Not surprisingly, what awaits the two AFC Champions League teams in the Chinese Super League is a tragedy. On the evening of April 15, Beijing time, as the only two AFC Champions League teams left in the Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan and Guangzhou teams were collectively in the first round of the group stage. Encountered a tragedy, Shandong Taishan was defeated by Daegu, South Korea 0-7, and the Guangzhou team also suffered a 0-5 defeat against Johor, Malaysia.
Is it necessary to participate in such an AFC Champions League? Really need to put a question mark.
Originally, the Taishan team planned to have 29 players to participate in the AFC Champions League, but in the end, 6 players failed to join the team, including Liu Junshuai from the first team and Fang Hao, a U23 national team player. Among the 23 players, 3 players were born in 2000, 4 players Players in 2001, 1 player in 2002, 6 players in 2003, 9 players in 2004, it can be said that this is a young team with an average age of less than 20 years old, and most players do not have professional leagues experience.
Facing Daegu in the opening game, the Taishan team fell behind 0-3 in the first half and conceded 4 more goals in the second half. With a 0-7 result, the 0-7 defeat in this game also made Shandong Taishan create an embarrassing record and refreshed the Shandong team. The biggest loss in history and tied the record for the most goals conceded in a single game. This also tied the record for the largest loss in the AFC Champions League by a Chinese Super League team. In the AFC Champions League group stage last season, Beijing Guoan lost 0:7 to Kawasaki Frontale.
Compared with the final score, the funny scene on the field is that Taishan team conceded the second goal. In the 18th minute, Yang Ruiqi from the right of Taishan returned to the penalty area. The 20-year-old goalkeeper Cao Zheng stopped the ball near the bottom line in the penalty area and fell. , Daegu’s foreign aid Zeka Xiaona gave another shot and scored an empty goal.
Perhaps the goalkeeper’s low-level mistakes are contagious. The Guangzhou team that played later also encountered the same situation. Goalkeeper He Lipan also made a very bizarre mistake. Facing the opponent’s low-threatening shot, he did not judge accurately when he held the ball on the goal line. Point, even directly kicked the ball into his own goal. On social media, many fans naturally started a frantic rant mode about these two low-level mistakes…
In addition to low-level mistakes, the tragedy must also include malicious fouls and red cards. In the 70th minute of the second half of the match between Guangzhou and Johor, Guangzhou player Guan Haojin kicked the opponent’s head and was sent off with a straight red. This intentional foul has a high probability of incurring additional penalties from the AFC.
Like the Taishan team, the Guangzhou team’s lineup for the AFC Champions League is still dominated by the reserve team and young players, including 13 players with experience in the AFC Champions League last season and some players from the 2000-2003 age group newly recruited by the Evergrande Football School. , the youngest is Chen Guanxuan, who was born in 2005. He also had a record of substitute appearances in the AFC Champions League last season.
Shandong Taishan 0-7 Daegu FC
Can fiasco make young players grow?
Because of the time conflict with the domestic league, for two consecutive seasons, the Chinese Super League teams have sent echelons to play in the AFC Champions League, and the results of the game are naturally very ugly.
Last season, Guoan’s 0-7 loss to Kawasaki set a new record for the AFC Champions League tragedy of the Chinese Super League team. Other losses by more than 5 goals include Guoan 0-5 South Korea’s Daegu, Guangzhou 0-5 Japan’s Osaka Sakura, Guangzhou 1-5 Lion Harbor, Thailand… In the opening game of the first round of the group stage this season, Taishan and Guangzhou suffered consecutive tragedies. This result was also expected by the industry.
In fact, the AFC has already criticized the results of the habitual tragedies. As early as before the start of the AFC Champions League this year, the AFC specifically mentioned the phenomenon of the Chinese Super League teams sending youth teams to participate in the AFC Champions League. Come, the AFC Champions League is a high-quality event created with heart and soul. The AFC naturally hopes that all clubs can take it seriously. Therefore, in the view of the AFC, instead of sending youth teams to go through the motions, it is better to retire and give up the places to the real players. Clubs from other countries that are willing to field their strongest squads.
In fact, considering the epidemic, the AFC still understands the team’s withdrawal from the game. For example, this year, two clubs, Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Haigang, have withdrawn due to force majeure. Last season, the Australian team was even more The domestic isolation policy has collectively withdrawn from the competition. At the same time, some Southeast Asian teams have also withdrawn because of the epidemic. The AFC has no opinion on this.
The reason why the Chinese Super League teams still form teams to participate in the competition is because they want to train young players. However, due to the huge disparity in overall strength, the game usually ends in a big loss in most cases. How much training value does this kind of game have? Put a question mark.
Taking individuals as an example, the two goalkeepers who made extremely low-level mistakes, He Lipan is already 21 years old, and Cao Zheng is 21 years old in two months. At this age, he is still unable to play in the low-level professional leagues. Perhaps this itself shows that The upper limit of the player’s level can be seen. Even if an elite league such as the AFC Champions League is used to level up, I am afraid it will not have a good effect.Return to Sohu, see more