The battle in the spotlight is just around the corner as Shanghai Harbour and Wuhan Sanzhen are set to face off at the top of the table. Despite the fact that the Harbour Team lost to Shenhua in the previous round of the Super League, fans are still confident that they will win their opening match. The team not only boasts international players such as Wu Lei, who won the Golden Ball Award for the 2023 season, but also local players who have been performing quite well. However, Wuhan Sanzhen has been in a worrying situation, with management turmoil and even rumors of disbandment. Luckily, the official clarification is that the team will be reformed, but issues such as unpaid wages are still pending. The future of Sanzhen in the new season is uncertain, and whether the team can beat Harbor in the opening match has become a suspenseful question.
The Li Tie incident has swept through the soccer world like a storm, and the top management of the FA has fallen from grace, with a change of government on the horizon. Song Kai of the Liaoning Sports Bureau took over as president of the FFA, but results in the international arena were not as good as they could have been. The women's soccer team suffered heavy defeats in the World Cup and Olympic qualifying matches and missed the Paris Olympics, while the men's soccer team failed to score a single goal in the Asian Cup, drawing boos from the fans.
Golden Ball winner Wu Lei said in an interview that today's national football team is no longer second-rate in Asia. What do you think about this statement?
