The CFA Super Cup ended earlier in the day with Wuhan Sanzhen taking Shandong Taishan gently 2:0.
First, the absence of Jin Jingdao and Wu Xinghan after Malcolm's departure and Cressan's suspension has left Shandong Taishan effectively trailing.
The biggest change in Wuhan Three Towns this season is that last season's Chinese Super League player Wang Malcolm joined Saudi Arabia's Jeddah National in the winter window for a transfer fee of 4.5 million euros.
For the three towns, Malcolm is basically half of their attack.
Meanwhile, Shandong Taishan's top scorer Klassan missed the new Super Cup and the first two rounds of the Chinese Super League after being suspended for an additional three games for his stupid retaliation against his opponent in last season's F.A.C.A. Cup semifinal.
Both of these teams basically finished cashing in.
However, in the wake of the Chinese soccer storm, the two Taishan mainstays, from Wu Xinghan to Jin Jingdao, have been embroiled in deep scandals that have essentially caused them to commit suicide in Chinese soccer. While the official additions of Li Yuanyi and Fernando mean that Taishan have completed their search for replacements for Jin Jingdao and Wu Xinghan, it's clear that it's unrealistic for the two replacements to try and integrate into the team anytime soon.
In fact, Shandong Taishan fell behind before the game.
Secondly, the starting list of Wuhan's three towns, which featured more than half of Evergrande's lineup, left people in a trance, lamenting the sad state of Chinese soccer.
The starting lineup of Wuhan Sanzhen today is composed of six Evergrande veterans in addition to four foreigners and Xie Pengfei, or Guangzhou Evergrande if you change to the red jersey.
Two major events in China's sports world today have caused people to let out a sigh of relief for Chinese soccer after a trance.
First, the General Administration of Sport held a meeting of ten people, including Hu Guangyu, Liu Aijie and Chen Xuyuan.
Second, the Chinese Basketball Association decided to naturalize Kyle . Anderson.
And these two things linked together remind us of Guangzhou Evergrande's astronomical signing adjustment fees and foreign aid naturalization fees.
Now Guangzhou's fall to the Central League heralds the world's typical dragon swimming in shallow water being played by shrimps.
Chinese soccer is now overwhelmed, and all Chinese soccer practitioners are to blame. However, the CFA, as the top tier, is indeed inexcusable. Even if these assholes wielded their swords, it would not be enough for the people to be angry.
Thirdly, the comprehensive passivity of Shandong Taishan from the first half shows that the head coach Hao Wei is indeed Jiang Lang.
At the start of the day, Shandong Taishan kicked up the momentum, with frequent wars in front of the three towns' gates.
However, Shandong Taishan's high-pressure robbery at the beginning of the game was met with Wuhan Sanzhen's killer low defense and quick counterattacks, and the early loss of the ball forced Taishan to walk into a dead end early on.
Wuhan three towns in the tenth minute rapid counterattack, Wei Shihao side pass, Aziz header, 10 minutes, :0.
The standard pattern throughout the first half was high pressure in front of Shandong Taishan. Wuhan Sanzhen often used high quality counterattacks from the back to finish consecutively with more plays in front of the net. If it wasn't for the poor shooting of Sanzhen's forwards and the massive movement of Shandong's defenders, Taishan would have surely conceded a second or even a third goal.
After watching the half, even hardcore Shandong fans are already starting to blur, because Shandong's first half was pure garbage. What we saw was a replica of the first game of China's top 12 against Australia.
After 20 minutes of the first half, the theme for Shandong was getting beaten. Judging from Shandong's frequent use of brutal fouls to end their opponents' sharp offense, head coach Hao Wei is indeed a Jianglang talent, and to say that he's a young, aggressive version of Yin Tiesheng is purely an insult to his predecessor. Because in this game, we simply didn't see any formative offensive sets from Taishan, basically tactical invisibility, no matter where we go and where we point.
Fourthly, this loss makes Shandong Taishan no longer worth looking forward to this season except for the AFC Cup.
In the second half, Wuhan Sanzhen, who had a one-goal lead, calmly started a defensive counterattack.
Fifty-six minutes, another quality counterattack by San Zhen, Xie Pengfei intervened in the middle and broke the goal, twenty-six minutes, :0.
In this match in Shandong Taishan, the suspense of the game is over.
Wuhan Sanzhen conceded a goal in the 81st minute that was entirely a deliberate food for thought by Liu Dengzheng's big foot. Although the goal was blown for offside, it shows that the Chinese keeper is still not good with the ball at his feet.
In the 87th minute, Sun Junhao was sent off with a red card for shoveling, and Shandong Taishan lost again.
Although one game is not enough of a sample, I have personally come to two conclusions from last season's Super League Cup to the current three games in the Super League Cup and Wuhan Three Town.
First of all, Wuhan Sanzhen gave the impression that they are stronger than last season, they are still the first hotspot for the Chinese Super League title this season, and Coach Pedro does have a couple of tricks up his sleeve.
Secondly, Shandong Taishan doesn't deserve much trust in the Chinese Super League AFC Champions League this season. Their goals for this season are to have no tragedy in the AFC Championship, to be in the top three in the CSL, and to win the AFC Cup for the fourth consecutive time. If Shandong Taishan have lofty ambitions, they must give up their illusions and hire foreign coaches.
Not to mention Shandong Taishan, or even the entire Chinese Super League level is not worth looking forward to. To put it bluntly, the viewing value of the Chinese Super League in the past was built on the high level of foreign aid. As the Chinese Super League's foreign aid becomes more and more mediocre, the level of the Chinese Super League will inevitably fall off a cliff.
Chinese soccer practitioners have finally driven themselves to the brink of extinction by their lack of action.
