In the third round of the U23 Asian Cup, the Chinese Olympic team defeated the UAE Olympic team 2:1 and won the first victory of this U23 Asian Cup. In the first two rounds, facing the strong Japanese and South Korean Olympic teams, the Chinese Olympic team lost 0:1 and 0:2 respectively, suffering two consecutive defeats. Due to only one win in the three rounds of the group stage, the national Olympic team was helplessly eliminated, stopped in the group stage, and announced that it would not participate in the Olympic Games in advance.
Looking back at the 2-1 win over the UAE by the Olympic team, there was a new star in the front line who performed very well, which can be described as amazing. He is Liu Zhurun, a talented rising star from Shanghai Port. In the stoppage time of the first half of the game, Liu Zhurun scored a shocking goal, breaking through with the ball from the midfield, quickly getting rid of the opponent, and finally violently shooting, which can be described as a one-stop-in shot. Some media people exclaimed, from Liu Zhurun, it seems that they have seen the shadow of Wu Lei, the king of martial arts.
In fact, since his debut, Liu Zhurun has been praised by Shanghai Port fans as Wu Lei's successor. A few years ago, during an intra-team training session, Brazilian ace Oscar was full of praise for his performance, saying that his future is limitless. Therefore, it is not surprising that Liu Zhurun can have such an amazing performance in the National Olympic team.
However, don't look at Liu Zhurun's performance so well in the National Olympic team, but he is depressed in his parent team, Shanghai Port. The data shows that since he was promoted to the first team of Shanghai Port in the 2020 season, more than 4 seasons have passed, and Liu Zhurun has only got 40 appearances in total, and only 15 times have been given the opportunity to start.
In the new season of 2024, 8 games have passed in the previous competitions, and Liu Zhurun has only got 2 appearances, and only 1 start. It can be seen that in the tactical system of the new Shanghai Port coach Muscat, Wu Lei's successor is just a dispensable chicken rib player.
Liu Zhurun was born in October 2001 and is only 22 years old this year, which is the golden age of professional footballers. At his age, if he wants to improve the ball, he needs a lot of games to train and improve, otherwise, he may be wasted. At present, Shanghai Port is full of talents on the forward line, and even Li Shenglong has become a spectator, which obviously cannot provide Liu Zhurun with more training opportunities. Therefore, if Liu Zhurun wants to improve himself, the best way is to switch to other small and medium-sized teams and get more opportunities to play; if he stays in SIPG, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive the day, and may even be gradually abandoned, and finally disappear from everyone. It is expected that Liu Zhurun can make the choice that is most conducive to the development of his career and live up to his football talent.