The Chinese Super League has been carried out until now, the suspense of the championship has been revealed, and the Taishan team has once again lifted the Vulcan Cup after 11 years. This year's league cannot be viewed with the usual eyes. Under the background of the regulation of the real estate industry, the real estate football is collectively turbulent, and clubs with stable economic conditions are more likely to produce results. So the question is, the same is the background of state-owned enterprises, why is it not the harbor team that laughs at the end?
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The striker decides the trend
Guo Tianyu, the local top scorer of the Chinese Super League
The main reason: striker! Specific to Harbor and Tarzan, look at the defensive ability - after 19 rounds of matches, Harbor conceded 11 goals, the least in the entire Chinese Super League, Tarzan lost 12, ranking second, but Harbor lost two more games than Tarzan. What really determines the point gap between the two teams is the attacking power – Harbor scored 37 goals in 19 rounds and Tarzan scored 43 goals.
Looking at the top scorers list, the number one now is Yaltai's Juniol Nego, with 14 goals. Behind him are two Tarzan players, Guo Tianyu and Fellaini, both scoring 10 goals. In addition, 1 person scored 4 and 4 people scored 3 goals. In contrast, Harbour's top scorer was Lu Wenjun, who played as a wing-back, with 7 goals. Harbor's most goal-scoring striker was López Lopez, with 4 goals. But his "appreciation deadline" is only the first two rounds of competition, and it cannot be counted on after that.
After the end of the 2018 season, Wu Lei went to Spain. Since then, the question of the attack on the harbor has been unresolved. Although the club has also introduced such a famous role as Arnautovic, compared with Wu Lei, the cooperation between Anau and the team has never reached the degree of complementarity. He also failed to fill the "pit" of Wu Lei's goals of more than 20 goals in the 2017 and 2018 seasons. By this season, The Harbour had lost Hulk and Anau, and the problem of attack had become even more serious.
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The two-term manager, Pereira and Lecco, have a similar approach to solving the problem: the main gun is no longer used, so I will distract from the task of scoring goals. In the past two seasons, Harbor has made a big fuss around the midfield and around two wing-backs, and oscar, Lu Wenjun and Wang Shenchao have climbed higher and higher. It's a bit like Manchester City and Chelsea. The forwards of both teams play the role of compressing space and pretending to attack, and the real fatal blow is the midfielder and wing-back. This is a good way to solve the lack of strikers, but the harbor has used these tricks more and older, and the opponents have gradually become familiar.
So, in order to bring about a change in the game, The Harbor relied heavily on Oscars. After the championship group began, he had a very good performance in the first few games, dominating the team's attack with his own hands and deciding the outcome of the game, but he also needed the help and help of his teammates. In the key battle of the 0-2 defeat to Tarzan, Oscar was killed by his opponent. The striker could not suppress the opponent, the midfield could not control the rhythm, and the harbor lost in the direct face-to-face, directly determining the trend of the season.
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Lineup depth
Kim Kyung-do, Fellaini, Sun Jun-ho, Tarzan's lineup is very deep
Another issue is lineup depth. Harbor's current lineup is in the process of replacing old and new. Some of the players in Chongming's first period gradually faded out, and the team used several young players this season - Liu Zhurun, Abraham, Li Shenyuan and so on. Young people sometimes have bright performances, but their performance is unstable and they lack the absolute strength in strong dialogue. Bottom line: still practicing.
In contrast, the Tarzan team has a more reasonable age structure and a more depth of the lineup. Look at Taishan's front, middle and back three lines, different types of players, able to match different tactics, which gives head coach Hao Wei more tactical freedom. The club's reinforcements this year are also in place. In terms of internal support, Shi Ke, Xu Xin, and Ji Xiang all played in the year of playing, which strengthened the team's shortcomings. In terms of foreign aid, there is a rare 5-man configuration in the league. It can be seen that after Shandong Cultural Tourism entered the ownership, it is determined to win the championship.
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Hurt, hurt, hurt
Third, the harbor's luck this year is really a bit "back". Throughout the season, several of the team's foreign aides were injured. Before the season even started, Mystrović's ligament was broken. At the end of the first stage, Oscar fractured his bones, but the good guys caught up with the following matches. López was even more unlucky, suffering a severe injury to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in September, and the season was reimbursed. Paulinho was introduced from Hebei in the middle of the season, and as a result, after playing Shenzhen, the right hand was fractured, and the season was reimbursed...
December 19, 2021, Guangzhou, 2021 Chinese Super League Phase II Round 17, Shanghai Harbor 0-2 Shandong Taishan. Fellaini and Wei Zhen competed for the top
In addition to Mooy, several other foreign aides in the harbor have been seriously injured before and after. Speaking of Mooy, he also had to play in australia's round of twelve, and as a result, he did not catch up with the last few games in the first stage. Correspondingly, Taishan has done a better job in injury control and foreign aid attendance. In a "version" of drastic changes and emphasis on stability, Tarzan finally won the championship in the spirit of the "version".
Now there is a view from the outside world that with the economic strength of Harbor and Taishan and the stable operating status of the club, it will build a pattern of two strong competitions in the next few seasons. In its current state, such a view is not an exaggeration. Major competitors, like Guoan and Guangzhou, currently have variables. In addition to the above two advantages, the two teams also have reserve strength to supplement in terms of youth training. Taishan's football school and Genbao base are the few bases in Chinese football that can continuously cultivate outstanding young players.
It is hoped that the two teams can continue to compete in the "first team + youth training" model. On the one hand, it sets an example for other teams interested in competing for the championship; on the other hand, for Chinese football that is hovering in the trough, it is also happy to see the club continue to operate and continuously cultivate reserve talents.