Drinking straight or drunk, Shanghai Shenhua officials unveiled the disciplinary action against Mao Jianqing, deciding to suspend him. Although Shanghai Shenhua did not suffer a suspension in the second half of the season, the team fell to third place in the league, with controversy swirling around Wu Jingui's praise of Wu Lei and subsequent poor performances. While the Mao Jianqing incident has quickly subsided, Wu Jingui's position seems to be increasingly in jeopardy. Looking ahead, Shenhua may have a new face on the coaching bench. Whether Mao Jianqing's claims are true or not, the questions about the coaching team are becoming more and more acute.
As the holiday season comes to an end, Shanghai Shenhua regroups and begins to gather for training. Although the team recruited 11 new players, they were unable to participate in regular matches due to quota restrictions, and could only select 8 players from the U21 league. Foreign aid player Malelai was granted an extension to return to the team, which will not affect the league matches in September. Shenhua's September matches were affected by the Asian Games call-ups, but the FA has yet to introduce compensation measures.
For the first time in Super League history, eight key players were called up at the same time. How to make up for the loss? The intensive schedule made it difficult to rotate domestic players, and the eight U21 players had to train with the team and were unable to participate in the Chinese Super League. For some players, this is an opportunity, such as Liu Ruofan, whose loan spell to China's First Division was the pinnacle of his career, but who has made only six appearances this season due to injury.
Liu Ruofan's performance has been completely overshadowed by foreigner Malelai's steady starts this season, and the three local strikers Zhang Wei and Fernando's two goals each. If not for his youthful fame, Shenhua might have given up on him long ago. His contract expires at the end of the year and has not been renewed. In September, he will face Henan, Cangzhou Lions and Qingdao Hainiu, and the FA Cup will be the key battle.
This is Liu Ruofan's chance to turn things around. If you can explode in four games, even without goals, you can create more threats, and the hope of contract renewal will also increase. Zhou Junchen once again get rid of rumors, Shenhua timely rumors about Mao Jianqing coach accompanied by its drinking claims, no one investigation. Zhou Junchen was previously penalized for violating team rules, and if the rumors are true, it could be a major blow to his career. Zhou Junchen was selected for the Asian Games, but also a good opportunity to show strength and turn the situation around.
Liu Ruofan and Zhou Junchen were once Shanghai Shenhua's brightest offensive twin stars, and were seen as a worry-free Shenhua offense for the next decade. Defensively, Jiang Shenglong and Zhu Chenjie have left the team, and Shenhua's center back has no worries in ten years, but the offensive side still relies on veterans such as Han Chao and Cao Yunding, and the new stars are not performing well. September four games, Shenhua can not afford to lose, especially the FA Cup semi-final against Qingdao Sea Cow, which is Shenhua's only hope this year, to enter the final is "life and death order", can not afford to lose.
