To tell the truth, this season's AFC Champions League is difficult not to think of the movie "The Richest Man in Xihong City", although considering that both teams in the Chinese Super League have sent young players to play, but the only draw in Shandong Taishan is also difficult to become a "fig leaf", the two teams lost a total of 48 goals in 6 rounds of the group stage is really embarrassing, Guangzhou team lost 0-8 to Kawasaki Forwards in the second round of the group stage, in addition to refreshing the biggest score of the Chinese Super League AFC Champions League loss, it is inevitable to remind people of the rather touching "Daxiang" in the play! Hold on! ”。
After such a score caused heated discussion in China, the young players of the two teams in the Chinese Super League began to exert their strength in the following matches, Shandong Taishan equalized the Lion City Sailors of Singapore, and the two goalkeepers of the Guangzhou team were more helpful after that, guangzhou goalkeeper He Lipan contributed 9 saves in the third round, and again against Kawasaki forward in the final round, and another goalkeeper Zhang Jihao contributed 8 saves and rejected the opponent's shots in the penalty area 4 times, and the two will also enter the third and sixth rounds of the AFC Champions League Best Squad!
It is not wrong to say that "weak team outrunners" is not wrong at all, but opportunities are often accompanied by challenges, the "laying egg" performance of the two teams of goalkeepers in the first round of the AFC Champions League is speechless, but in the third round, the goalkeeper who was previously nicknamed "help" on the jersey was nicknamed "help" by the fans almost single-handedly tried his best to guard the gate, although in the end he still lost 0-3 to Ulsan Hyundai, but just looking at this continuous save is enough to explain the problem.
Similarly, the goalkeeper Zhang Jihao, who started for Guangzhou in the last two rounds, did not disappoint the fans, and in the case of conceding 5 goals per game in the first four games, Zhang Jihao led the team to a 0-2 defeat to Johor Bahru, and even stopped the tragedy in the final round to be staged again, losing a small goal to Kawasaki Forward.
But looking back now, has the purpose of training young players before the expedition really been achieved? For the two team goalkeepers, this goal is indeed achieved and the effect is very good, but on the contrary, can the two goalkeepers really continue to be trained in the Chinese Super League after returning home? Judging from the big list updated by the Guangzhou team on the official website a few days ago, Liu Shibo, Ashan, Huo Shenping and Zhang Jianzhi did not see the names of others outside the four players.
What about the other players? The most common thing for fans during the entire AFC Champions League group stage is still the iron barrel formation curled up in the penalty area, blocking shots again and again with their bodies in almost the opponent's half-court offensive drill, perhaps it is gratifying to see a 0-1 score in the last round of guangzhou against Kawasaki Striker, but the fact is that the opponent also played a large number of U21 players in the game, Yukidai Takai born in 2004, Igarashi Suns born in 2003, Hidedou Tanabe born in 2002, Matsui Renyuki and Miyagi Ten, born in 2001, Players born 00 years ago are even "veterans" in this starting team.
Among them, the 20-year-old Miyagi Washi was also brought to the pre-match press conference by the coach, a sentence "Guangzhou players are similar in age to me, so I have to show my difference, can not lose to them" words suddenly let people break the defense, and in last season's AFC Champions League final round 4-0 victory over Beijing Guoan, ushered in the AFC Champions League debut he is the first to complete the passing achievements, facing the same young Kawasaki striker, if we can still take the age to talk about things, it is obviously not OK...
It is reported that some shandong Taishan players who participated in the AFC Champions League have returned to China for quarantine, and some of them will enter the team's first-team registration list for the new season and are expected to appear in the Chinese Super League. For this season's Chinese Super League, it seems that the final championship pattern will still be carried out between Shanghai Harbor and Shandong Taishan, so the two teams will have a great probability of participating in the next year's AFC Champions League, and I hope that next year's AFC Champions League, we can see the youth that belongs to our real bloom.