After SIPG welcomed a new coach, many fans felt that he would bring in some veterans from Yokohama Mariner. Because, Muscat used to coach at Yokohama Mariners. Muscat had a commendable performance when he led Yokohama Mariners to the league and AFC Champions League last season. Especially in the AFC Champions League, Yokohama Mariners also defeated Taishan team home and away, so that SIPG finally made up its mind to hire Muscat to coach.
Therefore, after Muscat became the head coach of SIPG, it is reasonable for fans to think that he recruited some descendants from the Yokohama Mariners to play for the team in the future. In particular, Yokohama Mariners striker Anderson once played for Wuhan Zall. If he can come to SIPG, he will definitely be able to play a plug-and-play effect in the center forward position.
Perhaps SIPG did not delegate power to Muscat when it brought in reinforcements in the new season. Therefore, when Muscat brought in reinforcements in the center forward position, he unexpectedly finalized Jeonbuk Hyundai's golden boot Gustavo and did not introduce Anderson. It turned out that SIPG did not bring in Anderson as a wrong decision. Because Anderson performed well in the AFC Champions League knockout round, he beat Luneng many times.
In this round of the AFC Champions League knockout round, the Yokohama Mariners met the strong Luneng away. In this game, Anderson performed well in the center position, not only knocking on the door of Luneng guarded by Wang Dalei, but also breaking the Luneng back line many times. If it weren't for Wang Dalei's excellent performance, Anderson would probably have played well in this game.
**Wan Fan Incentive Plan I don't know if SIPG will regret not bringing him in when they see Anderson performing so well. You must know that Gustavo, who replaced Anderson and joined SIPG, suffered injuries shortly after he arrived and missed the SIPG Super League and the new season of the Chinese Super League. If SIPG could have brought in Anderson to strengthen at that time, maybe Anderson would have been able to take the lead in the Super Cup and let SIPG beat Shenhua to win the championship.