In the 2024 season of the Chinese League, although the schedule has only progressed to the fifth round, there are already 3 teams that have started to change their coaches, namely Shijiazhuang Kung Fu, Guangxi Pingguo Ha Yi and Liaoning Iron Man, and the fundamental purpose of the change of coaches is to surpass. There are only 2 places for this season's overtaking, in addition to the three teams that have changed coaches, there are also Yunnan Yukun, Dalian InBev and other teams that have signs of surpassing, which makes this season's overtaking more lively.
The new coach of Shijiazhuang Kung Fu has been finalized, and Bulgarian Zoran Jangovic has taken up the post and led the team to the fifth round, which drew 1-1 with Guangxi Pingguo Hayi. Shijiazhuang Kung Fu also started slowly last season, and then rose strongly and squeezed into the camp, but showed brake pads at a critical moment to slow down, and finally ranked third and missed the promotion. This season, Shijiazhuang Kung Fu is more fully prepared, and the start is not good and the coach is decisively changed and adjusted.
The new coach of Guangxi Pingguo Ha Yi has not yet been finalized, but according to the "Football News" report, the new coach is very likely to be Xie Hui, and the conditions of the two sides have basically been agreed. Guangxi Pingguo Ha Yi won the halfway championship last season, but in the second half of the race, the chain was always dropped, and the brake pads were sparkling. Last season, the team was not ready, and the stadium renovation in the new season was completed to meet the standards of the Chinese Super League, and it was determined to sprint with all its might, and strive to become the first Chinese Super League team in the history of Guangxi football.
The Liaoning Ironmen team officially announced the change of coach on April 7, with Fan Zhiyi, a famous national football player, serving as the club's coaching staff head and technical director, and Sun Wei serving as the deputy head of the coaching staff and deputy technical director and the first executive coach. Regarding this new position, Fan Zhiyi responded: "I am just out of my personal love and feelings for football, and I participated in this incident with the attitude of helping the team build a coaching team, and I do not hold any actual position in the team!"
In the new season, Liaoning Iron Man began to be very eye-catching, the team name was changed from Shenyang City to Iron Man, and it also recruited troops and horses, the team lineup was comprehensively changed, and shouted the slogan of surpassing. Although Liaoning Ironman has been mixed in the relegation camp of the Central League in the past two seasons, the team's lineup has changed significantly this season to welcome a new look, and it does seem that it has a breakthrough foundation. However, Liaoning Ironman's performance in the first four rounds was mediocre, with 2 draws and 2 losses and only 2 points.
In the fifth round, Liaoning Ironman returned to his home court, and Liaoning Ironman finally defeated Suzhou Dongwu 2-0 to welcome the first win of the season. Now Liaoning Ironman has updated the coaching staff, which is to fight hard and strive to enter the Chinese Super League in one fell swoop. This season's competition is relatively large, and Liaoning Ironman is currently 7 points behind the top two, and it needs to work harder. However, this season has just begun, and there are more fixtures left, and there is still a great chance to overtake.
In addition to Shijiazhuang Kung Fu, Guangxi Pingguo Ha Yi and Liaoning Iron Man, as well as the top two Yunnan Yukun and Dalian InBev, these two teams are unbeaten in the first five rounds with 4 wins and 1 draw, all laying the first step for the overtaking. In fact, the rush to surpass from now on is the beginning of the curtain, the real show is behind, in previous seasons the teams always showed the brake pads at the critical moment, this season looks completely different, all the heroes are eager to try.
In addition, Nanjing City was also in the camp last season, and the performance in the first five rounds of the new season did not meet expectations. Judging from the performance of the previous rounds, the back line is obviously unstable, the attack is not sharp enough, and the striker Onuebu is 38 years old, and it is difficult to continue to guarantee his form. Chongqing Tonglianglong is currently ranked third in the Central League, and the adaptability to the rhythm of the Central League is not enough, coupled with the loss of brake pads by other teams, it is difficult for Chongqing Tonglianglong to overtake.