In the 12th round of the Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan team defeated Shenzhen Xinpeng City with a score of 3-2 at home, and achieved an excellent record of 5 wins and 1 draw in the last 6 games. On the occasion of the first anniversary of coach Choi Kang-hee taking charge of the Shandong Taishan team, this victory is not only the best reward for his hard work, but also a milestone in his 50th official game in charge of the Taishan team. The soldiers of the Taishan team used a victory to present a special gift to the head coach Cui Kangxi.
In this year, Coach Choi Kang-hee achieved a good record of 31 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses in 50 official matches coached, with a winning rate of 62%. In the professional history of the Shandong team, this winning percentage can rank second in history, only behind the predecessor Hao Wei. Last season, Choi Kang-hee took over the coaching whip after Shandong Taishan's poor record, leading the team to runners-up in the league and FA Cup, and this year they reached the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League. Looking back at the 10 games lost this year, the AFC Champions League has lost 5 games, 4 of which have been lost to Yokohama Mariner, who are currently leading the AFC Champions League final. They have lost five league games, and the opponents are all strong teams at the top of the table. In this way, the results of the Taishan team led by Coach Cui Kangxi are still very good.
However, not all fans are positive about Coach Choi's achievements, mainly in terms of reinforcements and player injuries.
Cui Kangxi's reinforcements in the year after coaching include foreign aides Pato, Zeka, and Kazaishvili, and domestic aides include Gao Zhunyi, Peng Xinli, and Bi Jinhao. Pato shone in the Indonesian league, scoring 28 goals in 34 games, but before that he mixed in the South Korean K2 league and had a mediocre performance. After joining the Taishan team, he has never taken off the label of "parallel import". As a high school forward, Zeka is an important role in coaching Choi Kang-hee's entire offensive system, but he was seriously injured and rested for half a season before he could play. Kazaishvili's excellent form is obvious to all, and although he once overlapped with Cressan's position, the problem is gradually improving in the last two rounds. In terms of domestic aid, in addition to Gao Zhunyi, Peng Xinli and Bi Jinhao's "Pengsheng Sheng" combination performance can be described as "hitting a wall and creating ashes". Looking at the reinforcements of his predecessor Hao Wei, Cressan, Judson, Fernando, Xu Xin, Li Yuanyi, Huang Zhengyu, etc., the performance of these players does not need to be repeated. It can only be said that in terms of recruitment options, Cui Kangxi is far inferior to his predecessor Hao Wei.
In addition, injury issues are also a major problem for coach Choi Kang-hee. Due to the lack of winter training this season and the fatigue of fighting on both fronts, the players were frequently injured, which led to a difficult lineup. In the 12 rounds, the Taishan team used 12 different starting lineups, and the back line was slow to form a stable defensive system. The record of 16 goals conceded in 12 games shows that the existing defensive system is not capable of winning the championship. In today's league where 5 foreign aid is prevalent, Shandong Taishan team often faces opponents with a starting lineup of 2 foreign aids, and even once appeared as a starter in the all-Chinese class. It's good to be able to achieve the current record in this predicament. Regarding injuries, fans also doubted the training methods of Cui Kangxi's coach, and even mentioned the situation of Cui Kangxi's large-scale injuries when he was coaching the Shanghai Shenhua team. In the two-front battle of the league and AFC Champions League, the players are indeed very tired, and wanting to have both fish and bear's paws inevitably requires the team to have sufficient bench depth.
It is these challenges and difficulties that have given the young players of the Taishan team more opportunities to train and grow, and they have grown rapidly and gradually emerged in the high-quality matches of the AFC Champions League. Huang Zhengyu's stable performance in the midfield position, Wu Xinghan's resurgence in the fullback position, Zhao Jianfei's growing maturity and the outstanding performance of young players such as Xie Wenneng, Abdou Rousuli, Jia Feifei, and Mai Wulang all make people look forward to the future of the Taishan team. After the summer window, Chen Zeshi, Peng Xiao and other young players from the Taishan team B will join the first team of the Taishan team. In the face of the future league, FA Cup and AFC Champions League three-line battles, these young players will get more opportunities to play and exercise platform, I believe that under the careful guidance of coach Cui Kangxi, they will quickly grow into a new force in Taishan team and even Chinese football.
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