Yesterday, May 26th, Beijing time, an intense warm-up match was played between two teams at the Dalian People Youth Training Base. As a result, Dalian People cleanly defeated Shanghai Harbor with a score of 4-0. The goal heroes were Lin Liangming, Yan Xianggong, Shang Yin and Fei Yu.
Veteran media personality Chen Hua reported on the match on his social media platforms, revealing, "Shanghai Harbour, coached by Leko, and Dalian People, coached by Xie Hui, engaged in a warm-up match at the Dalian People soccer base late this afternoon, eventually losing by a score of 0-4. National goalkeeper Yan Junling had a great performance and managed to pounce on four close shots to avoid a bigger loss."
Affected by the epidemic in Shanghai, Shanghai Harbor's players have not trained systematically for more than 50 consecutive days, and their overall physical condition is not good. The team only started to recover their fitness after arriving in Dalian recently, and the overall training progress is far behind other competitors in the Chinese Super League.
As a Central League One team, Dalian Ren has no foreign players in its lineup, which consists entirely of domestic players. The 0-4 scoreline shows that the team's overall form still needs to be improved. Oscar's absence magnifies the team's shortcomings.
Although one game cannot fully reflect all the problems, it more or less reveals certain realities. Unsurprisingly, Shandong Luneng remains the favorite to win the title this season.
