Recently, there has been a lot of news about Zhang Wenzhao, according to PP Sports, Guangzhou Evergrande has a number of players who are not in the Cannavaro plan in the new season, including Alain, Luo Guofu, Zhang Wenzhao and Tang Shi. In fact, during Evergrande's first winter training, Zhang Wenzhao did not enter the list. He was loaned to Beijing Renhe last season, and after a season, it's time to face a choice. What is the strength of Zhang Wenzhao, who is now 33 years old? Why can't he stand on a big team like Luneng and Evergrande? Today, we will take a deep dive into this former Super League breakthrough king and see what happened to him.
This article is divided into three sections:
(1) Zhang Wenzhao's career analysis
(2) Why is it difficult for Zhang Wenzhao to stand on the giants?
(3) Leave Yatai all the way down, break through the king and no longer have the strength of the bright sword
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Fame at a young age! Talented "Inter Boy"
Speaking of Zhang Wenzhao, fans are more familiar with the "breakthrough king", a breakthrough master on the side, and the sharp breakthrough is like a sharp knife, which can play an immediate effect on the court. Zhang Wenzhao is also a young and famous player, and he also tried out inter milan in his early years. In 2006, 19-year-old Zhang Wenzhao had just been promoted to the Shenzhen first team, when he was selected for the national youth team to participate in the Toulon Cup, played a match with the Portuguese team, was seen by the Italian agent on the sidelines, and in September of the same year, he and Wang Dalei went to Inter Milan for a trial, which once triggered a heated discussion among fans, and was also named "Inter Teenager" by fans. Although neither of them stayed in the team in the end, it showed the outstanding talent at that time.
Rise up! Yatai was replaced, and Zhang Wenzhao became the breakthrough king of the Chinese Super League
In 2009, Zhang Wenzhao was listed for sale by the Shenzhen team, and Changchun Yatai spent 700,000 yuan to bring him in, when he was trained as Du Zhenyu's successor. In 2010, Zhang Wenzhao not only met his mentor Shen Xiangfu, but also caught up with the process of the team's rejuvenation. He quickly became the absolute main player of the Yatai team, Zhang Wenzhao averaged more than 6.4 times per game in the 2011 season, with a success rate of 90%, and successfully broke through 73 times that season, pressing Evergrande's meritorious foreign aid Muri to become the "Breakthrough King of the Chinese Super League". His breakthrough is like a sharp knife, is a sharp weapon to destroy the city, with this trick to eat all over the world, Zhang Wenzhao has also become a regular visitor to the national team, so that his value has also been greatly improved.
Toss luneng! Zhang Wenzhao experienced the competition of the giants for the first time
In Yatai played a price, but also selected for the national team, Zhang Wenzhao not only attracted the attention of the national team manager, but also attracted the attention of other giants in the Chinese Super League. In the 2014 season, Shandong Luneng signed this side fast horse for a price of up to 39 million, and its value increased by about 70 times. Because of the technical characteristics, Zhang Wenzhao did not have a good life after going to Luneng. Because at that time, Luneng's side breakthrough hands were not lacking, foreign aid controlled the middle road, domestic forwards were squeezed to the side, plus Liu Binbin, Wu Xinghan young people urgently needed to play time, so Zhang Wenzhao entered the giant as deep as the sea, and experienced the fierce competition in the pride gate. At Luneng he did not get many opportunities, which also accelerated his re-exodus.
Transfer to Evergrande! Experience the competition again
Zhang Wenzhao, who was playing in his year, did not have many opportunities to play in Luneng, but there was still no shortage of teams interested in him. In the middle of the 2016 season, Scolari hoped that Evergrande would bring in attackers to improve their strength, and finally Evergrande agreed to let Hao Wei return to Luneng, plus a transfer fee of 75 million yuan, from Luneng in exchange for Zhang Wenzhao. Zhang Wenzhao came to Evergrande to have more playing time, but he did not get Scolari's trust. Coupled with the fact that evergrande's competition in the front court is even more fierce than Luneng, if it is given the opportunity, it may have been sitting on the bench. In Luneng Zhang Wenzhao's season, he still had more than 20 appearances, and after coming to Evergrande, his playing time declined again. The appearance time is unstable, but Zhang Wenzhao's age is gradually increasing, a sharp knife has become a blunt knife, and the role of short-term substitute appearances is getting smaller and smaller. In the past two years, Evergrande has been greatly renewed, and Zhang Wenzhao's position has become more and more awkward. Last season, he had to go on loan to Beijing Renhe, and his performance was also very average.
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Throughout Zhang Wenzhao's career, he has enough playing time and enough room to play in a civilian team like Yatai, can go to trial Inter, and can be repeatedly selected for the national team, which proves his talent and strength. However, after changing to giants such as Luneng and Evergrande, even the playing time cannot be guaranteed, what is the problem? Whether it is a question of player strength or technical characteristics, we will conduct an in-depth analysis below:
The Breakthrough King and the Lone Wolf are just a thought
The above picture is Zhang Wenzhao's career data change from 2009 to 2019, and it can be seen from the picture: Yatai is really Zhang Wenzhao's blessed land, where he has plenty of playing time and firing rights, and can score 5-6 goals per season. However, to giants such as Luneng and Evergrande, the playing time under the fierce competition has decreased sharply, and it is even more difficult to score goals! We also found a statistic, that is, Zhang Wenzhao only delivered 2 assists in his career, and he was still in Evergrande. It can be seen from this that Zhang Wenzhao is really a veritable breakthrough king, and the personal offensive breakthrough is nothing to say, but the teammates who should assist are weak, so he is a breakthrough hand with a single function. In the weak team often break through called the breakthrough king, in the strong team insists on breaking through to become a "lone wolf".
The picture above is Zhang Wenzhao's rare outstanding performance in Evergrande, in the 2018 season, Guangzhou Evergrande against Tianjin Teda, Evergrande counterattacked Paulinho to force a chance. Zhang Wenzhao, who had no one to defend on the right, won the ball, he took the ball all the way to the goal early, all the way to the front of the penalty area to pull his feet and shoot angrily, and the ball drew a wonderful arc into the net. From this goal, we can see Zhang Wenzhao's technical characteristics:
The body defense becomes a short board, and can only be a substitute soldier
In several seasons at Evergrande, Zhang Wenzhao has realized his problems, and he has tried to make changes, not only to satisfy his desire to shoot in the game, but also to consider assisting his teammates. As shown in the picture above, in the same game against TEDA, Zhang Wenzhao used his superb left-foot skills to create a good chance to score goals for Gaulat after changing positions to the left side. Such a change is a breakthrough for Zhang Wenzhao, but it cannot make up for another weakness in him. The following figure is an analysis of Zhang Wenzhao's technical characteristics, we will also pull his competitors Gao Lin and Zhang Wenzhao into the comparison, from the speed, shooting, passing, dribbling, defense and strength of six aspects of in-depth analysis.
From the comparison of the data in the above figure, it can be seen that Zhang Wenzhao has obvious advantages in speed, and is basically similar to the two competitors in shooting, passing and dribbling. The gap is in terms of defense and strength. Zhang Wenzhao is 177cm tall and weighs only 63kg, so his height is slightly lighter for ordinary people, not to mention that he is still an athlete. Under the current football system, the participation of frontcourt players in defense is a regular requirement, not to mention an important side. Zhang Wenzhao has shortcomings in strength and defense, and it is easy to be broken through and knocked away, which is why he can't start for a long time and can only serve as a surprise soldier on the bench.
The giants are less inclusive than civilian teams
Zhang Wenzhao is difficult to gain a foothold in giants such as Evergrande and Luneng, in fact, it has a lot to do with the team's playing style. Because civilian teams often play anti-anti-tactical, the team's defense is basically shrunk in half, so the frontcourt players make mistakes, or can't come back to defend, which does not have a great impact on the team's defensive system, so the front-court wing players can concentrate on attacking. And the big team needs to play the ball, Zhang Wenzhao has a shortcoming in the planning of the attack, but also to participate in the side defense when the opponent plays back, which actually magnifies his weakness. This is that the giant team is not as inclusive as the civilian team, because the giant tactical system has more requirements, the former breakthrough king has become a "lone wolf", the playing time cannot be guaranteed, it is difficult to play and affect the tactical cooperation, so Zhang Wenzhao has entered a dead cycle.
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Through the above analysis, we can see that Zhang Wenzhao has had a bumpy road since he left Yatai, and he also learned that Zhang Wenzhao cannot gain a foothold in the giants, mainly because of his technical characteristics. Because there was no stable playing time for a long time at his peak, this side knife has become a blunt knife. After going to Beijing Renhe on loan last season, he scored just one goal in 12 appearances. What is even more lamentable is that Zhang Wenzhao's reaction can be clearly seen on the playing field, sometimes people can't get over, there are often mistakes in stopping the ball and passing, and there are some very low-level mistakes.
Now even the Beijingers who took him in have been nearly demoted, and Guangzhou Evergrande has released news early to let him find his own home, but until today there is no news. Zhang Wenzhao's contract with Guangzhou Evergrande will end in June 2021, more than a year before now. Zhang Wenzhao's situation is still relatively special, unlike Gao Lin, Zeng Cheng and Feng Xiaoting, although he is older than him, he still has strength, at least in the Chinese Super League. Zhang Wenzhao's side not only carries a large contract and a high annual salary, the key is that his current ability is no longer enough to support him to play in the Chinese Super League, so his attraction in the player market is no longer great.
Now think back to Zhang Wenzhao's career, if he had not left Yatai, he might have had a different career and achievements. Although going to the giants such as Luneng and Evergrande has a high platform and can earn more money, not every player can adapt to the competition of the giants. 27-year-old transfer to Luneng, 29-year-old transfer to Evergrande, the best years are spent on the bench, Zhang Wenzhao's sharp knife has now become a blunt knife, and has lost the strength of the bright sword. Whether in the future in the Chinese Super League or the Chinese First Division, I also hope that Zhang Wenzhao can be less obsessed and enjoy more football fun!
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