In the early morning of May 1, Beijing time, Chinese international Axon played in the Brazilian league, but he did not play in the Brazilian first division, but in the Second Division. The news may be good news for the national football team, but it has also attracted a series of other concerns. The Axon jersey is written with his Brazilian name, elkeson, does it indicate that he will transfer brazilian citizenship in the future? Another somewhat unexpected one is that he is playing in the second division, when did Gremio relegate?
Axon missed two games after the World Preliminary Round of 12 because he had just won the new crown in the recovery period, and Chinese fans were happy to accept this reason, and now only hope that he will return to the field to save strength and then fight for the country. But his new club, the veteran powerhouse Gremio, was relegated. In fact, Gremio's relegation is not far away, that is, at the end of last year, that is, half a year ago.
On 10 December 2021, Gremio defeated Atlético Mineiro, who won early, 4–3 at home, but the victory in this match did not help. Thanks to the victory of Gremio's relegation rival Juventude, Grinho had to be relegated to the second division. Most Chinese fans are familiar with Gremio because he is Xiao Luo's parent team, in fact, Gremigo has produced many stars.
Founded in September 1903, Gremio Club has a history of 119 years. It has won the Copa Libertadores three times and the Baja First Division twice. In July 2021, the club paid a lot of money to hire Scolari, but Scolari was dismissed only three months later, and the new manager took office after another four consecutive defeats, and finally Gremio, who had not been relegated for 15 years, was relegated again.
However, the decline of this giant seems to have nothing to do with the operation, in the training and operation of international players has been more than the expenditure, before they exported players to Europe, in recent years the Chinese Super League is the most popular in the world, Gremio's China strategy has made it a lot of money, they have found the new world, any international club as long as it does business with the Chinese Super League for several consecutive years.
Over the past few years, Gremio has been in close contact with Chinese Super League clubs, successively transporting Stars such as Roshinbach, Balx, Morelo, Fernandi and other stars for Dalian Albin, Tianjin, Changchun Yatai and Chongqing, and also recovered Tardelli and Marinho from Shandong and Changchun in the Chinese Super League, this time with the international Axon.
Axon's Second Division debut ultimately helped the team beat Regatas 2-0, and he came off the bench in the 68th minute and performed normally, after all, there were no official matches in months. After playing the game, Axon said that he felt very good, although he was also a little nervous, but he was very happy. He hopes to bring the team into the first division with his teammates through his own efforts. Axon also said he would fight for every victory as the executive coach asked.
Axon mentioned the executive coach, so where is Scolari? After three months in charge of Gremio, Scolari is now waiting for the opportunity to join the Chinese national football team, and if the price is right, it seems that the 74-year-old coach still has a big advantage over the Chinese local coach, everyone said.