In the group stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League, Guangzhou Evergrande was held together with the champions of Buriram United, Jeju United and the Japanese Emperor's Cup. Among the 3 group rivals, Evergrande is most familiar with Buriram United and has also been defeated by opponents at Tianhe Stadium. What needs Evergrande's attention is that the team has just brought in Vietnamese naturalized striker Huang Wu Samson (originally from Nigeria, real name Samson Kayod Olaleye) and built a forward trident composed of Diogo, Edgar Bruno and Huang Wu Samson. Guangzhou Evergrande, which has experience in suffering losses, should be vigilant.
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In June this year, the Thai Super League issued a new foreign aid policy: allowing any team to register 3 foreign aides, 1 Asian foreign aid and 1 Southeast Asian foreign aid in the 2018 season. In the view of the relevant departments: adding 1 Southeast Asian foreign aid quota can expand the influence of the Thai Super League in the region and promote football exchanges between Thailand and other neighboring countries.
At the end of the 2017 season, Buriram United actively sought foreign aid from Southeast Asia and set its sights on the Player Market in Vietnam. Like Ngalee Wong Eng's Nguyen Gong Fung (who joined Japan's Mito Hollyhock), Nguyen Joon Anh, Hanoi's Nguyen Van Trung and Nguyen Quang Hoi, have all entered the field of vision of Buriram United. But after some screening and comparison, Buriram United finalized Vietnamese naturalization striker Hwang Vu Samson in Hanoi.
Huangwu Samson
Mr. Huang, 29, was born in Nigeria and was originally named Samson Kayod Olaleye. In 2007, Huang Wu Samson joined Quang Ninh Club in the V League, and a year later, he switched to Tongta. In August 2011, he joined Atletico Madrid on a freelance basis. However, because the number of "non-EU foreign aid" was full, he was loaned by Atletico to Braga in the Portuguese Premier League, but unfortunately did not break through.
In 2011, Hwang Vu Samson returned to the V-League and joined Hanoi. In 2013, Hwang Vu Samson shared the league Golden Boot with Gonzalo Damian with 14 league goals and got a Vietnamese passport the same year. In 2014, he won the Golden Boot with 23 goals and reached the peak of his career. So far, Huang Wu Samson has scored 139 goals in the V League, the most goals scored in history (the original record belonged to Lai GongRong, who scored 112 goals).
According to the Vietnamese media, Hwang Vu Samson's annual salary in Buriram United is 500,000 US dollars, and the team also allocates a car and a room for him. Since his arrival, Buriram United has had 5 foreign aides. They are third-captain Diogo, Brazilian striker Edgar Bruno, centre-back Tunes, South Korean foreign player Gosecky and Hwangmu Samson. According to the registration rules of the AFC Champions League, Buriram United must eliminate at least one more person.
Diogo
In the history of the AFC Champions League, Chinese Super League teams have played against Buriram United many times and have been scored by foreign aides from opponents many times. In 2011, Evergrande made its debut in the AFC Champions League and was beaten 2-1 at home by Buriram United. At that time, Ghanaian fast horse Achimpeng (now playing for Tianjin Teda) scored a goal and made a penalty. In 2015, Guangzhou R&F also met Buriram United in the group stage. In the two-legged matchup, Buriram scored a total of seven goals, with goals like Thunes, Massena, Gautherki and Diogo all scoring.
Tunes
As it stands: Diogo, Edgar Bruno and Samson are likely to be selected for the AFC Champions League squad at the same time. In terms of the attacking power of this set of fronts, Evergrande is not easy to deal with. In particular, it should be pointed out that after the Chinese Super League promulgated a more stringent foreign aid policy, the living space outside Asia will be greatly squeezed. In this way, Evergrande may only be able to use a local defense line against Buriram United. For the new manager, Cannavaro, the top priority is to improve the tacit understanding and coordinated combat capability of the home defense line as soon as possible.