After losing to Shandong Taishan, Chengdu Rongcheng's five-game winning streak in the Chinese Super League was ended, and the first strong dialogue this season was lost at home, and Rongcheng's dream of winning the championship was "poured a basin of cold water".
Before the opening of this season's Chinese Super League, the media generally believed that five teams, Shenhua, Haigang, Taishan, Rongcheng and Guoan, would compete for the championship. However, after the first 7 rounds, Guoan and Taishan only scored 12 points and 11 points, and they have been thrown away by the championship group. At the same time, Rongcheng formed a championship team with a record of 6 wins and 1 loss, and after 7 rounds, it was only 1 point less than Shenhua, who ranked at the top of the list.
The joining of Wei Shihao and Yan Dinghao has significantly improved Rongcheng's attacking power, scoring 14 goals in 7 rounds, second only to Shenhua and Haigang in terms of goals. What's more, Rongcheng's defense is more solid, conceding only 5 goals in 7 rounds, which is only more than Shenhua.
However, Rongcheng can achieve such results, and the opponent's strength is not strong has a direct relationship, home against Taishan has become the real test of Rongcheng this season, and Shandong Taishan is also regarded as a "touchstone".
Xu Zhengyuan said, "Which team is a strong team or a weak team, for me there is not much difference, each team can have five foreign players to play, we still have to do our best." ”
To Xu Zhengyuan's surprise, Cui Kangxi did not use five foreign aids, and even sent an all-Chinese class. However, this tactic of emphasizing defense succeeded in trapping Rongcheng.
With possession close to 7 percent, Rongcheng only had 14 shots on goal and 3 shots on target, barely creating a threatening shot on goal. On the contrary, Shandong Taishan won the game with Liao Lisheng's goal.
Four foreign aides played at the same time, Chengdu Rongcheng still failed to win at home, whether it was Felipe, Romulo or Wei Shihao, they could not create a maintenance amount, which may explain the problems of this Rongcheng.
After losing to Taishan, Chengdu Rongcheng ushered in their second defeat of the season, and once Shenhua won the derby, then Rongcheng will be thrown four points away.
At the same time, a series of records in Rongcheng have also been broken. First of all, Rongcheng's five-game winning streak in the Chinese Super League was broken, and the team has never won six consecutive victories in the Chinese Super League in its history.
Secondly, Rongcheng's previous unbeaten record against Taishan was broken. Thirdly, Rongcheng's unbeaten record at home against Shandong Taishan was broken, which was the first time that Rongcheng lost to Taishan at home.
Fourth, Rongcheng's five-game winning streak at home this season has been broken. Sixth, Rongcheng's seven-game winning streak at home across the season was broken, which was the first home defeat for Rongcheng since August 19, 2023.
Seventh, this is the first time Chengdu Rongcheng has been kept a clean sheet since March 10, 2024. Eighth, this is the first time that Rongcheng have kept a clean sheet at home since August 19, 2023. Ninth, this is also the first time in the history of the Rongcheng team that Shandong Taishan has kept a clean sheet.
On top of that, the first big win of the season, Chengdu lost at home, which may mean they haven't really made it to the championship group.