Shandong Luneng is in very bad shape this season. In the first four rounds of Chinese Super League (CSL) matches, they ranked only ninth in the CSL table with one win, two draws, one loss and five points, completely failing to play like the past CSL champion team.
Local coach Hao Wei was absent for many rounds. Currently it is Brazilian assistant coach Fabio who is leading Shandong Luneng to play. Fabio's coaching ability is average, not only did he not achieve the expected results, but he was also questioned by the outside world because of some of his hiring decisions. For example, many Shandong Luneng fans are unable to understand the abandonment of the once talented midfield star Liu Yu.
Statistically speaking, based on the Super Cup match at the beginning of last season, Shandong Luneng has played five matches so far this season. In these five games, former national soccer hopeful Liu Yu has not been given a minute's chance to play since the beginning, even though he has been on the playing roster. It can be seen that in Fabio's tactical system, Duan Liu Yu has become a spectator and a decoration.
Duan Liuyu is a rare principal player. When he attended Cuiyuan Middle School, a famous university in Shenzhen, his grades were always among the top. With his grades, he could have been admitted to Tsinghua and Peking University as a special sports student. However, he chose to join Shandong Luneng for his favorite soccer.
Entering the first season of Shandong Luneng's first team, that is, the 2019 season, Duan Liuyu performed well in the Chinese Super League, appearing in 23 games, starting 13 times, contributing 2 goals and 5 assists to the team, showing a strong fighting force. Because he is talented and skillful, with superb creativity in front of the field, working in front of the field, his technical style is very similar to that of the famous national football player Ai Junmin, and he was once hailed as the successor of Ai Junmin and the future leader of the national football team.
However, starting from the 2021 season, the hopeful star of the national soccer team was gradually cold-shouldered by Luneng, especially after Hao Wei took charge of Luneng's coaching, and Duan Liuyu became a dispensable chicken rib in the team. I thought that after Hao Wei's accident, the Brazilian coach Fabi Olympics acted as Luneng's manager and re-activated Duan Liuyu, but I didn't realize that his situation was even worse. See Artemisia's former successor was abandoned by Luneng, turned into a decoration, people can not help but feel embarrassed.
Duan Liuyu is only 24 years old and is in the prime of his career. With his talent, as long as he has consistent playing time, he can fully utilize his talents and build a world in the Chinese Super League. If he keeps playing at Luneng like this, it's obviously very bad for his career.
So, in the end, Duan Liuyu was advised to consider moving to another Chinese Super League team, even if it's a Chinese League One team. At the end of the day, the most important thing for him right now is to play and get match practice.
