After the national football team returned home in the fourth stage of the World Preliminary Round of 12, how to get out of the trough has also become a hot topic in the media, and some fans believe that the professional league is the support, and the domestic third-tier league plays an important role in cultivating talents. Indeed, but in the past 10 years, the league has relied too much on foreign aid, which has also led to a regression in the ability of local players, and now most of the foreign aid stars have left, which is also a stimulus for local players, and they must solve the difficulties themselves.
Not only that, after winning the double championship in domestic football, Shandong Taishan has carried the super flag of the Middle And Large, this season's Asian arena, Shandong Taishan will go out as a champion, but also the east Asian region to win the championship, mainly based on the latest East Asian club rankings, according to official data, with the outstanding performance of the 2021 season, Shandong Taishan has rushed into the East Asian top three. The top two are from the Korean League, with the two former AFC Champions League champions Ulsan Hyundai and Jeonbuk Hyundai in first place with 1,091.1 points and second place with 1,075.7 points.
Shandong Taishan accumulated 1060.9 points, ranking third, 30.2 points away from Ulsan Hyundai, if you can play well in the 2022 AFC Champions League, you are fully capable of impacting the top position, the fourth place is the Japanese league boss Kawasaki Forward, and the former two-time AFC Champions League winner Guangzhou team can still rank in the top five with the accumulation of the past, Shanghai Harbor, which has the top foreign aid Oscar of the AFC Champions League, is close behind, ranking sixth, Kashima Antlers, Pohang Iron, Yokozuna Mariners, Urawa Red Diamonds are ranked sixth to tenth.
From the perspective of league sources, among the top ten teams, the Korean League and the Chinese Super League each account for 3 teams, while the Japanese league has the largest number, reaching 4, and the distribution is quite average. Beijing Guoan, who had previously entered the top ten, plummeted to 13th, and the veteran team Shanghai Shenhua barely squeezed into the top 20, ranking 18th.
Another AFC Champions League team, the dark horse of the Chinese Super League, Changchun Yatai, is close behind. Ranked 19th. Overall, the overall ranking of the Chinese Super League shows a downward trend, but this may not be the bottom, with the departure of excellent foreign aid, the strength of the Chinese Super League team will further decline, the outside world still has to be mentally prepared.