In a key battle in the 5th round of the Chinese Super League that ended on the evening of April 10, Beijing time, promoted Qingdao West Coast lost 1-3 at home to Tianjin Jinmen Tigers. In this game, the 34-year-old naturalized goalscorer of the national football team, Alan, finally scored his first goal back to the Chinese Super League.
In the 70th minute of the game, Qingdao West Coast was still 0-1 behind the Zhejiang team. At this time, Qingdao West Coast organized an attack, Park Shihao burst into the penalty area with the ball and then crossed, Alan understood that after going straight into the hinterland of the Jinmen Tiger penalty area, he swept the goal sideways and once helped Qingdao West Coast equalize.
After the goal, Alan was very excited, he ran and roared, his teammates also stepped forward to hug and congratulate, and the Qingdao fans at the scene also fell into a carnival. Before he could do it, Alan knelt down and spread his hands, thanking God for giving him this goal. Indeed, the goal was too meaningful for Allan.
This is the first time in 973 days that Alan has scored in the Chinese Super League, and the last time Alan scored in the Chinese Super League was on August 11, 2021, when he scored for Guangzhou against Qingdao. In this year's winter window, Alan returned to the Chinese Super League to join Qingdao West Coast, he played in the first four rounds, and missed a penalty in the last round, but this time Alan finally did not miss the opportunity again.
Sadly, Alain's goal failed to secure victory for the West Coast. In the 82nd minute, Alan was replaced by the coach, and after that, the Jinmen Tigers scored two goals in a row to win 3-1. According to the statistics after the game, Alan had 2 shots on goal and 1 shot on target in this game, and got a good score of 7.3 points, which is the highest score in the team.
Although his goal failed to help the West Coast get three points, seeing Allan's form pick up undoubtedly made Chinese fans very happy. After scoring the first goal of returning to the Chinese Super League, I believe that the relieved Alan will gradually get better in the future. As we all know, Alan is the focus of the new national football coach Ivankovic, after Wu Lei was suspended and missed the life-and-death battle against Thailand, the national team really needs Alain's excellent ability to grasp opportunities in front of the goal to add weight to defeat Thailand.