Embarrassing! Wang Dalei Wins Best Goalkeeper in CSL, Fans: Most Goals Conceded Among Top 5 Teams, Unconvinced
On January 8th, Beijing time, the 2024 season of the Chinese Super League (CSL) award ceremony is underway. Wu Lei has been awarded the best shooter in the CSL, while Chengdu Rongcheng player Hu He Tao has won the best young player award. Wang Dalei, the goalkeeper for Shandong Taishan, has also been honored as the best goalkeeper of the 2024 season in the CSL.
In the 2024 season, Wu Lei played 30 times for Shanghai Port in the CSL, scoring 34 goals and helping Shanghai Port defend their league title. Additionally, Wu Lei also helped Shanghai Port win their first FA Cup championship, making his title as the top scorer in the 2024 season of the CSL well-deserved.
The 21-year-old Hu He Tao made 16 appearances this season, starting 9 times for Chengdu Rongcheng, scoring 2 goals and providing 1 assist. Hu He Tao was also selected for the national team based on his performance at the club and played 3 times in the top 18 matches, with two of them being starts. It can be said that Hu He Tao's winning of the best newcomer award is also a unanimous expectation.
As for Wang Dalei's consecutive wins as the best goalkeeper in the CSL, it has also caused some controversy. In the 2024 season, Wang Dalei represented Shandong Taishan in the CSL a total of 23 times, keeping a clean sheet 7 times, with a total of 29 goals conceded, only helping Shandong Taishan achieve fifth place in the league and runner-up in the FA Cup. This also left Shandong Taishan out of the AFC Champions League in the new season.
It should be noted that among the goalkeepers of the top five teams in the CSL, Yan Junling played 30 times in the CSL this season, conceding 30 goals, but he helped Shanghai Port win the double crown. Shanghai Shenhua goalkeeper Bao Yaxiong played 29 times in the CSL this season, conceding 18 goals, while Chengdu Rongcheng goalkeeper Jian Tao played 23 times in the CSL this season, conceding 24 goals, helping Chengdu Rongcheng make their first appearance in the AFC Champions League. The main goalkeeper of Beijing Guoan, Han Jiaqi, played 15 times in the CSL this season, conceding 17 goals.
Compared to the main goalkeepers of the top five teams in the CSL, Wang Dalei's data is not superior. Moreover, Shandong Taishan suffered a humiliating 0-6 defeat to Shanghai Shenhua in the season, with Wang Dalei being the goalkeeper on the field. This incident is also the biggest net loss in the history of Shandong Taishan. What's more embarrassing is that the national team suffered a 0-7 defeat to Japan in the first round of the top 18 matches, with Wang Dalei also being the starting goalkeeper. Of course, this is a national team match, unrelated to the CSL. However, Wang Dalei's consecutive wins as the best goalkeeper in the CSL have also attracted a lot of fan criticism.
Some fans expressed that the goalkeeper with the most goals conceded among the top five teams actually won the best goalkeeper award, which is simply ridiculous. Other fans stated that they are truly unconvinced and believe it should be between Bao Yaxiong and Yan Junling, with Wang Dalei not really qualified to win the best goalkeeper award in the CSL. Of course, there are also fans who believe that this is a sign of respect for the veterans, with Bao Yaxiong still young and the future belongs to him. Congratulations to Dalei, it hasn't been an easy year.
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