Chinese New Year's Eve night, Zhejiang FC officially announced the renewal of the former national gate Gu Chao, which is not a surprise, after all, Gu Chao has been back for a year, and it is indispensable to lead the team to rush to the super. On the first day of the new year, the club announced the arrival of Cameroonian foreign aid Donovan Evolo of Heilongjiang FC, which really gave the fans a reassurance.
Greentown Club has always liked foreign aid from Brazil and Africa, especially Africa, and there are many successful cases. Far away there is Steve, after buying it, it is rented yanbian, the cost performance is particularly high, and then it was bought out by yanbian, and it really made a profit. Nearby is Dino, who bought it from a European club and leapt into the team's thigh, leading Greentown all the way forward, really worth the money. The team's Mushekwi, from Zimbabwe, has played well in Greentown for three years and has become a key figure in Greentown's overtaking.
Donovan Evolo, born in 1996, is much younger than Mushekwe and Frank. In the more than two years since joining Heilongjiang, he has fully proved his strength.
In 2020, Evelo made 11 appearances and scored three goals. In the 2021 season, Evelo made 33 starts, scoring 14 goals and assisting four times. From the top scorer list in the Chinese League One, Evelo only ranked 8th, far behind Zhejiang's Mu Xiekui, Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic's Ogb, meizhou Hakka's Jisen. But judging by the nature of his goals, none of his 14 goals were on penalty. And subject to the strength of Heilongjiang FC, Evolo received far less support than several others. So, his ability is beyond doubt.
In addition, what is more valuable is that Evolo, who is 1 meter 91 tall, not only has a strong ability to compete for the top and grab points, but also has a good ability to block interceptions. Many of his goals came from long runs after a midfield interception.
In the 2021 season, Heilongjiang FC ranked seventh in the standings with 15 wins, 11 draws and 8 losses accumulating 56 points, and its performance exceeded expectations. The performance with weak teams is not shocking, and the decisive battle with strong teams is full of sparks, saying that Heilongjiang team is a team that robs the rich and the poor. Meizhou Hakka and Chengdu Rongcheng, which successfully overtook, were twice defeated at the foot of the Heilongjiang River, which was jaw-dropping. And Evolo played a very important role in that. In the two matches against Chengdu Rongcheng, Evelo scored goals and was successfully selected as the best player of the year, which was very impressive.
And the Zhejiang team also suffered from Evolo in the confrontation with Heilongjiang FC.
In the first leg of the 13th round of the two teams, only 5 minutes into the opening, Heilongjiang team crossed from the right, Evolo jumped high in the middle of the small penalty area, and knocked on the door guarded by Gu Chao. This goal reflects the offensive consciousness of the whole team of the Heilongjiang team, after losing the ball in the front, there is a tacit understanding of passing and receiving the ball, and Evolo's follow-up shot is just right, and the No. 3 Wang Zhen, although tall and has been clinging to him, lost the advantage in the struggle for the top, and was hit by Evolo.
Although zhejiang team finally won this game 3-1, Evelo's performance made Zhejiang fans feel uneasy, lest they be hit again in the second leg. Perhaps it was because of Evelo's miraculous performance that Zhejiang played trembling in the second leg, resulting in a final 1-1 draw between the two sides. Failing to kill the opponent twice also made the Zhejiang team criticized.
The addition of Evelo has enhanced the strength of the Zhejiang team's front line. The "double non" combination of Mushekwi and Evolo undoubtedly makes the team's air superiority more obvious. If we look at the Zhejiang team's forward line optimistically, we subjectively believe that the young Evelo can alleviate the pressure on Mushekwi's goals. But there is also a pessimistic view that Evolo is only a foreign aid at the level of the Central League, and it is difficult to impact the backline of the Chinese Super League team. Judging from the experience of Oscar in Yongchang, Shijiazhuang, this concern is not unreasonable.
Under the situation of Chinese football tightening and the epidemic continuing, Evolo is already a qualified reinforcement. After finalizing the contract, Evolo has been training alone in the country, which is a very good practice. Instead of returning home and not being able to return, it is better to stay at home and wait for the spring to blossom, and the professionalism of young Evelo is worthy of admiration.
As for whether it can also usher in the spring blossoms in the Chinese Super League, it can only wait and see.
Judging from the performance of the Zhejiang (Greentown) team in the past two years, the center-back and the back are in urgent need of strong reinforcements. In the past year, Liang Nuoheng has been generally stable, although there are occasional small mistakes, but within the controllable range, and as Xiao Liang's partners Wang Zhen and Sun Zheng'ao, have always been the focus of the team's training objects, but they have repeatedly lost their positions and caused many goals, which is really not right. If playing in the Chinese Super League is also so reckless, the consequences are unimaginable. The young players are going to try it out.
At the back, Jody has tested a number of candidates this season, Long Wei, Gu Bin, Zhong Haoran, Li Wei, overall performance is average, of the four, Zhong Haoran performance is qualified. However, due to the fact that it is not from the back, the aggressiveness and coverage of the defense are general, and the playing of the Chinese Super League must bear greater pressure, and I do not know whether it can be competent.
Objectively speaking, a complete reorganization of the back line is unrealistic and unnecessary, but if it is not supplemented with strong reinforcements, zhejiang team may be difficult to compete with the Chinese super team. Liang Nuoheng, Yue Xin, Dong Yu, plus newcomer Gao Tianyu, barely qualified, Wang Dongsheng, Wang Zhen, Xu Jizu, Sun Zheng'ao did not progress fast enough, in order to be relegated in the Chinese Super League, individual positions must be adjusted.
In the two-legged match against Qingdao in the Chinese Super League promotion and relegation play-off, Zhejiang won 1-0, facing the last place in the Chinese Super League, Zhejiang team did not have an advantage, scoring only 1 goal in the two matches. In the second leg of the match between the two sides, Qingdao team played full force, completely suppressed The Zhejiang team, the first fifteen minutes, zhejiang team only had 30% of the possession, and then there was a little counterattack. Although one or two games can not fully explain the problem, it should be known that Qingdao is only the last place in the Chinese Super League, and has repeated defeats in the league and has little combat effectiveness.
It can be seen that the current strength of the Zhejiang team can only rank in the middle and lower reaches of the Chinese Super League, and relegation is a realistic goal. If you don't introduce a few strong reinforcements, if you want to stay in the Chinese Super League, I am afraid it is a fool's dream. And look at the days to come, the Zhejiang team will officially announce which internal and external support to join!