Wei Chuanlong advances to the Taiwan competition. Ye Junzhang: You can’t watch a tiger fight from a distance.

Weiquanlong head coach Ye Junzhang. (File photo, taken by reporter Tu Jianrong)

[Reporter Xu Zhengyang/New Taipei Report] Wei Chuan Long has advanced to the Taiwan competition in advance as the champion in the first half of the season and ranked first in the entire year. Currently, it is on the sidelines waiting for the other four teams to compete for the two tickets to the playoffs. However, head coach Ye Junzhang believes that every game must still strive to win. He also reminded the team not to have the mentality of "watching tigers fight from afar", "This is only fair to everyone."

Ye Junzhang pointed out that currently CITIC Brothers, Lotte Peach Monkeys, Uni-President Lions, and Fubon Titans are all trying to find ways to enter the playoffs. Weiquan cannot relax until the results come out. "We must take it seriously. Otherwise, other teams have worked hard all year, and their chances may be gone just because of our laxity."

Ye Junzhang believes that because secondary vocational schools adopt the first and second half of the season system, we can see such a tight battle situation at the end of this year's season. This is the special aspect of the secondary vocational competition system. "I think it is not bad. This is a positive. The game inherently needs spectators. If we look at it throughout the year, there is no way to see such fierce competition as now."

Wei Quanhan has three make-up games left today. Ye Junzhang pointed out that the starting rotation will not change except for Steel Dragon, who is determined to rest, and the fielders will be adjusted. The starting players will be rotated after playing 2 to 3 times. Take Zhang Zhengyu, who has some hand discomfort, as an example. Yesterday, because it was a reserved game that had already played 3 games, he continued to play without substitutions. Today, he is expected to play in the second half of the game.

Wei Quan will have nearly two weeks of vacancy before the opponents of the Taiwan competition are chosen. Ye Junzhang said that three practice matches have been arranged, including the U23 World Cup Taiwan team at the Asia-Pacific Vice Stadium, and the Tianmu vs. A-level match between Bangheku Treasury and Lietebo Biotech.