People should have dreams, in case they come true! On the eve of the 19th round of the Chinese Super League "Shanghai Derby", Shanghai Seaport released a pre-match poster video for the game. In the video, three Shanghai local players gathered together to watch the game video (below), namely Stanley Wang, Lu Wenjun and Wu Lei.
In the center of the screen is a TV screen on which a game is being played. The video screen is not labeled as to which game it is, but it is supposed to be related to the "Shanghai Derby" in the Chinese Super League. In fact, there is a hidden mystery here! As the game progressed, a goal appeared. I see a Shanghai player breaking through with the ball, scoring a goal, and then running to the side of the field to celebrate.
At a closer look, it was "China's king of the ball" Wu Lei. The bottom left of the screen shows that the time of the goal is the 53rd minute. The top right corner of the screen reads "Shanghai SIPG 2-0 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua", and the score before Wu Lei's goal was 2-0. The score before Wu Lei's goal was 2-0, obviously, if he scored one more goal, the score would be 3-0.
While Wu Lei was celebrating, the screen began to blur and the word "dream" slowly appeared (above). Then, the whole screen became two clear words: "dream back" (below). Where does the dream go back to? It is not clearly stated in the poster. What is the meaning of this poster? Obviously, the purpose is to hint at the upcoming "Shanghai Derby", hoping to recreate the scene of that year.
I can't help but wonder what year and what game this was? Since the poster didn't specify, we need to find clues from the limited "clues" available. What is certain is that it was a Hong Kong home game, with Hong Kong leading Shenhua 3-0 and Wu Lei scoring the third goal.
I don't know. I was shocked! It turns out that this is one of the most bitter "Shanghai derbies" for Shenhua fans - in May 2015, Shanghai beat Shenhua 5-0. It was a controversial match!
In this game, Wu Lei scored a goal in the 53rd minute (shown below). What made this game even more famous is that the duty referee Maning took out three red cards and penalized three Shenhua players successively, and finally Shenhua, who played 8 to 11, swallowed a miserable defeat. Referee Manning became famous for this. Since then, fans have found that it is basically hard to find defeat in Hong Kong in matches enforced by Manning, and they often benefit from the penalties.
I have to say, Shanghai is very daring to fantasize about replicating a 5-0 romp at Shenhua's home this time around. Based on the current power ratio of both sides, it's hard to beat that scoreline. Is it a hint that Manning will be the referee again? Or will Shenhua get a red card?
It is worth mentioning that it was this year that Shanghai Port beat Shenhua 2-1 away from home, Wu Lei shouted out the courage of "we are the boss of Shanghai Tang", a year double kill Shenhua.
Now, not only has Shanghai won the Chinese Super League title, but by winning Shenhua this year, they've basically locked up another league title. At this juncture, it would be nice to replicate a "5-0" to "honor" the team's second title in history.... All in all, this poster of Shanghai Harbor is very daring, can it be done? We'll see soon enough.
On the Shenhua side, one can only hope that Wu Jingui's team will fight for themselves! The words of the opponents have spoken to this point, only the stadium will see!
