I believe that many fans are well aware that Chinese football is in a serious situation of talent disconnection and lack of talent. However, we had a long time before that we did not feel very strong, the main reason is that our veterans still have a certain strength and can still carry it. However, with the 85-89 groups of players entering the age of 30 as a whole, the overall strength declined, and the strength of the national football team began to decline rapidly. The departure of one of them has the greatest impact on the national football team, and this person is Zheng Zhi in the midfield back position.
We all know that the central axis of the Chinese Super League team is basically composed of foreign aid, so over the years, our local central axis has not appeared talent, because no one can play at all, so the central axis of the national team can only rely on veterans to carry, the most important back position is Zheng Zhi. Although Zheng Zhi is more than 40 years old, he has a large defensive area in the back position, the defense is hard, and he has the ability to take the ball forward, although the speed is slow, but it can help the national football team to push the ball forward. But when the Asian Cup came, Zheng Zhi completely faded out of the national football team. The national football team immediately lost the ability of the midfield to advance the attack, and the defense of the midfield also fell sharply. That's why in the first game of this round of 12, we faced Australia and were easily scored 3 goals by the opponent, our attack could not be attacked, and the defense was quickly broken by the opponent.
So the then head coach Li Tie continued to try in the back position, and finally in the 5th game, Li Tie guarded the clouds to see the moon. The 27-year-old Xu Xin suddenly emerged, he played well against Oman and Australia, with a large defensive area and high defensive intensity, and suddenly helped the national football team stabilize the midfield defense. Although his offensive ability has not been reflected because of the passivity of the national football team, we can clearly see that Xu Xin is a player who dares to take the ball and dare to pass the ball. So we also saw that after the national football team drew 1-1 with Oman and Australia respectively, Xu Xin's role was great. Even after the change of coach of the national football team, Xu Xin's role did not play much against Japan and Vietnam, but he still scored 1 goal against Vietnam and completed the first goal of his national team.
The reason why Xu Xin can rise in the World Preliminary Round is absolutely inseparable from his successful transfer. After Xu Xin transferred from Atletico to Guangzhou Evergrande, he had few opportunities at Evergrande in 5 years, and last season he joined Shandong Taishan in a free reinvention, playing in Taishan, and in continuous competitions, his state and ability have been greatly improved. So this has a situation where he enters the national team and flashes in the national team.
However, it is precisely because Xu Xin flashed in the national team that he has also become the most wanted player of other giants in the Chinese Super League. Since the contract between Xu Xin and Shandong Taishan was 1+4 before, this also gave other teams the opportunity to dig into the wall. Previously, a number of authoritative media have revealed that Xu Xin is about to leave Shandong Taishan, and his next target is another giant in the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Harbor Team. This is not good news for Shandong Taishan, because Xu Xin is the main back of the team after all, and it is also a very important link on the central axis.
But people want to leave, not want to stay can stay, so shandong Taishan team to do is as soon as possible to find a xu xin the best replacement to make up for the vacancy he left. At present, the Shandong Taishan team has found the most suitable person. He is Xu Xin's teammate in Guangzhou Evergrande, the famous coach Lippi pulled up by hand, this year's 28-year-old back Liao Lisheng.
Recently, blogger Pure Kang Bing broke the news on social media that Liao Lisheng, the main back of the Guangzhou team, is about to join the Shandong Taishan team. He wrote on social media: "Basically down the tree, Liao Lisheng - Shandong Taishan new season first signing." Data point of view, Liao is not bad, last year's data, the Chinese Super League domestic back, the top three levels. It is also the international footballer of the latest issue. ”
Then many fans will definitely have questions, can Liao Lisheng be compared with Xu Xin? In fact, let's look at a set of data to know, in the 2021 season, Liao Lisheng played 19 games on behalf of Guangzhou, of which 18 were started, of which the most compact last stage of the Chinese Super League, Liao Lisheng all started to play the whole game, a no break, and excellent performance, it can be seen that his physical fitness is very good. In addition, although Liao Lisheng only contributed 1 goal and 2 assists, he sent 21 key passes, 26 steals, 27 interceptions and 16 clearances, which is quite impressive, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a top three on the ground.
In fact, Liao Lisheng was considered to be Zheng Zhi's successor earlier, but unfortunately, after Lippi left, his fate was similar to Xu Xin's, and he never got more playing time in Guangzhou Evergrande. So because people couldn't see him, they gradually forgot about him. However, last season, Guangzhou suffered unprecedented difficulties, with financial difficulties and foreign aid and naturalized players leaving the team, but Liao Lisheng also got the opportunity. In terms of his performance last season, his performance is still very good, and it can be seen that his form is rapidly recovering.
Will Liao Lisheng become the next Xu Xin of Shandong Taishan team? It is not good to say now, but it can be seen that our Chinese football still has someone to choose from on the central axis, as long as our league gives our local players the opportunity, it will definitely come out with talents and take over Chinese football. And what we have to do now is to give the dominance of the league back to our local players, and the Chinese league does not cultivate local players, so what is the point? What do you think? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!