Shandong Taishan failed to beat Yokohama Mariners at home and are third in Group G of the AFC Champions League, making it difficult to advance. Incheon United have been a bit of a surprise, winning twice in two matches to finish in first place. Chinese fans consider Yokohama Mariners the strongest in Group G! The group qualification has now become complicated. Kaya seems to be a giveaway boy, with everyone getting slaughtered. Taishan is battling with Yokohama and Incheon United for the top two spots. Incheon United may not be able to hold on to first place because they're afraid of the "little donkey pulling the cart - lack of energy"!
To be fair, if Taishan don't make it to the Asian Champions League, old Choi's gut will regret it! Why? Renting the "Golden Boot" from the Chinese Super League, and buying the Golden Boot from the Indonesian League. From the actual situation of the three-front war, the effect is really not pleasing to the eye. If you come to the Chinese Super League for the first time, fans can understand that there is a period of adaptation. Now, the adaptation period should have passed. It's good now. Mateusz Pato has all sorts of invisibility and sleepwalking on the pitch with only his name on it!
Tarzan plays in the Chinese Super League and works very hard without any ambiguity against any opponent. Any Chinese Super League team facing Taishan should not be underestimated. Pato failed in the Chinese Super League. Doesn't matter. There are still Cressan, Moises, Fellaini, Chen Pu and others. Foreigners can always make up for their "limp" in the CSL, but they fail in the AFC Champions League. Mo can't run, he moves very slowly. Fellaini could not solve the problem in the Chinese Super League, but in the AFC Champions League, he managed to disrupt and limit Yokohama's opponents.
Cressan kicks much more frustratingly than CSL. Sometimes he had to choose to work alone. A bit of bad luck with the two center posts as well. Pato and Scooter were not in a starting condition and did not play the role of substitute fighters. So the fans were worried. When old Choi saw the 400,000 euro foreigner he chose on the sidelines, he felt much better! With Leonardo up front, he could at least enrich his technique and tactics, work wonderfully with Cressan and have more attacking firepower.
Then, Pato is likely to "leave" next year, and then Leonardo, the top scorer in the Chinese Super League, returns. It is impossible to get foreigners such as Guedes, Pelle and Fellaini after gold dollar soccer. They will be history. Think Shandong Taishan FC. It would be interesting to rent a 3 million euro Leonardo, first to Ulsan Hyundai, then to Changchun Yatai, then to Zhejiang. Hao Wei was used poorly. Was Lao Cui used badly too?
Then I found a scorer from the Indonesian league. Fans forced themselves to understand that new foreigners usually come to Shandong "water". Referring to Tardelli and Kressan requires a process. With this process, the fans lost patience! "Every penny is worth every penny". 400,000 euros of foreign aid can not be compared to 3 million euros of Leonardo. Does Tarzan like the feeling of "collecting rent"? If you like it, rent it for another year next year! If not, take back the top scorer.
