On March 24, Shandong Taishan, who was training at the base, played the second warm-up match with Qingdao Manatee, a total of 3 quarters and 120 minutes in this game, And Taishan lost the ball in the 3rd quarter, losing to the opponent 0-1, and failed to win two consecutive warm-up matches. The good news for the Taishan team is that two core foreign players Fellaini and Sun Zhunhao have returned to China, and the two can participate in joint training in April.
The Taishan team has been staying at the base for training recently, and the whole team is also closed management to ensure safety. On March 20, Taishan and Qingdao Manatees played their first warm-up match, li Hailong scored one goal in the first half, and in the second half, Taishan arranged for young players to play, and the manatees seized the opportunity to score two goals. On the 24th, The Tarzans and Manatees had a second warm-up, and the starting lineup of this game was slightly adjusted from the previous one. Shi Ke made a comeback, he and Zhao Jianfei partnered in the center back, Song Long and Wang Tong continued to start, Dai Lin positioned before the back, Qi Tianyu, Huang Cong, Zhang Chi, Chen Pu and Duan Liu Yu continued to start, and the goalkeeper was Han Rongze.
Qingdao Manatee is the starting line-up led by former international Xiao Zhi, who won the Chinese Second League last season and returned to the Chinese First Division. This season, Yin Tiesheng led the team also want to strive for better results, they have played a number of warm-up matches before, and the whole team has a good rhythm. In this warm-up match, the two teams played 3 quarters, the first two quarters were 45 minutes each, and the third quarter was 30 minutes. In the 90 minutes of the game, neither team scored a goal, playing 0-0, and Hao Wei also gave more players the opportunity to play.
In the last 30 minutes of the game, The Taishan team arranged more post-00 players to play, and qingdao manatees seized the opportunity to score the only goal of the game by Chen Jiaqi. In the end, the 120-minute match ended, and the Taishan team lost 0-1 to Qingdao Manatee. Compared with the results of the warm-up match, the purpose of the Taishan team to examine the players is more clear, at this stage, the Taishan team has 7 international players participating in the World Preliminary Round of 12, and more than 10 young players have been selected for the national brand at all levels, the training preparation of the first team is indeed affected, and the coaching team can only try to overcome.
On the 24th, the good news of the Taishan team was that Sun Junhao returned to China, and he departed from South Korea to arrive in Qingdao, where he will be quarantined in the future. Sun Zhunhao is the core of the Taishan team's midfield, last season's offensive and defensive performances are excellent, in early 2022, Sun Zhunhao has completed the renewal of the contract with the Taishan team, the new contract until December 2026, the future for a long time, Sun Zhunhao is expected to become the core of the Taishan team.
Under normal circumstances, Sun Zhunhao will be quarantined in Qingdao for two weeks, and it is expected that he can return to Jinan around April 8, and then quarantine at home as required, and he can also restore his physical condition as soon as possible to prepare for the new season of the league. In addition, Fellaini has arrived in Shanghai on the 23rd, and he and Sun Zhunhao will return to the team one after another. The latest news shows that the new season of the Chinese Super League will start with a conference format, and it is expected that the first 8 rounds will be played in the conference system, and then according to the local conditions, we will fully resume home and away games, and all teams must also be prepared.