Young Talent
Even our young players are doing well
Beijing University
Well, the experiment paid off. We won this match easily, 3-0.
Neither Zhu Bin nor Shi Jiayang looked bad out there. Shi Jiayang had a poor first half, but got it together and had a number of shots on goal in the second. And Zhu Bin is already the best at taking free kicks on the entire squad — all at the tender age of 16.
Younes Delfi was our only goalscorer. We didn’t need contributions from anybody else, as it turned out. He scored an easy hat trick despite playing in the unfamiliar right attacking midfielder position. Delfi is a great signing and has all the signs of being a great player.
And that makes it 33 matches in a row. The dream season just keeps moving on.
Mueanta was too tired from our cup match to start this one. Pietro Rovaglia and Cheng Binbin were leading the line for us. Neither had a particularly good match. I’m worried that Rovaglia might wind up on the outside looking in by the time we get to the summer.
But we’ll worry about those problems later.
Parra’s New Contract
Oh — Luciano Parra now has a new contract.
Right on the heels of becoming the best goalscorer in our league, Parra has signed a new contract worth a whopping 32 million RMB. I just hope it doesn’t get to the 20-year-old’s head.
The key aspect of this contract is that it completely removes his previous release clause. Parra’s here to stay.
The spokesman for the supporters is concerned that Luciano might not have a place on the squad, which is hilarious. I can see him being a problem when we get to the Champion’s League in a few years, maybe. At the moment, though, he’s our big star.
We’re going to make sure he’s paid.
Jiangsu Nantong
We’re going back south, this time to play in Nantong, Jiangsu Province.
We’re going to win this match easily. Maybe we should keep the kids in there.