Reporter Chen Yong reports In the 2024 season, the Chinese Super League B team will play in China B for the first time, and the teams participating are last season's U21 champion and runner-up teams - Taishan B team (Taishan King Kong Mountain) and Harbour B team. In the preliminary stage of the second division, they both reached the top five in the north and south regions and advanced to the first group. In the 20th round of the second round (the second round of the first group) on the 24th, Taishan B defeated the third-ranked Shenzhen Youth 1-0, while the Harbour B team defeated the fourth-ranked Haimenke 3-0. In the process of conquest of the second team, the young people of the two teams have been trained and improved.

Taishan B team: 5 wins and 1 draw in the last 6 rounds, drawing with the leader

In this round of China B, Taishan B team played against Shenzhen Youth. Before the game, Shenzhen Youth ranked third with 36 points (the same score as the second-place Shaanxi United team), while Taishan B team ranked ninth with 30 points. In Group A, Guangzhou Leopards are far ahead, and the gap between the other teams is not big.

In the match with Shenzhen Youth, Taishan B team had a possession ratio of 43% to 57% and a shot ratio of 6 to 11, but the shot on target ratio was 3 to 1. In the 65th minute, Zhang Yutong scored the only goal of the game after receiving a pass from Chen Zeshi, and in the end, Taishan B team won the victory, with 5 wins and 1 draw in the last 6 games.

Taishan B team is the champion of the U21 league in the 2023 season, and in the new season, Taishan Club has made a significant adjustment to the participating teams, and the Taishan U19 team, that is, the 05/06 age group echelon, participated in the whole team, while the U21 team (03/04 age group) that played in the 2023 season only retained two or three players.

Despite the average age of only 19 years old, the Taishan B team performed well enough. In the second round against Dalian Kuncheng, they made their opponents extremely uncomfortable with their ferocious pressing and fast pace, but due to their lack of experience and mistakes under heavy pressure, they unfortunately lost 1-2.

In the first 5 rounds of the preliminaries, Taishan B team only drew 3 and lost 2, and then gradually found its form, and won 4 consecutive wins in the last 4 rounds, and finally advanced to the first group with the fifth in the northern region, and the top five in the southern region for 10 rounds of double round-robin matches.

The first opponent that Taishan B team met in the Chong A group was Guangzhou Leopards, they were not afraid of strong opponents, and the possession rate was equal to that of their opponents, and finally drew 1-1. Taishan B team has a lot of excellent players, before the 05 age group of the national youth main lineup, Taishan B team occupies half of the country, Liu Qiwei, Peng Xiao, Shi Songchen, Yi Mulan, Yu Supu and Chen Zeshi The position is very stable, in addition, Mei Shuaijun and other players are also good. What is gratifying is that Wang Haobin, who was injured before, also returned to the lineup, and Zhang Yutong ended his stay in the United States. For this generation of Taishan youngsters, Shandong fans have high hopes.

Harbour B Team: performed well and beat Haimenke

Harbour B FC played at home to fourth-ranked Haimenke in this round, and performed equally well, with a 57% possession ratio of 43%, 10 shots on goal and 5 shots on target ratio of 5 to 2.

In the 41st minute, Li Haoran crossed, and Liao Chongjiu broke the deadlock; In the 60th minute, the Harbor B team made a steal in the frontcourt, and Li Jiaqi assisted Zhang Huiyu to score; In the 85th minute, Wang Yiwei went straight to the goal, and Liu Baiyang calmly pushed the goal to lock the score at 3-0.

Unlike the younger Taishan B team, the Harbour B team has a richer age composition, with the U21 team being dominated by players in the 03/04 age group, and there are also some overage players, such as 22-year-old Liao Chongjiu, in addition, there are a few players under the age of 20.

Like Taishan B, Harbour B has also undergone a process of growth. In the first 12 rounds of the preliminary stage, the Harbour B team won 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, and in the last 6 rounds, they won 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and the only loss was a 0-1 loss to Guangzhou Leopards.

Entering the first group, the Harbour B team played the first away game against Langfang City of Glory and lost 0-2. After returning to the home stadium to fully summarize, the team defeated Haimenke 3-0.

The two Chinese Super League B teams did not meet in the preliminary stage because they were divided into the north and south zones, but when it came to the first group, the two teams will face each other directly in the third round on September 8, and the Harbour B team will sit at home. After experiencing the baptism of the professional league, the collision of the two teams has attracted more attention.

At present, the three towns U21 team has 32 points, Rongcheng U21 team has 30 points, Shenhua U21 team has 29 points, and then Zhejiang U21 team has 21 points.