Young international Wu Shaocong became the first Chinese player to land in the Turkish Super League. As he joined FC Basaksehir, some Chinese fans started to take an interest in these Turkish super giants based in Istanbul.
One of the simplest descriptions:Basaksehir is a bit like Shanghai Port FC in the Chinese Super League. Basaksehir was founded later, in 1990, and was promoted to the Turkish Super League for the first time 15 years ago and won the Turkish Super League title for the first time in 2020. Neither Basaksehir nor Shanghai Port is a capital city team, but Istanbul, like Shanghai, is the economic center of this country and both have a good economic base.
Istanbul Basaksehir are currently third in the Turkish Super Lig and remain in contention to win the Turkish Super Lig title this season. Featuring outdated star Ozil and former Italian international Okaka, 43-year-old Turkish coach Emre has deep ties with Chinese soccer. Emre played against the Chinese men's soccer team in the group stage of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. At that time, the young Emre helped Turkey beat the national soccer team 3-0 to finish third in the World Cup in record time.
The level of Turkish soccer is much higher than most teams in Asia and the playing style is tough, so it will take time to prove whether Wu Shaocong can play in the Turkish Super League. At 192cm tall Wu Shaocong has the advantage of confrontation, but he also faces fierce competition from three Brazilian defender outsiders, so if he can play as a substitute for a short period of time, it will be a success. Historically, no Chinese player has ever played in the Turkish Super League, and Wu Shaocong only studied in Japan over four years ago, so Barcelona will test him like never before, and I hope he succeeds.
