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during the mid-autumn festival, in the new afc champions league, shandong taishan defeated central coast mariners 3-1 and shanghai shenhua defeated pohang steelers 4-1.

the afc champions league is the highest level professional league in asia. at least judging from the performance on the first day, the chinese super league did not perform badly. by analogy, the chinese men's football team should not be at the bottom of the world cup qualifiers. but the fact is that we lost two games in a row. what is the difference? perhaps the answer lies in the on-the-spot command.

in fact, both chinese super league teams had passive moments in both games.

in the taishan team's match, the whistle was blown at the end of the first half, but var intervened and awarded a penalty to the opponent, who then equalized the score. this penalty must have had a significant impact on the taishan team players, and at this time, head coach choi kang-hee stood up. during the halftime break, he repeatedly emphasized to the players the importance of calmness: "such an accident happened at that time, and the players were still very upset. when i was in the halftime lounge, i emphasized more that we must stay calm, maintain a normal game rhythm, and avoid accidents. as long as we continue to perform at our level, we can win the game. i gave the players such psychological hints and confidence.

with the authority of the head coach, choi kang-hee successfully turned the players' anger into motivation. in addition, he replaced liao lisheng at a critical moment. the latter made two assists shortly after coming on the court, helping the taishan team beat the opponent 3-1.

the first and second halves of the shenhua match were like two completely different teams. in the first half, shenhua had 0 shots and only got 1 corner kick in the frontcourt. in the second half, head coach slutsky decisively replaced malele, whose running in the frontcourt directly brought the shenhua team's frontcourt offense alive. moreover, malele himself also scored two goals for shenhua. in addition, slutsky replaced gao tianyi in the 71st minute, and the latter scored in the 84th minute, which also showed the head coach's skill in substitutions.

in contrast, in the match between the chinese national team and saudi arabia at home in the round of 18, although the chinese national team was leading in the score and had one more player, ivankovic made mediocre moves step by step in the second half, which eventually led to the saudi team seizing the opportunity to overtake.

therefore, chinese football should not be so bad that it can lose to anyone. after all, the winning records of the two chinese super league teams are clearly there.

source: beijing sports

reporter: li li