Happy 32nd Birthday to Chi Chung-kook!!
The midfielder, known to fans as "China Kante", celebrated his 32nd birthday today, and for players of this age, he will cherish every game he has played since then.
So what type of player Chi Zhongguo is, there is no doubt that he is a hard-working type, he has almost no gorgeous passing and sound and good passes, but it is by relying on the running on the field and the large defensive coverage area, coupled with the low center of gravity and the relatively fast speed under the feet to support his bright data in defensive steals.
Chi Zhongguo's top league started with Shanghai Shenxin, and in 2015 Chi Zhongguo transferred from Yanbian in the Middle Division to Shanghai Shenxin, who was still in the Chinese Super League, and he made 29 appearances for Shenxin that season, with 2 goals and 2 assists. However, after this season, Shanghai Shenxin was relegated to the Middle League, but at this time, the old owner Yanbian returned to the top league, so Chi Zhongguo chose to return to his hometown team again.
In the two seasons of Yanbian Fude, Chi Zhongguo's performance can be said to be stable and improved, especially after the departure of Yin Bijialan in the second half of the 2017 season, he also assumed more of the role of midfield organization in the team. Unlike in Guoan, he is in a relatively high position in the midfield in Yanbian, and the number of times the team inserts forward when attacking will be many times, and he can always be seen in the offensive organization. This season, he was amazed in the chinese Super League running distance, the number of steals, and the number of passes.
So with such excellent data, Chi Zhongguo came to Guoan in the 2018 season. There is Park Sung, the child he is most familiar with, as well as the "old man" kim Tae-yeon, a Korean compatriot who came a year earlier than him, and Ji Wenyi, who has hardly played in Guoan, so it is not a problem to integrate into the team as soon as possible.
In the 2018 season, Chi Zhongguo made 27 appearances, 1 goal, and a passing success rate of 88%, once again becoming the "steal king" of the Chinese Super League with 211 steals, because there were Augusto and Vieira in the system of Guoan at that time, they had relatively more time to hold the ball, and to a certain extent, Chi Zhongguo's participation in the offensive organization of the midfield was reduced, and he was more responsible for defense in the midfield and the tandem with the two foreign aides from the back to the front.
In the 2019 season, his form has declined slightly, and the arrival of naturalized player Li Ke has helped him relieve some defensive pressure in midfield, and Li Ke has a greater advantage in terms of body and age. Chi Zhongguo made 26 appearances this season, 2 assists and did not score.
In the 2020 league, Chi Zhongguo was questioned by fans, and he repeatedly conceded goals and mistakes in key positions, which also put him under a lot of pressure. But there are some objective factors, whether to give Chi Zhongguo too much support in the use of personnel collocation by coaches, we all know that Chi Zhongguo is not suitable for a single back, need someone around to form protection, in the midfield defense, other players must correspondingly improve the defensive strength, so that coupled with Chi Zhongguo's running and large coverage of the advantages can be better reflected.
So far this season, he has still been able to deliver a good result, 42 steals temporarily ranked first in the Chinese Super League, and was selected for the national team to compete in the round of 12, and finally hope that he can continue to maintain a good competitive state both in the national team and the Guoan team, and also wish our Guoan 's "old" players will always be young.
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