On the evening of June 29, Beijing time, Shandong Taishan defeated Changchun Yatai 4-1 at home in the 13th round of the 2023 Chinese Super League season. After this battle, Taishan successfully surpassed Yatai and climbed to the fifth place in the table. At the same time, this game is the ninth consecutive undefeated game for Taishan in double fronts. The only drawback is that Cressan, who scored the first goal for Taishan, was replaced due to a suspected thigh strain, leaving some hidden problems for Taishan's next matches.
Cressan has scored five goals in the last three games to carry the Tar Heel offense.
Due to the suspensions of Fellaini and Jadson, Sun Junho has been de-registered, but in the meantime, the second transfer window has not yet opened. In this match, Taishan only had two foreigners, Moises and Klassan. Korean head coach Choi Kang-hee even put them directly in the front line partnership. And they lived up to the hype. Cressan recorded his first in the fifth minute of the opening match when he capitalized on a header clearance error and met the ball with a shot.Seven minutes later, Moises teamed up with Cressan to help Liu Binbin extend the lead.
Cressan has been in great form lately. In last Saturday's F.A.C. Cup match, Cressan scored a hat-trick to help Taishan easily beat China A's Dongguan Union 6-1. In addition, Cressan scored in the away match against Wuhan Sanzhen before the break, scoring five goals in three consecutive matches. Compared to the difficulties on the offensive end for Taishan at the beginning of the season, Klassan is now carrying the offensive flag for Taishan. Under his leadership, his teammates also have more desire to shoot.
Undefeated in nine consecutive doubleheaders Tarzan East Hills is back on track again.
After 2-0, the game was completely in Taishan's control, eventually beating Yatai 4-1. In the double-header of the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup, Taishan is undefeated in 9 consecutive matches. It has won 5 of its last 6 matches, with the only draw coming away from home against defending champions Sanzhen. Thus, Taishan's recent record is quite satisfactory.
It's safe to say that since Choi Kang-hee took over, Taishan has moved up the table one step at a time, at least showing fans that the team is starting to get on the right track. And judging by their recent performances, Taishan are showing signs of making a comeback, at least in the process of returning to the right table.
Taishan's push for the third place meets hidden danger Cressan's suspected strain threatens to miss the game.
After winning this game, Taishan reached 21 points in the standings, suppressing Yatai, who lost this game, by 1 point, and successfully climbed to the fifth place in the standings. Taishan's next three matches are extremely difficult. First, in the next round, four days later, Taishan will host the leader Shanghai Seaport. In this round, Seaport just beat Beijing Guoan on the road. Then, an away match against Henan, one of Taishan's bitter Chinese Super League rivals, and then against Shenhua, another Shanghai-based team. Three games in eight days, with two of the Shanghai teams being the top two in the gate standings. The only opponents on the road are bitter rivals. This schedule is harder than Taishan.
To add to Tarzan's difficulties, Cressan finished the second half of this game with a long shot from the outside and then was replaced straight away until he fell to the ground holding the back of his thigh. Judging by the course of the injury and Crezan's post-injury performance, it's suspected that he strained his thigh, an injury that would require at least four. , five days. If alone to carry the flag of Taishan's offense, Kressan absence, I am afraid that Taishan's offense will fall into the "constipation" dilemma. If Taishan can get a leading score in the next three games, the possibility of impacting the top three will become more likely, but Cressan's injury does leave a lot of hidden dangers.
