Why did 18-year-old Chen Xuhuang start consecutively? Fans called Leco "really bold"

2-1 victory over Shaanxi Chang'an Athletics, Shanghai Harbor team successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of this year's FA Cup. Despite playing only with a single foreign player, Paulinho lived up to expectations and helped the team open the scoring with a world wave. The assist for him was the 18-year-old Chen Xuhuang in the back position, and it is worth mentioning that this is his second consecutive start. After the game, head coach Lecco made no secret of his admiration for him and believed that Chen Xuhuang would have a "very good future".

Before leaving for Dalian, Lyco took the initiative to reveal to the outside world that he had promoted three U18 echelon generals from the echelon. This is mainly due to the previous coaching staff's attention to the echelon, and the warm-up match between the first team and the echelon after returning from the holiday in the first stage. Of the three, Lu Kun is a central defender, Zhang Huiyu and Chen Xuhuang are both midfielders, and Chen Xuhuang, who appeared as a back, took the lead in getting the opportunity.

In the game against Xi'an Wolves, Lecco directly pushed Chen Xuhuang to the starter, and some people on the team at that time admitted that it was somewhat unexpected. "I thought I might have a chance, but I didn't expect to start as soon as I came up." What I didn't expect, of course, was Xiao Chen himself, but since the opportunity came, there was no reason to grasp it. As in the league, Harbor continued to follow the three-guard formation, three midfielders, Mai Tijiang and Zhang Huachen were separated on both sides, Chen Xuhuang as a back to stand in front of the back line, such an arrangement even made many Harbor fans call Leco "really bold".

Harbor scored a goal against the Xi'an Wolves and Chen Was replaced in the middle of the second half, not because he made mistakes on the pitch, but because the team needed to step up their attack in the final moments. In his own playing time, Chen Xuhuang showed a good ball control and passing skills, several times of prejudgment of the opponent's forced grab, and the subsequent change of direction are also quite reasonable, although there is not much participation in the offensive end, but it is very good in accordance with the intention of the coaching staff, standing in the back position. For an 18-year-old who made his debut, such a performance was really good.

Because of this, in yesterday afternoon's match against Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic, Leco continued to vote for Chen Xuhuang, and still in the case of the opponent putting a foreign aid quota in midfield. In the 16th minute of the first half, Paulinho's wide-ranging transfer of the ball from midfield before the world wave came from Chen Xuhuang. At that time, he received the ball in midfield, and keenly shifted the ball to the left side of the opponent's sparse defensive strength, giving Paulinho enough room to break through. After the harbor took the lead, Lecco gave Chen Xuhuang a thumbs up on the sidelines as a sign of encouragement. 'The first impression he gave was that he could play football and from the first training session we had the impression that he was a very capable player.' Lecco said.

Of course, Chen Xuhuang still has many places to improve, such as the timing of the defensive end, etc., but for the harbor, the team can and is willing to continue to wait, with the increase of games, the accumulation of experience, coupled with the player's own confrontation ability to enhance, Chen Xuhuang is expected to become another regular competitor to the first team in the midfield position.