After four misdirections on penalties and even being humiliated by Zhejiang foreigner Mu Xiekui with a spoon penalty, Yan Junling was the most frustrated person this afternoon. As the first keeper of the national soccer team, statistically speaking, this is definitely not the main keeper of the Chinese Super League giants as long as the shot is correct.
Many fans might say that the goalkeeper is not the one who can change the outcome of the game in a penalty shootout. But the reality is just the opposite, goalkeepers are very important in the reason why Argentina won the World Cup. In the penalty shootout against Zhejiang, the result could have been rewritten if Yan Junling had guessed the wrong direction four times.
Even, after Lu Wenjun's shooting loss, if Yan Junling could have pounced on a penalty kick, Shanghai Port could have at least been undefeated. However, the reality is that Zhejiang scored five goals and did not give Shanghai Port any chance. It was a surprise for Shanghai Port to lose in a penalty shootout where the starting goalkeeper did nothing.
Previously, Yan Junling's performance in the Chinese men's soccer team's top 12 tournament was criticized by fans. In the game, as long as the opponent shot, he basically can score. At that time, the fans also gave Yan Junling a name "shooting dead" nickname. Back to the Chinese Super League, it is indeed a shot on goal.
At the time, many fans questioned how Yan Junling, with such poor statistics, could still hold on to his position as the number one goalkeeper in the national soccer team, relying on the fact that he was from the Shanghai Port team. Now, Yan Chunling has really put the Hong Kong team in a difficult position, having such a luxurious lineup, and not even being able to advance.
This season, we only delivered the fourth place in the Chinese Super League and the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, with input and output grossly disproportionate. Even if Zhejiang won the FA Cup, Shanghai Port is not eligible to participate in the AFC Champions League in the new season. The Shanghai media has been criticizing Guangzhou for being independent of gold dollar soccer, but Shanghai Port doesn't even understand gold dollar soccer, the Chinese Super League championship, and I'm afraid they are one of the cancers.
