In the report of reporter Chen Yong, the 8th round of Chinese Super League matches came to an end. Shandong Taishan beat Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic 3-1 and successfully gained three points. Meanwhile, Guangzhou, Guangzhou City, Shenzhen and Henan Songshan Longmen played a fierce competition, which ended in a draw. After this round of matches, Shandong Taishan's lead in Guangzhou was extended to three points. Against this backdrop, the top-of-the-table battle between Shandong Taishan and Guangzhou was staged as scheduled on the evening of the 27th. Previously, Taishan had beaten Guangzhou 1-0 in the first half of the match, so what kind of performance will they deliver this time?
In the evening of July 24th, Shandong Taishan played against Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic in the 8th round of the Chinese Super League. At the beginning of the match, Taishan showed a strong strength. In the 16th minute, Qi Tianyu kicked a corner kick, which caused an oolong goal for the opposing team; in the 36th minute, Wang Tong crossed the ball from the side road, and Guo Tianyu's header broke the goal. At the end of the half, Taishan was leading 2-0.
In the second half, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic replaced Fernandinho, posing a threat to the Taishan defense. Feng Jin scored on a counterattack with an assist from Bolaños in the 55th minute, but just five minutes later, Xu Xin scored again to make the score 3-1, which ultimately held until the end.
So far, Shandong Taishan has won 2 and drawn 1 in the three rounds of league matches after the reopening of the Chinese Super League, remaining undefeated. As Guangzhou suffered a block, Taishan's lead was extended to three points, which means that Taishan's determination is even stronger in the upcoming crucial battle with Guangzhou.
In addition to their strong determination, the Taishan team's recent rotation strategy has been quite effective.
Among the midfielders, Sun Junho played two full 90-minute games in these three matches and got a rest in the 7th round match with Cangzhou Lions, playing only 31 minutes as a substitute; Xu Xin, despite starting three consecutive matches, played 45 and 59 minutes in the previous two matches, except for this match with Liangjiang Athletic, in which he played 90 minutes.
Fellaini's rotation was relatively adequate, only playing the full 90 minutes in his debut in the seventh round of the three matches, and coming off the bench in the sixth round against Guangzhou City and the eighth round against Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, playing 35 and 40 minutes respectively, he was able to put in his best performance against Guangzhou.
In addition, Wu Xinghan, Guo Tianyu as well as the backline of Ji Xiang, Wang Tong, Song Long and Liu Yang were also given rotations and are in good physical condition. As for the goalkeeper, Wang Dalei has already been rotated once in the seventh round, and his condition is naturally not a problem.
However, the concern is the center backs, Zheng Zheng and Shi Ke played all 8 games, but Taishan's midfield control is still good, the defense is under relatively little threat, and the consumption of the two is relatively small.
Overall, although Taishan faced difficulties in rotating some positions, the overall rotation was relatively smooth, which laid the foundation for Taishan's crucial battle with Guangzhou.
Despite the overall condition is quite good, but I am afraid that Kim Kyung Do's comeback is not too optimistic. Jin Jingdao was injured in the match against Cangzhou Lions in the 7th round, and he was sent to the hospital immediately after the injury. The final result shows that his injury is not serious enough to warrant surgery, but the situation is not very optimistic either. Hao Wei said in the pre-match press conference of the 8th round that Jin Jingdao's ankle and knee are injured. The last round of Taishan and Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic match, Jin Jingdao did not appear in the game list, 27 nights and Guangzhou team game his comeback possibility will not be too big.
On July 25, Shandong Taishan officially announced that Artemisia Junmin joined Wuhan as a free agent with zero transfer fee. Artemisia also flew from Guangzhou to Suzhou the day before. Artemisia has played for Shandong Taishan for 10 years, during which time she has played 278 matches for Taishan in the AFC Champions League, Chinese Super League, AFC Cup and Super Cup.
On the occasion of the departure, artemisia released ten years of orange, there will be a parting, it is difficult to say goodbye to the parting letter. Due to the journey is very intensive, more due to the factors of the tournament system, the artemisia returned to the team and no public parting ceremony, he expressed in the parting letter: "one day I will return to the stands again, to you to my most sincere thanks."
In fact, in terms of technical and tactical, Artemisia's departure from the Taishan team still has a greater impact: first of all, in such an intensive journey, if Artemisia is still in the team, the team's rotation will be more smooth; secondly, the Taishan team's offensive arrangements now there are certain problems, Artemisia's presence can improve this danger; again, if Jin Jingdao recovery time is longer, Artemisia is actually the right forward position! The most suitable choice.
But the club and the team still gave the decorated player and old captain enough respect to give the green light all the way, after all, Artemisia is returning home.
Artemisia's departure, Taishan's foreign aid Moises has arrived in the country and entered isolation, his return to Taishan is a very good news, he can obviously strengthen the team's formation ability, at the same time, now has not yet released the strength of Leonardo is also expected to obtain more support due to his arrival, after all, the two players can communicate directly.
However, Moises will definitely not be able to play in the first phase of the Chinese Super League, i.e., the following 6 matches, but of course, Moises will naturally not miss the AFC Cup matches and the league matches in December. In addition, although Moises can improve the overall strength of the Taishan team, but the forward line equipment is still sufficient, the Taishan team's offensive line will not be a sudden change.
Now, Wuhan Sanzhen's defender Jia Desong, who has a higher chance of joining Shandong Taishan in the Central League, has arrived in Guangzhou and started training with the team. One of the main reasons for choosing him is that Zheng Zheng and Shi Ke in the center back position, despite their stability, still need to be rotated for the intensive journey.
The Taishan team now has five foreign aiders: Sun Junhao, Fellaini, Moises (has returned), Leonardo and Delgado registered as foreign aiders. If Jadason finally joins the team, Taishan will need to revoke the registration of one of the foreign aiders, and the probability is that Delgado will be the one to do so. Delgado has performed well in the past two games, and it would be a shame if he were to be de-registered, but, precisely because of his good performance and the fact that several Chinese Super League (CSL) teams are short of foreign aiders, such as Hebei, Qingdao, Dalian People, and Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, he could be very popular in the CSL.
Brazilian center back Jadson joined Wuhan Sanzhen on loan from Portimao of Portugal in February this year, and has not had many chances to play due to the limitation of playing quota. Jadson was born on November 5, 1991, 1.86 meters tall, weighing 80 kilograms, in the five seasons he played for Portimao, he made a total of 122 appearances, scoring 14 goals, "with a knife" attribute is strong. With the introduction of Jadson, it means that the door is closed for Gerdes to return to the Taishan team.
