China Super League (soccer league)
After the first phase of the league, Taishan is leading the table with 3 wins and 2 draws, alongside Harbor. Even with the non-return of the foreign players, this performance is already quite outstanding, and this achievement is closely related to the excellent play of the five new players.
This season, Taishan brought in five new players including two foreigners and three internal reinforcements. The foreigners Sun Junho and Leonardo are from the Asian League, while the internal players Ji Xiang, Shi Ke and Xu Xin are all free transfers. Judging from the performance of the first phase, the performance of these five new players deserve high praise.
In terms of internal reinforcements, Ji Xiang, Shi Ke and Xu Xin all started in the first 5 rounds of the game, Shi Ke played all 450 minutes, Ji Xiang also rested only 45 minutes, and Xu Xin had 346 minutes of playing time, the three of them have a very high rate of appearance.
Center backs Shi Ke and Zheng Zheng are paired together to guard Taishan's goal. The two are not tall, but they are extremely stable and handle the ball reasonably well, only conceding 3 goals in all 5 games, which is one of the key factors for Taishan to lead the table.
Ji Xiang, in addition to the first game only played half of the game, the rest of the game played the whole game, offensive and defensive performance, contributed an assist. In the games against Qingdao and Shenzhen, he delivered brilliant curling passes to assist his teammates in scoring. Xu Xin delivered a wonderful assist to Guo Tianyu in the first match against Chongqing.
In terms of foreigners, the performance of South Korean foreigner Sun Junho was a pleasant surprise. He played all 450 minutes and became the core of Taishan's midfield, forming an impermeable midfield barrier with Kim Kyung-do, which was also the key to Taishan conceding only one goal in the first four games. In the match against Henan, Sun Junho scored his first goal since joining the Chinese Super League.
