Shanghai Shenhua has had a bit of a high start to the season. At the beginning of the season, Shanghai Shenhua was unstoppable and had a very good record, becoming one of the most popular teams in the Chinese Super League at one time. However, Shanghai Shenhua's recent form has suddenly hit a slump, winning many rounds in a row. It wasn't until the last round against vice-champion Shenzhen that I just regained some form.
In the Chinese Super League, after the first 21 rounds, Shanghai Shenhua had 11 wins, 5 draws, 5 losses and 38 points. Although he is still ranked second in the Chinese Super League, he was abandoned by Shanghai with a huge gap of 14 points, basically losing the hope of winning the title. However, Shanghai Shenhua performed well in the FA Cup. In the previously concluded 1|8 final of the AFC Cup, they won by 5. : 1 big score of wild victory over Zhejiang, head into the top 8 of the AFC Cup, has become one of the favorites to compete for the title of this year's AFC Cup.
However, Shanghai Shenhua to win the AFC Cup, but there is a huge unavoidable "hidden danger". This hidden danger has nothing to do with the team's tactical style and individual ability, but from the Asian Games national team's "kettle". Even if Coach Wu Jingui has the ability of heaven, this "hidden danger" is afraid that can not be avoided. Once this "hidden trouble" is formed, Shanghai Shenhua's hope of winning the AFC Cup will instantly vanish into thin air.
Specifically, in the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games, China's Asian Games team may include Shanghai Shenhua as a "big" transfer, recruiting a large number of Shenhua players to participate in the Asian Games. Considering that the competition time of Hangzhou Asian Games is from September 19th to October 7th, it is exactly the time clash with Shenhua's double line of battle. By that time, Shanghai Shenhua may lose at least eight young and talented local warriors affected by China's Asian Games recruitment.
As we all know, in the last Chinese men's football training for the Asian Games, Shanghai Shenhua had seven young talents selected, namely: Wen, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, Liu Ruofan, Wang Haijian, Zhang Wei, Xu Hao Yang; if we add the naturalized player Dai Weijun who joined Shenhua later, there will be eight Shenhua players selected. Shanghai Shenhua will naturally be a big player to recruit for the national team in this official Hangzhou Asian Games, and it is estimated that at least 7 to 8 players will be drawn.
The reason why Shanghai Shenhua is doing so well this season is not because of foreign aid, nor because of some of the team's decorated veterans, but because of the local young talent that has just emerged in the Chinese Super League. If Shanghai Shenhua were to take 8 young players out of the Asian Games at once, their next AFC Cup fixtures would be as much of a headache as "taking a paycheck out of the bottom of the kettle".
When the time comes, coach Wu Jingui will inevitably fall into the dilemma of "a smart woman without rice is difficult to cook". The hardest thing is, knowing that this will happen sooner or later, Shenhua can not do anything to avoid it. This is a complete dead end. Who should be blamed? If you want to blame, you can only blame Shenhua training young players are too good.
