With Zhejiang and Chengdu Rongcheng rushing to the top, Dalian and Qingdao relegated, the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League has also come to an end. Next, it will enter the time period for the national football team to prepare for the World Preliminary Round, and there will be a world preliminary round of 12 matches in January, February and March, so the Chinese Super League in the 2022 season will most likely not start until April. The Chinese Super League teams are currently in a state of recuperation, but some clubs have already begun to prepare for next season.
1. Guoan officially announced Xie Feng as the new manager
After the end of the second stage of the Chinese Super League, Guoan completed the contract with Croatian coach Bilic, but the Yulin Army quickly found a new manager, and the team's old minister Xie Feng officially took over the coaching seal and became the new head coach of Guoan.
At noon on January 14, Guoan officially announced the news that Xie Feng was the new manager of the team. The 56-year-old Xie Feng debuted in the Beijing team and played for beijing and Shenzhen as a player, which can be said to have the DNA of the Guoan team. After retiring, Xie Feng also has rich coaching experience, having served as assistant coach and head coach of Shenzhen team, assistant coach and acting head coach of Beijing Guoan, and also coached Hebei team and has a good team leadership performance.
Guoan wrote in the official announcement: Xie Feng is good at discovering young people, and when coaching the Beijing Guoan and Hebei teams, he has trained many outstanding young athletes. In terms of tactics, Xie Feng's guidance pays attention to defense, set-piece tactics are changeable, and the on-the-spot command ability is strong.
And Bilic quickly finalized Xie Feng as the new coach after the termination of the contract, Guoan's action is very rapid, the club's development ideas are also very clear, in the current Chinese football environment is not clear, instead of spending a lot of money to hire foreign coaches, it is better to reuse the local manager, so as to save wages.
2. The AFC Champions League East Asia group stage will be held from April 15 to May 1, and the final will be held in February next year
The AFC Football Federation officially announced the AFC Champions League schedule for the 2022 season, and due to the epidemic and the Qatar World Cup, the new season of the AFC Champions League will be held on New Year's Eve.
According to the schedule, the AFC Champions League East Asia competition will be held in the group stage from April 15 to May 1, with a centralized conference format, followed by a knockout stage from August 18 to 25, with a single-game tiebreaker, and the final final will be held on February 19, 2023 and February 26, 2023 (West Asian teams host and then away).
The teams representing Chinese Super League teams in the AFC Champions League in the new season include Shandong Taishan, Guangzhou, Shanghai Haigang and Changchun Yatai, because it is a centralized tournament system and may conflict with the Chinese Super League, so these four teams will play in the AFC Champions League as the main first team or youth team, and it will not be decided until before the game.
3. German transfer: Shenhua player Moreno joined the Colombian National Athletic on his own
Moreno, a meritorious foreign player whose contract expired with Shenhua, joined Colombian team National Athletics as a free agent.
According to the latest news from Germany's "Transfer Market", Moreno's club is National Athletic, and the two sides have basically completed the signing. The 35-year-old Moreno, who played for National Athletics from 2008 to 2010, is also a return to his old club.
As a meritorious foreign aid of Shenhua, Moreno has made a total of 265 appearances for the team since joining Shenhua in 2012, scoring 86 goals and winning the FA Cup twice with the team. In the 2021 Chinese Super League season, Moreno returned to Colombia on leave after playing the first stage of the competition with the team.
Moreno's contract with Shenhua expired, so he could sign with any club, but in the end he chose to stay with his family and join the National Athletic team.
4. Zhejiang team issued posters to celebrate the 24th anniversary of its establishment
Today is the 24th anniversary of the establishment of the Zhejiang team, the club also released a poster to celebrate, the content is: a new journey, starting from today.
On January 14, 1998, Zhejiang Greentown Club was officially established, and it has competed in the A B, China League, Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League. In the past 22 years, Zhejiang team has been a stable development among Chinese football clubs, although there is the pain of relegation, but still insist on taking its own path. In addition, the youth training of the Zhejiang team has also done a very good job and cultivated a lot of talents. At last year's National Games, the Zhejiang team won the gold medal.
In the just-concluded Chinese Super League League promotion play-off, Zhejiang team defeated Qingdao 1-0 and rushed to the top as desired, which was the best gift for the club's 24th birthday.
Bless the Zhejiang team!