Shanghai Harbour's new head coach, Javier Pereira, has come in with a 433 attacking formation. This formation has strict requirements for the back position in the center and backfield, which has to take into account the interception and stealing in the center and backfield, as well as the barrier of the backline and the attack in the front field. It can be said that the back position is the metronome of the whole team's offense and defense conversion.
As you can see from the back position, the person new coach Javier Pereira trusts the most is accomplished veteran Cai Huikang. In addition, Evergrande veteran Xu Xin has also received full trust from Javier Pereira. Cai Huikang not only played in all of the first six rounds, but also started; while Xu Xin, also started all four games. It can be seen that in Javier Pereira's mind, Cai Huikang and Xu Xin are his most trusted double back combination.
"One carrot for every carrot". Because Cai Huikang and Xu Xin have earned Javier Pereira's regard, other players in the same position are bound to be left out in the cold. For example, the international midfielder big man Buy Tijiang had only one start despite having six appearances. It can be seen that Buy Tijiang is gradually becoming Hong Kong's chicken ribs.
But there are some guys who are worse than Baiti Jiang. He's Yang Shiyuan, and he's in the same position at the back. Yang Shiyuan is 29 years old and in the first year of his career. Originally, I thought Yang Shiyuan, who is in his playing year, would be reused by new coach Javier Pereira, but I didn't expect that after the first six rounds of the Chinese Super League, he only got one chance to play, and it was a garbage time substitute appearance. It can be seen that Yang Shiyuan didn't get the trust of new coach Javier Pereira, and became the chicken rib player in Shanghai Port's center backfield.
Chinese fans familiar with Yang Shiyuan know that despite his average skills, he is an inspirational and bloody model for the Chinese Super League. Whether he is training off the field or on the field, Yang Shiyuan works very hard and is full of fighting spirit. Yang Shiyuan is known by Chinese fans as the "Desperate Sanlangtai" of Chinese soccer, as he often dares to fight and struggle on the field, regardless of the consequences, and has been injured many times during the games.
Yang Shiyuan has never played as an absolute starter for Hong Kong since joining the first team in the 2014 season.The 2019, 2020 and 2021 seasons have seen Yang Shiyuan have a relatively high profile period in Hong Kong. Not only was he dedicated and committed in terms of interceptions and tackles, but he also earned five goals for his team. Of course, his game time is gradually being secured. It was expected that Yeung Sai Yuen would be gradually reused by the Hong Kong club after these three years of brilliant performance. Unexpectedly, his destiny did not show at all, and he remained the chicken ribs of the Hong Kong team. It is saddening that such a desperate Saburota with superb mental attributes has been reduced to this state.
