AFC Champions League
Luneng should reflect even more
Shandong Taishan in the two matches with the Singapore Lion City Sailors, first 0-0 draw, and then back-to-back match is to score 2 goals, which is to complete the minimum goal of "scoring a goal and taking a point". But the start with a 0-7 loss to South Korea's Daegu and a 0-5 loss to Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds were actually quite embarrassing, conceding a total of 24 goals in six games, equal to Guangzhou. Talking about masturbating is 1 point and 2 goals, how did Chinese football fall to such a point?
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It is entirely possible to send a stronger squad
It must be admitted that due to the impact of the epidemic, Shandong team has not been able to send the best players to play, which does affect the club's performance in the AFC Champions League. Moreover, in the case of the choice to withdraw from the competition, it is still necessary to insist on participating, which is obviously to "shame people", whether it is to the overall image of the club or the image of Chinese football as a whole. This can be seen from the public opinion reactions of Asian countries and regions, even if it is a 0-0 draw with the Singapore Lion City sailors, it cannot hide the fact of "ugly", let alone use the so-called words of training young players to comfort themselves and seek a psychological relief.
In fact, for the Taishan Youth Army, since it insisted on participating in the competition, a very intriguing situation is that the situation and situation faced by the club and the Guangzhou club are completely different, especially in terms of staffing and personnel selection, the Taishan team is far more surplus than the Guangzhou team. So, why can't you choose more substitutes from the first team to go south with the team in a high-level event like the AFC Champions League?
In this AFC Champions League group stage, No. 23 Yi Xianlong was a relatively outstanding player, although he failed to score. However, the reason why Yi Xianlong can play his technical and tactical level normally is not unrelated to the fact that he has been loaned to Jiangxi team to play in the middle division in the past two years, followed the U21 national youth team to play in the middle two, and loaned Zhejiang team to complete the task of overtaking. In the Luneng club, there are probably not a few players like Yi Xianlong. For example, Xie Wenneng, who is the same age as Yixian Long, also participated in last year's China Second League with the U21 national youth team, and then on loan to Qingdao Manatee to complete the mission of rushing the first division; and Su Bi, who is also the age group of 01, also followed the national youth team to compete in the Chinese Second Division for the past two years.
There are many examples like this. In terms of the first team, substitute players like Liu Junshuai and Dai Lin can also go with the team, not to mention that there are many 99-year-old players who have been loaned out before.
Assuming that such a group of players who have already played in domestic professional leagues, plus some veteran players, will Shandong's performance and performance in this year's AFC Champions League be better than the current 1 point? So why choose a group of younger people, or even the vast majority of them, who have not even made it to the pro-league arena? I am afraid that this is very debatable and reflective. You know, since the decision to play is not only a question of whether the team itself can qualify, but also the result is more related to the future quota of the entire Chinese Super League in the AFC Champions League.
It is precisely because of this that the Shandong team must not summarize with the so-called young players have undergone training and tests, let alone use this to talk about masturbation. To some extent, Taishan's appearance in the AFC Champions League this time is more worthy of reflection than that of Guangzhou.
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Luneng Football School deserves reflection
Putting aside the above problems, return to the taishan team's youth training that has always been proud. This time, all the players sent are post-00s, and all of them are players from Weifang Football School. While affirming that it has been unremittingly attaching importance to the construction of young players and echelons in the past 20 years, this AFC Champions League has actually further exposed the youth training foundation and standards of the football school. To some extent, on the basis of continuing to adhere to it, the thinking of Shandong Luneng Football School may also need to be adjusted.
It should be admitted that Luneng Football School has cultivated a large number of available people for Chinese football over the years. However, it should be noted that the people who come out of the football school today can only be used by domestic teams. Since Zhou Haibin, Wang Yongpo and others, it seems that it is difficult for the football school to directly provide better talents for the national team, that is to say, the football school has not cultivated top players who can occupy a place in Asian football in recent years!
This is precisely what is worthy of the school's own reflection and summary. The youth teams at all levels of the football school have won countless championships in domestic youth competitions, but they are satisfied with domestic championships, I am afraid that they are a little short-sighted. Therefore, on the basis of insisting on the cultivation of young players, how to stand out and cultivate one or two or even more young players who can rank in Asian football at a time when Chinese football is in a trough? This should be the direction and goal of the football school. Only by standing higher can we see farther and truly forge a new path in the cultivation of young players in China.