In a focus battle in the 19th round of the Chinese Super League championship group that ended on the evening of December 26, Beijing time, Shandong Taishan defeated Hebei 2-0 and won the championship three rounds in advance. After winning the championship, many Shandong fans were happy that the team had won the championship after 11 years, and they also regretted the merits of several who had left the team. Especially the 34-year-old national football captain Arthur Junmin, because this is the "third brother" who has missed the Chinese Super League champion for the second consecutive time.
In 2011, Ha Junmin ended his Career in the Bundesliga Team Schalke 04 and returned to play in the Chinese Super League. He joined the Taishan team, which was still called Shandong Luneng at the time. Because he joined in the middle of season 11, Arthur Junmin just missed the last championship won by The Tarzan team.
Then from 2011, the arrival of Evergrande changed the pattern of the Chinese Super League, driven by the "Golden Dollar Football", Evergrande Dynasty won eight league championships in a row, in addition, the financially rich Shanghai Harbor and Jiangsu Suning also won a Chinese Super League championship. As for the Taishan team that Arthur Junmin played for at that time, he lost the league championship again and again, and the national football captain for 11 years did not taste the taste of the Chinese Super League championship.
This season, with other competitors in their own crisis, the Tarzans have the best chance of regaining the league title. However, due to the joining of South Korean international Sun Junhao, Arthur Junmin, who gradually lost his main position, chose to "fall back to the roots" in July this year and join his hometown team Wuhan (Zhuoer). After leaving the Taishan team, Arthur Junmin was even more emotional, expressing his blessings and reluctance to Taishan.
Fate seems to be playing tricks on Arthur Junmin, but after he left, the Taishan team quickly succeeded in winning the championship this season, and although Arthur Junmin played for the team in the first stage of this season, he failed to play the whole season after all, so Arthur Junmin once again missed the Chinese Super League champion of Taishan. Because of this, many Shandong fans have called for the veteran captain to be given a league championship medal after the team regained the league championship, as an affirmation of Arthur Junmin's contribution to the team over the years.
However, even if he may not win the Chinese Super League championship in his lifetime, I believe that in the hearts of Shandong fans, the conscientious, low-key and pragmatic "third brother" Arthur Junmin will always be the champion captain and leader in their hearts.