At 15:30 on December 12, Beijing time, in the first match of the second stage of the relegation group of the 2021 Chinese Super League, Shanghai Shenhua defeated the Qingdao team 3-0 at the Kunshan Sports Center. In this game, Shenhua not only ushered in the first victory of the Super League relegation competition, but also had 4 U23 players starting the game, and these young players performed very well. Taking the relegation competition for future training, Shenhua takes a longer-term view.
Shenhua’s 4 U23 players made their debut and 2 made their debut in the season
At the beginning of the season, it was believed that Shenhua was capable of winning the top four with Shenhua’s strength, and could even attack the Chinese Super League champions. However, the results of the first stage of the competition were not satisfactory. Shenhua eventually passed the championship group and could only come to the relegation group in the second stage. In the second stage of the relegation competition, Shenhua has the dual advantages of points and strength. It can almost be said that it is worry-free to relegation. Therefore, Shenhua regards the second stage of the relegation competition as an opportunity to train young players.
In this game, Shenhua did the same. In the starting lineup, 4 U23 players got the chance to start: Zhu Chenjie, Wen Jiabao, Wang Haijian and Wang Yi. Among them, Zhu Chenjie and Wen Jiabao, who returned from the national team, are Shenhua’s main players in the first stage of this season, while Wang Haijian and Wang Yi made their debut in the league this season, especially Wang Yi, who made their debut in the Super League. Throughout the game, the four U23 players performed very well. Whether it is Zhu Chenjie, who has become the main central defender of the national football team, or Wang Yi, who has made his debut, they all showed their usual training level. After the game, Mao Yijun also recognized their performance very much, and specifically mentioned the players who had the chance to make their debut. In fact, He Longhai originally wanted to enter the starting lineup, but was temporarily withdrawn due to injury before the game.
Prior to the match, Zhou Junchen’s appearance in Qingdao will also help Shenhua train troops in the future
In fact, the starting U23 players of the Shenhua and Qingdao teams in this game all came from Shenhua. Qingdao’s U23 player Zhou Junchen, who started this game, is also on loan from the Shenhua team. Originally, in accordance with the two teams’ contract for loaning Zhou Junchen, Zhou Junchen had an evasion clause when facing Shenhua games. But before the game, the two sides had an urgent communication, Shenhua considered from two aspects, and allowed Zhou Junchen to play in this game.
As one of Shenhua’s young players, Zhou Junchen has been loaned to the Qingdao team for two consecutive seasons. From last season, he became the U23 starter in turns with other players, and gradually settled the U23 starter position alone this season. In fact, not only that, in the current lineup of the Qingdao team, apart from foreign aid, there is only Zhou Junchen, a player who dared to take the ball in the frontcourt and can threaten the opponent’s goal. In this game, Zhou Junchen once had a chance to shoot in the penalty area and almost broke through Zeng Cheng’s ten fingers.
Shenhua’s young players will get more opportunities in the next 7 games
For the Shenhua team, there is no pressure to relegation, and in this top-level Chinese Super League, allowing more young players to get the opportunity to play is very beneficial to the team’s long-term construction in the future. Moreover, the current acting head coach of the Shenhua team, Mao Yijun, is an old Shenhua player. He has been an assistant coach in the team all year round and is more familiar with the characteristics of young players. It will also allow Shenhua to benefit more from the use of young teenagers.
With Shenhua’s current points, in any case, it will not fall to the point of participating in the relegation play-offs. Therefore, there will be 7 matches in the relegation group in the future. Through the outstanding performance of the young Shenhua players in this match, they will get more opportunities in the next matches. As long as you seize the opportunity, the next Zhu Chenjie among these young players is likely to appear.
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