In the second leg, with a 0-0 draw with Dalian, Harbour advanced to the final four of the FA Cup with a 3-0 advantage in the first leg and will face their opponents Shanghai Shenhua in the semi-finals. In this game against Dalian, The Harbour seems to have some reservations in terms of tactics, employment and physical fitness, and Oscar has finally returned from injury, but the Harbor thigh still needs to find form.
In the first two rounds of the FA Cup, the Harbor team was difficult to pass, and in the first round, with Li Shenyuan's killer, they defeated the Chinese Second Division team Xi'an Wolves 1-0. In the second leg of the match, Harbor once fell behind in the match with the Chinese League One team Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic, and finally won 2-1 with Lu Wenjun's penalty. In the quarter-finals against the Chinese Super League team Dalianren, Haigang instead showed a better state, and won a 3-0 advantage in the first leg, basically laying the foundation for the promotion situation.
Facing Dalian in the second leg, although Lyco had always stressed before the game that he hoped that the team would play aggressively and not think of making progress, from the perspective of the actual game process, The Harbor did not win against dalian people who started with 9 U23 players. It should be known that in the harbor lineup, Yu Hai, Mai Tijiang, Lu Wenjun, and Fu Huan have been selected for the national team, and Chen Wei, Li Shenyuan, Wei Zhen, Hu Jinghang, and Abra Khan have also been selected for the national brand teams at all levels, and the advantage of personal strength is very obvious. However, in the face of Dalian's youth storm, the harbor team can be described as invincible, but Dalian people have created the closest opportunity to break the goal in the whole game.
In the next FA Cup semi-final, The Harbour team will welcome the same city rival Shanghai Shenhua. The good news for Seaport is that core foreign player Oscar has returned from injury. Previously, Oscar suffered a compression fracture of his right toe for several weeks. In this game, Oscar came off the bench for 30 minutes, wasting a close-up header to break the goal, and still need to find the form. It is believed that in the semi-final with Shenhua, Oscar will be defended by Peng Xinli, Sun Shilin and other players in turn, and how he and Paulinho form a midfield double core is very critical.
In terms of foreign aid, the harbor currently only Oscar and Paulinho can play, while The Shenhua team has Moreno, Jonić, Adrian and Dumbia to choose from. In terms of domestic players, the three main players of the harbor defense, Yan Junling, Wang Shenchao and Li Ang, followed the national team to the round of 12, while Shenhua only Wu Xi was unable to play. Judging from the comparison of the hard strength of the two teams, Shenhua seems to have the upper hand slightly.