Guoan is actively preparing for the Derby in the capital city. Beijing News reporter Wujiang photo
For Guoan, Saturday’s “capital Derby” is just a tough start, and palace guards will face the Devil race in the third-line battle in April.
Although Beijing Guoan’s lineup during the intermission training was not neat under the influence of the international match day before, team coach Schmidt believed that the team had worked very hard during this intermission, and “The training quality is good”. For the “capital derby” on Saturday, the Germans stressed: “We know this game will not be easy, which is also our experience and lesson of last season.” Fortunately, although it is an away battle, after all, the competition place is still in Beijing. Schmidt also thinks: “There will be a lot of our fans going away to cheer for the team, and the team will try their best to win the third victory of the league, dedicated to the fans.”
In the first two rounds of the league, Guo’an team won two games and scored 5 goals and lost 0 goals. However, in the Asian championship field, Guo’an team only achieved 1 draw and 1 loss in the first two rounds of group matches, therefore, Schmidt also needs to get more points in the Chinese Super League as much as possible and accumulate a family background. The “capital Derby” is just the beginning. In April palace guards, it will face the devil’s schedule in the third-line battle: The team has four league matches, with rivals Jiangsu Suning, Henan Jianye, Hebei Huaxia and Dalian side. In the Asian Championship, the two back-to-back matches with Buriram United were also played in April. On the match day from April 30 to May 2, the Guoan team will start to participate in the FA Cup. For the national security team returning to the Asian Championship, the players need to adapt to this rhythm of the game again, and the recovery and adjustment of the players and the rotation of the lineup will also become the test faced by Schmidt.