At 15:00 GMT on August 11, Shanghai Seaport officially announced that
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The return of a great welcome is about to take place.
This moment will be remembered in Chinese soccer history as the number of Chinese players in the top five leagues returned to zero after 1,282 days.
It also means that
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Once again, we have a homegrown star. He may not be a world-class presence, but he is undoubtedly the shining star among Chinese players.
For three and a half years, while adrift overseas, the
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He has left us countless unforgettable moments, his La Liga debut and first La Liga goal have become classics in the history of Chinese soccer.
What an honor to have his name even associated with the Barcelona goal!
However, everything is in the past.
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A dusty story is about to be renewed when he chooses to return to the Premier League.
The theme of the official poster released by Shanghai Seaport is "Welcome!
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Come home", and the welcome video similarly reads "As 7 returns, welcome home".
Shanghai harbor, which is
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At the age of 17, he was Shanghai Dongya's top scorer, and at the age of 20, he scored 17 goals in the Central League to help Shanghai Dongya reach the Super League.
Perhaps it's because of this journey that the
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He has a special place in the hearts of SIPG fans because he dedicated many of his "firsts" to this team -
At the age of 21.
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Completing the first hat-trick of his career, he became the first person in the history of China's top flight to be capped three times in a season in 2013.
The boy who followed his father to the Genbao soccer base on Shanghai's Chongming Island with a letter of recommendation written by Li Hongbing himself grew up step by step with the aura of a teenage hero and scored the 100th goal of his career in 2016.
At least for the first half of his career.
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Smooth sailing, but China has one of the most demanding fan bases in the world, and simply swiping stats in the league to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors won't satisfy them.
As the "King of Balls" in the Chinese Super League.
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He was highly anticipated in the 2018 World Qualifier 12, but the key word associated with him in that year's tournament was "missed chances", especially against Syria, where a loss of possession led to a draw.
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At one time, he was regarded as a "sinner".
While most people are well aware
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Just the backstabber of the national soccer team's failure to qualify for the World Cup, but the fans always need an outlet for their emotions, as the top local players
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It can only be a target.
While there is value in gaining notoriety.
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Missed chances in key games are also infinitely more important. But we can't ignore the fact that
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He scored 15 goals in the 2013 CPL season, 12 goals in the 2014 season, 14 goals in the 2015 season, 14 goals in the 2016 season and 20 goals in the 2017 season, and was the top local scorer for five consecutive seasons.
But for him to get rid of the word "dirt" and become a real top scorer, he still lacks the name of a Chinese Super League (CSL) Top Scorer, just like the original Shanghai Hong Kong, who had to get rid of the name of "New Noble" to get a CSL title.
In 2018, that is.
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The point in time when he and Shanghai Hong Kong both came full circle. If there had been some juvenility in him in previous seasons, then the
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Act more like a man.
2018 Season.
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He had a near-perfect start to the league, scoring a hat-trick in Shanghai SIPG's 8-0 sweep of Dalian Yifang in the first round of the league, and a hat-trick in the 3rd round of the league in Shanghai SIPG's 5-2 win over Guangzhou R&F, where he was capped in just 12 minutes to complete the big four.
The match against Fulham seemed to epitomize the whole season that
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The man in question is Zahavi, a direct rival for the scorer's crown who took the Golden Boot in the 2017 Premier League season. While
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The choice that is constantly exceeded.
He surpassed Han Peng to become the No. 1 overall scorer in the Chinese Super League, and then crowned the Chinese Super League Golden Boot with a scorecard of 27 goals. He not only broke the decade-long monopoly of foreign aiders on the Chinese Super League Golden Boot, but also set a single-season scoring record for domestic players in the history of the professional league.
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And Hong Kong together with the Chinese Super League trophy moment, "we can say is the boss of the Shanghai Bund" is no longer a joke, wu qiuwang less a flamboyant, more a introverted, from the boy metamorphosis into a man.
This sense of responsibility and open-mindedness appeared at the 2019 Asian Cup, as well as during the three-and-a-half-year stay in the country. During the years in Spain.
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I have been infected with new crowns and have experienced the cold shoulder, and I still write a candid sentence that hits home.
In the blink of an eye, Chongming Island out of the boy has reached the age of majority, the see have seen, the experience also experienced, then, it is time to go home.
"We have always remembered that those years.
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The days of growing up and struggling with the club and the fans; we always remember that
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In 172 CSL matches for the club, a team scoring record of 102 goals was set." Shanghai Harbor in the official announcement
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The return tweet reads.
Three years away and still a teenager when you return. Homecoming
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And can we get that initial feeling back?
