With a whistle from the referee, Shandong Taishan defeated Hebei with a score of 2-0, winning the 2021 Chinese Super League three rounds ahead of schedule. After the game, a lot of congratulatory news spread in football circles. However, some exaggerated praise has also made Chinese fans ask questions: how to objectively evaluate Shandong Taishan's re-victory of the Chinese Super League after 11 years?
I believe that many fans who pay attention to the Chinese Super League will know that the reason why Shandong Taishan was able to win the championship in three rounds in advance, in addition to the team's own strength, is largely because many competing teams have fallen into a financial crisis. In particular, Shandong Taishan's Guangzhou team, which has won and lost each other in the group stage, has a record of being inferior to its opponents on one side, and now the other side has no foreign aid and non-blood naturalized players, close to Zheng Zhi, the first brother of the coaching position, to lead the team. The Shanghai harbor is unbelievable, the team collapsed for no reason, and could not win when playing against Shandong Taishan.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the season. One reporter bet that if Shandong Taishan could finally surpass Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou, he would call Hao Wei "XX". As things stood at the time, it was hard to believe the results now. Therefore, the financial crisis of competitors is one of the key reasons why Shandong Taishan has been able to win the championship smoothly. At the same time, it also proves that Shandong Taishan has strong funds, introducing players such as Ji Xiang, Xu Xin, Shi Ke and other international players, plus several original internationals, there are four foreign aides such as Fellaini, Sun Zhunhao, Jia Desong, Moises, plus naturalized player Delgado, Shandong Taishan can be said to be a high-end team in the Chinese Super League at this stage.
Seeing that some media said that the 11-year champion of Shandong Taishan was the champion of the year before Jinyuan football, and the champion who won the championship in 2021 was the period of disillusionment of Jinyuan football. In fact, the statement is not accurate. As we all know, 2011 was not the beginning of gold dollar football, when Guangzhou completed the "Kaiserslautern myth", but the investment was not as huge as it is now. After Guangzhou won the AFC Champions League in the 2013 season, many teams began to increase their investment in order to replicate the success of Guangzhou, and it was not until 2015 that they reached the peak of golden dollar football.
Moreover, 2021 is not the end of jinyuan football, as a Guangzhou team with more investment, as early as 2020, it began to slowly reduce investment, and even achieved an all-Chinese class in 2021. And the other teams that have spent a lot of money have already stepped on the brakes. The dissolution of Jiangsu Suning after winning the championship can be said to be a key node. Moreover, Shandong Taishan has invested a lot in the past 11 years, from the beginning of Lowey and Tardelli, the two Brazilian national team No. 9, as well as Montillo, Pele, Fellaini and other internationally renowned players.
Therefore, Jinyuan football did not start after Shandong Taishan won the championship 11 years ago, nor did it end just before the championship was won now. Therefore, Shandong Taishan has accumulated the team's lineup thanks to the development of Jinyuan football, and because of its strong financial resources, it is still strong after the decline of Jinyuan football and completes the wish of winning the championship in the past 11 years. Of course, Shandong Taishan started his own dynasty too early, after all, the "Dalian Dynasty" or the "Guangzhou Dynasty" have 8 Vulcan Cups as a support. Needless to say, Guangzhou has twice stepped on the top of Asia, which is difficult for other Chinese football teams to surpass. For Shandong Taishan, establishing a dynasty in the Chinese Super League and achieving a breakthrough in the AFC Champions League has a long way to go.