news

Before the game started, Luneng encountered fatal bad news. The AFC Champions League play-offs may follow the footsteps of Shanghai SIPG.

2024-08-12

한어Русский языкEnglishFrançaisIndonesianSanskrit日本語DeutschPortuguêsΕλληνικάespañolItalianoSuomalainenLatina

At 20:00 on the evening of August 13th, Beijing time, the East Asia Zone play-offs of the Asian Champions League will stage a focus battle, Shandong Luneng Taishan will host the Thai Premier League team Bangkok United. Last season, Shanghai Haigang was eliminated by the Thai Premier League team Pathum United in the Asian Champions League play-offs and missed the Asian Champions League. Therefore, in this game, Shandong Taishan will face a team from the Thai Premier League. It should take last season's Shanghai SIPG as a precedent, play steadily and try not to give the opponent any chance to take advantage.

However, what is worrying is that this season, Shandong Taishan not only has an unprecedented low in terms of performance, suffering three consecutive defeats in the Chinese Super League, but also its overall strength has dropped precipitously due to poor recruitment. Therefore, it is hard to say whether Shandong Taishan can withstand the aggressive Bangkok United.

It never rains but it pours. Just before this game, Shandong Taishan received some frustrating bad news. According to the latest report from New Yellow River, Shandong Taishan's striker Kressan suffered a strain of the long head of the left biceps femoris and the semitendinosus in the last round of the Chinese Super League. He is likely to miss the game against Bangkok United. This is undoubtedly a double whammy for Shandong Taishan, whose morale is already low. Considering the importance of Kressan in Luneng's forward line, his injury will undoubtedly greatly reduce the team's combat effectiveness.