Nowadays, Chinese soccer is especially short of midfielders.
The Premier League lacks sufficient creativity and control.
Causes of China's lack of offensive ability
Also because in the Premier League
The wide receivers are the central position in the midfield organization.
Therefore, our league will not develop a central midfield core for us.
But with the end of the Golden Age, the
The local Super League is starting to get appearances.
Some good young midfielders giving us hope.
Shanghai Shenhua midfielder Dai Weijun is one of the most anticipated.
He is different from many Chinese players of his age.
He went to England with his father at an early age.
He grew up in the English youth system.
His style is more European than our youth players.
More imaginative
Play soccer with more confidence
And Dai Weijun has played on the ladder for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Premier League.
And has done very well with the U21s and U23s.
Among other things, he had an impressive long-distance shot
Dai Weijun then returned to the CPL.
Join Shenzhen in the Chinese Super League
That was when Shenzhen was still a dirt-cheap team.
Dai Weijun became one of the few.
Players who can work with the team's big name, Quintero
Also known by many fans as the local Quintero.
Later, Shenzhen team helped Dai Weijun to complete the identity after the
Meanwhile, Dai Weijun was also selected for the national team.
And they played against Japan in the National Football League's Round of 12.
His confidence and creativity are evident on the field.
Many fans believe that
All it takes is time.
Dai Weijun was able to work with his national teammates to familiarize himself.
He can explode with more energy.
Becoming the centerpiece of the national team
But lately Dai Weijun has been in a bottleneck of his own.
He left the Shenzhen team due to unpaid salary issues.
Join Shanghai Shenhua
However, Dai Weijun did not perform well for Shanghai Shenhua.
Appeared in 17 games for the team.
Only 6 starts
Only 1 assist
Many times Dai Weijun came in near the end of the second half.
Becoming a time-consuming player
And the reason why Dai Weijun couldn't find his place in Shenhua?
In addition to the same issues as the National
There's another very important reason.
That being said, other players performed better.
And that player is
I'm 24 years old.
He's known as Qihong.
Xu Haoyang, a 24-year-old local midfielder.
Like Wu Lei, Xu Haoyang
All produced by Genbao base
He was the best of Genbao's 99-00 ladder.
Prior to that, Xu Haoyang had been prevented from working out for other teams.
He played the 2022 season for Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Sanzhen.
In an interview, the team's big-name midfielder, Stancho, openly praised Xu Haoyang.
He was recalled by Shenhua for the 2023 season
He was very good for Shenhua earlier this season.
Very agile up front.
It's always possible to deliver a killing blow
You can also insert a shot.
This season, he played 30 games for Shenhua.
22 of those starts
Scored one goal and had four assists.
If not during this period with the National Football League Asian Games campaign for the Asian Games.
Maybe his numbers will be even more beautiful
Therefore, although Xu Haoyang is not as talented as Dai Weijun.
So imaginative.
But he plays it simpler.
Seems to be a better fit for Shenhua
So it's not a fancy kick.
Xu Haoyang's style is a bit simpler.
Will there be a place on the national team in the future?
