On July 6th at 7:35 PM, Shanghai Shenhua will face Shandong Taishan in the 18th round of the Chinese Super League. Before the match, *Oriental Sports Daily* reported that due to schedule adjustments, Shenhua will face a challenging four-game away trip, which will be a significant test for the team.
The media reported that what truly concerns the Shenhua coaching staff is the fact that with the Chinese national team qualifying for the 2026 World Cup Asian Qualifiers Round of 16, the originally scheduled 24th round of the Chinese Super League, set for the weekend of August 24th, has been moved to July 20th to 22nd. As a result, Shenhua’s away match against Cangzhou Lions has been scheduled for the evening of July 22nd. Combined with the FA Cup fifth round match against Shenzhen Pengcheng on July 17th, the away match against Wuhan Three Towns on July 29th, and the match against Beijing Guoan at the Workers’ Stadium on August 4th, Shenhua will embark on a grueling four-game away trip from north to south and back, with the difficulty and intensity being self-evident.
The report states that this is not the first time this season that either Slutsky or the Shenhua players have encountered such a situation, and Slutsky’s “answer” remains the same: focus. “Right now, we are only focusing on the upcoming match, and we will deal with the rest later.”
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