On April 25, Beijing time, the fourth round of the FA cup broke out a huge surprise. Defending champion Shanghai Greenland Shenhua was reversed by the second-class team Nantong Zhiyun, and the first round was out.
Last season in the case of not being optimistic, Shenhua finally beat the city rivals to win the FA Cup in Hong Kong, which not only left the latter empty handed in the season, but also won the Asian Championship qualification.
However, Shenhua has suffered a huge decline in the third tier of this season. They are 5-1 in the Asian Championship group match and out ahead of schedule. In the last round of the league, they have been bloodwashed by Jiangsu Suning. In this case, it is a very good choice to use the FA Cup to adjust morale.
In the face of and team Nantong Zhiyun, Shenhua quickly gained two goals in the first half. However, when everyone thought that Shenhua would steadily advance, Nantong broke out an amazing fighting capacity. They scored three goals in the last half hour, and Shenhua was eliminated! Only four days later, Shenhua was hit again.
After recovering in 2011, Shenhua was the second defending champion to be eliminated in the first round, and the last one was Tianjin TEDA. They met Shandong Luneng in the first round in 2012 and were finally avenged by their rivals.