The Tarzans should be one of the quietest teams in the transfer market this winter break. If it weren't for the addition of Madraguga and Khazar in the last two days, everyone would even "forget" about the Taishan team. The only topic that everyone can talk about seems to be the game between Cui Kangxi and the club, which has become the main point of complaint for fans to eat melons.
However, the Taishan team, which is training in Shanghai, is not idle. Training and run-in are being carried out in an orderly manner according to the expected goals. There has been a clear statement about the team's goals for the new season, as well as the situation within the team, recently.
1. Establish the goal of the AFC Champions League
Cressan, the team's top scorer, said frankly that the team will focus on technical and tactical drills to prepare for the AFC Champions League Classic and Gwangju FC to strive for the best result and promotion.
At present, they are in 10th place in the AFC Champions League Classic standings, only one point away from Buriram United in 8th place. And Pohang Iron Man, who is in fifth place, is only 2 points more. Therefore, one round of matches is enough to subvert the rankings.
For the Taejeong team, in the last two rounds, they first faced Gwangju FC at home, and then challenged Ulsan HD away. Whether the team can make it to the quarterfinals and get a place in the promotion will be crucial against Gwangju FC.
Although Gwangju FC is very strong, the opponent has basically locked up the qualifying spot. And not so long ago, the manager said the team would shift their focus to the league. Therefore, as long as the Taishan team goes all out, it is not impossible to win the opponent.
As long as they win this three points and face Ulsan HD in the final game, the team's mentality will be very different. At present, Ulsan HD's qualifying situation is very unoptimistic, with only 3 points and is on the verge of going out. The next round away to Buriram United is also extremely dangerous.
After all, Buriram United is currently in 8th place and on the verge of promotion. If you want to advance, you will have to fight Ulsan HD at home. If Ulsan HD can't get all three points, then they will be out early. And the last round against Shandong Taishan became purely a battle of training through the motions.
From Cressan's interview, it can be further found that the team has a clear analysis of the situation of the AFC Champions League, and must go all out to win in the face of Gwangju in order to get the initiative to advance.
Second, Cui Kangxi and reinforcements
Throughout the winter break, the club has been arguing with Choi Kang-hee's team about the team's recruitment and other matters. However, the team did not have enough funds to terminate the contract, so Choi Kang-hee could only continue to lead the team.
In addition, last season, Choi Kang-hee also caused a lot of controversy in the setting of tactics. And it was once rumored that there was also a conflict between Choi Kang-hee and the players.
But judging from the recent training, Choi Kang-hee and the coaching team have been responsible for the whole training camp and technical and tactical drills. To a certain extent, everyone's doubts were dispelled. At least there was no estrangement between the players and the coaching team because of the unhappiness between the club and Choi Kang-hee.
In addition, on the recent training ground, there was no new signing (internal aid) trial, mainly the main lineup of the Taishan team last season, plus some young players who were promoted. Tang Chuang, who was rumored by everyone before, was not recognized by the coaching staff and left the team ahead of schedule. And Zhong Yihao basically failed because of the problem of treatment.
3. Why did you choose Shanghai as the training location?
For this question, in fact, at the beginning, it caused fans and the media to question why the team is maverick.
During the winter break, most of the Chinese Super League teams generally choose foreign countries as training camps. The main thing is that the conditions are right and it is easy to find good warm-up opponents. If you don't go abroad, you will generally choose Hainan, Guangdong, Kunming and other places. Climate is of course the first consideration, and it's easy to find warm-up opponents, after all, a lot of teams will be in these places as well.
But Shandong Taishan chose Shanghai! You must know that at this stage of winter, the temperature in Shanghai is much lower than that in Hainan, and not much higher than that in Shandong. Outdoor training camp will definitely be greatly affected.
Regarding this question, assistant coach Tang Tian responded positively, admitting that during last year's winter training, the team chose to be completely "injured" in Haikou. There are two reasons, the first is that it rains almost all the time, and there are very few sunny days. Secondly, the field conditions are also very average, which not only affects the quality of training, but also brings a lot of trouble to the health of the players. The well-known Zeka was seriously injured, which is a typical representative. Moreover, there are several other players who have injuries of varying degrees, all due to problems with the field.
And this has also been recognized by many fans, at present, such as Jian Tao, Han Pengfei, Wang Gang, Dai Weijun, and Yu Hanchao have all been injured to varying degrees due to various problems. And the teams of these players are all training in Haikou.
I didn't go to Kunming, mainly because the altitude over there was too high, and it was difficult to control the quality of training. Before the full load, the player's heart rate is 178.
After a series of investigations, including the temperature trend, the team finally chose Shanghai. Although most of the time is indoors, these are acceptable for the recovery of fitness and function, and there are no warm-up games scheduled for the team. Moreover, the team will not have technical and tactical arrangements until after the Spring Festival, and the outdoor temperature will rise to a certain extent.
The author inquired about the recent temperature in Shanghai, and for a long time, the daytime temperature remained around 10 degrees, although the temperature was cold, but it could maintain an hour or two of outdoor training at about two o'clock in the afternoon. Compared with Hainan's two exercises a day, it is certainly unrealistic, but it is still not a big problem to complete the training tasks within the Taishan team.