Although Shandong Taishan won their third consecutive FA Cup last season, the failure to defend their Chinese Super League title did seem a little out of place.
After all, with most clubs in the Chinese Super League in the doldrums, Taishan's only rival for the title is Shanghai Port. Shanghai Port's problem of dropping the ball at crucial moments in consecutive seasons has yet to be solved, so Taishan's defense of the league title has stabilized.
But who did not expect, the Super League promotion horse Wuhan three towns so strong, in the league has been beating Taishan ranked first in the standings, although Taishan in the second half of the league will be the two teams points gap, but due to the last round of the league rivals Tian Jinmen Tiger and Beijing Guoan respectively quit, and ultimately the Taishan team or net goal is less, the runner-up.
There are many reasons for the failure of Taishan's title defense. In addition to many objective factors, coach Hao Wei's poor management of the team is also the main reason. At the beginning of last season, Hao Wei was Shu burst black material, the end of the season, Dailin and Wu Xinghan turn over one after another, enough to prove that the internal management of the Taishan team how chaotic.
As a result, many Shandong fans and media called for Hao Wei's dismissal after Taishan failed to defend their title last season. Recently, there are a lot of news about Taishan's coach replacement for the new season. According to the latest news, Hao Wei's predecessor, Li Xiaopeng, is expected to return to Taishan in the new season and take charge of the team again.
At the beginning of 2021, Li Xiaopeng resigned from all positions at Taishan FC and moved to Wuhan. At the end of the same year, Li Xiaopeng replaced the dismissed Li Tie as the interim head coach of the Chinese men's soccer team. Due to the poor performance of the leading team, Li Xiaopeng has been idle at home after the end of the national football world preliminaries. Recently, Li Xiaopeng officially stepped down after the FA officially announced that Kovic had become the head coach of the national soccer team.
Now, Li Xiaopeng is expected to return to the Taishan team. As you know, the position of national soccer coach is a "black hole", for so many years, both foreign coaches and soil coaches can not retreat. The situation of Taishan team is completely different, Li Xiaopeng has played for Taishan team for more than 20 years since he was a player, which is definitely a merit.
Although Li Xiaopeng never won any tournament championships during his time coaching the Taishan team, his prestige in the team was quite high. He never had any negative news while coaching the Taishan team, which proves Li Xiaopeng's high emotional intelligence and management ability.
At present, the strength of Taishan team is definitely at the top level of the Chinese Super League. As long as the team can be well managed, Taishan will definitely become the strongest competitor in the new season's Super League championship.
In addition, two of Taishan's title rivals - Shanghai Harbor and Wuhan Sanzhen - have been greatly weakened by both teams this year. Due to the fall of Chen Xuyuan, the new season Harbor team can no longer invest in signings as recklessly as before without being restricted by the FA's salary limitation policy. Wuhan Sanzhen's top scorer Malcolm has moved away from West Asia, and the strength of the strikers has been severely damaged.
In the winter window to introduce a number of new assistance Taishan team, as long as the team can maintain the stability of the team, under the leadership of Li Xiaopeng again to win the double title of the Chinese Super League will be a great hope!
