This season, Shanghai Port continued the highlight of last season, after the first 10 rounds, they won 7 wins and 3 draws, undefeated, accumulated 24 points, currently 3 points behind the top Shanghai Shenhua, firmly sitting in the second place in the Super League, considering that Shanghai Port is one less round than Shanghai Shenhua, in fact, the points gap between Shanghai Port and Shanghai Shenhua is almost better than nothing.
After the new coach Muscat took over Shanghai Port, he made some adjustments to the back line, although Wang Shenchao and Zhang Linpeng, the two veterans, are still the main players, but there is no need to play the starter, Wang Zhenao, Wei Zhen and other young defenders, gradually become the focus of rotation, compared with a set of lineup in previous seasons to play the world of SIPG, Muscat in the arrangement of more scientific and reasonable.
However, even so, under Muscat, there are still depressed people. In the central defender position, there is a former defender who was completely ignored and snubbed by Muscat. He is the He habit who has been called up to the national team by Silver Fox Lippi many times.
According to statistics, so far this season, Shanghai Port has played a total of 12 games in all competitions, and He Xi has not had a single appearance under Muscat from beginning to end, and the total playing time is 0, which is not at all within the tactical system of Mu Shuai, and has completely become the decoration of Shanghai Port.
He Xi is 31 years old this year, but he is actually still in his prime. Unlike other SIPG players who were produced in Genbao Football Base, he is a player trained by Shandong Luneng Football School. Since being promoted to the first team of Shanghai Port in 2014, He Xi has played for Shanghai Port for 10 seasons and can be regarded as a generation of meritorious veterans of the Shanghai Port team. From the 2017 season to the 2021 season, He Xi has sat in the main central defender position of Shanghai Port for 5 consecutive seasons, and formed the golden double central defender combination of Shanghai Port with Shi Ke that year, which can be called a generation of defensive iron gates in the history of Shanghai Port team.
He is not only solid defensively, but also has good frontcourt attack attributes. Statistics show that in the past 10 seasons, he has contributed a total of 8 goals and 7 assists for Shanghai Port. Due to his outstanding performance at Shanghai Port that year, He Xi was also called up by the former national football coach Lippi many times to become a defensive warrior of the national team. It can be described as a momentary scenery. Who would have thought that He Xi, who had infinite scenery back then, became a superfluous person at the age of 31 in Shanghai Port and couldn't play the game. Will Muscat still give He a chance to play? Nobody knows.