Shanghai harbor
In the first phase of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Seaport is leading Group B with 28 points alongside Changchun Yatai. The two teams are advancing to the final of the F.A.C. Cup to compete for the championship honor. Shanghai Seaport has strong foreign players such as Oscar, Muyi and Paulinho, and is one of the few clubs that do not owe wages, so the whole team is working together to win the second Chinese Super League trophy in the team's history.
On December 7, Shanghai Seaport's warm-up match with Beijing Guoan ended in a 5-2 win, with three foreigners contributing to the success. According to the plan, the team will depart for the Guangzhou tournament this Friday afternoon to prepare for the championship shock with full force.
Shenzhen team
In the first phase of the Chinese Super League, Shenzhen emerged as the biggest dark horse. After entering the championship group, they actively launched an attack on the qualification of the Asian Championship. It is reported that the Shenzhen team will lock the AFC Champions League qualification as the goal of this season, if successful promotion, the next season will strive to overcome the difficulties, the use of full-strength lineup to participate, and reinforcements to upgrade the lineup. Meanwhile, the Shenzhen team's parent company, Jiazhaoye, is also facing financial problems, but the team has signed a number of large corporate sponsors in the past six months and the local government has committed to providing at least 0.6 billion in incentives and subsidies each year, so the resource problem is expected to be alleviated. However, the coaching lineup may become the team's short board.
Beijing Guoan (soccer team)
Guoan interval foreign aid changes frequently, Augusto failed to return, Bieira injury early departure, Jin Minya early termination of contract. Bakambu returned to the team, Guoan only one foreign aid Anderson Silva. The good thing is that Guoan's internal reinforcements are not bad, there is a strong base. Skipper Bilic is still leading the team, although rumors are circulating that he may return to the team. However, Guoan is trailing by more points and has an incomplete foreign aid lineup, making it more difficult to compete for the title. Guoan's goal can only be to make every effort to fight for a good ranking.
Hebei
During the interregnum, the Hebei team faced a severe crisis, the club was in a state of suspension for a long time, the first team has not been formally assembled, and the club drastically cut people. Despite the players' request for unpaid work, the team's manager Jin Jongfu and foreign aid Mehmetsevich still chose to return. After joint efforts, the team successfully participated in the competition. on November 30, the team officially announced that the first team was officially assembled, the team bus arrived at Foshan Residence after 2,100 kilometers of journey, the fuel cost and road tolls by the club's driver master temporarily advanced, the team will be full to complete the league this season.
Guangzhou City
This season, Guangzhou City, led by Van Garst, finished fourth in the group with 21 points from five wins, six draws and three losses, and managed to advance to the title contention group. However, Guangzhou City also faced financial difficulties during the interregnum, with unpaid wages. Despite rumors of a takeover and merger of the two teams by Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals, the club continued to maintain its daily operations and the team stuck to its regular preparatory training. Guangzhou City only had two foreign players available in the title contenders group, Thiago and Caldona, and the injury situation was more serious, with six local players, Chen Zhizhao, Tang Miao, Ye Chugui, Chang Feiya, Zeng Chao, and Zhou Yuchen, missing due to injuries.
Shanghai Shenhua (soccer team)
In the first phase of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Shenhua, the favorites to win the title, started high but left low, with the dismissal of manager Cui Kangxi, who lost the chance to compete for the title early and fell into the relegation group. During the break, foreign aid Moreno returned to the team, Shenhua will focus on exercising young players. In the warm-up match, Shenhua was shut out 4-3 by the Jinmen Tigers.
Henan Songshan Longmen
During the break, Henan Songshan Longmen had a full lineup, with all five foreign aiders arriving. Team injuries, Ivo, Luo Xin and Dili Mulati have been rehabilitation training, of which Luo Xin's injuries need to wait for some time. Junior Niu Ziyi previously suffered a ligament tear, basically not in the second stage of the relegation group game. Wang Shangyuan's rejoining the team is crucial to the team's hardness in the center backfield. Recently, Henan Songshan Longmen gradually increase the amount of training, in the warm-up match with Qingdao 2-2 draw, showing the relegation "judge" role.
the Wuhan team
During the break, Wuhan's biggest change is the head coach Li Xiaopeng "high rise" to the national team manager position. Wuhan team's first phase of poor results, Li Xiaopeng dismissal sound. Wuhan team has delivered Li Tie, Li Xiaopeng two local skipper for the national team, become the national team skipper "big household". In addition, Wuhan team because Li Tie frequently on the news. In the AFC Cup, Wuhan team two rounds of total score of 0-3 defeated Shandong Taishan stopped eight. December 4, Wuhan team officially announced that Li Jinyu as the team's head coach, the team will be under the leadership of Li Jinyu to fight in the second phase of the Chinese Super League competition.
Chongqing Two Rivers Athletics
This season, Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic can be said to be in constant trouble on the issue of "money". Before the start of the season, the Chongqing team refused to enter the competition area due to the problem of unpaid players. After the efforts of all parties, the team finally managed to enter the tournament. After the first stage, Chongqing only scored 11 points and ranked 4th in the relegation group. Although the problem of unpaid wages still has not been dealt with, the club in the intervals because of the inability to pay the electricity bill into a state of suspension, the club as a whole personnel alliance issued an open letter for help, and got a special report on the CCTV soccer night program. Subsequently, the CCTV reporter revealed that the share reform working group will be stationed in the club, the relevant funds will gradually in place, the team players basically return to the team. In addition, on December 6, Chongqing Athletic Two Rivers Club released an announcement that the team officially completed the work of updating the team logo and passed the relevant review, and the new team logo will be used in the 2022 season, which seems to mean that the club still has the hope of a miraculous return to life.
Cangzhou Lion
In the first phase of the Chinese Super League, Cangzhou Lions entered the relegation group with a poor record in spite of the big recruiting efforts. During the break, Cangzhou Lions made a managerial change, replacing the meritorious manager Guterbee and ushering in the veteran manager Sablić, who has rich coaching experience in the Chinese Super League. After finishing their AFC Cup campaign, the team prepared for the tournament in Guangzhou, during which they played four warm-up matches against Kunshan, Zhuhai Qin'ao, Guangzhou City, and Guangzhou, achieving three wins and one draw. With the announcement of the fixtures, Cangzhou's preparations are also picking up speed. The players are gradually familiarizing themselves with Sablić's tactical approach, and Sablić's coaching of the team is beginning to bear fruit, as they drew 0-0 with Guangzhou in the warm-up matches, and then beat Shandong Taishan, who are short of international footballers, by a 4-0 margin.
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
During the break, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers looked very smooth without too much negative news coming out. They had an early assembly and prepared for the game under the leadership of Yu Genwei. In the second round of the AFC Cup, they were defeated by Dalian People. Then in the warm-up match, they beat Guoan 1-0. After the team arrived in Shanghai, they started warm-up matches with Shanghai Harbor and Shanghai Shenhua, the two host teams, and the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers achieved success in all of them.
Dalian
In the first phase of the Chinese Super League, Dalian People's team achieved 2 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses with 7 points, ranking the second last in the total standings. During the break, the team's foreign aid Larson returned smoothly to the team, adding a lot of firepower to the team's second stage strength. In addition, Dalian People is one of the only 3 teams in the Chinese Super League that do not owe wages. As you can see from the current training photos of the Dalian Ren team, 3 foreign aiders such as Boateng have returned to the team. Players such as Zheng Long and Li Shuai also appeared on the training ground. The first match of the second phase of the Chinese Super League will be against Henan Songshan Longmen.
Qingdao, subprovincial team in Shandong
Recently, Qingdao team also exposed the crisis of unpaid wages. The financial situation is so bad that only one of the seven sponsors is left, and the club has been in arrears for eight months. Like other clubs in crisis, Qingdao also proposed equity changes, but little progress was made.On the morning of December 7, Qingdao's head coach Wu Jingui held an emergency meeting. In this meeting, Wu confessed the reality that the team is now suffering from a shortage of funds, saying that he is not sure when he will be able to pay back the salary arrears. Qingdao players made it clear that if the club does not deal with the team's salary arrears, the players will refuse to enter the tournament. According to sources, some foreign aiders were very agitated and strongly expressed their dissatisfaction, thus forcing the meeting to be interrupted. As a Chinese Super League newcomer, the club has received support from the city of Qingdao, but there is a huge shortfall in funding, which is due to the fact that a lot of sponsorship money has not been allocated.
