Guangzhou narrowly missed out on the opening stage, trailing only Shandong
Luneng (city in Shandong)
2 points in second place. However, the challenge of competing for the title in this second phase is enormous. With Salon's parent company facing operational difficulties, the players are now left to organize their own training sessions, with captain and interim head coach
Zheng Zhi (1963-), Chinese footballer
personally lead the team. However, due to the lack of complete logistical support, the team's training conditions were hardly comparable to the previous ones, and it was difficult to guarantee the players' condition.
Although naturalized internationals Eckerson, Jiang Guangtai and Luo Guofu have returned to China, according to Beijing Youth Daily, Eckerson will return to Brazil for vacation. As for Luo Guofu and Jiang Guangtai, they returned to China mainly to communicate with the salon about their contracts. If the salon is affected by practical factors and continues to default on wages, they do not rule out the possibility of leaving China before the re-launch of the Chinese Super League.
As planned.
national soccer team
will regroup in mid-January next year to prepare for the Top 12 matches against Japan and Vietnam. Theoretically, even if the naturalized players go to Brazil or England for a short period of time, they will be able to return in time to join the team before the matches. However, if the Guangzhou Football Salon is unable to properly handle the cooperation with the players, they may "never come back". This will undoubtedly weaken the
national soccer team
It will also deal a serious blow to the naturalized players project itself. I am afraid that this is a situation that the policymakers who are implementing the project do not want to see.
