Reporter Liu Xiangyu reported that in the 2021 season, Guoan had ups and downs. Augusto, Vieira, Bakambu three core foreign aides have left the team, Park Cheng, Wang Gang, Yu Yang and other internationals have been plagued by injuries, the original ambitious Guoan finally won the fifth place, it is difficult to say success. At the end of the season, Guoan broke up with Bilic, and "Old Guoan" Xie Feng re-coached the whip.
Return is one of the main themes of the new season Guoan, in addition to Xie Feng, Cao Zhidong also returned to Guoan, is currently an assistant coach, and the Guoan team is gradually finding its own "Beijing flavor". In addition, the old general Zhang Chengdong is the only domestic aid introduced by Guoan during this transfer period. The new workers' body is under construction, and the whole team "returned to their new home" a few days ago to see, and everyone is looking forward to being able to play here as soon as possible. Saying that it is a return, it seems that it has never left.
Another feature of this year's national security is "novelty". All the familiar foreign faces of the past have left, and new people have arrived; in addition, there are young local players, who will emerge more. In the new season, Guoan can also be regarded as a brand new team.
With Guoan's current paper strength, a comparison in the Chinese Super League should also have a certain degree of competitiveness. This year is the big year of national security, it is the thirtieth birthday, such a big day, there may not be any surprises, but how to live "decently". The new season of guoan is still worth looking forward to.
Guoan has completed official announcements in recent days, and Jiang Xiangyou, Adebenro, Dabro and Memisevic will represent Guoan in the new season.
The club's preparation for reinforcements has begun very early, and general manager Li Ming has released a signal in this preparation period that Guoan will do its best to match foreign aid to ensure the strength of the team, and the club is also advancing the matter of foreign introduction step by step.
Guoan's reinforcements were requested by Xie Feng, and the coaching staff and clubs screened personnel according to the needs of the head coach, and listed the orders, and the club went to specific operations. Xie Feng's opinion is extremely important, and among all foreign aid, The Korean Kang Xiangyou is Xie Feng's first choice.
Li Lei stayed in Yang, and Guoan sought to find a suitable replacement for the left-back position. There is no suitable personnel for local domestic aid, and the ability of the existing young players in the team needs to be improved, so Guoan has long determined to introduce foreign aid in this position and began to contact South Korean player Kang Sang-woo. Kang Heung-woo, a 28-year-old player who came out of Korean school football, joined the K-League Pohang Ironman after completing his studies at Kyung Hee University, has balanced left and right foot abilities, and has been selected for the Korean national team since last year, and currently makes 2 appearances for the Korean national team.
Xie Feng values Jiang Xiangyou's offensive and defensive ability in the wing-back position, in addition, Jiang Xiangyou can also play the back, can be the side of the middle, is the all-rounder of the midfield, in line with the needs of the national security team, so he is the number one target of Guoan this year. There was an episode in the negotiation process, Jeonbuk Hyundai intervened for a while, but in the tripartite exchange, the club finally reached an agreement, Guoan also offered a more attractive contract than Jeonbuk, and Kang Xiangyou finally chose to join Guoan.
Jiang Xiangyou is the first foreign aid that Guoan has finalized, and it is also the first to be in place. On April 16, Jiang Xiangyou had gone through the quarantine period and went to Beijing to meet with Guoan and participate in training. In the training, it can be seen that Jiang Xiangyou's physical state is still in the recovery stage, he did not train too systematically at the end of last season, and experienced an isolation observation period, so it takes a little time to adapt, the current league start time is not yet determined, he still has time to keep up with the current training rhythm of Guoan. His jersey number for the new season is number 17.
After the biggest shortcomings were made up, Xie Feng hoped to strengthen in the front court. In the player era, Xie Feng was known for his speed, and after coaching, he also liked speed players. At this time, last season's Swiss Super League Golden Boot Adebenro entered the eyes of Guoan. The 26-year-old Adebello joined Swedish club Nordköping in 2021, scoring 17 goals that season to become the Golden Boot of the Swiss Super League. In the year of playing, he is still an all-rounder, he can play in the center, he can also pull the edge, he has a strong breakthrough ability and a faster speed, is the national security needs candidates. The transfer deal went very smoothly, and guoan soon finalized Adebenro. Adebenro will wear the Number 11 shirt for Guoan.
Similarly, Croatian shooter D'Abro, who is also favored by Guoan, has strong personal ability, is a shadow forward type of play, and landed in the Croatian First Division at the age of 16, breaking the record for the youngest appearance in croatia's top league. He moved to Croatian Serie A side Lokomotiv Zagreb in 2021 and scored 12 goals this season, ranking third in the league. The process of bringing him in was also quite smooth, Guoan did not encounter any resistance, and in the new season he will work with Adebenro to solve Guoan's goal problem. Dabro's shirt number is 30.
The introduction of two foreign aides in the front line will there be a backlog of space for Zhang Yuning? As the current main striker of the Chinese national team, Zhang Yuning needs enough games to stay in shape. It is understood that the three may appear on the pitch together, Zhang Yuning and Dabro's types complement each other, the former has a strong impact, the latter is a shadow forward, Adebenro can appear on the side, if you can solve the division of labor, then there is no conflict in the presence at the same time.
After the players in the front court were finalized, the Guoan central midfield was also reinforced, and Xie Feng hand-picked Hebei foreign aid Memisevic. Xie Feng knows Meimi very well, who can play at the back and center back, tall and tough, Guoan midfielders are generally shorter, defensive back Chi Zhongguo covers a large area, but there is almost no high-altitude ball ability, And Memi's arrival is equivalent to adding a high barrier in the middle of the defensive position. After joining Guoan, Meimi should have been the first to be in place, but because of his family's situation, the trip was postponed.
As for the fifth foreign aid, according to the original plan, Guoan wanted to supplement in the midfield, hoping to find a B2B player, or a front, but the current progress is not too smooth.
In the past few seasons, the Guoan midfield has had a luxurious offensive group like Augusto Gabiela, and in the Chinese Super League, Guoan's midfield is extremely dominant. At this stage, the club's goal positioning is no longer such a level of foreign aid, one is limited funds, the choice of foreign aid will focus on cost performance, in addition, the team also hopes to find a foreign aid that can drive the whole team and can drive the common progress of Chinese local players, rather than relying on personal ability to solve problems. The type of reinforcement has long been clear, and it is hoped that a core type of player will be found in the league of the second echelon of Europe.
Guoan has talked about the current foreign aid for the Austrian League and the Portuguese Premier League, among which the Portuguese Premier League Gilvesant midfielder Pedrinho was once very close to Guoan, and the two clubs have even reached an agreement on transfer fees and other matters, but Pedrinho's wife has considered it repeatedly and said that she does not want him to go to China, and Guoan ultimately failed to hold hands with him.
Guoan has also considered other candidates, but because the European League has already started, it is extremely difficult to poach a core player from each team, if there is no big accident, Guoan will not introduce a midfielder in this transfer window, and the last foreign aid quota will be used according to the team situation after the second transfer window is opened.
Of the four foreign players who have already signed, in addition to Jiang Xiangyou, Who has already arrived, Memi and Adebenro are still in quarantine, and both will meet before the end of this month, Dabro will arrive in China as early as early May, and if the league starts in mid-May, he will miss the first few games of Guoan.
Overall, Guoan's signings in this transfer window were extremely efficient. Among the four foreign aides, in addition to Memi is a loan franchise, the others are all transfers, the transfer fees are within a reasonable range, the salaries of the four people are not as high as the salary of Guoan in the past, the tide of the Chinese Super League Golden Dollar era faded, and Guoan became the first to wake up.
Four foreign aides have been finalized and began to be put in place one after another, such a move is not easy to put in the current stage of the Chinese Super League environment.
In terms of internal assistance, Guoan has only introduced veteran Zhang Chengdong, and Li Ming said that in this reinforcement window, Guoan will not introduce domestic assistance again. Guoan has a clear reason for this, first, at this stage, the local players in the transfer market are not much stronger than the existing personnel strength of Guoan, the gap between everyone is not very large, and more importantly, Guoan 01 age group players have grown rapidly through these two years of experience, and they must also give them opportunities and stages.
On April 8, Guoan completed the renewal of contracts with 17 young players and young players in the team, and suddenly renewed 17 people, which is even more important for the future investment than the introduction of foreign aid, who will be the biggest confidence for Guoan to renew.
Guoan had a fault line in the 1999 and 2000 age groups, which is not a phenomenon of the Guoan family, but there are too few good Chinese players in this age group, and all clubs have broken down. Guoan in recent years through the introduction, in 1997, 98 age group for reinforcement, now there are Zhang Yuning, Wang Ziming, Cao Yongjing and Gao Tianyi, last year Gao Tianyi joined Guoan, the progress is obvious, and selected for the national team, this year Gao Tianyi is no longer protected by the U23 policy.
Although Liu Guobo of the 99 age group performed well during the winter training, there were too few people available in this age group as a whole, and now is the time to top the next age group. Guoan's 2001 age group team in the past two years after experiencing the FA Cup, the AFC Champions League experience, the team as a whole is very strong, the strength has been seen by the outside world, including several good seedlings, there are currently seven or eight players have been following a team in training. Among them, Liang Shaowen, Ruan Qilong, Naibi Jiang, Leng Jixuan, and Xie Longfei were the most prominent.
Liang Shaowen and Nguyen Chi Long should have more opportunities in the new season, the former is a central defender, the latter can play either a central defender or on the right side, and the left-footed Naibi Jiang can play left-back and midfielder. The U23 that started in the new season will be produced from these three people, and Liu Guobo, Leng Jixuan and Xie Longfei in the frontcourt are also very distinctive, but Guoan has a large number of talents in the frontcourt, coupled with the arrival of foreign aid, leaving not many opportunities for the young players.
In the last few games of last season, there was a large-scale injury in the Guoan team, Bilic was forced to use young players, Liang Shaowen, Ruan Qilong and others had the opportunity to play, and the performance of the young players made Bilic overjoyed. Their defensive posture and position selection, as well as their adaptability to the game, are not at all like the young players who have just entered the Chinese Super League, and Bilic commented that several people are "young people who can play".
Xie Feng is also very open to young players, he is good at cultivating and discovering young players with characteristics, and when he coached Guoan, he boldly used Barton and others, which is impressive. During this winter training period, Xie Feng transferred many young players from the echelon to the first team, and while observing the characteristics of the players, he and several assistant coaches would often open small stoves for young people after training to strengthen their positional technical characteristics. Cultivating and excavating young people is also one of Xie Feng's main tasks this year.
It is imperative to alternate between the old and the new in the new season of Guoan, but the overall strategy will not be a large-scale update, but in individual positions, let several young players rotate, and get the opportunity. The team will not complete the replacement of old and new at the expense of performance, but must remain competitive.
Judging from Xie Feng's past coaching style, the teams he leads are very targeted, and will formulate some special tactical playing methods according to the characteristics of opponents, after taking over Guoan this time, there is a sufficient preparation period, and the new season Guoan's playing style will be more clear, and it is necessary to regain the small fast spirit.
In the past few seasons, Guoan's advantage has been in the midfield, but it has been criticized for the overall slow pace and low shooting accuracy. Last season, When Bilic took charge, Guoan intended to speed up, but due to the lack of major generals, the overall tactics have not been fully displayed. Now that the team is stable and the personnel are neat, Xie Feng has time to polish his tactics, and Xiao Kuailing is the essence of the old Guoan that Xie Feng, Cao Zhidong and others are most familiar with.
Guoan's completed winter training phases were completed in Haikou, Shanghai and Kunming, respectively, and during the period in Kunming, the focus was on tactical exercises and mainly on teaching competitions. In several games, Xie Feng has adopted different formations to make full preparations for the new season, and the system of three centre-backs and four defenders has been practiced, and there are certain changes in the four-back formation.
Considering that the U23 in the new season is very likely to be placed in the back line, it is very likely that Guoan will play the three-centre-back system. In addition, the veteran Zhang Chengdong has been waist-oriented after the past few games, showing a very good state, he is a generalist in the backfield, in which position to put it, but also wait for foreign aid, after the return of international footballers, Xie Feng will think and polish.
On the 17th, Guoan and Beijing Polytechnic held a warm-up match and rehearsed the lineup. Three foreign aides did not arrive at the team, Jiang Xiangyou was still recovering because of his physical condition, and Wang Gang, Yu Yang and other players were injured and did not play. During the game, different tactical systems of 352 and 442 were tried, and Zhang Chengdong played as a central defender during the game.
Xie Feng's training quality is good, and the training method is also sub-regional, different content and maintains a high rhythm, which is very similar to the way Pacheco used when he coached Guoan. Some of the core players have not yet returned to the team, so the team's performance in the teaching game is not very stable, and the real system and framework still need to wait for the full staff to be finalized. In the coaching team of Guoan in the new season, in addition to Xie Feng and Cao Zhidong, there are Also Tao Wei and Zhai Biao, foreign physical coaches are also about to be in place, plus the team leader Fu Bin, the entire coaching staff "old Guoan" is full of flavor, I believe that the team will have a change in the new season on the spiritual level.
In the past two seasons, Guoan's performance has fluctuated, and the league has always been a tournament system, leaving Beijing and leaving the workers' sports, and Guoan's spirit of "fighting with the beggars" seems to have left with it, and it is indeed disappointing in some games. Regaining the spirit of Guoan and regaining good results is equally important in the hearts of Beijing fans, the team can face difficulties, but the spirit of Guoan cannot be lost, which is the most precious thing in the bones, and it is also the most significant label of Beijing Guoan team in the past thirty years.
Xie Feng, a veteran Beijinger, knows all this, and he is gradually influencing young players through training and daily contact, and bringing his spirit back to the first team. With these few old guoan in place, the new season of guoan will never admit it.
In the past few seasons, Guoan has always missed the championship in the end. The team finished fifth last season and reshuffled this season, and according to the reality, the club did not propose a goal of winning the title, but more precisely "to win every game while remaining competitive".
This is a very practical positioning, Augusto, Vieira, Bakambu and Kim Hyun-jae left the team, it seems that Guoan is injured, but the new season four new foreign aides are complete, and horizontal comparison, other teams are not good, Guoan is still in the first group, but on the edge of the first group.
Guoan's new foreign aid combination is still tested by the game, and the level of local players is still guaranteed. Zhang Yuning, Zhang Xizhe, Yu Dabao, Zhang Xizhe, Park Cheng, Wang Gang, Gao Tianyi, Cao Yongjing, Yu Yang, Chi Zhongguo, Hou Sen and others, Guoan has maintained the stability of the local player framework.
But at the same time, there are hidden dangers, most of the main players have been 30 years old or more, Park Cheng, Yu Yang, Wang Gang and Chi Zhongguo are 89 years old, Zhang Xizhe 91 years, Yu Dabao 88 years, this group of players as a whole has entered the second half of their careers, with the increase of age, physical condition and competitive status may have declined, in the next few years this group of players will gradually give up the main position, if the new batch of players have not been able to fully top, Guoan will definitely have performance fluctuations.
Last season, the veterans' injuries have begun to increase, this season still seems to be an intensive competition system, Guoan's injury risk has not decreased at all, the first set of lineups and the second set of lineups, from the current point of view, there is still a certain strength gap, fluctuations are inevitable.
In addition to Meimi who once played in the Chinese Super League and has enough understanding of the Chinese Super League, several other foreign aides are new to the Chinese Super League, adapting to the rhythm of the Chinese Super League and adapting to the closed competition system, it takes a while, and the logistics of the Guoan Club has always been the best in the Chinese Super League, which can make the foreign aid play football with peace of mind as much as possible.
More important is the club's financial situation, the current Guoan is still facing the situation of wage arrears, last season's wage arrears are still not resolved, fortunately, the Guoan club has maintained a stable operation. Before the start of the new season, Guoan needs to solve some of the salary arrears in order to stabilize the military.com.
This magnificent, spectacular and modern professional stadium will be a new landmark in Beijing and the "courtyard" of Guoan. A beautiful vision has gradually emerged, but the chai rice oil and salt in life are equally important.