Three days of continuous propaganda + full line supplement! Shenhua starts the new season

Special correspondent Gan Hui reports On the afternoon of January 9, Shenhua will fly to Haikou to officially start the winter training for the 2025 season. Zhu Chenjie and other international players have been selected for the new national football training list, and after completing the physical examination and test arranged by the club, they have traveled from Shanghai to Haikou on January 8 to participate in the national football training camp, and they will be absent from Shenhua's winter training in Haikou in the first half of the year.

Before the team's departure, Shenhua Club made an official announcement for three consecutive days, announcing the addition of new signings Mineiro, Li Ke, Wang Shilong, and Wang Hanlong. At the same time, Shenhua added the coaching staff and medical team, hiring Oleg Veretnikov as the team's assistant coach, Patrick Prool as the medical rehabilitation officer, and Kamo Betomi as the physiotherapist.

As early as last month, the news that Shenhua would bring in Brazilian striker Mineiro spread far and wide. Last season, Shenhua was runner-up by one point, and one of the important reasons was the lack of ability of the strikers to seize opportunities. Shenhua introduced Mineiro and formed the Brazilian striker combination of Andre and Mineiro in the new season, hoping to improve the goal conversion rate of the attack.

When announcing Mineiro's arrival, Shenhua Club said, "Mineiro has excellent physical fitness and the ability to play in the front court, and he is strong and has a certain speed, he can play multiple positions in the front court such as center forward and winger." His addition will effectively expand Shenhua's tactical play on the offensive end. It is expected that in the new season, Mineiro can help Shenhua achieve better results. ”

At the same time as replacing the foreign striker, Shenhua hired Veretnikov. Unlike last season's assistant coach Vasily, Veretnikov will be in charge of the team's offensive training. Obviously, Shenhua wants to play a two-pronged approach, maintaining their defensive advantage while also improving on the offensive end in order to challenge for better results.

On the defensive side, although Shenhua's performance last season was very good, there are also some hidden concerns, once the defensive midfielder Amadou is injured, the defensive strength and intensity of Shenhua's midfield will decrease. As a versatile midfielder with excellent offense and defense, Li Ke's addition can undoubtedly further strengthen the depth of Shenhua's midfield.

Shenhua's other two new domestic players are both "post-00" players, and Wang Hanlong is a young player born in 2006. With the introduction of these two young players, Shenhua's thinking is also relatively clear. Wang Shilong is an all-rounder in the backfield and has rich practical experience, which can enhance the bench thickness of the defensive line. The arrival of Wang Hanlong can further enrich the reserve of Shenhua's young players and accumulate strength for the future development of the team.

Following the hiring of Robin as the head of sports medicine last year, Shenhua Club has enriched the team medical team this year and formed a new Chinese and foreign medical team to escort the team's third-line operations.

Although Shenhua was assembled on January 6, the team did not carry out regular preparation training in these two days, but spent two days conducting a comprehensive physical examination and various functional tests for the players. After arriving in Haikou, the team can start winter training and devote themselves to training to prepare for the 2025 season.

In Haikou's winter training in less than three weeks, Shenhua arranged four warm-up matches, which have been scheduled for January 18, January 21, January 24 and January 26. The four warm-up opponents are scheduled for Dalian InBev, Qingdao West Coast, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers and Beijing Guoan. However, the specific opponents of the 4 warm-up match days are still being finalized after further negotiations, and it is basically certain that the opponent on the 18th is most likely to be Dalian InBev, a promoted team in the Chinese Super League.

Compared with last season's previous "Equality Cup" against Duhail, Santos and Zenit, Shenhua's warm-up opponents this season have decreased, but these games are also very valuable for Shenhua. Last season, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger's "iron bucket formation" caused a lot of trouble to Shenhua, and Beijing Guoan even sent Shenhua its first defeat of the season, so these two warm-up games are still worth paying attention to. Moreover, after a series of adjustments to the coaching staff and personnel, Beijing Guoan has become one of the favorites to win the championship in the new season.

On January 27, Shenhua will return to Shanghai from the winter training in Haikou, and the team will also usher in a four-day Spring Festival holiday. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Shenhua will once again concentrate on the second phase of training in Shanghai to prepare for the first match of the 2025 season - the "Super Cup" against Harbour.