At the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center's Water Drop Stadium training camp for the Tianjin Tigers, the players are going through their daily preparations. Reporter Gu Ying reports that the Jinmen Tigers have been practicing twice a day recently, and as the coaching staff and players say, they are experiencing the difficult challenge of a month-long physical reserve and "up-weight" training. As for Cao Yangzheng, the naturalized player that fans are concerned about, those who witnessed the team's open training on the 22nd may have noticed that he was not present in the team. In fact, Cao Yangzheng left the team at the beginning of May.
The Jinmen Tigers declared early in their formation that they would welcome back former players with the utmost openness within the framework of the overall team building, and this included Cao Yangzheng, who is only 20 years old. As a result, he was able to return to Tianjin before the team traveled to Suzhou for the tournament and subsequently traveled with them to the tournament. However, after about three weeks of scouting, taking into account a number of factors about Cao Yangzheng, and after in-depth communication with him, the Jinmen Tigers finally decided to let him leave midway through the tournament.
As a third-generation Chinese born in Peru, Cao Yangzheng had no professional soccer ladder experience before trying out for Tianjin Teda in 2019. after officially signing in 2020, he has been unable to qualify for league registration due to delays in the naturalization process. This season, the Tianjin Tigers have provided a wide range of development space for promising young players, such as U23 player Qian Yumiao, who has stabilized his position as a starter, and Yang Zihao, who is the same age as Cao Yangzheng, who has not only been given the opportunity to play, but has also scored goals. Although fans have high hopes for Cao Yangzheng, his overall condition is still "only known, not seen". Therefore, on the one hand, we expect him to seek more development in the Chinese Super League, on the other hand, we should also believe that there is a good reason behind the Jinmen Tigers' decision not to keep him.
