After four months, the Chinese Super League has begun a new journey. As an eight-time champion Guangzhou team, under the experience of an unprecedented financial crisis, it still assembled the team on time, and the team led by Zheng Zhi fired the first shot of impacting the championship. In the first round of the match against the old rival Guoan, the new coach Zheng Zhi handed over a satisfactory answer sheet.
Due to the lack of wages, Gaulat in the Guangzhou team terminated his contract early and voluntarily gave up his Chinese citizenship to return to Brazil. Axon and Alain have also returned to China and started a journey to stay in the ocean, and the future of Fernando, Luo Guofu and Jiang Guangtai is still unclear, and they have not returned to the team. Therefore, the all-China class boldness that Xu Jiayin made five years ago is now realized in a way that is forced to be realized. However, guangzhou team also has Wei Shihao, as well as Yang Liyu, and Wu Shaocong, the team still has a future, not to mention that the team soul Zheng Zhi has always accompanied the team, which is the foundation of the giants.
In the face of a more neat lineup of Guoan, Zheng Zhi did not easily give up the possession of the midfield, they got 51% of the possession, the whole game exploded 16 shots, including five hits the goal frame range. No one dares to imagine that this is the offensive level of an all-Chinese class team, although due to the individual ability of the players, guangzhou team did not score, but such a temporary patchwork of all-China class Evergrande is enough to be respected. In the end, Beijing Guoan won a small victory with Zhang Yuning, who played a brilliant role in the round of 12, which also left a decent position for the Evergrande team.
Imagine the last time the two teams met, on November 2, 2020, when Guangzhou and Guoan were fighting for a ticket to the Final of the Chinese Super League. At that time, the combination of Paulinho and Talisca in Guangzhou was luxurious, with Fernando, Axon and Park Ji-so, evergrande who could think of today's dilemma. Of course, Guoan also had the three aces of Bakambu, Augusto and Vieira at that time, and in the end, Guangzhou won 3-1. A year later, Evergrande lost 0-1, and the huge gap in the score can also prove the huge change of the team in a short period of time.
Of course, Zheng Zhi's stay in the team made fans see the hope of the revival of the Guangzhou team. As the debut of his coaching career, Zheng Zhi showed great calmness and sophistication in the game, and his strong psychological quality also set a good example for the players. Under his leadership, the guangzhou team and Guoan's first battle, the scene did not fall behind, especially in the midfield of the ball, very reasonable and methodical, the penetration of short passes layer by layer, a good reflection of the characteristics of this group of Guangzhou players. More importantly, Zheng Zhi has captured people's hearts, the players' hearts are still there, and the cohesion of the team is still there.
Such a stunning debut is not only admirable that Zheng Zhi's coaching career will be a great success. As the most reliable captain of the national football team in the past decade, Zheng Zhi can be said to have paid everything for Chinese football. Whether in the national football team or in the club, he is the most trustworthy person around the players and coaches. Now 41 years old, he had to stand alone, but the 90-minute game was enough to confidently put Guangzhou in his hands. In the future, his future is still bright, if he can get experienced in the Chinese Super League as soon as possible, then the position of the national football coach will be none other than Zheng Zhi, which is the pride of Chinese football.