This season's Chinese Super League has all come to an end, and Shandong Taishan team has won the league championship this season. The Taishan team will continue to attack, and they will face the challenge of Shanghai Harbor team in the FA Cup final. For Shandong Taishan, this is a good opportunity for the team to impact the double championship, under the leadership of coach Hao Wei, can the strong Shandong Taishan team win the double?
With many teams in the Chinese Super League in trouble, Taishan is the most stable team this season. They lost just one game in the league all season, including an unbeaten run in the second stage. They have remained unbeaten in 13 league rounds, and their unbeaten run has extended to 19 in two-tier matches. The strong Taishan team won the Chinese Super League championship after 11 years, winning the fifth crown in the top league of the team's history.
The Tarzans have won two previous doubles, in the 1999 season and the 2006 season. If they can beat Harbor in the final of this season's FA Cup to win the championship, Taishan will win the double for the third time, thus creating the history of Chinese football again. In addition, if the team wins the championship, Hao Wei will become the first coach in the history of Chinese football to lead the team to win the double championship, a record that is also unprecedented.
Harbor team in the Chinese Super League this season and Guangzhou team fiercely to the last round, Zhang Linpeng in the last minute penalty missed, Harbor team thrillingly with a 1 point advantage to beat Guangzhou team, won the second place in this season's Chinese Super League. At present, the core Oscar of the Harbor team is slightly tired, foreign assistant Paulinho has no chance to play in the final, coupled with the strength of the opponent, these unfavorable factors may affect their performance in this game.
In the last 10 games between The Tarzans and Harbors, both teams have won four of their own. In the last four meetings between the two sides, the Tarzan team has won 3 and drawn 1 to remain unbeaten. Among them, in the second stage of the Chinese Super League this season, the two sides have played each other twice, and the Taishan team has 1 win and 1 draw. Judging from the comparison of the two sides' record and strength, the Taishan team has a slight advantage in this game.
The match will be played at 19:30 Beijing time on January 9, when the CCTV Sports Channel will broadcast the match live. Can the Tarzans win another double to make history? Will Harbor end Tarzan's unbeaten run? Fans who support both teams remember to keep an eye on this FA Cup showdown on time.