On the evening of January 9, Beijing time, the final of the FA Cup officially began, and Shandong Taishan played against Shanghai Harbor. In the end, Shandong Taishan relied on foreign aid Jia Desong's world wave to defeat Shanghai Haigang 1-0, crowning the double for the third time in the history of the team, creating a new history of Chinese football.
In the history of the FA Cup, Shandong Taishan has won the championship six times, ranking first steadily, and the most recent victory was in 2020. In addition, Shandong Taishan also won the domestic double in 1999 and 2006 twice in a single season, and now has the opportunity to be crowned again after 15 years.
Compared with Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Harbor has never won the FA Cup in history, and the closest one is in 2017, when it lost to Shanghai Shenhua in the final. The two teams have met twice in the Chinese Super League this season, with Shanghai Harbour losing 0-2 and then being forced to draw 2-2 by Shandong Taishan.
In terms of starting, Shandong Taishan sent four foreign aides such as Fellaini, Moises, Sun Zhunhao and Jia Desong, and Shanghai Harbor sent Oscar and Muyi two major foreign aides, in addition, Guo Tianyu, Xu Xin, Yan Junling, Wang Shenchao and other local internationals played.
In the 6th minute, Wang Shenchao's return pass was wrong, and Guo Tianyu's small-angle shot was blocked after the steal. In the 16th minute, Shanghai Harbor tactical corner kick, Oscar crossed to the goal, Yu Hai near the penalty spot pushed out by Wang Dalei, and then Yu Hai was replaced due to injury.
Since then, Shandong Taishan still did not create a threatening attack, and at the end of the half, the score was still 0-0. Shandong Taishan only has a 43% possession rate, a 3-1 lead in shots, a 0-1 lead on goal, and an overall disadvantage.
In the 81st minute, Yang Shiyuan tripped Jin Jingdao, Shandong Taishan won a free kick, in the 82nd minute, Sun Zhunhao directly attacked the goal to hit the crossbar and pop up, Yan Junling pounced on the outside of the penalty area, Jia Desong blasted out a world wave, helping Shandong Taishan 1-0 to the next city, the whole team celebrated wildly.
In the end, Shandong Taishan won the game 1-0, and was crowned the FA Cup champion for the sixth time in the history of the team, setting a new number of times in the history of the FA Cup. In addition, Shandong Taishan also created 5 other records, the first is the third time in the history of the team to be crowned the domestic double champion, becoming the first team of Chinese football, the second is Hao Wei became the first person in Chinese football to win the double championship as a player and head coach, the third is the 12th time in the history of Shandong Taishan team, the fourth is the first time in the history of the team to complete the FA Cup defense, fifth, the interval between winning the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup is the shortest.
In just 5 days, Shandong Taishan won the Chinese Super League and THE FA Cup consecutively, which is also the record for the shortest interval in the history of Chinese football. This night, Shandong fans were once again in a frenzy.