Yesterday, the fifth round of the Chinese Super League all ended. In the end, Shenhua accumulated 13 points with a proud record of 4 wins and 1 draw in 5 matches, sitting firmly in the lead, pressing a group of previous big4 behind them, a posture that Wu can be rivaled.
After the results of all the matches in the fifth round came out yesterday, many fans advised others to keep a low profile and be pragmatic, recognizing the reality. At the same time, they couldn't help but show off the screenshots of the table in their circle of friends, and then posed in various groups with the emoticon of "coming to the group to see the top of the Super League table from time to time". Fans' mouths are deceitful ghosts. Fans are like a young woman. There is always a family member who doesn't like this and dislikes that. He pretends to be high with his mouth and makes trouble with his body with him.
It's not that "competing for championships" necessarily means winning championships; those are two concepts. As Shanghai's most established cosmopolitan veteran team, "competing for the title" should have been a concept etched in the team's DNA, but due to a series of objective and man-made reasons over the years, let alone competing for the title. Even the qualification for the Asian Championship, 5566, 7788 are things that can be encountered but not demanded.
But now, Shenhua has restored peace. After a long period of taking over, Shenhua's team has no other obstacles other than competitive sports and can play soccer wholeheartedly. So, regardless of the players' lineup and the team's performance in the past few years, the slogan of competing for the title has to be shouted again.
The opponent is too weak.
Not to mention today's Chinese Super League, there is no worst, only worse. There are basically 4 teams that have hopes of winning the title this season, including Wuhan Sanzhen, Shandong Luneng, Beijing Guoan, and Shanghai Seaport.
First of all, national security is put in there as a complete number. For so many years, Zhonghe Guoan and Greenland Shenhua are basically half-brothers who like to set a goal of 90 points and spend 50 points. Now Shenhua has changed, national security is still the same national security.
On the side of Wuhan Sanzhen, with only eight points from the first five games, there is little chance for Sanzhen to continue their miracle from last season.
More than anything else, for a host of reasons, Tarzan can't even get a coach to talk about the confidence of a title contender.
The same goes for the harbor. The second time, the coach was poached from another team in the Premier League. This time, he is still a more than a local coach with extremely poor level. In addition, Oscar is no longer brave due to the arrest of the former chairman, and all of this is fully reflected in their first five rounds of results.
To summarize, the "low key" fans make a good point. Today's Shenhua is really average, and the foreigners were only at $100 level at the beginning of the transition from old to new. After that, the AFC had to get rid of some of them, and now the injuries are out... Blah blah blah blah... It's not that they're too developed, it's that their opponents are embarrassing. Yes, Shenhua is really weak right now, but the other teams in the Super League are just weaker right now. Shenhua is so dominant, there's no shame in shouting "title contender", let alone poisonous milk.
Also, if you go look at yesterday's circle of friends, you'll realize that you have toxic milk yourself! As it is well known, Shenhua is not without a chance in this year's Chinese Super League.
Of course, the opportunity mentioned here is to "compete for the title", not to win it. Winning the title requires a combination of many factors. At present, Shenhua is not really delusional, but "competing for the title" is an attitude, a more upward drive, a drive that can bring more happiness to the fans, a color more in line with the spirit of the city of Shanghai, but also in the sports industry we have been operating for many years in all areas of the pattern and charm shown.
Shenhua's commitment
With the moment Chairman Chen Xuyuan was taken away for investigation, Chinese soccer once again plunged into a dark quagmire, and the overall image of Chinese soccer plummeted in the eyes of the Chinese people and the international image. It is the common wish of everyone who cares about Chinese soccer to save these reputations.
Just like us at Shenhua, we are privileged to be part of an international club that is involved in all aspects of Chinese soccer, and we have more responsibility and obligation to spread the positive energy of Chinese soccer.
Today, as one of the healthiest professional clubs operating in the Chinese Super League, Shenhua is the first brand in Chinese soccer, whether it's the parent company, the coaches (Coach of the Month for April), the players or the brand.
This season, with a certain advantage in strength, it is Shenhua's mission to show the healthy, good and enterprising image and spirit of their club to the national fans and even international soccer players, which is also the responsibility that Jiuzhi Group and our international metropolis of Shanghai should have.
Such a team is already ahead of all others and still talking about relegation and keeping a low profile. This kind of middle-of-the-road and introverted thinking is suitable for Confucius who bumped into walls everywhere back in the day, but it is by no means the kind of spirituality that Shenhua should have now.
If you don't strive for a better version of yourself, do you expect others to look down on you?
Raising the flag of Shanghai soccer
This is of course a joke. A really good club in Shanghai wouldn't openly say something like that without confidence. Just as I have been bragging about being the "good father in my circle of friends", it shows that I am definitely not a good father in the traditional sense, but rather a way to deceive myself and satisfy my own vanity.
So is the level of soccer. Although there is no need to talk more about such empty words on the mouth, but as the first soccer brand in Shanghai, Shenhua heart must have such a sense of responsibility and accountability.
As said earlier, the article written by Derby a few days ago, the balance of Shanghai soccer has begun to tilt towards Shenhua. It turns out that in terms of achievement, more and more ports carrying the flag of Shanghai soccer, has gradually collapsed. Then this responsibility and obligation, this professional soccer sportsmanship, showing positive, always "one step ahead", is Shenhua have no choice but to carry.
If, under these circumstances, one still sits in first place and expresses the posture of a relegated team, this is not humility, but false pride.
In the future, Shenhua will have to compete for the title every year.
In five games, we didn't see much hope for Shenhua to win the title.
Instead, we see the weaknesses of the other teams this year, we see that we are much stronger than we thought, and we see that we have the confidence and ability to "compete for the title". We can make championship contention our ultimate goal, and eventually we can get a few names.
However, if you don't aim for the title, say relegation transition, but secretly "strive for a better ranking", then I can guarantee that the Shenhua of the first to raise and then inhibit the Shenhua see too much, the last third of the season Shenhua is the lingering image of the label in my mind.
Now, all the conditions are in place to support our slogan "Champions", which is meant to add extra strength to our actions. This power does not leave us with regrets. This power is to adapt in advance to the higher goals of the future. This power is to let more Shenhua fans live a happy time every week. This power is the basic guarantee for Shanghai soccer to be brilliant again.
If you yell "Championship", you'll only get it if you're lucky. But if you don't shout, you will really wait until the moment you feel you are still capable. Maybe a new Evergrande is coming. Maybe there's more pressure on yourself and a wave of injuries comes in. It's not like we haven't savored the results of previous years in the year you risked your life.
Make it a part of your life to "fight for the title" and hold these millionaires to the highest standards. Their performance deserves it, and their fans deserve better!
We have waited too long for this moment. We don't want to hold the trophy in the palm of our hand this year, but shouting "fight for the title" and fighting with this higher goal is what Shenhua needs to do now.
Shenhua is the champion!!!
