For Guangzhou Evergrande, they experienced an unsuccessful Chinese Super League season. Under the match arrangement of the tournament system, Guangzhou Evergrande finally lost to Jiangsu Suning in the final of the Chinese Super League. In fact, before the start of this season's Chinese Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande has basically completed the replacement of the old and new personnel in the team. In the current Chinese Super League, some veteran players who have left Guangzhou Evergrande are still active in the main squads of various teams, including the 32-year-old Zou Zheng.
For Zou Zheng, I believe that many fans who like Guangzhou Evergrande will not be unfamiliar. In the semi-finals of the 2015 Club World Cup, Guangzhou Evergrande and Barcelona met on the field. In the 34th minute of the game, Evergrande player Zou Zheng accidentally fractured his leg. On the pitch, many Evergrande players saw that scene at that time. For the victory of Guangzhou Evergrande, Zou Zheng fought to break his leg. And after such a serious injury, the tough guy player has been very strong and has not shed a tear.
After recovering, although Zou Zheng still played for Guangzhou Evergrande for several seasons, he was no longer the main player of the team. In the 2019 season, Zou Zheng joined Guangzhou R&F. In last season's Chinese Super League, he was loaned to Qingdao Huanghai and led the team to complete the relegation task. Throughout the season, Zou Zheng made 11 appearances for Qingdao Yellow Sea, not only completing the tasks assigned by the team well on the defensive end, but also being very active on the offensive end.
After leading the Qingdao Yellow Sea team to relegation, Zou Zheng also accepted an interview with reporters. In the interview, Zou Zheng said that he will return to Guangzhou R&F next season. Although he is 32 years old, Zou Zheng has not only become the relegation hero of the team, but also a very good talent defender in the Chinese Super League. If it were not for the serious leg injury of that year, perhaps Zou Zheng would still occupy the main position of Guangzhou Evergrande.
Although he has left Guangzhou Evergrande, many fans are still very grateful to Zou Zheng. At that time, Guangzhou Evergrande's foreign assistant Paulinho also had a touching move of holding up Zou Zheng's shirt after scoring. It is worth mentioning that Zou Zheng not only found his peak feeling on the court, but also a life winner in life. Zou Zheng and his current wife have a happy relationship, and his wife recently posted photos of the family going out to play together.
For Guangzhou Evergrande, they still have a lot of work to do before the start of next season's Chinese Super League. In addition to activating former aces such as Talisca on the offensive end, it is also necessary to continue to look for a substitute for left-back Li Xuepeng on the defensive end. Zou Zheng has left Guangzhou Evergrande for many years, but the current good atmosphere in the Evergrande team is the same as that year, and it has not changed. When He Chao received the red card in the final of the Chinese Super League, the players of Guangzhou Evergrande did not blame him, but came forward to comfort him. Although the results are important, the contributions made by the players to the Evergrande team need to be remembered by everyone. For the 32-year-old Zou Zheng, what do the fans think? Do you remember the game that broke his leg?