A few days ago, according to domestic media reports, Zheng Zhi's retirement was only officially announced. Guangzhou has announced the list of 35 players for the club's first team for the new season on May 2, and the veteran captain Zheng Zhi, who is nearly 43 years old, is not in the list lineup. From this detail, fans analyzed that Zheng Zhixin will retire this season and end his brilliant player career. Whether Zheng Zhi will continue to lead Guangzhou to the Chinese Super League in the new season as a manager after retiring has become the focus of fans' concern.
The domestic media gave the answer to this, the media revealed that Zheng Zhi will not take over a professional club team in the short term, he will participate in the A-level coach training course organized by the Chinese Football Association. If Li Xiaopeng continues to coach the national football team, then Zheng Zhi will continue to assist him in leading the team. Therefore, Zheng Zhi temporarily has no chance to continue to play as the head coach and lead guangzhou team to play in the new season of the Chinese Super League, and the head coach of Guangzhou team is still Liu Zhiyu.
Zheng Zhi was appointed as the interim head coach of Guangzhou last season, and he led the team to perform very well, helping the team to get a good result of third place. Therefore, Guangzhou fans are very recognized by Zheng Zhi's coaching ability, and feel that as long as he is given a little more time, the club will regain its former glory. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, Zheng Zhi was unable to continue to serve as the head coach of the Guangzhou team.
Zheng Zhi, who is about to turn 43, chose to retire and hang up his boots, ending his playing career is something that fans expect. Zheng Zhi has achieved great success as a player, not only in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, but also in the highlight moments of scoring goals in the Premier League. At the same time, Zheng Zhi also won the Asian Footballer of the Year with the first AFC Champions League with Guangzhou in the 2013 season.
The only regret of Zheng Zhi's player career is that he failed to lead the national football team to break through in the World Preliminary Tournament and qualify for the World Cup. Zheng Zhi also shed tears on the spot for this, feeling that he had betrayed the support and love of national football fans for many years. I hope that Zheng Zhi can get the A-level coach qualification certificate as soon as possible in the future, strive to become a local famous coach, and lead the team to achieve good results.
(Luo Treasurer)