The Chinese Super League has played 11 rounds and the most eye-catching club is Chengdu Rongcheng. Under the leadership of Xu Zhengyuan, this team has completed its transformation to become the second team in the Chinese Super League. It is now undefeated in 11 rounds, with 23 points from 6 wins and 5 draws, only 3 points less than the leader Shanghai Port. Importantly, they won 1-0 in the direct match with Shanghai Port, a very high gold for the second place.
Chengdu Rongcheng is the big dark horse of the Chinese Super League in terms of value and squad. They were not optimistic at the beginning of the season as the team was worth less than 8 million euros, far less than favorites such as Shanghai Harbor, Wuhan Sanzhen, Shandong Taishan, Beijing Guoan, and Shanghai Shenhua. Secondly, Chengdu Rongcheng confirmed early on that the lineup was incomplete. Last season, two young starters, Hu and Tao and Mutalifu, missed a large number of games this season to focus on various matches and training at the national team level.
Chengdu Gemini star Mutalifu and Hu Huotao has been the National Youth Golden Boot level scorer and headline player. 19-year-old Mutalifu in the Asian Youth Championships in the four games scored two goals, assisted once, became the National Youth Asian Golden Boot scorer, to help the team to enter the Asian Youth Championships in the last eight. His price tag of 325,000 euros is one of the highest among young players, second only to Hu Huotao, the top player. The same 19-year-old Hu Huotao body outstanding, offense and defense individual ability, energetic, game willpower, “German turn” price of 450,000 euros.
With excellent individual ability and status, Mutalifu and Hu Huotao has been very busy this year. At the beginning of the year, they trained for a long time with the National Youth, played in the Asian Youth Championships, then were promoted to the Olympics (U22 national soccer team) and trained for a long time with the team in Europe. The two popular fryers could not represent the club for a long time. Chengdu Rongcheng has struggled too much in the intensive Chinese Super League, especially as injuries to the team have increased as the schedule deepens, and there is a desperate need for young starters like Hu Huotao and Mutalifu to carry the banner.
In the 11th round of the Chinese Super League against Shanghai Port, Chengdu Chengdu's foreign aid Romulo was injured, and Feng Zhuoyi was given a red card again, making the lineup weak, which is not conducive to future matches. On June 6, Beijing time, Mutalifu and Hu Huotao returned to the “nest”. Mutalifu updated the social news, said: “Finally, I'm home. Jet lag and recovery training at the same time. Golden and silver nests are not as good as our nest.” It is not difficult to see that Mutalifu is preparing for the next round of the Chinese Super League. According to the schedule, Chengdu Chengdu time ushered in the 12th round of the Super League on June 8 against Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, who are also undefeated in the first 11 rounds.
Unfortunately, Mutalifu and Hu and Tao participated in the Super League, and then went to the Olympic Games. Domestic well-known media “sports weekly” reporter Ma Dexing revealed that the Olympic Games in June 4, ended about three months of training in Europe, returned to China for a short break, and then in June 15 and 19 to start two warm-up matches, the opponent is locked in Uzbekistan (the original Panda Cup canceled in the middle of June, so the temporary arrangement of two warm-up matches to exercise the team). (The original Panda Cup was canceled in mid-June, so two warm-up matches were temporarily scheduled to exercise the team). It is understood that the Olympics traveled to Beijing for training on June 8, and that Mutalifu, Hu and Tao and other young internationals playing in the Chinese Super League may return to the Olympics quickly after the 12th round of the Chinese Super League.
At the moment, the training task for the Olympics can be heavy. Coach Cheng Yaodong will usher in the first stage of the Asian Olympic qualifiers, the U23 Asian Cup qualifiers, in September. The Olympics are in the same group as the UAE, Maldives and India, and are considered to be signed.
