Chinese Super League Fixtures Update
On the night of August 15, the Group B matches came to an end, and the first phase of the Chinese Super League (CSL) tournament came to a successful conclusion. Immediately after that, December will see the battle between the title contenders and the relegation group, and in addition to the members of the national team, the Chinese Super League players will also have a short vacation.
The transfer window for this season has already closed, and the possibility of bringing in foreign aid to enhance strength no longer exists. Therefore, how to retain the existing foreign aiders and make them play a key role in the next matches has become the top priority of each team, especially for the teams with a large number of foreign aiders, huge pressure in the title contending group or tough situation in the relegation group, they have to consider comprehensively to ensure that the foreign aiders return to the team on time.
Changchun Yatai: Three Brazilian foreign aiders stay in China
Changchun Yatai coaching staff made a detailed preparation plan - after the first stage of the tournament, the team will be disbanded on the spot, the players go to their respective destinations to take a vacation, before and after September 10, the team will return to Changchun assembly.
Skipper Chen Yang said, "The whole team is very tired and I hope the players can pull themselves together to play the last game of the first phase and also take care to avoid injuries."
This season, Changchun Yatai has been performing strongly. The coaching staff is ahead of other Chinese Super League teams in the introduction of internal and external reinforcements, and the winter training and epidemic prevention and control have shown their foresight of difficulties. In the first 14 rounds of the Suzhou tournament, it was the high attendance of the four foreign aiders, Serginho, Erik, Junior and Okore, that helped Changchun Yatai to overcome strong opponents in a row.
With Zivkovic returning to the team and Sousa opting to join Atletico Grecian, Ateneo will continue to play the remainder of their Super League campaign with four foreigners in Serginho, Erik, Junior and Okore.
How do Changchun Yatai's foreign aiders arrange their time during the vacation? It is understood that the three Brazilian foreign aiders, Sergio, Eric and Junior, will stay in our country on vacation because their families have come to our country. Considering the epidemic in Brazil, they choose to stay in our country. Okore, who came to our country for the first time, chose to return to Denmark, and the club also booked a flight for him to return to our country from Denmark, hoping that he will take good protection during his vacation, go home healthy, and then come back to the team healthy.
Shenzhen team: three will return home to prepare for the World Qualifier
Shenzhen's foreigners, Quintero, Achimpen, Vaccaro, Caldecott, and Praliganji, are fully loaded for the title contenders group, laying the groundwork for the team to strive for better results in subsequent matches.
During the first intermission, Iranian center back Praliganji received a call-up to the Iranian national team, and Shamrocks agreed to Praliganji's return to the country. Achim Pen returned to Ghana to deal with the aftermath of the first break, and both returned to our country before the start of the league. The other three stayed in Shenzhen and trained with the team.
The Super League resumed on July 18th, and the Shamrocks played well enough to earn an early spot in the next stage of the Champions League group. As the first stage of the league came to an end, the Colombian national team, of which Quintero is a member, and the Ghanaian national team, of which Achimphon and Wakaso are members, sent them letters to return to their national teams for the World Qualifiers. The Colombian national team and Ghana national team started to participate in a number of World Qualifiers on September 2 and September 1, respectively. After a study, the Shamrock Club agreed to the return of the three to their respective national teams.
According to the schedule of the Chinese Super League, the next stage of the league will start in December. Taking this point in time as a benchmark, and taking into account the requirements in the country in terms of epidemic prevention (14+7 days of quarantine for people from outside the country entering the country), Quintero, Achimphon and Vaccaro will have to return to the country in early November if they want to play in the league in early December as scheduled.
In order to let three important foreign aid timely return, deep football club and the Colombian national team and the Ghanaian national team to discuss, these three players will be absent part of the Colombian and Ghanaian team's World Qualification matches, in the first half of November to return to our country in advance, deep football will be in the player's visa, entry to fully assist the foreign aid in the on-time return to our country.
Another SZF foreigner Caldecott, whose family is in our country, will stay at home with SZF to prepare for the Chinese Super League in December, while Caldecott is also undergoing the naturalization process, in a bid to be able to represent the country's national team in the World Qualifiers starting in January next year. Praligangi was previously seriously injured and is undergoing treatment and rehabilitation.
Guangzhou City: Guilherme, Caldona return to South America
Originally a full complement of 5 foreigners, Guangzhou City were left with only 4 foreigners for the remainder of the tournament as Svensson opted to stay in Europe and leave during the second transfer period.
All four - Guilherme, Caldona, Thiago and Dembele - have had good seasons, with the first three scoring a number of key goals to help their team into the title contenders' group for early relegation success.
For example, Brazilian foreign aid Guilherme, 14 rounds of Chinese Super League competition all appeared, including the first 11 matches as a substitute for 3 matches, played 1082 minutes, for the team to score 5 goals, and 5 assists, is currently the most outstanding data of Guangzhou City players.
Colombian foreigner Caldona was not initially the team's main player, but as the league progressed, he found his form and played an increasing role after the bonding with the team was completed, playing moments of 390 minutes but already scoring four goals for the team, as well as creating penalty kicks for the team.
Brazilian foreign aid Thiago at first is not the first, with the league, he and his teammates formed a tacit understanding of the cooperation, and gradually become the team's main center, he played 700 minutes, for the Guangzhou City scored 5 goals and dedication of 1 assist, the 14th round of the game against the Henan Songshan Longmen, he scored a goal, to help the team draw the opponents, is the Guangzhou City into the group of the championship of the key goal.
When the break came, Guangzhou City agreed to the return of the two to their respective countries after discussions with Guilherme and Caldona. On the one hand, it was because the two men's families had not come to our country, having lived and competed alone in Guangzhou for the past six months, and needed to get together with their families. Considering this, Guangzhou City finally decided to agree to their vacation request. Guangzhou City club asked the two to pay attention to their own safety and control of the epidemic during their vacation days, and at the same time to keep training and maintain their competitive status.
Guilherme and Caldona took a flight back to their respective countries on the evening of August 12 to gather with their families. Guangzhou City made a plan for their return to our country, and at the same time did all the security work to ensure that the two returned in time.
The duo will definitely miss the October FA Cup fixtures. As per Guangzhou City's plan after negotiating with the players is that the players will return to our country more than a month before the league kicks off and will be able to participate in the December tournament in the Champions League group after passing the 14+7 isolation observation.
Thiago's family is in Guangzhou, so he will train with the team after a short vacation for the AFC Cup. Dembele, on the other hand, is still not finalized and is likely to stay as his family is in our country. In addition, Guangzhou City boss Van Garst has also decided to stay in our country and will lead the team's training and direct the AFC Cup tournament after his short vacation.
Shanghai Shenhua: Basogo returns to Cameroon
On the 15th, Shenhua fought with Guoan and lost, and could only participate in the relegation group competition.
Shanghai Shenhua is one of the few units with 5 complete foreigners, Moreno, Adrian, Jonic, Bassogo, and Dumbya, who replaced Kim Shin-wook's position in the summer window. The first break at the end of the first 5 rounds of the league, in addition to Kim Shin-wook went to the South Korean national team to participate in, Moreno, Bassogo, Adrian, Jonic 4 all stay in Shanghai to participate in training, waiting for the league restarted in July.
A member of the Cameroon national team, Basogo was involved in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations with the Cameroonian national team, which he eventually won, and was personally voted as the Africa Cup of Nations Player of the Year, as well as being named in the Best XI.
After joining Shenhua this season, Basogo performed moderately well. After the first five rounds of the league, the Cameroonian national team had wanted to call up Bassogo, but Bassogo refused, he chose to remain in our country to prepare for the next Super League, he did not want to affect the effectiveness of the salon because of the problem of epidemic prevention. He said in an interview that he would like to help Shenhua to fight for the top four or even the championship. starting from September, when the World Qualification Tournament begins, there is a greater chance that Basogo will be called up by the Cameroonian national team again, and he will leave the country to return to Cameroon.
Moreno will remain in our country this holiday season, for which Moreno has long said that it is his second home. This season, Moreno is still the thigh of Shenhua. In the second round against Dalian Ren, Moreno was involved in all four of the team's goals.
As for Adrian and Jonic, they will also stay in our country, as they did during the last interregnum.
The summer window to join Dumbya, so far this season has remained in our country, previously in the performance of the Central League, the interval he went to Shanghai, to go to Disneyland to play. Although Dumbya is a Guinean, but born in Nice, France, he has French nationality, and now his home is also in France, whether he has to leave China's vacation arrangements, has not yet been determined.
Chongqing Two Rivers Athletics: Expatriates sign "return agreement"
Chongqing Two Rivers Athletics was disbanded in place in Guangzhou and began its vacation, assembling in Chongqing in mid-September.
Chongqing team in the first phase of a total of three foreign aid recruitment, although this former in Brazil Malcigno enrollment, but he never could return to our country. 13, Kawasaki Striker Club announced that Malcigno formally joined, it is understood that he is also free to return to the team.
During this break, among the three foreign aiders, Tursunov will return to Uzbekistan to participate in the World Qualification Tournament, Bolaños is considering whether to return to his home country, and the head coach Zhang Wailong returned to South Korea to visit his family. Before returning to the team, the foreign personnel have signed a "return agreement" with the club, guaranteeing to return to China within a specified time.
At the start of the Chinese Super League season, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic's foreign aid situation was not too good, with Brazilian-based Márcineo and Cirino already confirmed to be unable to return. The club could only find a way to welcome back Fernandinho, who was in the United States to accompany his wife to give birth to a baby, and then borrowed Bolaños from Shenhua, and whistled the signing of Uzbekistan defender Tursunov, the three of them are also the first phase of foreign aid for the team to play.
In the course of the league, through continuous adjustment, the team has gained 11 points under the concerted efforts of internal and external supporters, and several foreign supporters have scored goals. In the next stage of the relegation group competition, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic will still play with the existing three foreign aiders.
Defender Tursunov has received a call-up to the Uzbekistan national team and will return to Uzbekistan along with Cangzhou Lions foreigner Ahmedov. Bolaños is still in our country and his departure has not yet been confirmed.
As for the coaching staff, Chongqing head coach Zhang Waerong returned to South Korea to visit his family. He hasn't been back to South Korea since last year's preparation for the Chinese Super League. Before he coached Chongqing again, his wife underwent a major surgery and his body has been recovering, he needed to go back to Korea to gather with his family.
Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic will assemble again in the middle of September. In order to ensure the smooth return of foreign coaches and foreign aiders, and to ensure that the team can train normally next, the club signed a return agreement with foreign aiders and foreign coaches before they returned to the team, requiring them to return according to the established moment.
Cangzhou Lions: three core players go home for vacation
With 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, Cangzhou Lions finished the first stage of the competition. Although the record is not satisfactory, the team defeated Shenzhen in the 13th round is undoubtedly a classic battle, so that the Cangzhou Lions have more full confidence to face the second stage of the competition.
Cangzhou Lions have 5 foreign aiders, among which Oscar and Sangol choose to stay in our country, and the core players of the front, middle and back three lines, Muric, Ahmadov and Suzu, will go home for vacation. Cangzhou Lions relegation is still under pressure, so a lot of work has been done on the return of foreign aid, hoping to ensure that they return to the team as soon as possible to participate in the next stage of the competition.
From what we know now, Ahmedov and Suzu's situation is relatively optimistic, mainly depending on the status of the epidemic in their countries, and their return should be relatively easy at that time, while Muric's situation might be a bit more complicated, as the epidemic in Brazil is a bit worrying.
In this season, Cangzhou Lions' 5 foreign aiders played a relatively important effect. Among them, Su Zu became the appearance king of Cangzhou Lions, starting 13 contests, substituting for 1 time, which in the first stage of the second small stage of the 9 contests, Su Zu played 8 contests, and another 1 contest substituting for 45 minutes, average breakthrough, average blocked shots are the first in the team. In addition, Suzu scored two goals.
Muric is a core player for the Canyon Lions, but has not scored many goals this season, just two, along with one assist.
Ahmadov suffered an injury this season and then returned to Uzbekistan for a time to participate in national team competitions, he played in the first 3 rounds of the competition, and the last 4 rounds of the competition, in the competition he played, he was the absolute center of the team's midfield.
Oscar did not score this season, he did not can participate in the first 5 rounds of the competition, but the sixth round to the 14th round of the competition he entered the field, the average shot, the average shot on goal are ranked first in the team, it is worth noting that the average key pass is also good, ranked the fourth in the team, in the final few competitions, Oscar played the control effect is more significant.
Sangol into the moment is not much, although the number of times reached 13 times, but a total of only 483 minutes, 6 times starting 7 times substitutes, in the limited time, Sangol scored 2 goals, including the first win over Qingdao, Sangol scored a key goal, but also caused the Qingdao team Liu Jian's oolong ball, the high center still played the effect of the odd man out.
