The opening match is about to take place and the summit clash between Shanghai Seaport and Wuhan Sanzhen is attracting attention. Despite Shanghai Seaport's defeat in the last round of the Super League, fans are confident that they will win. This is due to the strength of the team's foreign players, as well as the strength of their local players, such as Wu Lei, one of whom won the Golden Ball Award for the 2023 season, and a host of other internationals. On the other hand, Wuhan Sanzhen's management has been in turmoil lately, and it was once rumored that the team might be disbanded. Luckily, the officials clarified that the team is undergoing reforms, but there are still some thorny issues such as unpaid wages. The future of the new season is uncertain, and whether Sanzhen can beat Harbor in the opening match is still up in the air.
Li Tie incident is like a heavy bomb, detonated the anti-corruption storm in the whole soccer world. Numerous top executives of the Football Association (FA) have fallen from grace, and a change of the FA is imminent. Song Kai of the Liaoning Sports Bureau took over as chairman. However, after Song Kai took the helm, both men's and women's soccer, the performance in the international arena is not satisfactory, the Women's World Cup and the Olympic qualifying rounds lost one after another, missed the qualification for the Paris Olympics, the women's soccer team fell into the doldrums. The performance of men's soccer is even more disappointing to the fans, the recent Asian Cup group stage particles, and even a goal not scored, has been widely criticized.
A moment of glory for Wu Lei, who has just won the Golden Ball Award. In an interview, Wu Lei said that the current national team is not the second-rate Asian team of the past. What are your thoughts on this matter?
