In this season's FA Cup, the most surprising team is undoubtedly Shanghai Shenhua. Due to their poor performances in the league, the aging Shenhua team was looked down upon by many fans. But Shenhua, who has regained its strength, has won two consecutive victories after the START OFFA Cup.
Especially in the last round of the FA Cup knockout round, Shenhua defeated Changchun Yatai, the dark horse of this season's Chinese super league, 2-0, bringing a lot of surprises to Shanghai fans. Because in the first stage of the Chinese Super League, Shenhua team had lost to Yatai twice, and South Korean coach Choi Kang-hee also resigned for this reason.
From the score point of view, Shenhua can win 2-0 seems easy, but the actual process of this game is very difficult. Not only were they suppressed by their opponents in the first half, but main full-back Eddie was also sent off for a fierce clash with Yatai's coaching staff in the second half.
In this conflict, a number of Players of the Shenhua Team also participated in it and had physical contact with Yatai's players and coaches, and the scene on the field was once very chaotic, if it were not for the mercy of the referee's men, the Shenhua Team might not have been sent off just one player, Eddie.
In this 8-minute-long conflict, Shenhua coach Mao Yijun and his coaching team members did not intervene at the first time to stop the irrational behavior of Eddie and other players, but Shenhua's foreign defender Jonić stepped forward and pulled Eddie, who was about to start with Yatai's assistant coach.
From this detail, Mao Yijun obviously did not play the role of a manager to maintain the normal order of the team in this clash of Shenhua players, and this also highlighted Mao Yijun's lack of control over the team from another angle. Obviously, Mao Yijun does not have enough prestige in the current Shenhua team to bring enough deterrence to the players in the team, which is one of the reasons why Shanghai fans currently question whether Mao Yijun has enough ability to dominate the Shenhua team.
Since many of the current problems in the Shenhua team have not really been solved, there is no clear conclusion whether the Shenhua team will change coaches next season. For Shanghai fans, what they are looking forward to is a manager who has enough appeal in the team and can have enough prestige in the team.
Therefore, some Shanghai fans also called on the famous owner of the Shenhua team, Fan Zhiyi, the veteran captain who led the Shenhua team to win the championship in the A and A era, to be able to coach the Shanghai Shenhua team that is now in turmoil. You know, at that time, General Fan Da was the most appealing figure in the Shenhua team and even in the entire A-League, and his prestige in the team was completely incomparable to That Offinan Mao Yijun.
Of course, Shenhua's new coach next season is not only Fan Zhiyi, and the current demand is high, as well as the old coach Wu Jingui, who has coached the team several times in the difficult period of the Shenhua team, and the former South Korean coach of the Hong Kong team, Kim Jung-kun. Judging from their seniority and coaching experience, these 2 veteran coaches are much higher than Fan Zhiyi and Mao Yijun.
Whether the Shenhua team will use the new coach or continue to retain Mao Yijun next season depends on how the club's top management will make the final decision according to the team's future construction policy.......