Reporters Chen Yong and Han Bing reported that on January 27, the Chinese football team and Shandong Taishan Football Club jointly announced that Guo Tianyu joined portuguese Super League club Vizzella on loan, and the loan period was June 30, 2022. This time Guo Tianyu stayed in the ocean, which is a fortunate thing for the development of Chinese football, but for the Taishan team, it means serious losses, and the team's midfield is also forced to enter the reconstruction stage, which also shows the responsibility of the Taishan team.
This time Guo Tianyu stayed in the ocean, only half a month has passed since the end of the 2021 season, and it should be said that the operation of staying in the ocean is still very rapid. The stay in the West was finalized with the joint efforts of the Chinese Football Association, Shandong Taishan Football Club and relevant participants, and was part of the plan promoted by the Chinese Football Association to stay in the West.
Vizzella is the promotion horse of the 2021/2022 Portuguese Super League, and at the end of the 19 rounds of the Grape League, Vizzella is in 13th place, while the Portuguese Premier League has a total of 18 teams, which means that Vizzella is the 6th to last, on the verge of relegation zone. It is worth noting that Vizzella's attacking power is average, scoring only 19 goals in 19 rounds, which is the fifth-to-last attack power in the Portuguese Premier League.
In this case, 1 meter 92 center Guo Tianyu still has a lot of significance for Vizzella. At present, no one can guarantee that Guo Tianyu can get the main position, but if he can perform in a limited almost limited and the two sides cooperate happily, then the loan can be naturally transformed into a transfer. Previously, when the Chinese Football Association promoted the plan to stay in the West, a basic principle was not to cut a one-size-fits-all approach, but to formulate a corresponding plan for staying abroad according to the situation of the players, with the core standard of playing the game.
The choice of Portugal is also related to Guo Tianyu's experience: Guo Tianyu has stayed in Portugal before, so he is not unfamiliar with Portugal, and he also has a certain portuguese and English foundation, which is still of great help to his adaptation.
Guo Tianyu himself also has a strong desire to stay in Yang, as early as during the Chinese Super League, when the reporter interviewed Guo Tianyu, Guo Tianyu expressed his hope to stay in Yang in the future, and now, his dream has come true.
"Regarding Staying in Yang, I have this plan, but the most important thing is to find the right team, I don't go out to train, I want to go to the game, I want to improve my ability through the game, if I go to two years and play 10 games, it will become a light to train. Actually, their training level is definitely higher than ours, but I want to go out and play. Guo Tianyu said at the time.
From this point of view, while Guo Tianyu is looking forward to staying in yang, he also has a clear understanding and rational standards for staying in yang.
Vizzella is a club located in a small town in the Braga district of northern Portugal, close to guimarães and famaricans. Founded in 1939, Vizzella did not play in the Portuguese top league for the first time until 1984, but only lasted one season, and this season is the team's second appearance in the Portuguese top flight after a gap of 36 years. In recent years, the team has been considered a satellite club in Braga, the powerhouse of the Portuguese Premier League, and the team's internal and external support is mainly Brazilian.
Vizzella plays in either the 451st or 433rd formation, but the team is limited in strength, winning 10 games at one point in the season and currently only ranking 13th. The team's centre-forward positions are rotated by two Brazilian top scorers, 32-year-old Casciano and 26-year-old Shedine. Shedine scored five goals in the team's Golden Boot, debuted at Atlético Parana in Brazil, joined Braga in the 2020/21 season, then was loaned to Almeria in La Liga, and was loaned to Vizzella this season. Cassiano is followed by four goals, he played in Gwangju in the K-League, scored 16 goals for Vizela in the Portuguese League last season to win the Portuguese League Golden Boot title, is the number one contributor to the team's promotion, it is worth mentioning that the Portuguese Golden Boot played for the Heilongjiang Volcano Mingquan in the 2018 season, but only 5 appearances in total.
In addition, Mali striker Zoshi is the main substitute, but only has 1 goal and 2 assists. Ghanaian striker Kahn, 23, also got some playing time and didn't score. Vizzella's first-team attacking end is fiercely competitive, but the four goalscorers who currently have a record of appearances in the league are not tall, and the highest Casciano is only 1.84 meters, and Guo Tianyu will improve the team's air superiority in the box.
There are currently 5 young strikers registered in the first team, including 3 Nigerians, 1 Guinea-Bissau and 1 Portuguese, two of whom have already played in the League Cup. This means that it is likely that it will take a certain amount of time after Guo Tianyu joins the team to get the approval of head coach Pacheco before he can be expected to enter the big list. After all, Vizzella, who plays 433, only has 1 center starter, and to compete with the current 4 experienced shooters, Guo Tianyu can't rely on just height.
While blessing Guo Tianyu, we also have to say that this time the loss of Shandong Taishan team is very huge. First of all, Guo Tianyu is the main center of Shandong Taishan team, and in the 2021 season, even if Guo Tianyu serves as the main center, the front line of Taishan team is relatively weak, a season is basically Guo Tianyu alone, in the 2022 season, if Guo Tianyu continues to stay in the team, Taishan team only needs to find a comprehensive ability of the forward (shadow forward, winger, etc.) to effectively strengthen the front line.
But now, after Guo Tianyu left, the Taishan team may only have to re-choose the center, generally speaking, this will choose foreign aid, so it will not be able to supplement the excellent striker in other positions in the front, and there is still a lot of uncertainty about whether this newly introduced player can play perfectly. More than that: more importantly, Guo Tianyu is a U23 player, Guo Tianyu is the main center, and the Taishan team midfielder can line up the strongest lineup, but now that Guo Tianyu is gone, the Taishan team needs to add new centers on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also needs to use U23 players in other positions. In other words, in the 2021 season, the U23 position is the strongest link for Tarzan, but in the 2022 season, the U23 position is certainly not going to be strong, and it may even be at a competitive disadvantage.
That is to say, Guo Tianyu's one-man stay in the ocean has affected the two positions of Taishan, coupled with Xu Xin's farewell, the Taishan team's midfield may need to be rebuilt with a lot of effort, as for whether it can reach the offensive power of the 2021 season after reconstruction, I am afraid that no one dares to pack tickets.
From this point of view, the release of Guo Tianyu by Shandong Taishan Football Club this time is also a manifestation of responsibility. The Chinese football team also said in the official Weibo: "Shandong Taishan Football Club has always been committed to the cultivation of Chinese football talents, taking it as its responsibility to contribute to the development of Chinese football; now, they have provided a strong guarantee for China's outstanding football talents to stay abroad, and we hereby express our heartfelt thanks to Shandong Taishan Football Club." However, as the Chinese Football Association further promotes the plan to stay in the West, it is unclear whether the Football Association will compensate in terms of the U23 policy.