After the decline is stopped, Taishan should look at the future

Reporter Chen Yong reports Although Cui Kangxi was questioned, Shandong Taishan still chose to support him. In the game with Zhejiang Greentown, the Taishan team stopped the decline with a 4-2 victory. There is only one away game against Shanghai Port before the league break, and from the current situation, the possibility of Taishan team changing coaches in June during the break has become less and less, but a more critical question is what fans are most concerned about: how to plan the future of Taishan team? How should rejuvenation be implemented?

From the 8th round to the 11th round of the Chinese Super League, the Taishan team suffered 4 rounds of winless, 1 draw and 3 losses, only 1 point, Cui Kangxi encountered a comprehensive question, and his own mentality has also changed, and there are many complaints and even-for-tat for players, referees and media reporters, and the relationship between the parties seems to be in a deadlock.

After the Taishan team returned to Jinan from Yuxi, the club carried out a series of actions, first of all, in-depth communication with Cui Kangxi and his team, and the final result was that the club chose to continue to support Cui Kangxi. The reason behind this is unknown, perhaps Choi Kang-hee wants his third tenure in China to have a good ending, so he expressed his desire to continue coaching, or perhaps there is a huge financial hurdle on the issue of termination, which has become a problem that the club cannot solve at present.

Subsequently, at the team management level, the captain also changed, Cressan was no longer the captain, and the captain on the field was changed to Wang Dalei to further enhance the cohesion of the team. In the game against Zhejiang, Cressan still had some changes as usual, although he still swam freely throughout the court, but he held the ball less, but Kazaishvili ushered in the explosion of a "hat trick".

On May 8, the club held a fan forum, which was attended by fans from outside the province, fans in the province and fans in Jiji, hoping to obtain the understanding of fans and tide over the difficulties together.

The work carried out in the past few days finally showed some effect in the match against Zhejiang, and the Taishan team finally defeated the opponent 4-2.

Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and it will take time to resolve. Just like in the opening stage of this game, the fans still expressed their attitude through silence, and it was not until the 12th minute of the game that they began to resume refueling, and the game did not fully resume refueling until the 14th minute of the game.

At the press conference before and after the game, Choi Kang-hee's attitude was no longer excited, and he patiently answered reporters' questions in a calm tone. But the estrangement between him and the fans is also difficult to resolve in the short term, even if the Tarzan team wins the game, his every move and words and deeds are still not recognized by the fans.

Taishan had only one league game left before the June break: away to Shanghai Port on 17 May. The most important thing is to see how the game against Harbour is played, and it will be better if you win, but if you lose, especially if the process and result are not good, it is likely to usher in another crisis.

In fact, even if the match with Shanghai Port can have a good result, for the Taishan team, it cannot be considered that the crisis is completely resolved, and the club must come up with feasible measures in the overall plan, including the rejuvenation strategy.

A minimum attitude is to make moderate adjustments during the second transfer period, such as reducing individual veteran players and adding young players in the first-team squad, you know, Choi Kang-hee's frequent replacement of veteran players in the game has become one of the key reasons for fan dissatisfaction, and even one of the biggest "culpables" of Choi Kang-hee's coaching. What's more, the young players of each team are getting better and better, including championship contenders Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Port, all of which have begun to focus on using young players. For example, Liu Chengyu and Yang Haoyu of Shanghai Shenhua 06 have scored in a row, Fan Shuangjie of Beijing Guoan 05 has played 4 games, Shanghai Port 06 Kuai Jiwen has played 4 games in a row, and Li Xinxiang of 05 has become the main rotation of the team, not to mention that Wang Yudong of Zhejiang has scored 8 goals. In this case, Tarzan needs to show his attitude. As for adding young players, at present, Wang Haobin can be added to the first team, and he will not have much pressure if he plays as a winger.

Regardless of the reason for Choi Kang-hee to stay in office, in the coming days, whether his coaching can be finally recognized by fans will be the decisive factor is whether he can leave some "future wealth" to the Taishan team.

Rejuvenation is actually affected by two factors, on the one hand, whether the team has any hope of keeping up with the championship group, and on the other hand, the impact of the National Games. But careful planning is a must:

First, Taishan and Cui Kangxi reached a consensus on rejuvenation and were willing to take the risk of rejuvenation. Taishan has scored 20 points so far, and there is only the risk of a decline in performance without the risk of relegation, but as long as it is fully explained to the outside world, I believe the fans can understand.

The second is to comprehensively evaluate the existing young players and develop a detailed appearance plan based on the characteristics of the players. For example, how to use Yi Mulan's combing ability, how to play Peng Xiao's header, how to comprehensively use Shi Songchen, Chen Zeshi or Wang Haobin, etc., and of course, the guarantee of injury rehabilitation.

Third, in view of the risks brought about by the younger generation, such as the reduction of the appearance of the old players, the mistakes of the young players, etc., formulate a reasonable plan, as far as possible to achieve a stable rejuvenation.

The current youth of the Taishan team does not mean looking for three or four young players who can play the main force stably in one go, but at least by bringing the old with the new, let the young players play relatively systematically, even if it is a substitute, so that they can see the hope of the Taishan team and let the fans see the hope of the future of the Taishan team.

Rejuvenation is risky, but it is by no means a crisis, and it is only by fear of youth that it may produce a greater crisis.