Shocking news has come in that the Chinese Super League is about to go down in flames on July 17th, with the two main divisions of Suzhou and Guangzhou as solid as a rock. This afternoon, the Shanghai Shenhua team embarked on a journey to Dalian to prepare for this important moment. In view of the epidemic prevention and control, the team will implement a closed-loop management mode of "hotel - training ground" for about three weeks, and is expected to return to Shanghai on July 10th.
The national football team's first game of the 12-team tournament is scheduled to be staged on September 2, and the remaining nine matches in the first phase of the Chinese Super League must be completed by the end of August, when the league restarts, fearing the challenge of a week of double matches. Recently, Shenhua has been using strength training and jogging at its Kangqiao base as a basis for stocking up on fitness to cope with the intensive schedule. The coaching team plans to gradually increase the intensity of training in Dalian and adjust the training content for the last two weeks after the new schedule is finalized.
The two international players Jin Xin Yu and Wu Xi returned from South Korea and the United Arab Emirates respectively, and are currently under quarantine in Shanghai and Suzhou. According to the epidemic prevention regulations, overseas returnees need to carry out a "14 + 7" cycle of isolation, Jin Xin Yu and Wu Xi are expected to be released from isolation on July 5 and August 8, respectively, basically have no chance to Dalian training. During the quarantine period, Jin Xinyu maintained communication with the Shenhua coaching team and practiced independently; Wu Xi accompanied the whole team of the national football team and insisted on daily training under the guidance of Li Tie.
Junior Zhu Yue has returned to Shanghai and will join the Shanghai U20 All-China team to prepare for the final stage of the tournament at the beginning of August, so he will be absent from Shenhua's next training and league matches. Jin Yangyang, a defender who joined Shenhua at the beginning of the year, has returned to the team and will report to Tianjin Jinmen Tigers and participate in training. Unsurprisingly, when the Chinese Super League summer window opens on July 1, Jin will complete his registration and enrollment to represent Tianjin Jinmen Tigers for the remainder of the Chinese Super League season.
Goalkeeper Zeng Cheng and midfielder Peng Xinli have recovered well from their injuries and are now able to walk normally. Although they are not yet able to train with the ball, they will all travel with the team to Dalian to rehabilitate with the assistance of their fitness coaches and rehabilitators. In addition to Wu Xi, Jin Xinyu, Zhu Yue and Jin Yangyang, the remaining 28 players of the first team all participated in this period of Dalian training, which has just finished the U22 national youth team training in Dalian, Wen Jiabao also stayed directly in the same place to meet with Shenhua.
