On December 1, Beijing time, Shanghai Harbour officially announced that Leco will no longer serve as the team's head coach, and Xi Zhikang will serve as the team's acting head coach. Although he encountered the ups and downs at the beginning of the season, after strengthening the summer window, Haigang did not stand up. Instead, after losing to Henan team, his goal of winning the championship became fourth. Haigang could no longer tolerate Leco's chaotic technical and tactical playing style.
Leco served as the head coach of the Harbour last season, but in the case of the two-front battles, both lost to Taishan and won the double-agricultural kings, but this result still allowed Leco to stay in office.
At the beginning of this season, due to the special circumstances of Shanghai, the Harbour's preparations were not systematic, resulting in a series of consecutive defeats in the first stage and losing hope for the championship early. However, in the summer window, the Harbour still made reinforcements, including signing Vargas, Jiang Guangtai , recalling Wu Lei , and the lineup became the most luxurious team in Chinese Super League .
Although with the help of Wu Lei and others, Haigang once won consecutive victories, but since losing to the newly promoted Zhejiang team 1-2, Haigang suffered a three-game losing streak and was defeated by Tianjin Tiger for the first time. In the 28th round of the match against Henan team, he lost 1-3.
In fact, after losing to Tianjin Tigers, the doubts about Leco reached its peak. His constant confusion in personnel use and stubborn use of the three-guard system have long been proven to be unsuitable for the harbour. Although injuries were an excuse that Leco had been looking for before, after this three-game losing streak, Leco finally couldn't find an excuse.
Before Leco was dismissed, there was news that Harbour may have Sun Xiang as the over-head coach, but in the end, Harbour chose the old coach Xi Zhikang to become the over-head coach.
Since the Harbour's goal this season is the FA Cup, it is unknown whether the coaches will be adjusted in the future.
