QUICK TAKE: On January 6, Beijing time zone, the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League officially ended. Tianjin Jinmen Tigers saved the day in the final game and managed to
relegate
. Initially shrouded in doubt, their comeback was a spectacle. However, despite being relegated this season, the Tigers still face many challenges next season.
Domestic soccer media, Soccer Daily, has conducted a comprehensive review of the Jinmen Tigers' 2021 season and provided an in-depth analysis of the team's prospects for next season. The report pointed out that the biggest dilemma of Jinmen Tigers is the instability of the player lineup. This season, most of the main players in the team's first-team lineup are on loan, such as Barton, Kadar, Li Songyi, and so on. They have contributed to the relegation in the season, but it is still unknown whether they will continue to stay in Jinmen Tigers in the future. Soccer Daily predicts that if these loaned players are recovered by their original teams or have other plans, Jinmen Tigers will have to reorganize their team.
In addition, the Tsimshatsui Tigers rushed to form a team at the beginning of the season, with Yu Genwei holding both the positions of general manager and head coach, which in
China Super League (soccer league)
There is absolutely nothing like it in the league. The team's efforts to bring in foreign strikers during the summer window also ended in failure. As a result, Jinmen Tigers may make adjustments to their management and coaching team in the future.
In order to ensure that Jinmen Tigers can continue to survive, the share reform has become an urgent task. Last year, the team was reborn under the takeover of the Tianjin Municipal Sports Bureau and solved the debt problem by spinning off the company. This season, the team's operating funds mainly come from Tianjin local state-owned enterprises, but this model is difficult to sustain. Jinmen Tigers must push forward with the share reform, quickly clarify the direction of development and find stable investors to ensure that the team can develop stably next season. (Source: DD)
