As Choi Kang-hee, the head coach, is suspended, Tang Tian, the head of the Chinese coaching staff, attended the pre-match press conference prior to the home game against Yokohama F. Marinos. "The team is still undergoing pre-match training in an orderly manner under Coach Choi's leadership, including tactical planning and personnel arrangements, all of which are based on following Coach Choi's ideas as the guiding principle," said Tang Tian.