With the current Chinese Super League in its off-season, the Chinese men's soccer team played a friendly match against Malaysia on the International Match Day. The match ended in a 1-1 draw at home. The overall performance of the Chinese soccer team was not so good in this match. Head coach Jankovic used a lot of players from Shanghai Harbor team, while three international players from Taishan team didn't get any playing time. This caused a lot of discussion among the fans.
Although it is unfair for the three players of Wang Dalei, Chen Pu and Sun Guowen to be unable to participate in the match, it is more favorable to Shandong Taishan team. Next week, the national soccer team will also play a match against the Syrian national team. If these three players can't participate in the match, they don't have to worry about lack of physical fitness while playing in the Chinese Super League, which means Taishan can better keep their players in shape and perform better in the next match.
Although there are only 6 rounds left in the Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan is still hopeful of winning the league title considering the current form of Shanghai Harbor. After the Beijing-Lu war ended the FA Cup, the team began to make adjustments for the holidays, the team regrouped on the 5th of this month, and officially began to resume training on the 6th.
In order to prepare for the Super League and the AFC Champions League, coach Choi Kang-hee practiced harder, basically twice a day, physical reserve training in the morning, technical and tactical, passing cooperation, and shooting training in the afternoon, and this kind of targeted training helps the team to improve their competitive status and helps the players to find their best form.
Now, the three foreigners, Cressan, Moises and Pato, have returned to the team and started joint training with Taishan. But Fellaini was not present in the team, and recently, Taishan club finally announced Fellaini's official return to the team.
Although Taishan started their vacation after eliminating Beijing Guoan from the FA Cup, Fellaini has been insisting on training on his own. During this period, he also announced that he will officially leave the team with Taishan FC at the end of the season.
Since joining in 2019, Fellaini has been a central player in the Taishan frontcourt. His return will undoubtedly strengthen the team and inject new energy into the title race. This year marks Fellaini's fifth season playing for Taishan. The Belgian veteran has won three FA Cups and the Chinese Super League title with the team. It can be said that Fellaini is one of the heroes of Taishan winning four titles in the past three years.
And in his last few months for Taishan, Fellaini will continue to play with the team on three fronts in the Chinese Super League, AFC Champions League and FA Cup. As things stand, it shouldn't be a big deal for Taishan to win the FA Cup for the fourth time, and there's still hope for the Chinese Super League title, but the AFC Champions League is so difficult that even if they make it to the last eight, they'll still be able to finish the job.
We also hope that Fellaini can continue to show outstanding performance in the next matches and help Taishan to win two titles again, so as to finish his career in the Chinese Super League in a good way.
