On December 29, Beijing time, the 20th round of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou challenged Hebei as an away team. In the 12th minute of the game, the 18-year-old Ling Jie, who started the game, scored his debut goal in the Chinese Super League to help Guangzhou team to the next city.
As a young player trained by Guangzhou Evergrande Football School, Ling Jie was appreciated by executive head coach Zheng Zhi after the naturalized players in the second stage of the Chinese Super League left the team. He has played in 6 consecutive games, including 2 starts, and has become the main rotation player of Guangzhou. Today's game, only 12 minutes after the start of the game to get the debut goal of the Chinese Super League, helped him build his confidence tremendously.
As a 18-year-old young player, if it were not for the serious crisis of the Guangzhou team, I am afraid that many fans would not have had the opportunity to know him. In fact, he was well-known during his studies at Evergrande Football School, and as early as 2017, at the age of 14, he was selected for the U16 national football training team. In 2020 and 2021, he was selected for the U19 and U18 national football training teams and is a very promising frontline killer.
As an excellent player cultivated by Guangzhou Evergrande Football School, in the 2019 La Liga Hope Cup U16 match, he eliminated La Liga powerhouse Atletico Madrid twice in the quarterfinals, and finally won the Golden Boot of the event. And Ling Jie also won the appreciation of the Head Coach of Atletico madrid for his amazing performance in this event, and once wanted to bring him to Atletico Madrid.
Although he was unable to go to Atletico for further study in the end, he is now able to play in the Chinese Super League at the age of 18 and score early. Next, Ling Jie only needs to maintain a non-impatient mentality, and strive to sit in the main or semi-main force of the Chinese Super League next season and accumulate more game experience. In this way, we can look for opportunities to use the Chinese Football Association's plan to stay abroad and strive to become the star of hope for the future of Chinese football.
Speaking of Chinese football, we have to mention Zheng Zhi, the current executive head coach of guangzhou. We often joke that if the Chinese national football team had 10 Zheng Zhi, then we would have rushed out of Asia to reach the Final Round of the World Cup. Having 10 Zheng Zhi is just a joke, but we can cultivate 10 players like Zheng Zhi. As a master and apprentice, Ling Jie is more or less similar to Zheng Zhi. Anyone familiar with Zheng Zhi knows that he can play in all positions except goalkeeper. Although Ling Jie is only 18 years old this year, he has the same experience as Zheng Zhi, and he has also played as a midfielder and defender.
If, in the future, he can complete the dream of staying in the ocean and play a world overseas like Zheng Zhi. Then, he is really expected to become the second Zheng Zhi and become the future of Chinese football.