Starting at the weekend, Shandong Taishan will enter a two-front rhythm of battle, with the 22nd round of the Chinese Super League at the weekend, away to Cangzhou Male Lion, and then returning to Jinan in the middle of next week to face the AFC Champions League Classic qualifiers against Thai Super League Bangkok United. Due to the lack of regularity of the Taishan team and the strong opponent of Bangkok United, the league Taishan team with the Cangzhou male lion will rotate to a certain extent, ready to wait for the challenge of Bangkok United, and go all out to hit the AFC Champions League Classic.
Before the continuous battle, the Taishan team finally received a good news, head coach Choi Kang-hee returned to the team. According to the official news released by the club, Choi Kang-hee returned to the club from his vacation ahead of schedule, and immediately led the team for an afternoon training session after arriving at the club. With the return of Choi Kang-hee, the players are working very hard to train, and the team has now come out of the haze, a sunny and upward atmosphere, and everyone is very confident in the next two fierce battles.
After the match with Nantong Zhiyun on the 21st of last month, Choi Kang-hee left the team and returned to Korea, and then the club issued an announcement that Choi Kang-hee returned to Korea for physical reasons. Choi Kang-hee was examined at home, and the doctor told him that he needed to rest for a month, but the next team had a heavy workload, so Choi Kang-hee decided to return early. The announcement of the Taishan team also mentioned that the head coach returned from vacation early, which is also a tribute to Choi Kang-hee. During the period when the Korea coach left, the Taishan team lost against Henan and Harbour, and this time against the weaker Cangzhou male lion, Choi Kang-hee hopes to end the losing streak with a victory.
This time we returned and saw that Cui Kangxi's face had lost some weight, and he may really need to recuperate for a while. If the Taishan team advances to the AFC Champions League Classic, then there will be a lot of games for the Taishan team in the second half of the year, the game task is very heavy, and in the case of winning the league and obtaining the AFC Champions League qualification, the FA Cup is expected by the club, and the AFC Champions League is also an important event for fans to return to the arms of the club.
There is a big highlight of this match with Cangzhou Male Lion, that is, the current Cangzhou Male Lion coach is Li Xiaopeng, Li Xiaopeng has a very close relationship with the Taishan team, this is also the first time Li Xiaopeng faced the old master after leaving Shandong, while being criticized, Li Xiaopeng very much hopes to prove himself in the old master. Of course, for the Taishan team, this is also a game that must be won, although there is a high probability that there will be rotation, but fans will not accept the team's three consecutive defeats for any reason.