Taishan's Chinese Super League journey is like a complex and intense symphony, with a three-front war, they started the season with an earlier preparation rhythm into the fierce competition of the AFC Champions League knockout rounds. Into November, Shandong Taishan players' schedule was filled to the brim with the Chinese Super League, the AFC Cup final and two AFC Champions League matches. Especially worth mentioning, from November 2 to 26, international players Xie Wenneng, Wang Dalei, Li Yuanyi, Liu Yang, Huang Zhengyu and Gao Junyi six people, in just 24 days, will face six games, an average of every four days to play a game.
The intensity of the match speaks for itself, and Coach Ivankovic has already begun preparing the next edition of the national soccer team roster, limiting adjustments to the squad to a handful of positions. In this way, Shandong Taishan's international players will keep their current positions and face a huge pressure equivalent to a four-front war. Meizhou Hakka is expected to win three points in the upcoming matches, while Shenzhen and Qingdao Hainiu will have to fend for themselves and cannot count on Taishan's support. After four rounds of intense fighting, He Xiao Ke is expected to return and will need to prove himself between expectation and disappointment.
Since Zeca's injury at the beginning of the season, setbacks in the AFC Champions League knockout rounds, injuries and illnesses, and the brief departure of Coach Choi Kang-hee, the Shandong Taishan team has not crashed and burned. Not only did the AFC Cup make it to the final, but the AFC Champions League also showed the fighting spirit to not let the Chinese Super League team be ashamed of. Rotation does not mean watering down, and Taishan's substitutes will also give their best. In the last game before the AFC Champions League, coach Choi Kang-hee will use the match against Meizhou to hone his defensive tactics. Foreigner Marcel is expected to make his debut, while Meizhou's twin strikers John and Conrad, who have shown a strong impact, are undergoing early training preparations.
