On March 20, the Shandong Taishan team, which was training at the base, played a warm-up match with the New Army Qingdao Manatee in the Chinese League A. In this game, the Taishan team lineup is not neat, many international players and foreign aid are absent, Hao Wei arranged two sets of lineups to play, giving more young players the opportunity to play and inspect new people. In the end, Taishan lost 1-2 to Manatees, and Li Hailong scored a goal. According to the arrangement, on the 24th, the Taishan team will have a second warm-up match with qingdao manatees.
The Taishan team originally planned to go to Guangzhou for intensive training, but due to various factors, the Taishan team could only stay in Jinan to train. Although the tarzan team's base conditions are excellent, finding a warm-up opponent has become a problem. On the 16th, The Qingdao Manatee coached by Yin Tiesheng arrived in Jinan for training, and the Taishan team also agreed to play two warm-up matches with the Manatees, which were on the 20th and 24th.
At this stage, the foreign aid of the Taishan team has not yet returned to the team, and there are also many people recruited by the national brand, Wang Dalei, Zheng Zheng, Ji Xiang, Liu Yang, Liu Binbin and Jin Jingdao have been selected for the national football team, Abdul Suli and Fang Hao have been selected for the U23 national football team, and a number of young players have been selected for the U21 and U19 national football teams, more than 25 players have been recruited, and Hao Wei can only examine more young players. Meanwhile, Tarzan's U21 echelon is preparing for the AFC Champions League, and the team is also facing a disorganized squad.
In the warm-up match against manatees on the 20th, Hao Wei's goal is to adjust the state of the players and examine the newcomers. Judging from the team's starting lineup, Experienced players such as Song Long, Zhang Chi, Dai Lin, wang Tong and other experienced players started, Han Rongze, Li Hailong, Chen Kerui and others also got the opportunity, and Duan Liuyu, who returned from the national football team, partnered with Chen Pu on the front line. In the first half, the Taishan team relied on Li Hailong's goal to lead the Manatee 1-0.
In the second half of the game, the Taishan team replaced most of the starters and arranged more young players to play, of which the post-00 players were the mainstay, and the Qingdao Manatees seized the opportunity to set the ball twice to overtake the score. In the end, the Tarzan team lost 1-2 to the Manatees. On the 24th, the Taishan team will have a second warm-up match with the Manatees, when Hao Wei will arrange more players to play to help the players adjust their status and achieve the purpose of inspecting new people.
In addition, the news from the German transfer market shows that The Taishan team has completed the renewal of many players. Goalkeeper Wang Dalei's new contract will be renewed for 3 years until December 2024, Liu Binbin, Zheng Zheng and Wang Tong will be renewed for 5 years, and the new contract will be until December 2026. Qi Tianyu renewed his contract for 3 years, the new contract until December 2024, Dai Lin renewed his contract for 2 years, and the new contract until December 2023. Overall, the Taishan team still maintains the stability of the lineup, and the taishan team will retain the main framework of last season's championship in the new season, and make appropriate reinforcements.
In terms of foreign aid, Jia Desong has arrived in Guangzhou for quarantine, Sun Zhunhao will also leave for China, Fellaini and Delgado still need to wait patiently, and as for the new foreign aid, the Taishan team is also going through all the formalities. Judging from the current situation, the new season of the Chinese Super League is likely to start on April 23, and now the Chinese Super League teams are still preparing according to the home-away plan, as to whether they can finally restore the home and away games, it depends on the specific situation.