After a two-week hiatus.
Shanghai Shenhua (soccer team)
In today's afternoon in Kangqiao base full assembly. In addition to Wu Xi and Zhu Chenjie, who are in Doha to participate in the 12-team tournament, as well as Bassogo, who is in Africa with the Cameroonian national team to prepare for the World Qualification Tournament, all the other players will return if there are no surprises, including the four foreign aiders, Moreno, Adrian, Jonić, and Dumbya. The team's recent training will focus on restoring fitness, led by acting head coach Mao Yijun, in preparation for the upcoming World Cup in October.
AFC Cup (soccer championship)
and the second phase in December
China Super League (soccer league)
League.
At present, Shenhua has not yet announced plans to hire a new coach, the original leader Mao Yijun will continue to lead the team to complete the current training and follow-up games. On the day of the team's assembly, offensive coach Kim Hyun-min, defensive coach Cui Chengyong, goalie coach Cui Eun-sung, physical fitness coach Wilk and technical analyst Zheng Jae-sun also returned in full. After completing the first phase of the tournament, these members of the original coaching team have basically decided to stay on after communicating with the club and continue to assist acting head coach Mao Yijun in ensuring the team's training and competition.
Talking about the issue of Shenhua's selection of a manager, the club's general manager Zhou Jun has said: "If it was not for the match against Beijing at that time
national security
With the loss, we would have liked to give more time to Director Mao and the in-house coaches to continue to lead the team." Despite Shenhua's eventual defeat against
national security
, but the club is still considering Mao Yijun to lead the team, "On the one hand, it is difficult for foreign coaches to enter our country during the epidemic; on the other hand, the new coach's familiarity with the team is insufficient." Zhou Jun explained that based on these two considerations, Shenhua will not hire a new coach for the time being.
Of the existing five foreigners, Bassogo has left the country due to a call-up for the Cameroon national team, while the other four foreigners, Moreno, Adrian, Jonic and Dumbya, have not left the country during the holidays and do not need to be quarantined and can return to the team immediately. Cameroon's national team has two World Cup matches in September against Malawi and Ivory Coast. If Cameroon progress from the group stage, it will then play a double round-robin against the top of the other nine groups for five to advance to the Qatar
World Cup
seat, Basogo's return is therefore in doubt and could miss October's
AFC Cup (soccer championship)
Match. For this reason, Shenhua FC will maintain communication with the Cameroon national team.
For domestic players, Wu Xi and Zhu Chenjie represented the
national soccer team
Participate in the 12 strong match. Doha time tomorrow, the first round of the national football team against Australia, captain Wu Xi is expected to start the game, Zhu Chenjie to the youngest international players, "Tiejiajun" newcomer identity is expected to be selected in the 23-man list. The current program shows that the national football team may be stationed in West Asia for a long period of time, Wu Xi, Zhu Chenjie will definitely be absent!
AFC Cup (soccer championship)
Match.
With Shenhua relegated to the relegation group, the original target of the league's top four or even the champion of this season has been labeled as "failure" in advance. Neither the performance in the F.A.C. Cup nor the best ranking in the relegation group can make up for the poor performance of the team in the first stage. After the team regroups, the club will discuss the strategy and future planning for the next phase.
