In March, Chinese football is mainly dominated by national brand matches, and the national football team has two world preliminary matches against Saudi Arabia and Oman, and the U23 national football team also plays in the Dubai Cup. In terms of the league, the Football Association has not been able to finalize the schedule, and the transfer window has still not been opened. At present, many teams have begun to prepare for the game, and there have been some changes in personnel.
1. Zheng Zhi Huang Bowen two veterans may choose to retire together
In the new season, Guangzhou has decided to use football school players as the core team to compete in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, which means that the players in the Guangzhou team last season basically have to leave, and the two veterans Zheng Zhi and Huang Bowen may directly choose to retire.
In the second stage of the league last season, Zheng Zhi led Guangzhou as the head coach to the rest of the competition, and finally won the third place. Subsequently, Zheng Zhi entered the coaching staff of the national team as Li Xiaopeng's assistant, and is now preparing for the last two world preliminary matches with the team. After the end of the national team match, Zheng Zhi will not return to Guangzhou to coach. At present, the whereabouts of Zhi Ge are undecided, but it is almost certain that he will end his playing career.
Another veteran who may retire will be Huang Bowen, who assisted Zheng Zhi in coaching Guangzhou in the second stage of the league last season, and in the U19 national team training list released last week, Huang Bowen appeared in the list as a trainer, which also indicates that he will also enter the coaching position.
Although Zheng Zhi Huang Bowen has not expressed his retirement, from the current indications, the two are unlikely to continue to gallop in the green field as players.
2. Cui Peng joined the Taishan coaching staff as a teaching assistant
The coaching staff of Shandong Taishan team will welcome new members, and Cui Peng, the former taishan team veteran, will soon join as Hao Wei's assistant.
According to the Taishan Evening News, Cui Peng will end his playing career and join the Coaching Staff of taishan as an assistant coach, while the other two Taishan celebrities, Han Peng and Zhou Haibin, will go to the team's echelon to teach.
Cui Peng debuted in Luneng Football School, a midfielder in the player era, with a tough and tenacious style of play, he has played for Shandong Taishan, Shijiazhuang Yongchang, Kunshan FC and other teams, and has also been selected for the national team, with a lot of experience. Cui Peng directly entered the coaching staff of the Taishan team's first team, which was somewhat unexpected, after all, he had just retired and had no coaching experience before.
3. The Guangzhou team released an official poster to wish Wang Shilong his 21st birthday
Today is the 21st birthday of Guangzhou player Wang Shilong, and guangzhou team officials also released posters to wish the youngster a happy birthday.
Born in 2001, Wang Shilong plays as a defender and has a calm style. In July 2020, Wang Shilong was promoted to the guangzhou first team. On August 30, 2020, in Guangzhou's match against Shanghai Shenhua, Wang Shilong came off the bench to make his Chinese Super League debut. Last season, Wang Shilong played 3 games for Guangzhou.
Wang Shilong and Tan Kaiyuan are the same group of players, and in the new season guangzhou team, they will play in the Chinese Super League with younger teammates.
4. Guangzhou will not withdraw from the AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League group stage of the new season will start in April, with the venues played abroad. Previously, the AFC has officially announced that Changchun Yatai will withdraw from this season's AFC Champions League, and the other three Chinese Super League teams have not made a clear statement for the time being.
According to the Football News, Guangzhou has decided that it will not withdraw from the AFC Champions League, and this is a decision made by boss Xu Jiayin. Previously, guangzhou team has announced that the new season will be played by football school players to play a big responsibility, then the players who play in the AFC Champions League are also small players of football schools.
It is reported that the Guangzhou team will go to the football school to select dozens of players, some of whom will play in the Chinese Super League as the main force, and the other part will be sent to participate in the AFC Champions League.