Shandong Taishan's AFC Champions League campaign came to an end on March 15, and moved on to host Shenhua on March 31 in the league. In the face of Football Daily's in-depth analysis, the Taishan team faces three major adjustment challenges from the AFC Champions League to the Chinese Super League.
First of all, the optimization of the foreign aid lineup should not be delayed. With the end of the Asian Championship, the smoke of the league is thick. If Taishan wants to win the local game, they can't rely too much on a single foreign aid. The strengthening of the summer transfer window will be the first task of the Taishan team. The implementation of the reinforcement program, financial security is the key.
Secondly, the summary of the defensive end cannot be ignored. Facing the Japanese team's twelve goals in six games, Taishan's defensive performance in high-level confrontation is worrying. In the new season of the Chinese Super League, the configuration of each team's midfield and forward foreign aiders generally reaches four, or even more, which puts a new test on the solid defense of the Taishan team;
Furthermore, the coordination problem of the substitute players needs to be solved. In the AFC Champions League Quarterfinals, Taishan's substitutes conceded goals continuously after taking the field, exposing the problem of incoordination in various aspects such as mentality, rhythm and status. The coaching team needs to consider the adaptability of Chinese players in different positions, especially the fault-tolerance of positional adjustment of the front players, while the scheduling of the back players needs to be more cautious.
Nevertheless, there are still some "unchanged" things about the Taishan team: firstly, maintaining the mentality of the strong, not self depreciation, dare to face the strong enemy, which is an important gain of the Taishan team in the AFC Champions League; secondly, insisting on the strategy of high-pressure robbery, combining the high level of robbery with the counter-attack seamlessly, which is one of the characteristics of the Taishan team; thirdly, maintaining the game tempo, including the intensity of the game, only fast confrontation can put more pressure on the opponent. Only fast confrontation can create more pressure on the opponent.
