Reporter Chen Yong reported that on May 28, the 10th round of the Chinese Super League ended with seven matches. So far, only the match between Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Harbor has not yet started. This match is related to the situation of the championship contention and the competition for the best scorer.
Previously in the first 9 rounds of the Chinese Super League, the standings started to diverge, with Shanghai Port pulling away from the lead, but Changchun Yatai also doing well. The scorer's table was no different. Leonardo of Changchun Yatai and Wu Lei of Shanghai Port led the way with 7 goals. Then, Malelai and 7 others scored only 4 goals, Romulo and 17 others scored 3 goals. Leonardo and Wu Lei have a huge lead and are naturally the strongest competitors for the season's top scorer.
In comparison, Wu Lei has an advantage over Leonardo. In addition to his own ability, the overall strength of the harbor is still very strong. Oscar and other top foreigners give Wu Lei the greatest support in the team. Just in the ninth round, Oscar just completed his 100th assist in various matches for Harbour. This season, he has completed five assists. It can be said that he is a strong guarantee for Wu Lei's stable play. Although Leonardo has a lot of goals at the moment, he wants to wear the Golden Boot, which depends on greater support from his teammates. It remains to be seen whether Changchun Yatai can continue to provide such support in the future.
Players such as Cressan, Zhang Yuning, Mu Xiekui and Davidson are theoretically the best scorers in the current Chinese Super League, and they also scored the most goals last season.
Cressan was suspended for the first three rounds of the season, and then Shandong Taishan's overall form was poor until Shandong Taishan beat Shenzhen 3-0 in the last round, when Cressan scored twice, bringing his goal tally to three. Based on the overall strength of the Taishan team, Krysan still has a chance to compete with the top scorer.
Beijing Guoan's Zhang Yuning was originally a strong competitor for top scorer, but due to injuries, he has essentially lost the possibility of competing for top scorer this season. Other teams such as Yang Liyu, Wang Ziming, Adebenelo and other strikers are not guaranteed to score consistently and have little hope of competing for top scorer.
Mu Xiekui is getting older and older, but his performance is still getting stronger and stronger. He scored another goal in this round against Beijing Guoan. With five goals already, he is now third on the scorer's list, and this is still at a time when Zhejiang has been in a slump before.
Davidson, unfortunately, has had a very sluggish season, which of course has to do with the overall slump in the Wuhan Tri-Towns.
The competition for top scorer also takes into account the offensive ability of each team. Currently Shanghai Port, Chengdu Rongcheng, Changchun Yatai, Beijing Guoan, Wuhan Sanzhen and Shandong Taishan are relatively strong in offense. Among these teams, Chengdu Rongcheng's offense is quite spread out. Felipe, Eckerson and Kim's friend all scored four goals, while Romulo scored three. With the offense spread out, the team is unlikely to produce a top scorer.
Local players have generally performed well in this year's Chinese Super League. In addition to Wu Lei at the top of the list, Barton scored 4 goals, while Tan Long, Tao Qianglong, Wang Shenchao, Gao Di, Wang Ziming, Yan Xianggong, Han Chao, Zhang Wei, Yang Liyu and 9 others all scored 3 goals. Among them, Qingdao Hainiu Zhang Wei's entry into the top scorer list is impressive. He is a wing back and almost all of his three goals came from relentless running.
Overall, Wu Lei's superb ability to capitalize on chances and the assisting ability of Hong Kong's midfield outfield attacking group were enough to ensure that he wore the Golden Boot again in his second season back in the Chinese Super League. Before leaving the country, he was the top scorer of the 2018 season with 27 goals. This season, local scorers will have a hard time catching up with him. Now, it's up to one of the foreigners to put competitive pressure on him. Today is a head-to-head confrontation between Leonardo and Wu Lei.
