New head coach on board at Canton City Soccer Saloon
As the night wore on, Guangzhou City Football Salon unveiled heavy news: Li Wei Feng was appointed as the first-team head coach, while Zhao Junzhe stepped down from his position as acting head coach to become the club's technical director.
Li Wei Feng, an outstanding figure with a sparkling playing career and rich experience in coaching the first team of the Chinese Super League. His 112 matches with the national team are the most in history, and he is the only male soccer player in China who has participated in both the World Cup and the Olympics.
Li Wei Feng's talent in the soccer world is obvious to all, in 2015, as the deputy general manager of Tianjin Quanjian, he helped the team to become the AFC Champions League team. Facing the crisis of Quanjian Group and the financial pressure of the club, Li Wei Feng firmly led the team to survive against the odds, taking on several roles and showing his responsibility and accountability.
In the 2019 season, Li Wei Feng was appointed as the head coach of Tianjin Tianhai and successfully led the team to relegation, unfortunately the team eventually failed to successfully transfer. In the final stage of the club, Li Wei Feng was not only in charge of the team, but also used his resources to help young players find new owners, until every player had a home to go back to, and then he unloaded the team's heavy burden, his comprehensive coordination and problem-solving ability is widely recognized.
In the past two years, Li Wei Feng gradually faded out of the soccer circle, this comeback, the outside world expects him to help Guangzhou City team out of the dilemma. Guangzhou City's losing streak in the Chinese Super League has reached 13 matches after the match against Chengdu Rongcheng, with only 1 win and 14 losses in the first 15 rounds, dropping them to 17th place and deep into the relegation zone.
Li Wei Feng's first task after taking over is to boost the team's morale and improve its fighting spirit and cohesion. His experience in Tianjin Tianhai shows that he is good at gathering people's hearts and inspiring the team's fighting spirit. In Guangzhou City's announcement, the club expects Li Wei Feng's arrival to enrich the team's technical and tactical skills, inject the spirit of hard work, and meet the challenges with a more resilient stance.
Li Weifeng and Zhao Junzhe were once the golden partners of the national football team, and the two co-captained the team in the 2004 Asian Cup. This time, the team will bring new vitality to the Guangzhou City team, and together they will face the challenges and go all out to complete the task of relegation.
