Wuhan Sanzhen, led by Wei Shihao, won the Super Cup for the first time after defeating Shandong Taishan 2-0 in the first match of the new Chinese Football League season. The outstanding performance of Wei Shihao and other Guangzhou veterans in the Super Cup also reminded people of their past highlights in Guangzhou. Coincidentally, on this day, Guangzhou also made their debut in the new season. As a result, they beat Zhuhai 2030 2-0 to make a good start to the new season.
On April 8th, according to blogger "Green Youth", Guangzhou ushered in the first warm-up match of the new season against Zhuhai 2030 team. Due to the fact that key players such as Zeng Yaozhang and Wang Shijie were infected with Grade A flu, Guangzhou didn't send their strongest team, and the starters might be Huo Shenping, Jiang Weilang, Wang Wenxuan, Chen Quanjiang, Ruan Sai, etc. As a result, Guangzhou won 2-0. As a result, Guangzhou won 2-0 and earned a good start of the new season. For the current Guangzhou team, the important thing is not to win, but to prove that they are still alive and in the normal rhythm of preparing for the league.
As we all know, due to the financial crisis, Guangzhou was relegated last season as they could only play with a full Chinese class. In the new season, they lost their absolute starters such as Wei and Yan. Currently, only a few people such as Zhang Xiuwei and Wang Shilong are left from last season's regular starters or even rotation lineup.
Guangzhou finally started to prepare for the new season after confirming Liu Zhiyu as the team's coach. So in this time, two former Evergrande youth players, Parman Jiang and Bugra Khan, are the first to return. Although they are of average ability, they are a good addition to the current Guangzhou team and are capable of playing major roles, at least on this platform. In addition, with the likes of Xu Bin and Ling Jie initially starring for the national brand, the new Guangzhou team may not be competitive in China's first division in the new season.
It has to be mentioned that just in the last few days, Evergrande boss Xu Jiayin had a rare meeting with several club leaders and stopped the introduction of several mid-generation players. At first glance, this is not favorable to Guangzhou team, but on the other hand, it proves that Boss Xu has enough confidence in the ability of Guangzhou's young players (lack of money is also a fact).
Look at the great progress Wu Shaocong has made through the league in recent years, and look at Xu Bin's outstanding performance at the Asian Youth Championship. You can see that Evergrande's young players don't lack talent, they just lack enough opportunities to prove themselves. If they are given more playing time, they will grow faster. What's more, about 20-year-olds are already dominating the Euroleague and don't need to, when?
