As of May 31st, 10 rounds of the Chinese Super League have been played. Shanghai Harbour Team has achieved an excellent record of 8 wins and 2 draws, and is currently at the top of the table. In his article, Ma Dexing pointed out that, judging from the current situation, as long as Shanghai Seaports do not make mistakes or minimize them, it is only a matter of time for them to regain the top spot in the championship.
This year's Chinese Super League had been considered a possible "Three Kingdoms" scenario. Besides Shanghai Harbor, last year's champions and runners-up Wuhan Sanzhen and Shandong Taishan were the most promising teams to win the title. However, no one expected that the Shandong Taishan team would be disorganized due to a series of negative off-field incidents. Although the club has now brought in veteran South Korean coach Cui Kangxi to stabilize the situation, and after he took over three rounds of matches, two wins and a draw to get seven points, in time to stop the downward trend, but the difficulty of regaining the strength of the old days can be imagined, in order to compete for the title again, I'm afraid that it is not an easy task.
One of the reasons why Wuhan Three Town is in the limelight is that the team has further strengthened its bench players before the season, which is very important for the team. The strength of the newly joined players could be a starter if they were placed in other Chinese Super League teams, I'm afraid. However, since Malcolm left the team, despite the introduction of Aziz, the whole tactical system also appeared to be obvious shortcomings, the team lost the "fulcrum" in the front line, the attacking power was greatly affected, and has been far away from the harbor.
Shanghai Harbour Team has benefited somewhat from their opponents' "loss of concentration" because they have conceded a total of only 7 goals in the first 10 rounds of matches, the fewest among the 16 participating teams. In terms of goals, they have scored the highest number of goals among the 16 participating teams with 19 goals.
Ma Tak Hing concluded that as long as the Harbour Team does not make mistakes and reduces the number of mistakes, it is only a matter of time for them to regain the title, and I am afraid it will not be easy for other teams to catch up with the Harbour Team.
