The 23rd round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) will kick off in grand style on the evening of August 18, 2023 (tonight) at 19:35 GMT, with the first three matches to be played simultaneously. CCTV will broadcast two of the matches through other channels in case they are not aired on the CCTV Sports Channel (CCTV5). Some local TV stations are broadcasting the relevant matches live on TV, while Tencent's major platforms are broadcasting all the CSL matches live on the internet and cell phones. However, there is a fee to watch the Shanghai Harbor and Shandong Taishan matches.
Shanghai Seaport, located at the SAIC Pudong soccer stadium and former CFA leader Chen Xuyuan's old boss, hosts Meizhou Hakka, live on Shanghai Five Star Sports. Shanghai Seaport, coached by Spanish manager Javier Pereira, is the top landlord in the Chinese Super League. The foreigners are led by Brazilian star Oscar, who used to play for Premier League blues Chelsea. Wu Lei, Zhang Lin, Yan Junling, Wang Shenchao, Xu Xin, Jiang Guangtai and Li Ang are among the many current Chinese men's national team internationals. Despite being beaten at home by Mu Xiekui in the last round and losing 3-4 to Zhejiang, they are still 52 points clear at the top of the Chinese Super League table. Second-placed city rivals Shanghai Shenhua are firmly in the lead with 11 points!
Li Huitang's hometown team, Meizhou Hakka, dropped nine points from the relegation zone and finished 11th in the table with 25 points thanks to their excellent home record. The relegation situation is very optimistic. In terms of strength comparison, Shanghai Seaport has a clear advantage. In the first match of the season, they won 2-0. After ending their six-game winning streak in the last round, the team is likely to be furious with Meizhou Hakka and will do their best to win this match!
Shandong Taishan, located in the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, hosts the Tianjinmen Tigers, which will be televised live nationally on CCTV Sports Event Channel (CCTV 5+) starting 5 minutes earlier, and will also be televised live on Shandong Radio and TV TV Sports Channel and Tianjin Radio and TV Sports Channel.
With Choi Kang-hee, the famous South Korean godfather, as coach, Shandong Taishan stepped out of the shadows of Hao Wei, Sun Jun-ho and Kim Kyung-do, who were taken away from the team this season, and started to grab points, jumping up to third in the table with 35 points, and seeing hopes of competing for the runners-up spot. Belgian ex-international Fellaini and Brazilian striker Cressan, who played for the Red Devils Manchester United, also showed courage. New and old internationals such as Wang Dalei, Liu Binbin, Zheng Zheng and Liao Lisheng are also in good form. The Tianjin Jinmen Tigers coach is Yu Genwei, the hero of the national soccer team's 2002 World Cup run. Although the staffing isn't outstanding, the season has started well, finishing eighth with 31 points, saving enough relegation points in advance to start sending out warm patterns.
On the Internet, the CCTV sports client (central video CCTV5APP) will live broadcast Zhejiang team home against Qingdao Hainiu game, the game did not have a live TV station. Zhejiang, coached by Barcelona boss Jordy, had a bad start, but performed strongly after finding their form, with additional foreigners Leonardo and Mu Xiekui anchoring a sharp attacking line, and moved up to fifth on the table with 35 points, just one point behind Chengdu Rongcheng, which has seven prospective foreigners. Zhejiang started off not so well after Jordy took over as Barcelona's coach, but after regaining their form, they have become very strong. In addition, foreigners Leonardo and Mu Xiekui have a very sharp offensive line at home, which has led to 35 points and fifth place in the scoring table, just one point more than Chengdu Rongcheng, which has seven prospective foreigners.
