After the Chinese Super League entered April, the performance of the Shandong Taishan team was not good, and it can even be said to be bad. Defeated Shanghai Shenhua 0-3 at home, drew 2-2 with Henan, lost 3-4 away to defending champion Harbour, only got 4 points in 4 league games, and the league ranking also slipped to 7th.
On the surface, Shandong Taishan's poor record in the league is directly related to the team's recent injuries. But in fact, the team's problems mainly appear in two points: first, the team does not have a good high striker, and second, Taishan's back is "too soft" and lacks a key player who can connect the front and back courts.
Last season, after Shandong Taishan's meritorious foreign aid Fellaini left the team ahead of schedule, Cui Kangxi introduced Fellaini's replacement - Zeka for the team. But Lao Cui's luck was too bad, Zeka had just joined the team, and after only one training session, he suffered a serious knee injury. Although the knee surgery was very successful, he had to wait until after June to return to the team.
And Fellaini left the team with midfielder Moisés, after the accident of South Korea's iron-waisted Son Joon-ho last year, because of Moisés' excellent performance, the midfield of the Taishan team did not collapse. At the end of last season, Moisés' contract with the Tarzan expired, but the club did not renew the contract of the team's thigh foreign player, which also laid the groundwork for the Tarzan's failure this season.
In fact, Moises didn't want to leave Tarzan. However, the club did not agree to Moisés' offer to renew his contract for another two years. The reason is very simple, the Taishan team needs to be younger, and it is impossible to renew a 2-year long-term contract with Lao Mo, who is already 35 years old.
But judging from last season's performance, Moisés has no problems at all, he is extremely disciplined, he trains very hard, his fitness is very good, and he rarely has injuries, he can be called an iron man. In addition, Moises can play in multiple positions such as midfielder, forward midfielder, full-back and winger, and after Son Jun-ho left, he has become the most indispensable player in the midfield of the Taishan team. In the absence of a good midfielder for the Tarzan team, letting Moises go was definitely a losing decision.
Judging from the recent news exposed in the market, since Jinan Cultural Tourism Group became the owner of Shandong Taishan, it has not injected capital into the club, and all it has spent is the money left by Luneng when he withdrew. As a result, the financial situation of the Tarzan Club is getting worse and worse. With no money to bring in a good midfielder, why not find a way to keep Moises?
Obviously, the club's top management didn't settle the account at all, or to put it more bluntly, the cultural tourism group didn't know how to do football at all, so it made the Taishan team what it is now. It can be said that there are so many problems in the Taishan team this year, which are both natural and man-made disasters.
A "natural disaster" is a collective outbreak of injuries that are enough for players to rush together. In particular, Zeka's serious injury directly affected Choi Kang-hee's team-building plan. Fellaini left the team, Guo Tianyu faced retirement, Pato's ability to bring in last summer was not up to the requirements, and Zeka suffered a serious injury. In today's Taishan team, there is no center player who can play the role of a fulcrum, resulting in Cui Kangxi's tactical system not being able to play a real power.
Needless to say, "man-made disasters" are not to be said, everyone knows very well what is going on, and it is useless to be in a hurry. Therefore, fans can only hope that Taishan's injured players can recover as soon as possible and return to the field. It's just that how much energy do they still have to play now? It's really hard to say......