On the evening of April 21, the AFC Champions League group stage ended 2 matches of Chinese Super League teams, of which Guangzhou team 0-3 Ulsan Hyundai suffered three consecutive defeats in the group stage, while Shandong Taishan 0-0 Lion City Sailors, looking at the first three rounds of the group stage, the only two teams participating in the Chinese Super League have not yet completed the breakthrough of goals, but their performance has made obvious "progress" compared with the first two rounds!
In the first two rounds of the group stage, the Guangzhou youth team handed over a report card of 13 goals conceded in the first two matches of 0-5 and 0-8, while the Shandong Taishan youngsters were 0-7, 0-5 in the first two rounds, and the first two rounds conceded 12 goals.
In the last season, the 2021 season of the AFC Champions League, the Chinese Super League participated in a total of 3 teams, of which the Shanghai Harbor Qualifier was eliminated, and the remaining two teams Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou were also youth teams, the performance was almost the same as this season, there was not much competitive strength, but also suffered a number of big score losses, after all, most of the player lineups we sent out have no experience in official competitions, participating in such a high-level event, facing the top teams in various countries and regions, the disparity in strength, the lack of heart is the most real.
This season, Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Harbor failed to participate in the game on time, chose to withdraw from the AFC Champions League, the Chinese Super League only left Shandong Taishan and Guangzhou, and the two teams also have their own difficulties, and finally helplessly chose the youth team to participate, in fact, before the game started, with the "performance" of last season, the fans have long had a general result expectation.
This season's Guangzhou team, its strength is far less than the team that participated in the AFC Champions League last season, most of the players in the team are post-00s young players, there is no game experience, even the domestic Chinese Super League, the Chinese League A participation experience is very little, and Shandong Taishan team is basically the same, so the process and results of the first two rounds of competition, in fact, for the Chinese Super League fans who are familiar with these teams, will not be surprised.
In the first two rounds of the group stage, Guangzhou and Shandong Taishan did not score goals, the result was the same big score loss, and in the first half of the group stage, that is, the third round of the game, the first Guangzhou team to play against the strong South Korean team Ulsan Hyundai, although the opponent did not send the strongest team, but against this youth team is more than enough, the first half 1-0 lead, the second half Park Joo-yong, Yin Rilu scored, the score was fixed at 3-0, although Guangzhou suffered three consecutive defeats, But this game compared to the first two rounds, in fact, there are still some highlights, although more time is passive defense, but also through a few opportunities to create some threats to the opponent, but the ability and experience of young players are insufficient, failed to turn the goal.
Shandong Taishan 0-0 Lion City Sailors, Shandong Taishan this game facing the group of big dark horses, although the strength can not be compared with the opponent, but compared with the previous two rounds, there are more changes, the offensive end of the young players have more cooperation, and some players have also created some opportunities through active scrambling, but also let the opponent see this team without stars can not be underestimated.
In the end, the whole team worked hard, the team got a draw, which is the first point of the Chinese Super League team this season, although the small goal of the first goal has not been completed, but it is actually quite an unexpected component to get the first point, after all, no fans have to ask these two teams to gain in performance, more is to see in the face of strong opponents, there is an improvement and change.
In the first two rounds, the two teams handed over a total score of 0-25, and the total result of the two teams in this round was 0-3, which is also a kind of progress, at least in the few opportunities on the scene, our young team can dare to move forward and dare to complete self-breakthrough in the few opportunities, which is what the fans really want to see, and it is also the motivation for young players to actively fight in the face of the big game.