Speaking of the Chinese Super League, I believe that many fans are still nostalgic for the past 10 years of the Golden Dollar Era. At that time, our club really had endless money, bringing in world-class big-name foreign aides every year, high-paying internationals, and even the coaching team was the top in Europe. So our league is shining, because here you can see football superstars like Drogba, Anelka, Tevez, Conca, Hulk, Oscar, Pato, Paulinho, etc., and you can also see lippi, Scolari, Magath, Pellegrini, Schmidt, Benitez and other world coaches, in a trance on stage, as if watching in Europe.
However, all this ended recently, when the gold dollar football came and went in a mess. The continuous high investment and low returns have made many investors miserable, and finally withdrawn, coupled with the low point of the real estate industry, which mainly supplies funds, our Chinese club has been weaned. However, jinyuan raised operating costs, the club itself can not create more value, and finally a large number of clubs fell into financial difficulties, there was a large area of salary arrears or even dissolution of the situation, just take the last two seasons, there are only two Chinese Super League teams that do not owe wages, one is Shandong Taishan, the other is Shanghai Harbor, which shows how difficult the Chinese football league is.
Of course, most clubs are reluctant to disband, but if they want to survive, they have to reduce the pressure on their clubs, so we see a large number of big-name foreign aides leave the team, and high-paid players are also pushed to the market. So we see the rich and powerful local tycoons in the Golden Age, one by one, falling down, one by one becoming a player supermarket, and even some teams want to become a supermarket, but it is difficult for players to sell. For example, the Hebei team, they almost sold out the international team and foreign aid, but now it is still difficult to survive.
However, among so many giants, the most unexpected thing is the Guangzhou team that we once had in the Chinese Super League. It should be known that the Guangzhou team was the initiator of the Golden Yuan era, and it was they who took the lead in introducing big-name foreign aid, taking the lead in digging up international footballers with high salaries, hoarding international footballers, and taking the lead in obtaining good results through this way. In 10 years, he won 8 championships, 2 runners-up, 2 AFC Champions League titles to create history, and 2 times represented Asia in the top 4 of the Club World Cup, becoming the pride of Asia. They are also the team that has been investing the longest, and even some fans believe that Guangzhou will continue to be brilliant. Unexpectedly, however, they did not escape the economic crisis. Last season, Guangzhou first retired foreign aid in order to survive, then dismissed 5 naturalized players and foreign coaching teams in the second stage, and then played the second stage with young players. You must know that they also almost failed to disband directly in the second stage.
This season, under the efforts of many parties, the team finally stayed. But basically all international footballers have to find another home, because in the new season they will be mainly young football players, and the maximum annual salary is limited to 600,000, which means that the team is going to train. In this way, it is difficult to survive in the Chinese Super League, and it can be said that the Guangzhou team has become a big favorite for relegation.
And a recent warm-up match for the Guangzhou team also let us see a cruel reality. According to the fan number "Zhejiang Team Intelligence Group", in a warm-up match played on April 2, Guangzhou team faced the promotion horse Zhejiang team, Guangzhou team started mainly with young players, and in the second half Zhang Xiuwei, Yan Dinghao, Wei Shihao, Tang Shi, Guo Jing and others came on as substitutes. As a result, the Guangzhou team was successively broken by Ablikimu Abdul Shalamu, Ai Shajiang, Liu Haofan and Gu Bin, and finally lost to Zhejiang 1-4.
Although this is just a warm-up match, this is basically a portrayal of the Guangzhou team in the new season. Young players lack game experience, and there will be a big lack of strength, and there will inevitably be a huge gap in the face of other teams with foreign aid and veteran players. It is foreseeable that another giant of Chinese football has completely fallen, which makes people feel very sorry. Do you think that playing the new season with such a lineup, Guangzhou will get the first place? Can I succeed in relegation? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!