Reporter Lu Mi reported that on February 21, the Chinese Super League Henan Songshan Longmen team finally ushered in the day of assembly, the first team in the Zhongmu base first for about ten days of recovery training, in early March and then to Shanghai Shenhua Kangqiao base for the second phase of training, the preparation for the 2022 season officially began. Before the start of winter training, the team's personnel structure also ushered in changes, Zhou Dingyang and Ivo left when their contracts expired, Chen Pu left on loan, and the midfield faced an overall restructuring. This year is the second year after Henan Club completed the share reform, and after experiencing the run-in period in all aspects of the past season, the goals of the league have naturally changed.
Monday is the day when henan teams retake their holidays, although it is not early compared to other Chinese Super League teams, but Henan has set up a preparation plan for the new season early: the first training of the team will be about ten days of physical recovery training at the Zhongmu base, and then in early March, it will go to Shanghai for the second training, the location is the familiar Shanghai Shenhua Kangqiao base.
As early as the Spring Festival holiday, the club completed the first official announcement of the new season, and the Spanish coach Javier who led the team in the first stage of last season led the team back to Henan. Javier's experience in the past year is actually called "legendary", last season was actually his first season from winter training to the start of the game, but in the middle of the epidemic, he and Henan team terminated their contract early and went to La Liga to coach Levante. But I didn't think that the second stage of the Chinese Super League had not yet started, and he was dismissed due to poor results in leading the team.
Antonio, who is also an assistant coach, did not meet expectations in leading Henan to the FA Cup and the second stage of the league. Therefore, shortly after the end of the league last season, when Javier returned to China to do business, the Henan team and the Javier team quickly finalized the agreement to hold hands again in the new season. However, because of the large-scale circuit break of the Spanish flight to China after the official announcement, Javier had not bought a ticket to China before, so after the team was assembled, the physical coach who had been isolated from his team would lead the team to recover first.
In addition to welcoming back Havel, the Henan team will also usher in a new face in terms of personnel during this transition. In terms of domestic players, before the end of the league last season, Henan Club has already sent invitations to some outstanding domestic players, including Yang Shuai, the captain and center-back of Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Team. In the henan team's current backcourt configuration, although there is foreign aid Tonic, from the perspective of the age structure of domestic players, the overall is a bit large. Born in 1997, Yang Shuai was born in Liaozu, and after joining Chongqing, he once set a new record for the team to concede the fewest goals in a single season in a season, and because he helped Chongqing relegate in the past two years under difficulties, he also became the team's new spiritual leader after Kaldek. Whether it is from the experience of defending against difficulties or the ability to deal with various situations, Yang Shuai can be regarded as the best among players of the same age.
The domestic players that Henan team looks up to this year are actually the hit players in the Chinese Super League, and they are all free bodies like Yang Shuai, such as Liao Lisheng, who has just decided to join Shandong Taishan, which henan clubs want to introduce at the end of last season, and currently in addition to winning the "battlefield" with Chengdu Rongcheng for Yang Shuai, Henan clubs are still pursuing a free domestic center-back - of course, they also face competition from the Chinese Super League and other teams.
In the original personnel structure last year, the Henan team has also undergone major changes, Chen Pu was recalled by the Shandong team after the loan contract expired, and now has returned to the Shandong camp to train with the team. In addition, some players whose contracts expired have also left, such as full-backs, midfielders Zhou Dingyang and Ivo.
The departure of the "King of Navigation" Ivo, although many fans are reluctant to give up, is indeed due to reality. Ivo will turn 36 this year, and in the past two seasons have suffered repeated injuries for a long time, the appearance rate and form have declined sharply, and he has continued to look for jobs in China after his contract with Henan expires and can no longer renew the frontier. Before zhou Dingyang's contract with Henan team expired, there were many teams eyeing this excellent midfielder, including Chengdu Rongcheng, which had just surpassed the success, and Henan Songshan Longmen had actually been retained many times and also showed sincerity, but the decision power was after all in the players themselves. Now that the dust has basically settled between him and Chengdu Rongcheng Club, Henan fans, although they are not willing, have also sent him blessings and thanked him for his dedication to henan teams in recent years.
The expiration of the three-man contract in the midfield also means that the midfield staffing of Henan in the new season must be reshuffled, especially in the back configuration. After Ivo leaves, there will be no changes to the other foreign players in the team, but a new midfield foreign aid will be introduced, and there are already target candidates. Since the international transfer window will not open until next month, in fact, the Henan team does not need to be too anxious, after all, the overall personnel structure is still stable.
From the perspective of the introduction of personnel so far, henan team is mainly based on the replenishment of midfield personnel, the arrival of Yang Shuai has enriched the personnel reserves of the back line, coupled with the recovery of Niu Ziyi, a young player who was injured late last season, the personnel available to Havel in the new season are more sufficient, so captain Wang Shangyuan can also play the back in the midfield. In addition, the club will continue to use the personnel plan last season, that is, to dig more for local youth players.
In the past 2021 season, in fact, it is also the first season after the name change of Henan Songshan Longmen and the completion of the equity reform, after a year of running-in, the composition of the three shareholders has entered a new stage. According to the corporate information disclosure record, the club carried out a major personnel change in January, the club's legal representative and chairman changed from Dai Jiling to Zhang Xiao, 6 of the original 7 senior managers withdrew, and another 7 were added.
With the opening of the curtain of preparation for the new season, it also means that the Henan Songshan Longmen after the completion of the equity reform, from the perspective of the proportion of management input from the three parties, Henan Club has officially entered a new period of tripartite co-construction in this new season. Last season, because of the change of coach and other factors, the team was not able to enter the championship group in the first stage, in fact, with the final points of the team, it was able to enter the top eight of the Chinese Super League, although it is not yet known about this year's schedule and format, but Henan has obviously made preparations in all aspects to meet new goals and challenges.