Wuhan Sanzhen has powerful foreigners.
Source: Pescadores
It's a slightly surprising, but actually very reasonable result.
China Super League (soccer league)
Halfway through the first stage, promoted Wuhan Sanzhen has 13 points from four wins and a draw, and is at the top of the table.
Wuhan's three towns' performance this season is very reminiscent of Guangzhou 11 years ago
Evergrande (name)
-- Well, can this promoted team be as good as
Evergrande (name)
Will the "Kaiserslautern Myth" of China's top league be created?
existing
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Can you compete for a title with a utility foreigner and a stable and experienced domestic player class?
Xie Pengfei takes the corner and Malcom heads it in.
Litmus test for the championship horn
In two consecutive rounds, Shanghai Seaport faced two extreme teams, Guangzhou and Wuhan, one after the other.
If Guangzhou has no more majesty of the former dominant team, the final result of 0-1 loss is not surprising; then against Wuhan Sanzhen, who is now the most stable in the league in terms of strength and form, it is a big test for the seaport.
From the course of the game, the seaport is obviously slow to heat up, a corner kick and a free kick in the first half of the defensive process to expose the shortcomings of the high ball, by the three towns of foreigners Malcolm and Renhang, respectively, scored a goal.
Stanciu drove the ball into the box and Renhang flung his head at the goal.
Less than half-time, Lecco replaced Xu Xin and Ndiaye, and the tactical adjustments paid off - Feng Jin assisted Ndiaye's second-half equalizer - but Seaport still lost the crucial game 1-2.
So far, the seaport has played the halfway point of the five games, two wins, three losses only six points, has been Wuhan three towns to open up a seven-point gap.
Sanzhen had a very smooth start to the season, taking down the weakest teams in the division, Hebei and Guangzhou, 4-0 and 6-0 respectively in the first two rounds. Although they suffered a stunning draw against Shenhua in the third round, Sanzhen beat derby rivals Wuhan Changjiang and Harbor, who are also aiming at the title, in the following two games, to get a very perfect start to the season.
Feng Jin assisted Ndiaye to equalize in the second half.
The match against the giants Harbour was seen as a litmus test of whether Three Town could blow the title out of the water, and the result was what Three Town would have liked to see, with manager Pedro expressing his satisfaction with the result after the match.
"On a technical and tactical level, it was a tough game and I am happy with the performance of the players. In the second half, we could see that the harbor was very strong and posed a threat to us, and every one of our players gave their best."
Leko also admitted that Harbour is not in good shape right now, "The side that played better won the race. At the moment, we are a long way from
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There's a gap between the top powerhouses to reach that level."
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Latest standings.
A rehash of an 11-year-old
Evergrande (name)
The three towns of Wuhan are now, in every way, the same as in 2011, when they were just upgraded
Evergrande (name)
Very similar.
Firstly the club has a relatively stable financial base, which ensures that the club signs quality players in the transfer market.
After the upgrade, the three towns left behind Edmilson and Malcolm, and signed three foreigners, Stanciu, Wallace and Davidson, which the Romanian international Stanciu, although the transfer fee is only 4 million euros, but the actual role of the role is not inferior at all
Evergrande (name)
Mr. Conca, the $10 million dollar man of the year, was intended to be the man of the hour.
Golden dollar soccer tides rise and fall, and back in the day
Evergrande (name)
Many of the players who were signed for heavy money have now moved to Wuhan Sanzhen - including internationals Liu Dianzha, Deng Hanwen, Gao Junyi and He Chao.
Meanwhile Sanzhen also signed powerhouse players such as Xie Pengfei and Tao Qianglong, which is the same as the
Evergrande (name)
Back in the day it was calling the shots in the transfer market as it were.
Wuhan Sanzhen has excellent local players + practical foreigners.
However, Wuhan Three's Spanish coach Pedro's overall level of ability to match the competition for the title needs to be a question mark.
Against Shenhua in the third round, Pedro replaced Xie Pengfei, the goal scorer, and all three of his frontline wide receivers in the second half, which gave Shenhua a chance for a last-minute equalizer.
Against Seaport, with a 2-0 lead in the first half, Pedro's halftime adjustments were again very conservative, replacing Xie Pengfei with back-rower He Chao -- with the offense unable to put pressure on Seaport, Sanzen simply couldn't hold on, and Seaport even had a chance to equalize after N'Diaye scored a goal... ...
Pedro, the Spanish coach of Wuhan Sanzhen.
A promotion to the championship is not out of the question
In fact, whether in international soccer or in China
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In the world, it is very rare to see a case like Kaiserslautern winning the top league title as a promoted horse that year.
Chinese professional league from 1994 to the present, only Guangzhou
Evergrande (name)
2011 to replicate the myth; while in 1999 Liao Xiaohu was only 1 round away from being the first to complete the miracle, but unfortunately they were defeated by
national security
Blocking, can only watch the final championship was taken by Shandong.
Judging from the first five rounds of the league season, Wuhan Three Town is not without chances.
Previous defending champions Shandong Taishan and Shanghai Seaport are considered to be the most champions, but both teams are facing their own difficulties - Taishan's Guo Tianyu stayed away from the sea and temporarily unable to return to the game, the replacement Cressan returned to the team late, while Fellaini suffered an injury crisis.
Thus, in the absence of the crashing hammer, Taishan field and results are far from ideal, the first four rounds of the game 3 wins and 1 loss to get 9 points, can only be regarded as poor.
Seaport faced more difficulties - unsystematic preparations and the inability of foreigners to return resulted in Seaport having only six points after the first five games.
Tri-Town and Seaport have one more direct match in Round 10, and if Seaport loses again, they will risk the difference in points being widened to more than 10 points, which will make it too difficult for Seaport to win the title.
"The championship is a bit more difficult, let's make sure we win first and play every game first." Leko admits that Wuhan Three Town are the best team in form at the moment, "They have power and speed. Next, we will summarize and analyze the matches to see how we can improve."
Pedro, on the other hand, was more low-key, saying that the topic of winning the title is not an obsession for the team, "I passed on the soccer philosophy to the players, and we are just playing every game. We are
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Newcomers, it's too early to think we're one of the top teams and we need to keep our feet on the ground."
Indeed, in
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With many teams facing economic crisis, with good foreign aid + stable domestic player class, the promoted team can also become the favorite to win the championship immediately.
I don't know, it's the middle
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Lucky or unlucky for the ball?
