No matter when, Guangzhou team is a big topic in the Chinese Super League.
At its peak, the Evergrande Dynasty was invincible, the eight league titles were crowned, and the AFC Champions League was crowned twice, which made Chinese football raise its eyebrows.
The trough came, the tall buildings built collapsed, and the master of the king was like a tree falling down and scattering, which inevitably made the fans sigh.
As the time enters May, there are more and more transfer news and opening news related to the Chinese Super League, and teams are keen to "package official announcements", but the division and schedule are still undecided.
Judging from the latest situation, although all parties are trying to get the league to start in May, it is normal to delay until June, considering the epidemic factors and the problem of the division.
In the face of such a situation, fans have long lost patience, bluntly saying that "it does not matter whether such a league can be done or not."
Well, the future of the Chinese Super League is uncertain, the scandal still has to be seen, in this year of overall environment recession, survival is the top priority of most clubs, as for the results, it is not the most important pursuit, can be relegated.
In the period when everyone is officially announced, the pressure naturally comes to the Guangzhou team, which has deteriorated the economic situation of the gold lord and the operating costs are decreasing, after all, the official announcement wave around May Day, this Chinese Super League eight champions are the team that has lost the most blood.
Leaving aside the "collective departure" of the naturalized army led by Axon and Gao Lat, Zhang Linpeng also left the team to join Shanghai Harbor, and on April 29 alone, the three towns of Wuhan officially announced the signing of He Chao, Liu Yiming, Deng Hanwen, Liu Dianzuo and Gao Zhuanyi.
No wonder fans will say: Evergrande supermarket has opened!
In addition to the above players, Liao Lisheng, Zhong Yihao and others in the first team last season also left guangzhou, and the former giant mac became a "weak brigade" in an instant.
Recently, the Guangzhou team announced the first team list of the new season, after 24 of the 35 people 00, Jiang Guangtai, born in 1994, turned out to be the oldest "big brother" in the team.
This young team, most of the players from Evergrande Youth Training, the average age is only 21.12 years old, which can be called the "youngest team in history" in the Chinese Super League.
Among the 35 fan numbers released after the Guangzhou team, the 9th to 11th were all vacant, which also confirmed the rumors that Zheng Zhi had left the team by the expiration of his contract. After all, feelings can not be eaten as a meal, the veteran sticks to the Guangzhou team is just the wishful thinking of fans, according to the latest news, 41-year-old Zheng Zhi announced that retirement can only be a matter of time.
So the question is, is it possible for such an "all-Chinese class" Guangzhou team, which is mainly young people, to be relegated? Maybe the answer isn't as pessimistic.
First of all, although the Guangzhou team has serious blood loss, there are still key players such as Yang Liyu, Wei Shihao, Yan Dinghao, and Jiang Guangtai in the team, at least at the starting level can ensure a certain degree of competitiveness. In particular, Wei Shihao and Jiang Guangtai, the former has the ability to burst at a single point in the offensive end, and the latter is the main defender of the national team, ensuring the lower limit of the guangzhou team's attack and defense.
Secondly, the current Chinese Super League, the recession is not only Guangzhou, salary arrears is already a common phenomenon, it is difficult to say that there will be no team thunder, in addition to Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Harbor and other large households, everyone is in a half-pound eighty-two, if the Guangzhou team can ensure normal operation, it is still possible to relegate.
From the current situation, Guangzhou City, Hebei Team and Cangzhou Lions will be the main competitors of Guangzhou Team relegation, and the biggest shortcoming of Liu Zhiyu's team is still the depth of the lineup.
In any case, compared with the expected "full dissolution", the current situation of the Guangzhou team has been called positive, and the young players may not have much experience, but they may create surprises.
Ling Jie, Zheng Shengxiong, Cai Mingmin, Li Yang, Wang Shilong, Liu Shibo... Today's Guangzhou squad has a lot of potential young talents, perhaps they are now unknown, but who can say that they will not grow into stars in the future?
According to the Beijing Youth Daily, the Chinese Football Association and the China Football Federation are trying to get the Chinese Super League to start at the end of May, when the organizing committee will try to ensure that the league has played 34 rounds.
No matter how many predictions there are now, only after the start of the season can people get a glimpse of the strength of each team. What kind of answers can the Guangzhou team, which is moving forward in difficulties, hand over? Let's wait and see.