Cui Kangxi once again expressed his desire to lead Shandong Taishan to compete for the Super League championship at the post-match press conference, so why does Cui Kangxi still have the idea of competing for the championship when Shandong Taishan and Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG have opened up the gap in the standings?
In fact, the reason is very simple, as long as Shandong Taishan is no longer with Shanghai Shenhua, Shanghai SIPG will open the gap, and after the AFC Champions League game begins, Shandong Taishan will usher in opportunities. And Choi Kang-hee has been preparing for a long time, that is, the rotation of players. Let's think about it carefully, whether the main lineup of Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG has been very stable, and whether Shandong Taishan's rotation is the largest.
Two or three foreign aides took the team to participate in the AFC Champions League, and other foreign aides took domestic players to participate in the Chinese Super League. Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG also have to run around in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, and if they stick to a set of main lineups, then the players will be easily fatigued.
There must be Shandong Taishan fans who ask, if Shanghai SIPG gives up the AFC Champions League and focuses on the Chinese Super League, this question is a good question. My point of view is that Shanghai SIPG will definitely not do this, because the AFC Champions League group stage is six games, and if you give up the AFC Champions League, Shanghai SIPG's own fans will not agree. They didn't spend money on tickets to see the team give up the AFC Champions League. Therefore, when it comes to the AFC Champions League competition, Shandong Taishan has the opportunity to narrow the gap with Shanghai SIPG and have the possibility of competing for the championship.