This season, Beijing Guoan brought in Yang Liyu, a former player of Guangzhou Evergrande, whose position overlapped with Cao Yongjing. In this situation, Cao Yongjing was loaned to Changchun Yatai by Guoan. After joining Yatai, Cao Yongjing finally got the chance to show his skills and has been in competitive form in the past 6 rounds of the Chinese Super League.
Moreover, Yatai was down by 2 goals at one point in the away match against Chengdu Rongcheng in this round of the league, and substitute Cao Yongjing scored a goal in the 83rd minute. Lennardo, who is on loan from Shandong Taishan this season, scored another goal at the end of the game to help Yatai retreat from the away game with a 2-2 draw.
Leonardo joined Shandong Taishan in the 2021 season, Leonardo's strengths simply could not be utilized as there were no good passers in the team. After half a season, he was rented by the club to Hebei.
Last season, Leonardo was loaned to South Korean side Ulsan Hyundai. The Brazilian shot-stopper played like a fish out of water in the K-League. Not only did he score 13 goals in the league, but he also helped his team win the league title in one go.
But even with such a good performance, Leonardo still couldn't get into the eyes of head coach Hao Wei, and this season he was once again rented to Changchun Yatai. And in Yatai, Leonardo is still very efficient. In the past four rounds of the league, he scored four consecutive goals, becoming the team's first scorer.
Cao Yongjing and Leonardo have had such great performances for Yatai that it has left many fans wondering why Guoan and Taishan have not been rehired for their poor performances this season. At the end of the day, it's because of problems with employment at the clubs. Anyone can root out dissidents so that strong players can't play in the team, while some players who can't fulfill the requirements can take their place in the first team.
This also highlights the incompetence of Li Ming and Wu Zhidong, the managers of Guoan and Taishan clubs, who have made the teams more and more chaotic in recent years. Therefore, it is not surprising that the two Chinese Super League giants, Guoan and Taishan, are gradually falling behind this season.
