A few days ago, when they saw Jiang Guangtai and Liu Dianzuo leave the team and withdraw from the Guangzhou division early, Evergrande fans could not help but giggle in their hearts, thinking that in the last two rounds of the game, Guangzhou team wanted to lie flat and give up the honor of the league runner-up to SIPG, but the 21st round of the Chinese Super League this season proved that the fans were wrong.
Who would have thought that the 41-year-old veteran with a group of local all-Chinese classes could actually pick out the championship team Changchun Yatai composed of several foreign aides, and still win with a score of 2-0.
Judging from the post-match statistics of this game, Guangzhou not only won the score, but also won the scene: up to 62.7% of the possession rate, the shot was more than twice that of the opponent, and there were 573 passes, which was also more than 200 times more than the opponent.
Judging from the post-match statistics, guangzhou's win is a matter of course. What is even more rare is that this match was once again scored by Evergrande Football School "Twin Stars" Ling Jie and Tan Kaiyuan, which is the two of them having such a good performance in two consecutive rounds.
Rookies don't dish! Since Zheng Zhi broke out of the box as the head coach of the team, the "on the verge of disbandment" Guangzhou team was unusually united and burst out of incredible combat effectiveness - Zheng Zhigang led the team to play 7 Games in the Chinese Super League, and won 14 points, achieving an excellent record of 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with an average of 2 points per game.
In these 7 games, in addition to losing to Beijing Guoan on his coaching debut, the next 6 rounds of matches remain unbeaten, the last 5 games have kept clean sheets, and the last 3 rounds have won 3 consecutive games.
In addition to the good record, under the leadership of Zheng Zhi, a number of players who have been questioned in the previous 2 seasons have also begun to erupt, the most worthy of naming are Deng Hanwen and Zhang Xiuwei. Deng Hanwen scored one goal each in the 17th and 19th rounds to help Guangzhou win. Zhang Xiuwei also staged 2 major assists in recent rounds, especially the scalpel-like straight plug in the 21st round, assisting Ling Jie to break the deadlock.
In addition, under the team's dilemma, Zheng Zhi boldly launched the newcomers of Evergrande Football School, and the rise of 19-year-old Ling Jie and 20-year-old Tan Kaiyuan is even more commendable! All of the above fully shows that these players have been used under the leadership of Zheng Zhi.
After the game, Changchun Yatai foreign aid Okore was very strong in the attack of guangzhou. However, compared with the impression of fans, the frontcourt strength of this Guangzhou team is very different from before. But it is these local all-Chinese classes + Evergrande Football School youngsters, but also let the Chinese Super League foreign aid feel a lot of pressure. This can also be said to be the success of the Guangzhou team!
This victory not only won the game but also won the process, and the fans also saw hope. In the comment area of the live broadcast room, some fans said bluntly: "The Guangzhou team in a desperate situation has bred new hope." "Where is the hope? It lies in the young player of Evergrande Football School, but also in Zheng Zhi's coaching ability, as well as the whole team's residual king temperament that never gives up.
Yes, the rookie coach led the team, and also led a group of all-Chinese classes with young players in youth training, to be able to play such content and achievements, which was unimaginable before.
After the game, a live commentator commented on the 41-year-old Zheng Zhi, saying that he played a full game in his starting appearance and played a role in stabilizing the hearts of the army in the midfield. Another commentator, former international Wang Xiaolong, bluntly believes that in the absence of foreign aid, the Guangzhou team of the all-China class can play such a pleasing game, which is a happy thing.
In this game, Evergrande is not only the all-Chinese class, but also the all-Chinese class without naturalized players, but also the all-Chinese class of the local international Liu Dianzuo. This is even more rare! It is no wonder that some fans left a message in the comment area: "After watching a few Evergrande matches, I think Chinese football is ok again."
Wages owed, the team's prospects are uncertain, and Guangzhou in the second stage of this season is a very unpromising team. To some extent, these Guangzhou players are playing football with a "public welfare" heart. Unexpectedly, Evergrande, the "public welfare" that fell to Sisi, still suppressed the Shanghai Harbor, the first "golden dollar football" in the Chinese Super League, in the standings.
In the previous rounds, Guangzhou has been ranking second in the standings with a slight advantage in goal difference, pressing against SIPG, which is also points. However, at the same time that Guangzhou team doubled against Yatai, SIPG was eliminated by Shandong Taishan, losing 2 points, 2 points behind Guangzhou in the standings and ranking third.
The Chinese Super League lost the championship, even the Guangzhou team of the all-China class could not fight, and it also ranked third, as the club with the most golden dollar in the Chinese Super League, and also had the super foreign aid Oscar's SIPG, which could not be said in any way.
Therefore, in the last round, Guangzhou team has a direct showdown with Hong Kong, who must win to win the second place in the league, otherwise the third place will become the laughing stock of the Chinese Super League. The embarrassment is that if you fight for Guangzhou, how will the FA Cup final be done in a few days? This is a difficult problem for Seaport manager Lecco. If the FA Cup loses again, and the Chinese Super League falls to third place, then his coaching results are obviously unqualified.