On June 19, Chinese Super League promoted Nantong Zhiyun officially announced that Gabriele Garcia officially coached the team. According to Football Daily, Nantong Zhiyun club plans to bring in 4-6 starters in the summer window to reach the relegation target.
Born in 1979, Gabri won the UEFA Champions League with Rijkaard's "Dream Team II", and was selected for the U16, U18, U20, U21, U23 youth teams and the Spanish national team that won the U20 World Youth Championship in 1999 and the silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. At national level, they were selected for the U16, U18, U20, U21, U23 youth teams and the Spanish national team, which won the U20 World Youth Championship in 1999 and a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. after retiring from playing in 2014, Gabri was given command of Barça's U19 side in 2015. in 2017, he was called up by the Swiss super team Sion, where he played for a very short period of time, but was in charge for less than four months. very briefly, but regretted his dismissal after less than four months in charge, and then has been coaching in the lower Spanish leagues.
In accepting Nantong Zhiyun's offer, Gabriel faced a contract that also included the position of second assistant coach of Barcelona's first team offered to him by his old friend Xavi, which in itself shows that Gabriel's business ability is not bad. To be able to snatch the coach from Barcelona is already a considerable expense for the small-scale operation of Nantong Zhiyun.
Although former coach David Patricio was dismissed after a draw at home, and acting coach Sherman lost three games in four rounds, objectively speaking, Nantong Zhiyun didn't play poorly during Patricio and Sherman's leadership of the team. From the point of view of cards and inputs alone, Nantong Zhiyun can only lose to the port, Chengdu, Guoan, Yatai, Zhejiang a ball, and even have the opportunity to "steal points" in these teams, which shows that the coach's work is basically in place.
Although Nantong Zhiyun waived a lot of signings after the overtaking, it is difficult to attract strong reinforcements due to limited investment. Their domestic players are still the "standard" in China A. In order to achieve the goal of relegation, Nantong Zhiyun will go all out in the summer window. In addition to finalizing the new head coach Gabriele, their internal and external reinforcements have been introduced with a vision. According to the current progress of the negotiation, Nantong Zhiyun will add 4 to 6 players in the second turn, who will be able to play as the main players when they come.
