On March 31, the results of the 2021 Chinese Football Golden Coach Award were released, and Shandong Taishan coach Hao Wei won this honor for two consecutive years. Last season, Hao Wei led Shandong Taishan to win the double title of the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup, and he became the first footballer in the history of the Chinese football team to win the double title as a player and coach.
In the middle of the 2020 season, Hao Wei took over the coaching whip of Shandong Taishan from Li Xiaopeng, although he lost to Beijing Guoan in the second stage of the Chinese Super League that season and did not qualify for the final four, he immediately led the team all the way to the FA Cup championship, but the regret of former coach Li Xiaopeng twice folded in the FA Cup, and thus won the Chinese Golden Marshal Award that year.
Last season, the chinese Super League powers have tightened their silver roots, but Shandong Taishan has bucked the trend, successively introducing strong reinforcements such as Sun Zhunhao, Xu Xin, Ji Xiang and Shi Ke, and locking in the first place in the first stage. In the second stage, Shandong Taishan continued to win consecutive victories, after a 2-0 defeat to Hebei, Taishan locked up the Chinese Super League championship in two rounds in advance, and lifted the long-lost championship trophy again after 11 years. In the FA Cup, Taishan reached the final for the fourth consecutive year and finally won 1-0 against Shanghai Harbour, winning the League Cup double for the third time.
Last season, Shandong Taishan, which had a neat lineup, showed strong competitiveness, which also made Hao Wei's coaching ability have been questioned to a certain extent, and many fans believe that with the strength of Shandong Taishan, any coach can win the championship, and Hao Wei is just the right time. But in all fairness, this statement is false. After taking over the coaching whip of shandong Taishan team, Hao Wei still branded the team.
First of all, Shandong Taishan's offensive means are more abundant, although the role of the center is still indispensable, but the midfielder's back row insertion and the two flanks of the reverse foot inside the goal are impressive. Under Hao Wei's tutelage, the Taishan team changed from a defensive team that stuck to a 4-4-2 formation to a gorgeous division with a pleasing playing style, with 47 goals tied for first place with Guangzhou, while 16 goals conceded were second in midfield after Shanghai Haigang. In the first leg of the Battle of Tianwangshan against Shanghai Harbor, Hao Wei discharged a three-centre-back formation that was not commonly used, hoarding heavy troops in the midfield, firmly limiting the core Oscar of the harbor midfield, allowing the latter to exhaust his physical strength in entanglement with the Taishan midfielder, and the Taishan team finally won a 2-0 victory with the goals of Judsson and Sun Zhunhao.
As a former member of the Jianlibao youth team, Hao Wei was deeply influenced by Brazilian football, and when he first coached the Chinese women's football team, he led the team to play a long-lost technical flow football, and the young Wang Shuang came to prominence under his command. After that, Hao Wei joined Evergrande as a teaching assistant, studying under the famous Brazilian coach Scolari. In recent years, Hao Wei has begun to study Guardiola's tactical play, and the Taishan team has scored with the defender's set-pieces several times in last season's matches. Honestly speaking, Hao Wei is the one who really connects with international trends among China's local coaches.
This season, Taishan's main center Guo Tianyu stayed in the Portuguese Super League, midfielder Xu Xinhe left the team to join Shanghai Harbor, veteran Fellaini is one year older, facing the menacing Shanghai Harbor, Hao Wei and his team face the challenge is still very severe. But the more this situation, the more can show the real coaching level of the coach, Hao Wei should not disappoint the fans. It is estimated that the only wish of Taishan fans now is that Hao Wei honestly stays in the Taishan team and does not go to the muddy waters of the national brand.