Due to the special circumstances of this year, the performance of some Chinese Super League teams in the league this season has formed a strong contrast with last season, and one of the more typical examples is the veteran Chinese Super League powerhouse Beijing Guoan.
As a championship team last season, Beijing Guoan has taken a sharp turn for the worse this season. Although the club's chairman Zhou Jinhui shouted the slogan "Guoan will continue to fight for the championship" at the beginning of the season, everyone knows that today's Guoan team no longer has the strength to fight for the championship a few years ago.
Affected by the international epidemic, Guoan's 4 foreign aides have all terminated their contracts with the club, and Bakambu, the only one who still has a contract, should not come back. The Guoan team, which lost 5 foreign aides and 6 internationals, had to play in the FA Cup with a residual squad, and in the first round they lost to the Chinese League one team Sichuan Jiuniu and were eliminated early.
Although Guoan scored in the championship group in the first stage of the league, Guoan, who played in the all-China class, may be difficult to play a satisfactory performance in the second stage of the league. Fortunately, the recent reinforcements from Guoan have finally arrived, and he is and de silva, the Brazilian high school striker Anderson Silva, who Guoan signed in the summer transfer window.
It is reported that at present, Silva has ended the quarantine observation, officially joined the National Security Team and has begun to practice with the team. Due to the long period of isolation, Silva, who has just arrived in the team, currently only has simple pass-and-receive training in the team. As a Brazilian player, Silva's skills are more delicate, but since Silva has not yet officially trained on goal, it is difficult to evaluate how his shooting skills are.
From Silva's experience playing for Portuguese Premier League side Famalican, he is a very diligent player, as a sharp knife in the front, Silva not only pressed the opponent's defender high in the front, but also often actively retreated to his own half to participate in the team's defense. From this point of view, Silva does not have the shortcomings of many fans who have the impression that Brazilian players are more lazy.
Last season, the young Silva played 22 games for Famalican in the Portuguese Premier League, scoring seven league goals for the team most of the time as a substitute. Judging from these data, Silva does not belong to the traditional killer center in front of the goal, and in the case of a very dense defense in the middle of the opponent's penalty area, Silva can also pull to the side, form a response with the attacking players in the middle, and pull out the offensive space for the teammates who are plugged in.
Although Guoan only spent 2 million euros to bring in Silva, he was born in November 1997 and is only 23 years old, if he can integrate into Guoan's tactical system in the short term and quickly adapt to the rhythm of the Chinese Super League, Silva still has a lot of room for future development.
As we all know, Guoan's local center Zhang Yuning is likely to leave the team next season to play in Europe. Some of Anderson's characteristics are quite similar to Zhang Yuning, and from this point of view, guoan clubs introduced Silva in order to find a suitable substitute for Zhang Yuning.
It is also worth mentioning that the 23-year-old Silva is still very young, if he can stay in Guoan to play football, he will have the conditions for naturalization in China after 5 years, when the 28-year-old Silva can become a naturalized player and enter the national football team.
Of course, it is still a bit too early to say that this problem, after all, it is difficult to predict what will happen to Chinese football in the future. If a new group of young players can come up in time, the national football team will no longer need naturalized foreign players after 5 years...