The game's scary moment
In the 80th minute of the match, Jin Jingdao launched a raid on the right and then skillfully passed the ball to the center. Guo Tianyu quickly followed up in the middle of the field, overpowered two Shenhua defenders, and jumped up high to score a powerful header that went just wide of the goal as the Taishan fans cheered.
Shenhua fights back after missing a good chance
In this game, Guo Tianyu missed a great opportunity to score a goal. Despite the constant threat of Taishan's offense, they were defeated 1-2 by Shanghai Shenhua, who lacked half of their local starters.
Disappointed Guo Tianyu sat on the ground, first clenched his fist and sighed to the sky, and then pounded his fist on the grass. His face was blue, and he felt remorseful for not being able to capitalize on the goal that was worth thousands of dollars.
What hurt him even more was the experience of staying in the ocean.
The road to stay in the ocean has twists and turns
On January 27, 2022, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) and Shandong Taishan Football Club simultaneously announced that Guo Tianyu had joined Portuguese Super League club Vizela on loan.
Shandong Taishan Football Club official announcement in full:
In order to actively cooperate with the CFA's "Players Staying Abroad Program", to further strengthen the cultivation of Chinese soccer talents, and to provide a better development platform for young players, after reaching an agreement with Vizela Club and the player himself, Guo Tianyu joined Vizela Club of the Portuguese Super League on a loan basis for a period of up to June 30th, 2022, and the player himself agreed to join the club.
Guo Tianyu, born in Jinan in 1999, is a representative of the outstanding players cultivated by the youth training of Taishan FC, and has been selected for the national team at all levels for many times.He made his debut for the club's first-team in 2017, and had been loaned to Wuhan in the 2019 season. On behalf of Shandong Taishan FC, he made 47 appearances in various tournaments, contributing 15 goals, and won the 2020 season of the Chinese Football Association Cup with the team, and the 2021 season of the Chinese Premier League, the Chinese Football Association Cup.
Shandong Taishan Football Club has been committed to cultivating Chinese soccer reserves, contributing to the development of the Chinese soccer cause as its own responsibility, will continue to respond positively to the call of the CFA, to provide strong protection for the domestic players to stay in the program for the national team to cultivate and transport high-quality players.
I hope that Guo Tianyu will be disciplined in his new club, train hard and keep improving, Shandong Taishan Football Club will be your strongest backing. I wish Guo Tianyu all the best for the future!
The CFA said:
Shandong Taishan Football Club has always been committed to the cultivation of Chinese soccer talents, contributing to the development of the Chinese soccer cause as its own responsibility; now, they have provided a strong guarantee for Chinese outstanding soccer talents to stay in the world, we would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Shandong Taishan Football Club.
Everything, it seems, is starting out beautifully.
At this time, the Portuguese Superliga has only finished 19 rounds of the league, there are still 15 rounds of the league waiting for Guo Tianyu, and from the date of counting there are still 3 and a half months - so many rounds, such a long time, enough to let Guo Tianyu better feel the Portuguese Superliga, and even in the initial prediction, many people also believe that even if the playing time Even in the initial prediction, many people thought that even if the playing time is not enough, but 3.5 months of high-intensity training and team confrontation, will also be very beneficial to Guo Tianyu.
But fate soon gave Guo Tianyu opened a joke, January 27 after the official announcement, originally should be immediately into the trip to stay in the ocean, but because of the visa problem delayed again and again, the reason is that, the Portuguese side of the tightening of the issuance of visas to the Chinese side of the Guo Tianyu can only helplessly wait.
Until the end of March 2 months later, Guo Tianyu finally completed the visa, and in the meantime, the Portuguese Premier League played 8 rounds, only the last 7 rounds of matches waiting for Guo Tianyu, the time, there is only one and a half months left.
Guo Tianyu gets a chance in his debut in the ocean and his teammates don't pass it on
In the end, Guo Tianyu made 3 appearances in the last 7 rounds of the league: in the 29th round, Guo Tianyu came on as a substitute in the 68th minute, in the 30th round, Guo Tianyu came on as a substitute in the 83rd minute, and in the 32nd round, Guo Tianyu came on as a substitute in the 88th minute.
In 3 matches, Guo Tianyu has played a total of 31 minutes (not counting extra time).
Objectively speaking, Guo Tianyu's stay in the ocean, in fact, is only a walk in the park, a total of only one and a half months and seven rounds of time, in the complete lack of integration of the situation, Vizela can give Guo Tianyu 3 appearances for a total of 31 minutes, in fact, has already been merciful to the end.
Guo Tianyu's stay in the ocean, stayed lonely
Guo Tianyu also has a very clear understanding of this, after he arrived in Portugal, he is completely not adapted to the rhythm of the Portuguese Premier League, not only the rhythm of the game, the rhythm of training can not be adapted to, he said in a live broadcast, a training session during the game, the whole time he is almost anaerobic state, from the beginning of the grabbing laps is very intense, to the end of the training in the end of the state of his dumbfounded.
Only limited playing time, in the absence of training to adapt to the guarantee, it is also difficult to fully play the characteristics of Guo Tianyu, including Guo Tianyu originally good at the header, but because of the intensity of the game confrontation is not adapted to play out.
Considering the level of the Portuguese Premier League and the individual abilities of its players, this platform is still significantly high for the 23-year-old Guo Tianyu at the moment.
Guo Tianyu's stay was a loan, and after the loan ended, both Shandong Taishan and Guo Tianyu chose not to stay any longer.
A despondent Guo Tianyu returned home after the final round of matches at Vizela on May 14 local time, followed by isolation and then a short vacation, flying to Haikou in early July to train with the team for a week, but the team went on vacation after the first phase of the Taishan team on July 10, and then re-centered on July 19, and Guo Tianyu then began preparations for subsequent matches in the Chinese Super League.
August 6, the 11th round of the Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, Guo Tianyu debut to play the whole game, but the performance is average.
On another level, the game was also another systematic game for Guo Tianyu after a seven-month gap, and a forward player who hadn't played a systematic game in seven months (or more accurately played around 40 minutes, i.e., 31 minutes of Portuguese Premier League time plus some extra time) was in predictable form.
On August 12, Shandong Taishan played against Cangzhou Lions, Guo Tianyu came on as a substitute for 34 minutes and was not able to put up a good performance.
Guo Tianyu scored a penalty kick
August 15, Shandong Taishan 7-0 victory over Hebei, Guo Tianyu debut to play the whole game, but so many goals, Guo Tianyu scored only a penalty kick.
In the following three rounds, Guo Tianyu made one start and two substitutions, and finally in the six matches starting from the 11th round of the Chinese Super League, Guo Tianyu played in all of them, making three starts and three substitutions, and scoring the same number of goals as he did from that penalty kick.
The anger and helplessness of this match with Shanghai Shenhua reflects Guo Tianyu's helpless experience in the past six months or so.
You know, in the 2021 season, Guo Tianyu with 10 goals and Fellaini, Zhang Yuning, tied for fourth in the top scorer list, and Zhang Yuning has two penalties, Fellaini has a penalty, Guo Tianyu's goals are no penalties, that season, in the top 20 goal scorer list, Guo Tianyu is the only standard "U23 players".
Guo Tianyu scrambles during the game
From the scenery of last season, to the lonesome figure of this season, Guo Tianyu this time to stay in the ocean to bring the trauma is undoubtedly very serious.
The same injury is also Shandong Taishan team, if Guo Tianyu not to go to the foreign and stay in the team, the early season of the front will not appear, as for the game and Shanghai Shenhua, in the case of Cressan and Fellaini have injuries, but also not to Guo Tianyu playing substitutes, if it is the best Guo Tianyu, the game may not necessarily be lost.
Of course, more hurt and Shandong fans: watching Guo Tianyu never find the state, and Taishan team also suffered a block, very helpless.
Rethinking the Road to Staying in the Ocean
Is it wrong to stay abroad? Of course it is. However, it is not right to do so blindly without adequate preparation and careful study.
Still say, this stay in the ocean is certainly still valuable, at least Guo Tianyu personally witnessed the European League, after returning home, he also talked a lot, can see, he also has a very deep feeling.
But mere sentimentality has no value beyond that.
More than a month's stay in the ocean time, a total of 31 minutes of playing time, can not talk about Guo Tianyu's ability to improve, on the contrary, because of the isolation after returning to the home country and other factors, and largely affected his competitive state, and even directly interrupted his upward momentum.
Looking back at the matter of Guo Tianyu staying in the ocean, the lesson is undoubtedly profound:
For one thing, this is led by the Football Association to stay in the ocean, rather than Guo Tianyu hope to go to stay in the ocean, stay in the ocean, ultimately to the player's subjective initiative as the basic premise, otherwise it is a pull to match;
Secondly, Shandong Taishan Football Club is only passive with the Football Association, they actually may not be willing to Guo Tianyu to stay in the ocean, but also do not want to fall into the obstruction of the word to stay in the ocean;
Thirdly, the platform chosen to stay in the ocean is really beyond the ability of Guo Tianyu, the Portuguese Premier League's rhythm and intensity aside, alone individual ability, Guo Tianyu is no advantage, or even can be said to be at a disadvantage. So, choose the right platform is the most critical, can play the game is the most critical, if it is another suitable for Guo Tianyu's league, even if only 7 rounds of matches, can play more time, or have goals, everything is different again.
Fourth, the lack of advance preparation for related policies such as visa policies, so that the signing of the contract but can not go out, otherwise two months earlier to go out, Guo Tianyu have three or four months of time to integrate and sense, the situation may be better.
Of course, some Taishan fans also pointed out that Guo Tianyu has obviously gained weight after his return, which means that he still had some problems with self-management during the isolation and vacation period, which is another reason for his current poor form. Objectively speaking, what Taishan fans say is fine, and this is also a lesson that Guo Tianyu needs to learn in the future.
At the same time, some fans have suggested that his mentality may have thwarted his quick recovery, as it was evident during the game that he particularly wanted to score, but wanted to do it quickly.
No matter what, the matter had finally passed, for Guo Tianyu, he needed to forget this not so pleasant experience, and also needed to further strengthen his body, and even more so, he needed to further adjust his mindset.
In fact, today's Guo Tianyu is only 23 years old, while in previous years this age of the players are still struggling for the U23 policy, and even some players play 1 minute and then replaced to cope with the U23 policy, so it's okay, put a steady mind, everything will be fine.
