Jordy stepped into the arena of this tournament under heavy pressure. Looking back at the first two rounds of the league, Zhejiang team and Nantong Zhiyun and Heilongjiang Bingcheng respectively into a 1:1 draw, the content of the "rigid" is also saddening. The team replaced Mu Xiekui in the last minute, the defense pressure is not enough, resulting in the loss of the ball, this "absolute draw" results are frustrating. Jordy's substitution strategy has been questioned, and he is eager to prove himself in the Beijing Polytechnic game.
The difference in strength allowed Zhejiang to take the initiative since the beginning of the match. In the 41st minute, Yi Xianlong crossed the ball near the baseline, and Mu Xiekui jumped up from the middle to score a header. In the 47th minute, Matthews crossed the ball from the right side, and Mu Xiekui scored again with a header from the center. In the 66th minute, Mu Xiekui got away from three defenders in the penalty area and scored from a small angle to complete his hat-trick. Although Yao Junsheng's goal was ruled offside two minutes later, it didn't affect Zhejiang's ability to end the second phase of the tournament with a big win. With the hat-trick, Mu Xiekui leads the scoring charts in the Chinese league with 14 goals. In the first phase of the game, Zhejiang almost relied on Mu Xiekui as a foreigner to grab points. With the addition of Frank and Matthews, who will share the pressure of Mu Xiekui, Zhejiang's luxury attack line is also the envy of other Central League teams. In the first game of the second phase, Zhejiang unexpectedly lost to Beijing Beitian University, then ushered in a wave of four consecutive victories. Then, the team drew Nantong Zhiyun and Heilongjiang Bingcheng in consecutive matches, and conceded goals in the last minute in both matches, which was slightly demoralizing, but fortunately, the team beat Beijing Polytechnic in the final round with 3:0. In the 8 rounds of the second stage, Zhejiang won 5, drew 2 and lost 1, accumulating 17 points. Jordy commented on the last game of the second stage and the whole stage: "In the game with Beijing Institute of Technology, for a period of time after we started, the players didn't quickly find the rhythm of the game, and the concentration was not enough, especially in the handling of the key ball. It improved in the second half, but actually could have done better. Congratulations to my team, we finished the second phase of the game and we did pretty well." Chengdu Rongcheng went on a point-scoring spree in the second phase of the tournament, locking up the half-time title and the first two phases of the championship early on. With the joining of Malcolm players, Wuhan Three Town, which has invested a lot this season, also accelerated the pace of catching up. For Zhejiang, whose only goal this season is to reach the Super League, the next two stages of the game are crucial, and they need to grab points to ensure that they stay in the first group, but also use more victories to shake off the competitors, and strive to establish the Super League advantage as early as possible. On the 18th of this month, the Zhejiang team will also play a game of
AFC Cup (soccer championship)
The match will be against Beijing Institute of Technology, who have just played each other in the league. After the match, the team will have a short vacation before regrouping on the 25th to begin preparations for the third stage of the tournament.
