A soccer feast with a distinctive collision of northern and southern styles. The Shanghai team, like the spring breeze, demonstrated the charm of the southern style of soccer with delicate ball control; the Shandong team, like the north wind, relied on tough physical confrontation and tactical counter-attacks, which interpreted the essence of Yin Tiesheng's 29 years of coaching. In the group stage, the two armies have already exchanged blows, and now in the final, the two sides touched each other and quickly integrated into the competitive rhythm. In the 39th minute, Shandong player Yang Yang accurate direct, Li Yuanjie shot through the net, Shandong team to 1-0 lead. In the second half, Shanghai attacked like a tidal wave, but Shandong's solid defense and sharp counterattacks made Shanghai's defense as if walking on thin ice. The final whistle blew, the score was fixed at 1-0, Shandong team won the championship, the gold medal into the pocket.
Back on November 26, 1999, also in the golden autumn, Taishan met Shanghai Shenhua in the final of the F.A.C. Cup. Shenhua had just been crowned champions of the first division, and Xu Genbao's team was expected to have the last laugh. However, only 4 minutes into the game, Cebu Maozhen assisted Tang Xiao Cheng's blistering goal to give Taishan the lead. Li Xiaopeng added a header in the 20th minute to extend the lead to 2-0, and although Shenhua then launched a frantic counter-attack, with Xie Hui and Fan Zhiyi narrowly missing the other team's goal, Taishan had the last laugh and pocketed the AFC Cup title, making Yin Tiesheng's position as the godfather of Shandong soccer even more secure.
Years go by, 29 years later, Yin Tiesheng once again responded to Xu Genbao with a victory, thirty years, the wind and water turn, now Shandong again lead the way.
