In the 5th round of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua defeated Wuhan Three Towns 4:1 at home, continuing to maintain a good start to the new season. This game not only demonstrated the strong strength of the Shenhua team to win the championship, but also allowed the national team coach Ivankovic to see the outbreak of midfielder Xie Pengfei, which is expected to inject new vitality into the front court of the national football team.
The 30-year-old Xie Pengfei has played for many Chinese Super League teams in his career, and he can be described as an old horse who knows his way. After the end of last season, Greenland Shenhua spent 9 million yuan to buy him back from Wuhan Three Towns, undoubtedly expecting him to play a leading core role. In this game, Xie Pengfei used his outstanding performance to confirm that the team's choice was wise.
In the 44th minute, the Shenhua team got a chance ball, and Xie Pengfei showed amazing skills when taking a free kick. As if Beckham's soul was attached to his feet, the ball rose and fell to form a perfect "scimitar" arc, which drilled directly into the corner of the goal. This goal is a masterpiece of free kicks in the Chinese Super League in recent years, reminiscent of David Beckham's timeless free-kick classics during his time at Manchester United.
After the goal, Xie Pengfei performed even more crazy, and directly assisted his teammates to score goals with two consecutive wonderful passes. In the 63rd minute, after receiving a pass from a teammate at the top of the penalty area, he crossed the middle without hesitation, and Gao Tianyi inserted it in time to score smoothly. In just 4 minutes, Xie Pengfei once again showed excellent vision and passing ability, assisting Portuguese foreign aid Teixeira to shoot angrily into the net, expanding the score to 4:1.
Post-match data shows that Xie Pengfei contributed 1 goal and 2 assists in this game, directly participated in 3 of the 4 goals of the Shenhua team, and became the key figure in the team's victory. In the past, some comments thought that Shenhua was a little worthless to buy Xie Pengfei, but with the outstanding performance of this big four, all doubts have undoubtedly been shattered.
Xie Pengfei's state exploded, which undoubtedly encouraged Shenhua's new coach Slutsky. Shenhua has such an excellent midfield core in the team, which is undoubtedly a big help for the team to hit the Chinese Super League championship. But in fact, what is more pleasing than Slutsky is probably the national football coach Ivankovic.
In the first two world preliminaries of the national football team, the offensive organization of the midfield was quite weak and weak, which became an important shortcoming restricting the team's performance. Once upon a time, Xie Pengfei failed to get enough importance in Ivankovic's mind, and it seems that the coach did not attach much importance to his role. But after the 30 million firepower in this game, Ivankovic may finally see the potential of Xie Pengfei.
An excellent midfield playmaking core is a relief for a team like the national football team that does not have an outstanding lineup. If Xie Pengfei can give full play to his role as a leader and train a smooth and coherent offensive system for the national football team, I believe it will be able to make up for our lack of attack power to a large extent.
From this point of view, should Ivankovic decisively let go and make Xie Pengfei an indispensable big brother in the midfield of the national football team? Only in this way can we fully tap Xie Pengfei's potential and use his organization to drive the offensive enthusiasm of other players in the national football team.
It is an indisputable fact that Xie Pengfei has outstanding personal ability. But as the core of the leader, the most important thing is to need the full support and trust of the manager. If Ivankovic is unwilling or afraid to authorize Xie Pengfei to become the absolute core, the frontcourt attack of the national football team will still seem stumbling, and it will be difficult to cooperate with a unified and tacit system attack.
However, in this 4:1 victory of Shenhua, Xie Pengfei has undoubtedly started a warning to Ivankovic with his outstanding performance, and shouted to the coach with his strength: Believe me, hand over the offensive power to me, I will definitely use the commander to lead the national football team to attack, retreat and defend!