On the evening of April 15, the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage kicked off, with Shandong Taishan playing in the U21 youth team out of the bad, 0-7 defeat to South Korea's K League powerhouse Daegu FC, equaling the Chinese Super League team's record of the largest score loss in the AFC Champions League, and also allowing Shandong Taishan to play in the AFC Champions League. Although I knew I would lose, this result was still heart-wrenching.
Daegu FC was the 3rd place in the Korean K League last season, and judging from their league performance last season, the attack is generally sparsely defended, and if it is the main force of Shandong Taishan, it is still very promising to win the opponent. But now this U21 youth team is really not enough to see. Judging from the starting line-up of this game, their average age is only 19.2 years old, and the only one with experience in the Chinese Super League is central defender Lin Guoyu, who joined Wuhan on loan last season and made two appearances, but did not score or assist. In addition, left-back Yi Xianlong joined Jiangxi Ganzhou Nanmen on loan last season and made 14 league appearances and scored 1 goal. No. 10 striker Lu Yongtao joined Qingdao Youth Island on loan last season and has a good stat of 7 goals in 23 games in the Chinese Second League. However, this bit of competition experience is put into the AFC Champions League, the opponent is still 8 years older on average, or the South Korean K League team with double foreign aid, and the young players of the Taishan team only have to be beaten.
14 minutes to concede the ball, let the Tarzan team chaos, how nervous are these children? After the Tarzan team conceded the third goal, goalkeeper Cao Zheng actually threw himself to the ground with his feet mixed with garlic when he kicked a difficult unblock ball, and the opponent laughed and won the ball to hit the empty goal.
In the second half, The Tarzans were scored four more times in a row, and Daegu even scored the eighth goal but was eventually blown off. In the 81st minute, Cao Zheng saved the opponent's close-hand header to the goal, Lu Hongda's shot slid out of the goal, and the performance of the Taishan youngsters in the last moment still showed a bright spot.
In fact, this fiasco also reminds people of the Shandong Luneng team that first played in the AFC Champions League in 2001, when the lack of major generals and no international competition experience they lost a mess in the face of Japan and South Korea, the Makassar tragedy is still a memorable past in the hearts of Shandong fans, and the Taishan team still bears the name of the tragic team.
And this time to send the youth army to play in the AFC Champions League, although it is also because of the conflict with the Chinese Super League schedule, but this big score defeat will also cast a shadow on the hearts of young players, causing a great blow to their psychology. So in the long run, this way of playing the competition with the youth army is still debatable. On the contrary, the active withdrawal of Yatai and Haigang is more frank and crisp.
However, the fighting spirit of the young players on the field is still worthy of praise, and the lack of cramps in the 90-minute game is also impressive. Therefore, since you have already gone, don't think about anything else, these young guys should cherish the opportunity to compete with strong hands, temper themselves in the wind and rain, and strive for better performance.