At the press conference on January 9, the appearance of former Shenhua players Yu Tao and Shen Jun surprised the fans. The two were personally invited by Tang Tian as right-hand men, including assistant coach Li Guoxu, who has an AFC professional coaching certificate, and the club staff said that several of them were "backbone-level" coaches.
Yu Tao represented the Shanghai team in the 2001 National Games and eventually achieved a good result of runner-up. In 2019, Yu Tao returned to Shenhua and began to serve as a reserve team leader, and he has been dealing with Shenhua's young people for the past two years. But he admits that he has never treated them as "children", "just treat them as adults, we need to treat them equally." After 20 years, Yu Tao will once again participate in the National Games in a new capacity, "hoping to impact a better ranking and make up for a regret that year." He said with a smile.
Goalkeeper coach Shen Jun led three young goalkeepers to train on the side of the court, "let the body relax, but the rhythm of the movement can not be slowed down." He said to the goalkeeper. Since retiring, Shen Jun has been a goalkeeper coach in the reserve team for a year and has become accustomed to how to guide young players to higher levels. "At this stage, it is still mainly encouragement, but when it comes to the real game, they will be more demanding."
It is also worth mentioning assistant coach Li Guoxu, during the player period, Li Guoxu once loaned from Chongqing Lifan to the Argentine Boca Youth Team, becoming the "first person in the A-League" of Chinese players. After retiring from the army, he served as the coach of the team's youth team during the Dalian Albin period, and then served as the coach of the Dalian people's reserve team, and has rich experience in youth training.