Shandong Taishan lost 0-1 in the group stage of the AFC Champions League, which directly caused them to drop from a tie for first place to third. Now it looks like they've lost the advantage of getting out of the group. It looks like Yokohama Mariners will be difficult to beat, and Incheon United can't expect to win even more. It can be said that this group stage has made Shandong Taishan realize their true strength. Shandong Taishan's loss reflects the low level of the Chinese Super League. In the Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan are almost unbeatable, but in the AFC Champions League, they can't achieve anything. The real test for Choi Kang-hee will come next season. This season, Shandong Taishan did not see any qualitative changes under Choi's guidance, and they lacked the opportunity to play high-level matches.
Shandong Taishan team is full of confidence in this game. After all, these two teams have completely different morale lately. Shandong Taishan have not lost recently, while Yokohama Mariners have lost in two matches. Shandong Taishan fans were in agreement that Shandong Taishan had a chance to win and further solidify their dominance in the group stage, but this showed that they had once again punched Shandong Taishan in the face. The defeat proved once again how low the standard of the Chinese Super League is. Recently, Shandong Taishan won 4 and drew 1 of their 5 matches, defeating Qingdao, Kaya, Wuhan, and Dalian Ren in the league.
The illusion of no failure really confuses Shandong Taishan. Shandong Taishan lacks quality games now. Shandong Taishan needs to experience the AFC Championship. If they don't experience AFC Champions League, Shandong Taishan still think they are strong. Shandong Taishan's strength can only be placed in the domestic league. It can be said that Shandong Taishan can only rely on foreign aid to improve the strength of the team. There is still a big gap between domestic players and foreign aid in terms of strength, while the strength of Yokohama Mariners domestic players and foreign aid is very close.
As you can see from this game, there are no substantial changes in the Shandong Taishan team coached by Cui Kangxi. Next season will be a very critical season for Cui Kangxi. Facing the departure of important foreign aid, the introduction of new foreign aid and the selection of young domestic players, the problem Cui Kangxi needs to solve will be how to maintain the stability of the team's strength amidst the turmoil. Although Shandong Taishan team will still be very strong in the Chinese Super League in the next few seasons, how to really improve the team's strength is a difficult problem. If you want to improve the quality, you have to work on the game.
But the AFC Champions League only a few games, the level of the domestic league is so low, Shandong Taishan team how to play a higher quality of the game, it is really Cui Kangxi is difficult to solve the problem, and now I can only hope that the Super League like the Shanghai port team, the overall strength of the league competition can be improved, like the early Serie A and now the Premier League, only the team's strength is similar to the competition, the overall level of the league can be improved, it can be said that the league and the team complement each other, also I hope the Super League can introduce more coaches like Cui Kangxi, what do you think?
