"In an interconnected system, a small initial variable may produce a series of cascading changes", which we call the domino effect.
The domino effect that belongs to Chinese soccer has begun...
Initial variable: Fellaini
A week ago, Shandong Taishan officially released a notice that the team's meritorious foreign aid Fellaini will leave the team at the end of the season.
In the blink of an eye, Fellaini has spent five years at Shandong Taishan. He is one of the last witnesses of China's golden dollar soccer and one of the few big-name internationals in the league so far.
For five years, Fellaini has been able to afford his high salary, and he has encouraged the Taishan team and even more fans with his serious professionalism.
No matter how much emotion and reluctance there is, it's hard to change the reality of leaving.
The announcement of Fellaini's departure comes just days after Stanciu, the centerpiece of Wuhan Sanzhen's midfield organization, formally announced he was joining the Saudi Arabian League.
However, before anyone could relax, Beijing Guoan great Ademi also announced his departure to join Dinamo Zagreb.
What happened? What happened? If you shouldn't go, you shouldn't go.
Fellaini is gone, why should Stancho and Ademi leave too?
Stancho is one of the few good frontcourts in the Premier League. He is cost-effective and has excellent individual ability. He put together the attacking system of Wuhan Three Town. Although Ademi didn't perform at the expected level, his professionalism is definitely one of the best in the group of foreigners. I remember during the crucial battle between Guoan and Taishan in the FA Cup, Ademi was forced off due to injury after only a few minutes of play. Who saw that look of agonizing regret?
However, we would like to talk about the departure of foreign aiders now. Although there are understandable reasons for them to leave, it always gives our fans a feeling that high level foreign aiders are gradually giving up on the Chinese Super League, and our league has little nostalgic value for them, so when they find a good place, they choose to leave, bye bye.
Currently, there is only one big brand left in the Chinese Super League, namely Oscar, the centerpiece of Shanghai Port. But who can guarantee that he won't leave at the end of the season? After all, Oscar wants to escape from the Chinese Super League, not for a day or two, and if he helps Shanghai Port win the Chinese Super League title this season, then Oscar has no regrets in himself, and there is no reason for Shanghai Port to keep him.
Chain Change 1: The league will be even less interesting and exciting to watch
The upper limit of the Super League level is in the hands of foreign aid. To put it bluntly, the decision of our club's ability or whether we have the level of performance breakthrough lies in the hands of the foreigners. As long as the foreign aiders can integrate into the team and play well, at least the club's results won't be too bad.
Let's take a few examples to visualize your understanding.
Five years ago, Shanghai Port won the league title. Is the level of domestic players strong? No, because there are super foreigners such as Oscar and Hulk, who control the team's goals, assists and all the offensive and defensive systems; even in this season, the league is full of good international players in all positions, but the level of foreigners such as Oscar and Vargas is a few notches higher than other teams.
The dissolution of Jiangsu Suning, as well as last season's new-tech Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Sanzhen, also relied on outstanding foreigners such as Teixeira, Stancho and Malcolm to set new records in the team's history.
Former eight-time champions Guangzhou Evergrande created a remarkable dynasty with gold-plated soccer, dominating not only domestic basketball but even seeing a standout moment across Asia. Do you really think the standard of domestic players is high? Could Guangzhou Evergrande have been so powerful without Paulinho, Talisca, Conca, Muric, etc.?
Therefore, in the domestic league, the status of foreign aid can not only help the team to create better results, but also further improve the excitement and attention of the league.
However, with the departure of these great foreigners, the league's statistical indicators have plummeted. With no exciting matchups, laying on the ground all game, and technical and tactical levels like novices pecking away at each other, then who wants to pay attention to our league.
Chain Change 2: The overall strength of domestic players further declined
As foreigners can raise the level of competition in the league, domestic players must be encouraged to adapt to this pace in order to work with them.
In the case of foreign aid, for example, domestic players can learn a lot of good techniques and broaden certain horizons, whether in official matches or daily training.
There are plenty of vivid examples of this as well. As a young talent from Shandong Taishan, Guo Tianyu played a crucial role in the team's title-winning season. In interviews with the media, Guo Tianyu often mentions two men, one being Pelé and the other Fellaini. These two people's professionalism and technical ability has taught him a lot, especially in the box selection, after getting the ball, and how to avoid the opponent's individual stares. , the two big foreigners have given a lot of practical advice. Moreover, Xiao Guo's progress was very obvious that year. Unfortunately, later on, his mentality deviated and came to this point.
Once there are no good foreign aiders in the league, who should our domestic players learn from? It turns out that their own level is limited and they cannot reach the standard of studying abroad, so they can only rely on this low level league to survive, so what should they do in the future?
What's harder to imagine is another decline in the ability of domestic players to directly impact the level of the national soccer team.
We all know the level of the national soccer team today, but now we have to face the fact that these players are once again less capable.
In the just-concluded warm-up match of the national soccer team, it was drawn by Malaysia! What is Malaysia's level? After 130 in the world ranking, even after 20 in Asia, our national soccer team can't win against such a low level team. Moreover, these international players are simply dazzling on the pitch, afraid of being pushed by their opponents, afraid to pass the ball forward, inexplicable mistakes, poor ability to grasp chances and so on.
Do you dare to imagine a future National Football League worse than today?
What is heartbreaking is that the CFA is in a state of internal disarray, with no clear head of league management, national team or youth training, and we are still worried about whether or not they will take themselves away for investigation and so on. Perhaps by the time the association is really cleaned up and back on track, Chinese soccer will be worthless from the national team to the league to future youth training.
