Oscar demanded Shanghai SIPG improve "in many aspects" after the Brazilian star's big-spending side failed to convince in becoming the fourth Chinese team to reach the Asian Champions League group stage.
SIPG limped to a 1-0 home victory over Thai minnows Chiangrai United in coach Vitor Pnereira's first game in charge since taking over from the Portuguese Andre Villas-Boas.
Compatriot Pnereira, whose appointment late last year was met with a lukewarm response from SIPG fans, has vowed to achieve what Villas-Boas could not and win some silverware in his debut season in China.
But it will have to play better than it did on a chilly and heavily polluted Tuesday night in Shanghai and it had international winger Yu Hai to thank for his scrappy 48h-minute winner.
Attacking midfielder Oscar, who moved to the Chinese Super League (CSL) a year ago from Chelsea for an Asian-record €60 million (US$74.6 million), wore gloves to protect himself in the freezing condions. But the 26-year-old refused to use the bitter cold as an excuse for last year's Champions League semifinalists.
"We still need to improve in many aspects and to play better in the next stage," said the Brazilian.
AFP/Shanghai
SIPG limped to a 1-0 home victory over Thai minnows Chiangrai United in coach Vitor Pnereira's first game in charge since taking over from the Portuguese Andre Villas-Boas.
Compatriot Pnereira, whose appointment late last year was met with a lukewarm response from SIPG fans, has vowed to achieve what Villas-Boas could not and win some silverware in his debut season in China.
But it will have to play better than it did on a chilly and heavily polluted Tuesday night in Shanghai and it had international winger Yu Hai to thank for his scrappy 48h-minute winner.
Attacking midfielder Oscar, who moved to the Chinese Super League (CSL) a year ago from Chelsea for an Asian-record €60 million (US$74.6 million), wore gloves to protect himself in the freezing condions. But the 26-year-old refused to use the bitter cold as an excuse for last year's Champions League semifinalists.
"We still need to improve in many aspects and to play better in the next stage," said the Brazilian.
AFP/Shanghai
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