At the beginning of September, the 22nd round of the Brazilian Primera División ended. Luo Guofu, a famous Chinese men's soccer player, is gradually recovering well in the performance of Club America Mineiro. His team beat Santos 2-0 at home and won two consecutive matches. In the last round, they beat São Paulo 2-1, however, Lo was unable to participate in the match due to injury. Despite being 35 years old, Luo Guofu is still a Chinese player. He had intended to continue to participate in international matches as a Chinese player, especially in the Asian Cup, but after returning to the Barclays Premier League, he changed his mind.
Lo Kok Fu expressed the idea of retirement before the start of the season and gave relatively clear conditions for his retirement. If Minero Americas does not perform well, Luo Guofu will leave Minero Americas at the end of the year and choose to retire. Last season, Minero Americas won the tenth place in the Barclays Premier League, if the development is normal, this season's performance is obviously not bad, but the competition in the Barclays Premier League is more cruel and fierce than imagined.
Statistically, in the 2023 season, Mineroamericano has a total of only 16 points from the 0-3 loss to Fluminense in the first round of the Barclays Premier League to the 2-0 Santos in the 22nd round, temporarily placing them in 19th place in the Barclays Premier League, i.e., in the penultimate position. According to this situation, this Barclays Premier League team will be relegated. The rule in the Barclays Premier League is that all last four teams will be relegated, and Bahia is the lowest team in the safety zone, currently in 16th place in the Barclays Premier League with 22 points.
With the team underperforming, Luo Guofu's individual performances have remained steady. This season, he has played 35 games in various competitions, scoring 12 goals, assisting 4 times and scoring 16 solo goals, continuing to be the best Chinese striker at this stage in terms of ability and form. Unfortunately, Li Tie has delayed Luo Guofu's development in the national soccer team. Now he seems to be cold and in a bad way lately. In the past two months, he has suffered three consecutive injuries, which directly triggered Luo Guofu's decision to retire.
According to reports, Lokomotiv did not want to stick around, despite his frequent injuries. He applied to Club América Mineiro for an early termination of his contract, as well as retirement, ending his soccer career. Leading national media outlet Soccer Daily followed up on Luo Guofu's situation, stating that Luo Guofu had injured his right thigh three times in the past two months. After the third injury, Luo Guofu wanted to retire immediately, but after communicating with the club's senior management, he finally decided to fulfill his contract at the end of the year. Luo Guofu himself has remained a Chinese player, far outperforming other Chinese men's soccer players this season and last, but has not been drafted by his coach. Soccer Daily noted that Luo Guofu had the opportunity to return to national soccer training in March and June, but national soccer coach Jankovic did not call him up.
Soccer Daily believes that it will be difficult for Luo Guofu to return to the national soccer team and wear the national team jersey again, and he will end his career as a Chinese. In order to achieve good results in the Asian Cup, Jankovic should try to convince Luo Guofu to return. Unfortunately, the current Chinese national team is facing a lot of problems, both in terms of strength and form are relatively poor. In Jankovic's opinion, the overall situation of the Chinese national team has reached a point where it cannot be changed by Luo Guofu alone. The most important thing at this stage may be to improve the team's morale and tactical play.
