City Football Group’s Chinese club Shenzhen will get first win soon, coach Jesus Tato vows, but fans show less patience
- Shenzhen Peng City forced to settle for draw after conceding late goal to Cangzhou Mighty Lions
- ‘It’s never going to be easy in the first season,’ Tato says as supporters question tactics and squad
Shenzhen Peng City coach Jesus Tato said the newly rebranded club’s maiden win would not be far away after they collected their first point of the Chinese Super League season.
Peng were left disappointed on Friday evening, when they conceded a stoppage-time equaliser that denied them victory against Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
Brazilian forward Heber had put Cangzhou ahead before strikes by Edu Garcia and Zhang Wei put Peng City on course for three points, only for Oscar Maritu to force them to share the spoils.
However, it was an improvement on the 1-0 and 4-0 defeats in Peng’s first two matches since relocating from Chengdu, in China’s southwest, to Shenzhen, the southern city bordering Hong Kong.
Tato acknowledged that time was needed to adjust in the club’s first taste of the top flight, having topped League One under their old name, Sichuan Jiuniu.
“As a new team in the Chinese Super League, it’s never going to be easy in the first season,” Tato said.
