After playing all the matches in the 2022 Chinese Super League, Shenhua finished 10th in the league (with 6 points deducted by the FA) and returned to Shanghai after six months of drifting. But for the fans, Shenhua's journey is not over yet, as the club is undergoing a share reform, and everyone is looking forward to an early determination of Shenhua's future, so that the team can stabilize its army as soon as possible and move forward towards a new goal.
Photo: Shenhua players pose for an official photo (below)
The team has been through the mill.
In this chaotic season, many former powerhouse teams have been disfigured due to financial crisis. Evergrande, the eight-time champions of the Chinese Super League, were finally relegated today, together with Guangzhou. The "pallbearers" are Wuhan Changjiang and Hebei. The latter two were deducted nine points by the CFA for non-payment of wages, and naturally could not escape the fate of relegation. Promotion horse Wuhan Three Town became the new champion of the Chinese Super League 11 years ago to replicate the miracle of Evergrande, which many people did not expect. However, Sanzhen investors cost much less than Evergrande chairman Xu Jiayin. In this context, Shenhua also experienced trials and tribulations this season.
Foreign aid is only left with Bassogo and Bolaños (the former is absent from the league because he has participated in the World Cup), the locker room suffered a large number of injuries in the middle of the season, and failed to gradually solve the arrears of wages in accordance with the time node, was deducted 6 points by the Football Association. In addition, the new crown virus invaded ...... at the end of the Super League Fortunately, with the support of the club management, under the leadership of Wu Jingui's coaching staff, the Shenhua team relied on the professional and self-discipline and self-discipline, to overcome a variety of unfavorable factors, and played well in the first stage. In the middle and late stages, the veterans fought tenaciously and eventually achieved 14 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses in 34 rounds of league matches, including reversing last season's champion Shandong Taishan, forcing Super League champion Wuhan Sanzhen to a draw and defeating city rivals Seaport.
In the end, facing difficulties Shenhua finished the relegation season ahead of schedule and finished 10th in the league. After defeating Shenzhen League in the last round, head coach Wu Jingui thanked all Shenhua players for their efforts, "for always showing good form and attitude in a long season, and going all out for every game." Jin Gui said the players worked hard and the coaching staff is proud of them.
stock market reform pending good news
Although the league is over, Shenhua back in Shanghai can only rest for a while. From January 4, the drums will be beating again in the FA Cup. According to the plan, the team will travel to Suzhou on January 2 for a quarterfinal match against Cangzhou Lions. In recent seasons, Shenhua won the FA Cup twice, in 2017 and 2019. But fans are more concerned about the future of Shenhua FC than the FA Cup.
The results are yet to be officially announced in the process of pushing forward the club's share reform. At the end of the year, more than 20 players at Shenhua had their contracts expire, which is the latest node in the FA's requirement for clubs to resolve wage arrears. According to the FA's requirements, clubs must resolve all historical wage arrears by Dec. 31, 2022, and submit relevant vouchers by Jan. 6, 2023, or be penalized by relegation or disqualification from admission. For Shanghai's soccer business card Shenhua, it can be said that the current share reform is led and moved. "Arrears of wages on the 31st resolved?" "Zhejiang team to introduce Qianjie give, Shenhua players when to renew their contracts?" Old fans worry about whether Shenhua will not be able to catch up with the deadline, or even the danger of being relegated?
At present, the Shenhua Music Department's shareholding reform work is being actively promoted. The handover between the new shareholders and Greenland Group has a large number of issues that need to be negotiated and dealt with, including a large number of salary arrears, the team's future line-up structure, and players' contract renewals, which require more patience and pragmatism from all parties. The music department is also ready for both ends of the spectrum, and the team is still actively preparing for the FA Cup. However, the team is very untidy in terms of personnel after a season when the Cangzhou Lions had a squad of, probably, mainly young players. The good news is that the FA Cup is open to fans, and tickets for the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center have already been sold. A season of fans will finally have a chance to cheer for the Shenhua team. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Jin Lei)
