We Almost Blew It
We're not as good as I thought.
Jiangsu Nantong
I thought we were going to roll on to victory again. I was wrong.
We scored two quickly. Luciano Parra scored a quick header in the 3rd minute. Then came Younes Delfi, scoring yet another goal from the right wing. That made it 2-0 before 20 minutes were up.
And then they came back.
Tao Hongqiang, the Nantong striker, scored a goal in the 25th minute, and then tied the score with a penalty in the 29th.
I was shocked. We haven’t given up this many goals in a league match in months.
Thankfully, Suphanat Mueanta came back, scoring two penalties for us. A final goal by Jacob Dicko Eng gave us our 5th goal, leading us to a 5-2 victory.
Still, that one has me worried. We should have crushed this team.
China Locomotive
We’re back at home again, this time to face China Locomotive.
At Charlotte’s behest, I’m going to start Lee Jin-Yong again. My assistant manager thinks we should stick Mr. Kwon back out there, but I just can’t handle his inconsistency.
I just hope we don’t keep letting in goals. Liu Shaoziyang is supposed to be the best young Chinese goalie in the world. I’m not sure what’s going on.