Shandong Taishan beat Shanghai Port 3-1 in a 20th round bye of the Chinese Super League (CSL) and moved to within three towns of Wuhan in the standings.After 20 rounds, the defending champions finally returned to being the biggest dark horse of the season.On Nov. 1, Soccer Daily released a document stating that Shandong Taishan's captain Zheng Zheng deserved to be remembered for 90 minutes. Before the match, Zheng Zheng received a commemorative jersey from the club's general manager Wu Zhidong with 275 printed on it - a seemingly unexceptional number that means Zheng Zheng has become the team's all-time Chinese Super League record holder.
Zheng Zheng was selected by Shandong Luneng in 2008. After two years of training, he finally made his professional debut. on March 27, 2010, Shandong Luneng faced Hangzhou Greentown in the first round of the 2010 Chinese Super League season. Zheng Zheng made his debut in the CSL. Three days later, he made his debut in the AFC Champions League. At that time, Taishan's opponent was Pohang Tie.
That is to say, in these two games, Zheng conquered the fans, in addition to excellent technical and physical conditions, his most surprising is the mental stability, impatience, clean handling of the ball, you can not see that this is a 21-year-old young player just started the game, but also formalized the stability and excellence of the performance, so that he is only two games after the main left back of Taishan completely stable. In his first season he played 22 games for the team and scored two goals.
Reportedly, it has to be said that Zheng Zheng has an enviable career trajectory - he didn't need to substitute first to get used to the game, nor did he need the ups and downs that come with young stardom. He made his debut as a starter. From there, he stabilized as a starter as well, until now, 13 years later. "Luneng Soccer School and Taishan Football Club were able to usher in 275 games. Luneng Soccer School nurtured me, and it was the club's stable and healthy platform that gave me an easy environment to play soccer." Zheng Zheng said.
Today, Zheng Zheng has become the captain of Shandong Taishan. Also taking on this responsibility is the biggest star of the team, Fellaini. In fact, Zheng Zheng went from being a left back to a center back a few years back. He has played the role of defensive versatility in the club and even the national team. However, facing important matches for his club, Zheng Zheng often returned to his more familiar left-back position. At this point, Jia Desong and Shi Ke will play as center backs, which is a change for Shandong Taishan.
At 33 years old, Zheng Zheng is still in very good competitive shape. For him, his career is expected to continue. After a few rounds, Zheng Zheng will have another record in the history of Shandong Taishan team - the appearance record of the game.
