Although the Football Association does not officially announce the opening time of the league, but there is already news that the probability will be in late May, in this case, the preparation time of the 18 clubs in the Chinese Super League has been about 3 weeks, at this time it should be technical and tactical training, in addition to the main help players adjust the state, warm-up game has become the first choice of the coaches of each team, but the difficulty of warming up across provinces is not small, so the vast majority of teams will choose the same province or the same city team, so that it saves time and effort, but the choice of opponents in the warm-up game is relatively limited.
Defending champion Shandong Taishan has recently organized a number of warm-ups, but limited by the opponent, more is the same provincial team Qingdao Manatee, the latter last season as the champion successfully rushed to the first division, from the management, to the coaching staff, to the players, are looking forward to the new season, eager for the First Division, the club has a positive attitude, in good shape. Being able to PK against the Chinese Super League champion now is a great opportunity for Manatee to improve. On the other hand, Tarzan, despite the weak strength of the opponent, but in the first 3 warm-up matches, Tarzan lost 3 consecutive games, and the performance was not good.
On the last day of the May Day holiday, Tarzan met manatee again, and in order to achieve the practice effect, the two sides played for 110 minutes, and finally Tarzan won 1-0, ushering in the first win of the recent warm-up series between the two sides. According to the informed reporter, Taishan currently domestic players are in order, the vast majority of international players return to the team, only Jixiang is to be determined, the reason why the extra time is 20 minutes, is also to give more players the opportunity to run in, Manatees recently signed 9 new signings, there is also a need to run into the lineup, the two sides are also a hit.
It is worth mentioning that for Taishan to score the winning goal is the famous zhang chi, in the 2021 season Zhang Chi suffered a fracture of his left leg, the outside world thought that the 34-year-old will retire and end, but did not expect that just a few days after the field, Zhang Chi began to actively recover, and said that he would not retire, touching many fans.
Now, 10 months off injured, Zhang Chi has also fulfilled his original promise, not only returning to the field, but also scoring goals, and recovering well. Not surprisingly, the "Iron Warrior" will continue to appear in Tarzan's lineup for the new season. According to the plan, Tarzan and Manatee are expected to have another warm-up match on May 7.