On December 12, 1999, in the second leg of the FA Cup final, Taishan team won a 3-2 victory over Dalian Wanda with Romero's hat-trick, lifting the FA Cup championship trophy and achieving the first double championship since the professionalization of Chinese football. It has been 22 years, and now another double-time opportunity is in front of the Tarzan team.
In the 1999 season, it was the second season after Luneng accepted Shandong football, the former southern coach Santrachi became the manager of the team, although he was not optimistic before the season, but Santrachi led the team to advance all the way in the league, successfully reversed Liao Xiaohu in the final round, successfully won a league championship in the club's history, and achieved a major breakthrough in Shandong football.
In the FA Cup, although Taishan experienced some ups and downs, the matches against Guoan and Jilin Aodong were not very difficult, but they still reached the final all the way to the final, and the opponent was the powerful Dalian Wanda at that time. In the first leg of the game, Taishan team visited Dalian, Song Lihui scored, the two teams drew 1-1, and the suspense was left in the second leg.
The second leg moved to Jinan, the game progress was thrilling, Dalian people by Wang Peng to take the lead in scoring, Romero in the second half of the substitute to become a surprise soldier, he scored 2 goals in a row to overtake, in the last moment Dalian team by foreign aid Pitt equalized, at this time Dalian people have an away goal advantage, Taishan team was forced into a desperate situation. In the critical moment, Romero grabbed the point to complete the hat-trick, and the Taishan team won 3-2, thus achieving the great feat of double champion, which is also the first double champion in Chinese football.
Romero, who did not perform much in a season, ushered in a big explosion in the last game, although he did not stay in the team after the season, but Romero is destined to enter the annals of Tarzan's history. Although 22 years have passed, in the memory of many Taishan fans, the second leg of the FA Cup final of that year is still close at hand.
Coincidentally, now another opportunity for doubles is in front of Taishan, the league has the advantage of points, the lineup is neat, the FA Cup has also reached the final, if it can win the championship in two lines, Taishan will win the league and cup double for the third time, which is unique in Chinese football.
Of course, the creation of history requires the efforts of the whole team, and it is expected that the Taishan team will work hard in the next month to bring back a double championship for Shandong fans again.