At 19:30 on the evening of January 9, Beijing time, the closely watched final of the Chinese Football Association Cup will be played at the Fenghuangshan Professional Football Stadium in Chengdu. In this FA Cup final, there will be 4 major points worthy of fans' attention.
Highlight 1: Shandong Taishan will create Chinese football history if he defends his title
The FA Cup has been held for 23 times, Shandong Taishan has reached the final 12 times and won the championship 6 times, and the last 4 FA Cups have reached the final, worthy of the king of the cup. In the final of last year's FA Cup, Taishan defeated Jiangsu Suning 2-0 to win the championship with goals from Wang Tong and Pele. If they can successfully defend their title this time, they will become the first team in the history of Chinese football to win the double title three times.
Highlight 2: Harbour Shock Team All-Time Cup Title
Compared to Shandong Taishan, who have won the FA Cup six times, the Harbor team has never won the FA Cup, this time it is the second time they have reached the final of the FA Cup, they reached the FINAL of the FA Cup four years ago, but lost to Shanghai Shenhua in the Shanghai derby. If taishan can be defeated, the harbor will write a new history of the team history, and if it loses to Taishan, the harbor will once again face the embarrassment of "four big empty".
Highlight 3: Tarzan's recent battle record is superior
As the two strongest teams in the Chinese Super League, Taishan and Haigang have played each other many times. In the two meetings of the Chinese Super League this season, Shandong Taishan has an advantage of 1 win and 1 draw. The last time the two sides met in the FA Cup was in the semi-finals of 2019, when Harbor played shandong at home, and although Shandong's Liu Yang was sent off before half-time, Shandong still reached the final with a 2-0 win with goals from Fellaini and Zhang Chi. Judging from the recent records of engagements between the two sides, the Shandong Taishan team undoubtedly has a psychological advantage.
Highlight 4: Tarzan's lineup is neat and Harbor has lost the ace of foreign aid
In addition to the seriously injured international Wu Xinghan, the Taishan team's current lineup is quite neat, and all the internal and external supporters in the team can compete in this championship battle. The harbor foreign aid Paulinho Jr. was absent due to injury, and the team could only rely on Oscar and Mui to fight. For the first time this season, Oscar was surrounded by the Tarzan midfielder, the overall performance was lackluster, this time without the assistance of paulinho Jr., whether he could resist the "hanging" of the Tarzan crowd in the midfield was undoubtedly a major attraction of the game.