On the morning of the 12th, the Beiqing News reporter learned from an insider of the Taishan team that Dalian full-back Tong Lei was infinitely close to joining Shandong Taishan, and the deal was only officially announced. He will be the first of Shandong Taishan this offseason, signing Tong Lei who has played for Dalian Renren Club for the past three seasons, and the 25-year-old Tong Lei is also a 1997 age player. He is a rare defensive all-rounder who can play both the full-back and the back position. The reason why Tong Lei chose to join Shandong Taishan is because Shandong Taishan can give players better salaries, and after joining Taishan, he can also attack the Chinese Super League championship. Shandong Taishan, who lost the league title, has advanced to the final of the FA Cup, and the average age of the Taishan team this season has reached 31 years old, and middle-generation players like Tong Lei have become their first choice.
In the FA Cup semi-finals, which ended yesterday afternoon, this year's league runners-up Zhejiang eliminated the luxurious Shanghai Port and Shandong Taishan in the final final through a penalty shootout. After this match, it means that next season's Chinese Super League team AFC Champions League quota allocation has been revealed, Wuhan Three Towns will directly get a place in the AFC Champions League group stage, while Shandong Taishan will compete with Zhejiang for another spot. The loser of the two teams will play in the qualifying match to determine the AFC Champions League place, while the loser Shanghai Port has already confirmed that it will participate in next season's AFC Champions League qualifier. Due to the impact of the epidemic, in the AFC Champions League in recent seasons, Chinese Super League teams have sent second-tier teams to participate, which has led to a significant decline in the overall competitiveness of the Chinese Super League, and the distribution of places in the later AFC Champions League is also extremely unfavorable, hoping that Chinese Super League teams can achieve good results in the AFC Champions League next season and save the face of Chinese Super League teams.
Zhang Yuning, who underwent shoulder surgery at Jishuitan Hospital yesterday, posted a post-operative photo on Weibo, and said: "The shoulder injury that has been plagued for nearly 4 years finally has the opportunity to be cured by surgery, and I thank all the medical staff who have worked hard for this." It is understood that Zhang Yuning underwent shoulder general anesthesia surgery this time, and could not eat or sleep for 6 hours after the operation. However, to be able to completely cure his shoulder injury, all the efforts are worth it, and Zhang Yuning will have a two-month truce after this operation, which also means that Zhang Yuning will completely give up staying in the ocean. He will remain at Beijing Guoan next season, with Zhang scoring 19 league goals last season to win the Chinese Super League's Golden Boot, after it was reported that Ligue 1 club Auxerre and a number of other European teams extended an olive branch to Zhang.
Football Weekly magazine announced the shortlist of the 2022 China Golden Ball Award, China Women's Golden Ball Award, China Golden Shuai Award, China Golden Boy Award and China Futsal Golden Ball Award, among which Chang Weiwei, Li Weifeng, Hao Wei, Wu Jingui, Shui Qingxia and Xie Hui will compete for the Golden Shuai Award. Personally, I think that Dalian coach Xie Hui's style of pressing and playing has made him the Internet celebrity coach of the Chinese Super League, and the team's record has also been recognized by the outside world, and the Chinese women's football coach Shui and Qingxia have led the Chinese women's football team to achieve world-renowned results, and these two will become strong contenders for the Golden Coach Award.