Although it was only last season that it returned to the Chinese Super League, the performance of Changchun Yatai in the league has brought surprises to many fans. In the first stage of the league, the Chinese Super League promotion team defeated the strongest teams in the same group such as Beijing Guoan, Shanghai Haigang and Shanghai Shenhua in a row, thus reaching the championship group in the second stage.
In the championship stage, the Yatai team also performed quite well, and finally overpowered the two major Chinese Super League teams of Guoan and Shenzhen, won the 4th place in the league, and entered the AFC Champions League in the new season.
It can be said that Changchun Yatai's performance last season is absolutely worthy of the title of "medium and large dark horse", and this also makes many Changchun fans have a better vision of Yatai's league results in the new season.
However, the new season of the Chinese Super League has not yet started, yatai club has begun to do "subtraction" for the team. Not only have they announced that they have waived their AFC Champions League spots for the new season, but they will also release a number of key players in the team this season.
According to a well-known football reporter of the domestic sports media "Sports Weekly", at least 5 main or main rotation players of the Yatai team have been determined to leave the team in the near future. They are: goalkeeper Shi Xiaotian, defenders Zhang Yu and Wang Jie, and midfielders Yang Chaosheng and Chen Bailiang.
As a new team in the Chinese Super League, Changchun Yatai team was able to achieve the fourth place in the league last season, in addition to the coach Chen Yang's good coaching, it is also inseparable from the excellent performance of the main players in the team.
Frontcourt Trident Eric, Serginho and Nego have racked up more than half of Yatai's goals last season.
Local midfielder Yang Ultrasound, when Serginho was absent due to injury, took on the heavy responsibility of organizing the team's midfield attack, and he accurately passed the ball and sent a lot of threatening assists to Yatai's forward players.
In addition, goalkeeper Shi Xiaotian also played quite well last season, compared to Zhao Shi, his performance is more stable, and he has kept a clean sheet in the game several times last season.
The departure of these two players has brought a lot of losses to the Yatai team. As we all know, as a small and medium-sized club Yatai's player lineup is not luxurious, the overall ability of the main players can be regarded as the level of the middle and upper reaches of the Chinese Super League, but the gap between the strength of the substitute players and the main force is still very large.
It is also for this reason that yatai failed to play as well as the first half in the second half of last season. Today, the Yatai team has let go of so many main players at once. Coupled with when several foreign aides will return to the team, there is no clear information at present.
This has made many fans sweat for the performance of yatai in the new season, and some even think that they will fight for relegation in the new season.
Judging from the news currently circulating, Yang Chaosheng is likely to return to Guangdong and join the new Chinese Super League army Meizhou Hakka, while Shi Xiaotian will join a Chinese League A team.
In the case of the departure of a number of key players, Yatai Club has also strengthened the team to a certain extent, and in terms of foreign aid, they have just introduced South African striker Dino. In terms of internal assistance, Liu Weiguo, the national goalkeeper who currently plays for Guangzhou, and Wang Jinxian, known as the "Dalian Ball King", are trying with the team.
Judging from the situation of these new signings, Yatai has focused on the team's midfield and goalkeeper position, but whether the ability of these new signings meets the requirements of the team needs to be further examined.
However, judging from the resumes of these players, there is still a big gap between their strength and the departing players. Although Liu Weiguo played for Guangzhou for many years, he has never played much in the Chinese Super League. Although Wang Jinxian has the nickname of "Ball King", his performance when playing for Dalian is difficult to be satisfactory.
Therefore, compared with last season, the paper strength of the Yatai team in the new season has declined. Whether clubs can strengthen their squad in the near future by continuing to recruit will largely determine the team's performance in the league in the new season.