Before the match against Changchun Yatai, shenhua had as many as seven players in the squad who were drafted and injured by the national team, including Wu Xi, Zhu Yue, Peng Xinli, Zeng Cheng, Zhu Chenjie, Cao Yunding and Adrian, so the team only had 24 players participating in last week's joint training, and this round will continue to change sides.
However, Shenhua's bench depth this season is enough to cope with the current shortage of major generals, and this round will adjust individual positions, and the starting lineup will not rotate too much.
Peng Xinli, who fractured the distal fibula on the right side, and Zeng Cheng, who fractured two ribs, returned to Shanghai from Jiangyin Local Hospital and Suzhou Racing District Hotel on the afternoon of May 11, respectively. The two will recuperate in Shanghai for a period of two or three months, followed by targeted rehabilitation treatment according to the healing of their respective bones.
Also leaving the division on the same day as Peng Xinli and Zeng Cheng was Wu Xi, who was selected for the national football team, and he has joined the national football training camp in Shanghai to prepare for the World Preliminary Tournament. On the morning of May 13, Zhu Yue, a young player who met with the Shenhua first team, received another call-up order from the U20 national youth team and immediately went to Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, where he will follow the U20 national youth team to compete in the Chinese Second Division, which starts this weekend, temporarily absent from the preparation for the Chinese Super League.
After four rounds of matches, in addition to Peng Xinli and Zeng Cheng's serious injuries, there were also muscle strains among players. Cao Yunding did not make the big list for the last round of the tournament due to adductor strain. Before the match against Hebei, Adrian had already shown signs of strain, and for the sake of safety, the coaching staff did not arrange for his starting game. With the team behind and unable to open the game, Adrian came off the bench in the second half and helped Shenhua equalize with a set-piece in the last minute, which aggravated his injury.
Cao Yunding and Adrian went to the hospital for ANI examination, although the degree of strain on both of them was not serious, but both affected the battle and needed a period of recovery. The two players, who missed last week's training session and did not show up at the training ground, were led by their physical coaches to resume training and basically did not risk playing Changchun Yatai. Another player who missed the joint training was Zhu Chenjie, who was still in the recovery period and was determined not to make a comeback in this round.
Before the game, head coach Choi Kang-hee first admitted that the team's current performance did not meet expectations: "Now we are still good in terms of points, but we expect high, and we are not very satisfied with our performance, especially in the last game, which has both regrets and bad points." Subsequently, Cui Kangxi stressed that the result of this round of matches is very critical for Shenhua, "Changchun Yatai is indeed a team that should not be underestimated, the overall strength is very strong, but if we want to continue to maintain a good team atmosphere in the intervals in the future, we must strive to win this game, which requires all players to work together." I hope that the players who have not played much before can have a good competitive state. ”