After joining Chengdu Rongcheng, Andrigo quickly assumed the core responsibility of the team's midfield. In 13 rounds of league matches, the Brazilian midfielder scored 3 goals and contributed 4 assists, making a huge contribution to Rongcheng's win of fourth place in the league.
However, this season, after Romulo recovered from his injury, Andrigo's position in the team became a bit awkward. Apparently, South Korean coach Seo Jung-won trusted Romulo more than Andrigo and gave him more playing time. Although Romulo suffered a serious knee cruciate ligament injury last season, he still performed well after returning to the team this season. In the past 16 rounds of the league, Romulo scored 5 goals and 6 assists, proving once again that he is the real center of the team's midfield.
Romulo's return also severely squeezed Andrigo's playing time. Since their characteristics are too similar, they cannot coexist on the field at the same time. Xu Zhengyuan has tried to play them at the same time. In the match between Chengdu Rongcheng and Shanghai Shenhua, Romulo and Andrigo appeared in the starting lineup at the same time, playing as a double frontman, but the result was not satisfactory.
In this case, Xu Zhengyuan could only give up on Andrigo and make Romulo the team's main striker. This season, Andrigo only played 9 rounds of CSL matches for Rongcheng, despite this, the Brazilian midfielder contributed 2 goals to the team.
In order to get enough playing opportunities, Andrigo eventually chose to leave Chengdu Chengdu. Romulo also announced his official departure from the team after Chengdu's 2-1 win over Jinmen Tigers. Recently, Chengdu Music canceled Andrigo's spot in the Chinese Super League. The Brazilian midfielder will return to South Korea to join Pohang Ironmen in the K-League.
With Andrigo out of the team, Yan Dinghao can take his place in the team. The former Guangzhou Evergrande midfielder can play not only as a midfielder, but also as a center midfielder and winger. His attacking ability is not much worse than that of Andrigo.
According to reports, Andrigo officially left the team and flew to South Korea after naturalized player Eckerson's birthday, and many Chengdu fans went to the airport to see Andrigo off. We would like to wish Andrigo the best of luck and hope that he can play well in the K-League, prove himself with goals and assists, and return to Chengdu Chengdu next season to be reused by Seo Jung Won.
