As we all know, although the Chinese Super League is still 2 rounds away from ending, the championship of this year's league has no suspense, that is, Shandong Taishan. After Shandong Taishan defeated Hebei 2-0 in the last round of matches, they won 10 consecutive league games and won the championship early with a 10-point advantage. A very important reason why Shandong Taishan can win this season's league championship is that when other teams are plagued by funds, Shandong Taishan is stable enough, full of funds, and does not owe wages, so the military is stable. In addition, Shandong Taishan is the first team to attach importance to and invest heavily in youth training, so that now their squad is the highest thickness in the Chinese Super League, and there are at least 2-3 substitutes in any position. So they're at ease in the dense schedule, when it comes to rotation, which is a huge advantage for other teams. It can be said that this season's Taishan team won the championship is well deserved.
Now that the league title has been won, the focus of the fans has changed, that is, the performance and growth of young players. For example, whether Guo Tianyu can score again and become the best local goalscorer; for example, whether Xu Xin can still have a good performance and consolidate the status of the main back of his national football team; and whether Liu Yu in the midfield section shows better form and can enter the national team. However, among so many players to look forward to, there is a very special person, he is the "Jinan guy" Delgado.
As we all know, our Football Association started the naturalization of national football in 2018. The purpose is to make qualified Chinese Super League foreign aid and Chinese outstanding players play for the national football team through naturalization, make up for the shortage of talents in the national football lineup, and enhance the core competitiveness of the national football team. And these two seasons have also blown up the naturalization trend, but because naturalization requires a lot of human, material and financial resources, naturalized players are also concentrated in the Chinese Super League giants, especially the Guangzhou team is the most. However, with the economic crisis in the Chinese Super League, the naturalized internationals of the Guangzhou team have also left the Chinese Super League, and the probability is that the next game of the national team cannot count on them. It also made fans wonder whether this naturalization of Chinese football had failed.
But in fact, not only the Guangzhou team has naturalized players, the most stable Shandong Taishan team also has naturalized players, and shandong Taishan team is the first team to have non-Chinese naturalized players. And this player is the Portuguese midfielder Delgado. However, Delgado did not start well in the Chinese Super League, because of the naturalization process problems, he only played in the halfway of the 2019 season. And because there was no systematic competition and training for half a year, it directly led to his poor state and very bad performance. Coupled with the fact that the Football Association changed its policy in the second season, because Delgado did not have the opportunity to play for the national football team at that time, he could only play as a foreign aid. So Shandong Taishan temporarily abandoned him and loaned him back to the Portuguese Premier League team. After playing for the Portuguese Premier League for half a season, FIFA changed its rules and Delgado had the conditions to be selected for the national football team. So he returned to the Tarzan team again, and after half a season in the reserve team, he was reused by the team this season.
Delgado, who got the chance to play, has exploded this season, finally giving us a glimpse of how strong Delgado is in the form of online, he can take the ball, break through, pass the ball and have a powerful super long-range world wave in the midfield position. In many tough battles, Delgado has used his personal abilities to contribute to the team. Fans also feel that Delgado is likely to become the core of the national football team in the future.
However, in the last round of Shandong Taishan's championship battle against Hebei, delgado, who started the game, performed very badly, and was cut off as soon as he took the ball in the front court, and the pass was always not in place, and finally the second half was replaced in advance. At that time, many fans questioned Delgado, believing that he could not hold on to the key game and could not stand up. But soon Delgado responded to the question with a good performance.
In the 20th round of the second stage of the Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan faced Beijing Guoan. Before the game, many people thought that Taishan might lose, because the team had already won the championship and had no desire or desire, and Beijing Guoan also wanted to fight for a better position, so Beijing Guoan might win. Sure enough, in the 17th minute of the first half, they scored a goal by foreign aid Anderson to take the lead early. At that time, many fans felt that this game was like this. This time Delgado stepped forward.
After 12 minutes of conceding the ball, Shandong Taishan won a corner, and Delgado went to take the corner, he directly opened the ball to the back point of the undefended area, and the center-back Dai Lin decisively inserted the ball directly into the net, and this ball is also Dai Lin's first goal of the season. And the main reason why this ball is so painful, is that del Gardo's position is too thief, there are no defensive players in this position, as long as there are teammates in this position to grab the point, the ball is almost necessary. It has to be said that Delgado's passing choices and footwork are in place, which is the embodiment of personal ability.
Of course, in addition to this equalizer assist, Delgado also had multiple shots and passes throughout the game that threatened the opponent's door, and it can be said that compared to the downturn in the previous game, Delgado was very active and heroic in this game. After only one game in the doldrums, the king returned with immediate adjustments, and it had to be said that Delgado's self-adjustment ability and tenacity were still very strong. In the future, we can still expect him to contribute to the national football team. Are you optimistic about delgado's development? Do you think Delgado has a chance to become the midfield core of the national team in the future? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!