Abstract: In the 6th round of the 2024 Chinese Super League, Shanghai Port defeated Shandong Taishan 4-3, and Gustavo scored a goal. He used to be a professional player in the Korean K-League, although he was free of sign, but his annual salary was not low. After the injury, the comeback performance is getting better and better, and it has become an important fulcrum of SIPG's attack, and it has tacit cooperation with South American players. The midfield control of the Chinese Super League is unique, but the strength of foreign aid has weakened compared with the 2018 season. If Gustavo maintains high attendance, SIPG will be expected to replicate the 2018 saga.
In the 6th round of the 2024 Chinese Super League, Shanghai Port defeated Shandong Taishan 4-3 at home, and Gustavo scored a goal. It's still a lot worse than when he was at his peak, but he can score goals and it's a good start.
Although Gustavo is a player who came to SIPG without a visa in the new season, he was also a professional player in the South Korean K League, which can be compared with Zeka of Shandong Taishan, and even more powerful than Zeka, although it is a visa-free, but his annual salary is not low, otherwise he would not come to SIPG to play.
When many fans were expecting him, they didn't expect him to be injured at the beginning of the game, and then fell into a long recovery period, given that he had overhauled before, many people were not full of expectations for Gustavo.
But I didn't expect that after the first few rounds of comeback, Gustavo's role in the fulcrum is very strong, and everyone has seen the game from the comeback to playing Shandong Taishan, his state is getting better and better, enriching SIPG's offensive routine, and also attracting firepower to Wu Lei, when Shandong Taishan focused on defending Wu Lei, he gave Gustavo a chance to score, and when Shandong Taishan took special care of him, he gave Wu Lei a gap.
Gustavo's fulcrum role on the field is obvious, a bit of the flavor of SIPG Hulk in 2018, take the ball with his back and pass it to his teammates, Just two simple strokes, it will cause a great deterrent to the opponent's backline, SIPG won the championship in 2018, it was mainly based on the South American gang, and now it is also dominated by the South American system, in addition to Vargas is an Argentine player, like Oscar, Gustavo, Rusa, Chitadini are all Brazilians, They not only have the fluency of passing and cutting, but also have a very tacit understanding, Looking at the Super League's match between Beijing Guoan and Shandong Taishan, you know that their midfield control is unique
But compared with the 2018 season's foreign aid Elkeson, Hulk, Akhmedov, Oscar, these people are still much weaker, first of all, Oscar is 5 years older, Hulk's role is greater than Gustavo, Lao Gu is obviously not up to the level of the Hulk, Akhmedov in the midfield is also better than Chitadini, Elkeson is equivalent to Vargas.
However, in the 2024 season, the Chinese Super League can have five foreign aids, and the extra foreign aid Rusa is equivalent to a tie with the strength of foreign aid in 2018
Therefore, if SIPG's foreign aid, especially Gustavo, who is prone to serious injuries, maintains a high attendance rate, SIPG can really replicate the legend of 2018. If you don't believe it, wait for the derby at the end of April.