On April 8, the Super Cup match between Shandong Taishan and Wuhan Sanzhen was in progress. According to reporter Li Jianli, China's national soccer team head coach Jankovic, assistant coaches Zheng Zhi and Shao Jiayi were present at the Super Cup match.
Prior to that, Jankovic led the national soccer team to a draw and a loss in two warm-up matches against New Zealand. In the Taishan team, players such as Wang Dalei, Sun Guowen, Liu Binbin, Chen Pu and Liu Yang were selected for the last national team. For Sanzhen, players such as Liu Dianzheng, Deng Hanwen, He Chao, Xie Pengfei and Wei Shihao were also selected for the last edition of the national team.
