Nandu News reporter Tao Xinlei on the morning of December 7, Beijing time, the Chinese Super League Guangzhou team announced that Zheng Zhi was appointed as the executive head coach and player of the first team.
In the past 2 years, Zheng Zhi has completed many identity transformations-
On October 27, 2019, the club issued an official announcement that head coach Cannavaro went to the group headquarters to participate in Evergrande's corporate culture study class. During the study period, the captain Zheng Zhi performed the duties of head coach on his behalf.
On June 23, 2020, it was officially announced that Zheng Zhi was appointed as the assistant coach of the first team of Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club.
On December 5, 2020, Zheng Zhi was appointed as the general manager of Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club. The club management model was officially adjusted from the head coach responsibility system under the leadership of the chairman to the general manager responsibility system under the leadership of the chairman.
On January 22, 2021, Evergrande officially announced that Zheng Zhi no longer concurrently served as the general manager of Guangzhou Football Club, and Gao Han served as the chairman and general manager.
On December 7, 2021, the official news of Guangzhou team was that Zheng Zhi was appointed as the executive head coach and player of the first team of Guangzhou Football Club.
Zheng Zhi always acts as a "firefighter". Nandu reporter Li Zhanjun photographed
On August 11, Guangzhou beat Qingdao 5-0 to end the first stage of the Chinese Super League. After that, the former Chinese Super League overlord became the most special team in the offseason. September 23 was originally the day when Guangzhou team regrouped to prepare for the FA Cup and league, and it was also the original date for Cannavaro's coaching team to return to Guangzhou. But the team did not assemble that day. On September 28, it was officially announced that the Italians and the team had officially broken up.
After Cannavaro left, the first team has not been assembled, and the outside world speculates that Zheng Zhi will take over the coaching whip, but it is assistant coach Liu Zhiyu who will eventually lead the team to the October FA Cup. He was led by a youth army of only 15 people, and lost 0-1 to Qingdao Youth Island in the first round of the FA Cup. Guangzhou, which had only four men on the bench, put substitute goalkeeper Guo Jiayu on the second half, while starting goalkeeper Zhang Jianzhi changed his shirt and played as a center instead.
The Guangzhou team, which has not been formally assembled, began to spontaneously carry out continuous training in the vice field of Tianhe Stadium under the call of veteran captain Zheng Zhi in November.
The second stage of the Chinese Super League will restart on December 12, and Guangzhou will face Beijing Guoan in the first round of competition in the championship group on the 13th. The Guangzhou team will be stationed in the designated hotel in Guangzhou on December 11 after a period of closed training at the Panyu training base.
At present, Alain has returned to Brazil for family reasons and will not participate in the second stage of the Chinese Super League; some media say that Axon will also return to Brazil with his family; and Jiang Guangtai and Luo Guofu still have the opportunity to play in the next competition of the Chinese Super League with Guangzhou.
In the first stage, Guangzhou ranked second in the Chinese Super League, only 3 points behind Shandong Taishan, and it is still possible to compete for the championship.