Brazilian center forward Thiago (center) will be the starter in the second phase of the Guangzhou City competition.
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Second stage of the tournament
Yesterday evening, in the middle of
national soccer team
Association Announces Season
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For the second phase of the schedule, the race begins on December 12th and runs through January 4th, 2022. This marks the beginning of the
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For the first time in its history, the team is experiencing a cross-year season.
For the three Guangdong teams that are also in the Guangzhou tournament, as there is no
relegate
Pressure, league preparation is relatively easy. Over the past month or so, Guangzhou City, currently ranked eighth, has been actively preparing for the game at its base in University City, with club chairman Huang Shenghua revealing that the team's goal is to strive for sixth place.
■New Express reporter Wang Enemy
Status of the eighth ranking
Apart from the F.A.C. Cup match in mid-October when they were eliminated by Chengdu Rongcheng, Guangzhou City had no matches to play since mid-August. In order to maintain their competitive status, the players had to return to their base for training. Although Guangzhou City suspended their salary in September due to financial problems, this did not affect the team's normal preparation.
Huang Shenghua revealed that the team's training has been on schedule for the past two months. "After all, it's the first time there are salary arrears, but the general environment is such that we can understand," Huang Shenghua said, "If I say the team's morale is still very high, we also know that I'm lying." Huang Shenghua said the salary arrears are only temporary and the club will not deny it and will make up for it next.
In fact, since the beginning of 2016, R&F has transformed its business ideas, some of the oldest and highest-paid players were high-priced "cash", and in the introduction of internal and external assistance is no longer the pursuit of big names, but more consideration of practicality. Huang Shenghua said, Guangzhou City this year's South American trio overall salary is 2.5 million euros - Guilherme annual salary of 1.1 million euros, Caldona and Tiago's annual salary of 1 million and 400,000 euros, respectively.
At present, although the club's shareholding is still in limbo, the completion of the
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The second stage of the tournament should not be a problem. On the table, eighth-placed Guangzhou City (21 points) has one point less than ninth-placed Shanghai Shenhua (22 points), but under the current rules, Guangzhou City is eighth at worst. Huang Shenghua said the team will give more chances to newcomers in the last eight rounds of the tournament, while the goal is to try to improve the ranking a little bit and compete for the top six.
backed by two foreign aiders
Due to various constraints, Guangzhou City will have a number of key players missing in the second phase of the game, including the backbone of the foreigners and the mainstay of the internal reinforcements. Guangzhou City's manager Van Garst will tap the potential internally and give more chances to the newcomers.
Dembele and Guilherme were reported to have returned to the team before September. Guilherme was unable to return to the team due to visa issues, while Dembele voluntarily requested not to participate in the second phase of the competition. Currently, Guangzhou City has only two foreigners, one is Brazilian center forward Thiago and the other is Colombian striker Caldona, and these two attackers have been in good form recently. A few days ago with the Shenzhen football warm-up match, Thiago and Caldona helped Guangzhou City to 4:0 victory.
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In the second stage, Guangzhou City can only rely on the "double guns" of the foreign aid to support.
Merger of two Guangzhou teams unlikely
Former Guangzhou City boss Van Bronckhorst just became head coach of Scottish Premier League giants Rangers a few days ago, with Guangzhou City's coaching staff from the previous year almost fully transplanted to Rangers. Van Bronckhorst's old partner Van Garst has also been called up.
Huang Shenghua revealed that Van Garst will not be traveling to Scotland and he will lead the team to play the remaining matches of this season. At the beginning of this year, Van Garst and Guangzhou City signed a one-year contract with an annual salary of 900,000 euros, and due to the relatively pleasant cooperation, both sides have the intention to renew the contract. In addition, Guangzhou City also has relevant plans in terms of player contract renewal, the main structure of the six or seven players are expected to renew their contracts. For the outside world concerned about the future merger of the two teams in Guangzhou, Huang Shenghua that the possibility is not great, he said: "The two clubs are independent legal persons, the significance of the merger is not great, the operational feasibility is less than fifty percent."
