With the spring breeze, a new chapter of the Chinese Super League is about to be unveiled in the middle of this month (April 20th). Recently, many media reporters have been reporting on the heated first phase of the new Chinese Super League season. With time running out, the teams are stepping into the preparatory sprint stage, with one warm-up match after another as the prelude before the battle.
According to the latest media reports, the groupings for the new season are as follows: Group a Guangzhou Region has assembled Guangzhou Team, Shandong Taishan, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, Henan Songshan Longmen, Guangzhou City, Shenzhen Team, Qingdao Team and Cangzhou Lions; Group b Gusu Region has Beijing Guoan, Shanghai Harbor, Shanghai Shenhua, Hebei Team, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, Dalian People, Wuhan Team and Changchun Yatai. The new season will break the boundaries of strength and weakness between the teams.
Shanghai Shenhua, one of the teams that have made a lot of reinforcement moves in the new season, is in the Gusu Division with city rivals Shanghai Harbor and traditional giants Beijing Guoan. Every matchup between these three teams could have a major impact on the final championship. Shanghai Shenhua brought in three foreigners in the transfer period, namely Bassogo, Jonic and Adrian, to effectively make up for the team's lack of foreigners.
Both Basogo and Adrian are familiar faces in the Chinese Super League, and they have been familiar with the environment for a long time. Jonic, the center back, brings stability to the team with his rich experience in Asian matches. In terms of internal reinforcements, Wu Xi's return is undoubtedly the most crucial attraction for Shanghai Shenhua this season. After Jiangsu Suning announced the suspension of its operations, the champion captain became the target of many title contending teams. In the end, Shanghai Shenhua won the "war of attrition" in a consensual manner.
