At 19:30 on September 29, Beijing time, the 18th round of Chinese Super League will stage a focus battle. Shanghai Shenhua, a veteran Chinese Super League team, faces the average strength of Dalian people.
Recently, although Shanghai Shenhua has suffered from injuries, her overall condition is very good. Including the last round, she defeated Meizhou Hakka 1:0, and Shanghai Shenhua has not lost for five consecutive rounds. With this strong performance, Shanghai Shenhua has also climbed to third place in the Chinese Super League, currently 33 points, which is still 10 points away from second-place Shandong Luneng .
However, Shanghai Shenhua's top four seats are not safe. Teams such as Shanghai Harbour and Henan Songshan who are catching up are eyeing each other, and the points gap is very small. Once a mistake occurs in the next game, they may be squeezed out of the top four in the Chinese Super League. In view of this, in this round, Shenhua coach Wu Jingui will definitely do his best to send the elite main force he can to fight as much as possible.
goalkeeper position, naturally the main goalkeeper Zeng Cheng is at the Shenhua goal; on the defense line, according to Wu Jingui's employment habits, he should continue to play a 4-guard formation in this game, and the four defenders who are likely to get the start will be Bai Jiajun , Jiang Shenglong (U23), Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Lu . Veteran Feng Xiaoting returns to the starting lineup and forms a double central defender combination with Jiang Shenglong; while Bai Jiajun and Zhang Lu will play as wingbacks on the left and right. Among them, the return of veteran Feng Xiaoting is worth looking forward to.
In terms of midfield, there is no doubt that the main midfielder who is responsible for interception and sweeping in Shenhua's midfield will be U23 new star Wang Haijian ; and the two midfielder combination with Wang Haijian should be the national football team's iron midfielder Wu Xi . In the core position of the frontcourt offense, nothing unexpected happened. The former Evergrande ace attacker Yu Hanchao will join forces with naturalized player Qian Jie to serve as the team's offensive dual core. The two teamed up to feed Shenhua's forward line to pass the ball and feed the cake, deliver shells, and provide the strongest firepower support.
on the forward line, if nothing unexpected happens, the one who charges for Shenhua in the frontcourt should be the former international forward striking Yang Xu ; and the one who teams up with Yang Xu should be the genius young player Liu Ruofan . Ace foreign aid Basogo standby on standby. Among them, the performance of young player Liu Ruofan is the most worth looking forward to.
To sum up the analysis, it is expected that Shanghai Shenhua's 11 starting players against Dalian in this game are: Zeng Cheng; Bai Jiajun, Jiang Shenglong (U23), Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Lu; Wu Xi, Wang Haijian (U23), Yu Hanchao, Qian Jiehui; Yang Xu, Liu Ruofan