With the 25th round of the Chinese Super League over, another tournament worth everyone's attention has begun: the AFC Champions League. In the past, the AFC Champions League was a placebo for us Chinese fans. Because of the national soccer team's poor performance in Asia, we could only expect our clubs to achieve results in the AFC Champions League under the leadership of big-name foreigners. Indeed, under the leadership of big-name foreign coaches and big-name foreign aiders, our Chinese Super League teams have achieved several years of good results and even made breakthroughs. Guangzhou Evergrande won the AFC Championship twice. However, with the standard of local players seriously declining, big-name foreign aiders have no choice but to do so.
What would the Chinese Super League's AFC Champions League performance be like without the big-name foreigners leading the way? I'm sure many fans want to know and don't want to know. I want to because I want to know what the level of CSL in Asia is like now. I don't want to know the result, but I can't accept such a cruel reality.
But the fact is that the AFC Champions League play-offs have reminded our fans. The best configured team in the Chinese Super League at the moment is Shanghai Harbor. However, against Thailand's eighth-ranked Pathum United, they actually lost 2-3 at home in an extremely ugly spectacle. So does this mean that our Chinese Super League teams are once again out of touch with the level of Asian soccer, or even way behind, after a two-year epidemic?
With that in mind, we will start the AFC Champions League. First, we are looking at Shandong Taishan, the runners-up of last season's Chinese Super League, who will be away in the Philippines to challenge Kaya Philippines. We don't have to pay too much attention to the Philippine team because their level is definitely worse than ours. But no first team has played the AFC Champions League in 2 years, and Asian soccer is developing fast. From the national brand matches, Southeast Asian soccer is developing fast. Can we still underestimate our opponents?
Still, Taishan opted for a bench lineup this time, taking only 18 men to the away game. Stars Fellaini and Wang Dalei didn't go out with the team. So fans are worried that Tarzan is not too concerned about whether Kaya will roll over. This we don't know, but there are still a lot of teams to watch at the moment.
For example, Xie Wenneng, a 22-year-old young player. The young player Xie Wenneng was trained by Luneng Soccer School and can be said to have good roots. In recent years, in order to develop Xie Wenneng, he has been rented out. He has played in China B. Last season, he played well for Qingdao Hainiu. He played 33 games for the team and scored 10 goals and 7 assists in 32 starts, which was the team's superhero.
It is because of his outstanding performance with the Manatees that Xie Wenneng returned to the Taishan team this season. However, Xie Wenneng also missed most of the team's matches as he was called up and trained for long periods by the national team. But Xie Wenneng has recently returned and has been playing very well for Taishan. Just in the 25th round of the Chinese Super League, young player Xie Wenneng performed twice against his old master Qingdao Hainiu.
Firstly, in the 17th minute of the game, Tong Lei sent a direct ball to the right side. Xie Wenneng started at high speed to form a single cut, and then broke through the goal of Manatee with one foot, making the score 1-0. This goal was also the first goal of Xie Wenneng's Chinese Super League career. This goal is the first goal of Xie Wenneng's Chinese Super League career. This goal gives full play to his characteristics.
Then came the 24th minute of the game. After Wang Tong broke into the box from the left, he chose to pass back. Xie Wenneng inserted the ball and scored, and after a little bit of adjustment, he chose to push the ball to the right foot of the goal and scored, making the score 2-0.The Chinese Super League started twice as soon as the Hu started. It has to be said that Xie Wenneng's start was really perfect.
So, with a perfect start in the Chinese Super League, can he also have a bright performance in the AFC Champions League? After all, we can't rely on big-name foreigners nowadays, our young players should shoulder the burden of Chinese soccer. Do you think Xie Wen can perform well in the AFC Champions League?
