On the evening of September 19, numerous soccer matches were fiercely played in Beijing time, including the Asian Games tournament, the Asian Champions League and the UEFA Champions League. Surprisingly, China's Asian Games and Taishan teams won their matches, but their limelight was stolen by Yan Junling's get-together with Shanghai Harbor players.
China's men's soccer team met India, a country with a population comparable to that of China, in their first match of the Asian Games. The match, which was teased as an Earth derby, ended in a 5-1 win for the Chinese Asian Games. While the Chinese Asian Games were poor in some phases, the second half was quite good. If you beat Myanmar in your next match, you can basically advance.
After the Chinese Super League match against Qingdao Hainiu, Shandong Taishan flew to Manila, Philippines. Thanks to the combined efforts of local substitutes and a couple of Brazilian foreigners, Taishan beat Philippine league champions Kaya 3-1. Although the teams played to a 0-0 draw in the first half, they ended up playing under much dimmer lights in the second half. With 3-1 goals from Brazilian foreigners Moises, Pato and Cressan, they made it to the group stage of the AFC Champions League.
However, the Asian Games and the Taishan team were quickly stolen by Yan Junling and Shanghai Harbor. In particular, the photos posted by Yan Junling were criticized by a large number of fans.
There were rumors that there was a lack of unity within Shanghai Seaport, and Yan Junling posted a photo of the entire team having a meal, with the caption "a big warm family".
The photo caused a lot of controversy soon after it circulated online. Some fans bluntly said that the lighting at the Philippine home stadium is too poor. Can you ask Shanghai Port to fix the light bulbs? I'm sure we all know this. Before the AFC Champions League play-offs, Shanghai Harbour lost to Thailand at home and Batangas United missed the group stage, which aroused great suspicion. Cai Huikang joked that it was a light bulb fixer after Shanghai Harbour fans were unhappy with the team's performance.
Some fans wondered if Shanghai Seaport had given up AFC Champions League qualification for this warm dinner?
More fans pointed out that Yan Junling's photo is too bright. Through the photos, we can see that Cai Huikang and the other last rows are particularly bright, as are the faces of some of the players.
Thai team Pathum United just finished their group stage match against Ulsan Hyundai while having a get-together at Shanghai Seaport. In the away match, Pathum United lost to Ulsan Hyundai by a score of 1-3. As expected, the match was supposed to be a showdown between Shanghai Seaport, the Chinese Super League leaders and expected champions, and Ulsan Hyundai.
