coaching team.

Wu Lei's state is difficult to reach 100%

During the break, the Harbour team and the Qingdao Manatees played a warm-up match at the Shanghai Pudong Football Stadium. The game consists of four quarters, each lasting 35 minutes. The reason for how the time is arranged is because both teams want to be able to mobilize the form of each player through this game, "I hope to be able to get more people involved in the game, after all, the league will be restarted soon, and both the main players and the substitutes will need to get into the game." Team insiders said head coach Muscat wants everyone to sweat a little more in the warm-up game. In the end, in this warm-up match, Harbour won 7-4.

The good news is that after this period of rest, Umitijan has gradually recovered, and he also scored a goal in the warm-up game. Gustavo, who was looking for form after returning from injury, also contributed a goal. Yan Junling, who was injured before, has recovered and can appear normally in the next league.

Wu Lei did not travel with the team in the FA Cup, and his postoperative recovery was not particularly ideal. In the previous game, Wu Lei has returned to play, but generally only plays half of the game, and the harbor side hopes to maintain Wu Lei's physical condition through the game, but after a few games, Wu Lei's surgical position has obviously recurred. For the incurable knee injury, the only thing Wu Lei and the team can do is to "raise", it is certain that for a long time, Wu Lei's state can only slowly improve, "The team will make an individual training and game plan for him, and will train and recover according to the regular medical process." According to team sources, in the next league, the team is more likely to consider finding more suitable roles on the offensive point.

Harbour will play Zhejiang in the league this Saturday. Without Wu Lei, who is 100% combat-effective, the harbor team can expect newcomers Kuai Jiwen and Li Xinxiang. Kuai Jiwen and Li Xinxiang previously participated in the National Games, in the last game of the men's U20 group preliminary stage of the National Games that ended on June 5, the opponent of the harbor was the Zhejiang U20 team, in the 37th minute, Kuai Jiwen's breakthrough caused the opponent to foul in front of the penalty area, and then he took a free kick to score, Shanghai U20 team won 1-0 against Zhejiang U20 team with this goal. In the preliminary stage, Kuai Jiwen played as the captain in all 4 games, contributing 2 passes and 3 shots. Li Xinxiang, who also made a first-team appearance this season, scored five goals in four games.

In last season's match with Zhejiang, Harbour won 1 and drew 1 and had an advantage. After 4 days of playing the Zhejiang team, the harbor team will usher in a make-up match with the Henan team, which is also away. It is not easy for Harbour to encounter a lot of games just after the resumption of the league and immediately "play a lot" in the summer season, and whether or not these two games can be played well will have an important impact on the overall direction of the Harbour League.