This winter, Taishan coach Choi Kang-hee brought in a lot of new recruits, but the one that really worked well was Gao Junyi. However, Choi Kang-hee brought in Shenhua's oldest members - Bi Jin-ho and Peng Xinli - who made their debuts in this match, but their performances were unsatisfactory.
Tong Lei, who replaced Gao Zhunyi at right back, had a disaster of a game as well. The attack couldn't attack, couldn't defend, and missed stops. No wonder Choi Kang-hee didn't want to use him last season. If Choi Kang-hee reuses these players in the next league, it will be hard for Taishan to make a difference, and it's very likely that he'll be out of the championship team very early. I'm afraid that Choi Kang-hee's position will be hard to secure by then.
It's also worth mentioning that some soccer media people in Shanghai didn't forget to humiliate Taishan after this game. A well-known reporter surnamed J posted a message on social media saying that Shenhua only took three square shots in the first half and scored three times.
Apparently, the Shanghai soccer media personality is calling for the port's national Yan Junling. Yan Junling lost his starting position in the national soccer team because of his poor performance in the first round match between the national soccer team and Singapore. Coach Ivankovic replaced Yan Junling with Wang Dalei as the starting goalkeeper for the national soccer team, which beat Singapore 4-1 at home.
Back in the league, Wang Dalei guarded the Taishan goal and was penetrated three times in the half. The post from the Shanghai media seemed to suggest that Wang Dalei's performance wasn't much better than Yan Junling's, who was also "shot dead". Of course, Wang Dalei and the rest of Taishan's internationals really didn't perform well in the game. Hopefully, they can summarize the loss in time and strive for a good result in the next game to make the "0-3" defeat a shame.
