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| ◇photo courtesy of the Korea Professional Football Association |
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| ◇한펑 대행. Photo Source = Shandong Taishan Club website |
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It turns out that Shandong Taishan, the Chinese Super League that virtually kicked out Choi Kang-hee, has been looking for a new foreign coach while giving his own coach the acting head coach position.
On the 18th (Korea Standard Time), Tencent in China quietly began recruiting foreign coaches while Shandong continued its good atmosphere with its recent consecutive wins under acting coach Han Feng. Han Feng's chances of staying in charge after the end of the season have been significantly reduced,' it said. "According to sources, more than 23 resumes have been submitted from 12 countries, including Spain, Portugal, Germany and Belgium," he said, adding that `there are several managers who have won the European second division.' This confirms that Shandong is still an attractive team as a super league powerhouse. As for Han Feng, who was praised earlier, questions have been repeatedly raised about his relatively lack of coaching experience and his ability to command large games. The board of directors believes that foreign leaders will achieve technical and tactical developments' If Han Feng stabilizes the team for the rest of the season and lays a solid foundation for a successor, he will successfully fulfill his mission. A club official said Han Feng's contribution will be respected, regardless of whether he stays or not.'
Shandong returned home last month to undergo knee surgery and will be off for the time being. Coach Han Feng will take over as an acting coach, but he did not specify when he would return. Local media viewed the announcement as a de facto change of coach. Critics said that he virtually kicked out Choi, who had been under constant pressure to resign.
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Shandong won three games and lost two in five games under Han Feng. He recently beat Changchun Yatai and Shenzhen Xinfengcheng, and succeeded in winning back-to-back games in about four months after winning three consecutive games in mid-April. However, it is difficult to say that the performance is still very good in that there is only one scoreless game out of the five games against Major U Haaca (3-0), which is on the fringes of the relegation zone. It is encouraging that he has entered a sense of stability after successively winning the Han Feng acting system.
The agency system is a double-edged sword. As he is a temporary manager, the fate after the end of the season is uncertain. The agency's goal is to achieve good performance in the rest of the season and promote to the coach, but most accept 'timely fate'. The club makes sure that the acting president is not shaken while proceeding with the process of selecting a successor as secretly as possible. However, Shandong seems to publicly announce the process of appointing the next coach from more than a month after the acting Han Feng system. Although there are still many season schedules left, it is a situation where Han Feng is exhausted.
Shandong declared withdrawal just before the Ulsan HD match in the 2024-2025 Asian Champions League Elite League phase. The cause was the crowd's provocation with Chun Doo-hwan's photo in the previous home game against Gwangju FC. In the end, he was suspended from AFC-hosted tournaments for the next two years, as well as forfeited losses and records expungement from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
