With yesterday's reveal, the 2022 season
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The first phase of the league's schedule was officially unveiled, and this phase of the tournament will be held from June 3 to July 12 in the three major regions of Meizhou, Dalian and Haikou, in which the teams will go through 10 rounds and a total of 90 intense matches in 42 days.
On June 3 at 8 p.m., Haikou's Wuyuanhe Stadium will host the opening match between defending champions Shandong Taishan and Zhejiang. Other highlights of the first round include Guangzhou against Shanghai Shenhua in Dalian, a showdown marking the debut of Guangzhou's new manager Liu Zhiyu; Guangzhou City will face last season's dark horse Changchun Yatai in Haikou; and Shenzhen will face promotion rival Chengdu Rongcheng in Meizhou, which will mark the return of Shenzhen's new manager Li Zhangshu
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after their debut; while Meizhou Hakka will make their team debut at Huitang Stadium in Wuhua Olympic Sports Center
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The debut performance was against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.
Observation of the four branches in Southern Guangdong
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The team's schedule in the first stage of the tournament, Guangzhou will face Dalian Division rival Shanghai Seaport in the fourth and ninth rounds, the two teams have played for the
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The top matchup in the tournament, and today, the eight-champion Shandong Taishan team can only rely on the strength of their young players.
Shenzhen and Meizhou Hakka will play Guangdong Derby in the third and eighth rounds. As the two teams with the least changes among the four teams, Shenzhen Football and Meizhou Hakka will be the focus of Guangdong fans' attention as to who will take up the heavy responsibility of the soccer in Southern Guangdong. Guangzhou City will also challenge defending champion Shandong Taishan in the third and eighth rounds in Haikou.
The first phase of the schedule shows that 10 rounds of 90 matches will be played in 42 days, with an average of one match every three to four days, and such an intensive schedule will undoubtedly greatly test the depth of the 18 teams' replacement squads.
Canton's first-team roster for the new season includes 29 players from the
Evergrande (name)
Football School, with an average age of only 21.12 years old, setting a record for the youngest Guangzhou team in the 12 years since the team was founded, and also refreshing the
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The all-time record for the youngest team. Compared to Shanghai Shenhua and Chengdu Rongcheng (both 27.9 years old), who have the highest average age, Guangzhou's young players have an advantage in terms of fitness and recovery speed, but considering that most players
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Inexperienced, manager Liu Zhiyu must rely on Jiang Guangtai, Yang Liyu, Wei Shihao and other core players who stay in the team, while the lack of bench strength will be the short board of Guangzhou team. How to maintain the team's fighting strength through rotation tactics will be a severe test of Liu Zhiyu's coaching ability.
