In the last stage, the results of the Shandong Taishan team are not ideal, after suffering three consecutive defeats in the AFC Champions League and the Chinese Super League, the last round of the league Taishan team in the away field, relying on the naturalized player Delgado in the injury time of the stunner goal, only to defeat the Chinese Super League vice-president Qingdao Manatee 1-0.
The recent poor performance of the Taishan team has made South Korean coach Choi Kang-hee once again a figure on the cusp. Recently, the South Korean iron coach accepted an exclusive interview with CCTV Sports Channel. In this interview, Choi Kang-hee said that because he led the Taishan team out of the trough last season, the club's senior management trusted him very much and decided to delegate all the management of the team to him, including the recruitment work for the new season.
In this regard, Choi Kang-hee bluntly said that the club's decision surprised him very much and did not expect it at all. You must know that in the past years of coaching in the K-League, the management of Korean clubs often interfered with the head coach's deployment and reinforcements.
However, Choi Kang-hee's vision of recruiting has been questioned by many fans. Last summer, Choi Kang-hee pushed for the introduction of Brazilian high school striker Pato from the Indonesian league. Although Pato once won the Golden Boot of the Indonesian League, but after coming to the Chinese Super League, he was not adapted, and has been with the team for nearly a season, Pato's goals are only 4, and they are all icing on the cake, which did not bring any substantial help to the Taishan team to achieve good results.
This winter, Choi Kang-hee brought in 5 new signings, but except for Ko Zhun-yi, the performance of the other 4 players was far from meeting the expectations of fans. Brazilian striker Zeka, who only participated in one training session with the Taishan team, suffered a serious knee injury and will not be able to return until June at the earliest.
Although Kazaishvili has become a regular in the team, the Georgian winger has yet to prove himself in either the AFC Champions League or the Chinese Super League. And the other 2 Shenhua old departments introduced by Lao Cui, Bi Jinhao and Peng Xinli, made fans even more dissatisfied.
The 33-year-old has been a substitute at Changchun Yatai since leaving Shanghai Shenhua, and rarely got a chance to play last season. And 32-year-old Peng Xinli's performance in Qingdao Manatee after leaving Shenhua is also very average.
In addition, Wu Xinghan, who was loaned to the Chinese League A team Nanjing City last season because of scandals, can't play in the league one level lower than the Chinese Super League. Such a player was also left by Choi Kang-hee in the Taishan team and has become the main rotation player of the team. For Cui Kangxi's reinforcements, fans are very puzzled, what does Lao Cui like about them?
Of course, Choi Kang-hee also has his difficulties. Because the club's share reform has not progressed for a long time, and the investment promised by the parent company Jinan Cultural Tourism Group has not been in place, so that the operating capital of Shandong Taishan has become less and less, and it has almost reached the point of no rice to cook.
In such a situation, Choi Kang-hee must be careful about the reinforcement funds, except for Zeka and Kazaishvili, the other 3 domestic aids, the Taishan team did not pay the transfer fee, and the salaries of the 3 players are not too high. It can be said that Bi Jinhao and Peng Xinli's performance in the league is basically the same as their value, and Gao Zhunyi should be considered a great value for money.
Therefore, fans blamed Choi Kang-hee for his unfavorable reinforcements this season, and they really wronged him. Of course, if Lao Cui could give the young players of the Taishan team more opportunities, maybe the fans' grievances would not be so big, right?