According to the latest disclosure by Xinhua News Agency's Wang Haoming.
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Powerhouse Guangzhou unveiled its 35-man first team squad and 30-man reserve team roster today. It is noteworthy that Guangzhou did not include the foreign aid Paulinho and Talisca in the first stage of the registration list of the Chinese Super League, meaning that the team will be a full Chinese class to play in the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League.
Evergrande Football School contributed 11 players to the 35-player list of Guangzhou's first team:
Front line: Tan Kai Yuan, Chen Zheng Feng, Wu Jun Hao
Midfield: Yang Dejiang, Li Xingxian, Hou Yu
Defenders: Wang Shilong, Zhang Zhihao, Chen Guanxuan, Luo Junhan
Goalkeeper: Guo Jiayu
Among them, forward Tan Kaiyuan and defenseman Wang Shilong had been with Guangzhou last season.
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Playing in the Chinese Super League, the AFC Cup or the AFC Champions League, they have gained a wealth of experience, while the remaining nine new up-and-comers are first-team newcomers.
In the off-season, Guangzhou did not attract reinforcements, but instead released players such as Xu Xin and Liu Yiming one after another, without bringing in any internal or external reinforcements. The concept of "All Chinese Class" and "Youth Training is King" proposed by Mr. Xu in the past will be implemented in a surprising way in the 2021 season.
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and the AFC were able to practice it.
However, although Guangzhou team has won eight titles in ten years, it relies on more than just the luxurious lineup of foreigners and the outstanding performance of local players. This time, although the Guangzhou team with all Chinese classes is still powerful in terms of lineup, I am afraid that it is difficult to regain the throne of the Chinese Super League Championship or even enter the top three in terms of offensive and defensive balance and characteristics.
At that time, Guangzhou had 6 naturalized players, Jiang Guangtai, Ekerson, Alan, Gaolat, Fernando and Luo Guofu (TBD), of which Jiang Guangtai and Ekerson already had the status of domestic players, while the remaining 4 were still foreigners. Theoretically, the Guangzhou team with 6 foreign aiders may be better than Shanghai Harbor, Beijing
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Shandong Taishan was more powerful, but actually fought far less than the 6.
First of all, of the other five players besides Jiang Guangtai, four forwards and a No. 10 position. Wei Shihao will occupy the wing position if he stays healthy; Gaolat will be at the center of the attack; the center position will be rotated by Ackerson and Allan; and the right side will be rotated by Fernando and Lok Kwok Fu.
This lineup looks luxurious, but apart from Gallagher, the trio of Ackerson, Fernando and Lok Kwok Foo have seen their form decline by at least 40% since they were naturalized; Allan is in the
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The performance was fair, but still far from its peak.
Secondly, too much hoarding of attackers in the front line has led to Guangzhou's lack of midfield strength. In the eyes of 99% of the fans, Guangzhou's indispensable is Paulinho, because the local players can not support the operation of the midfield (not to mention that Paulinho has to carry the flag of the attack, equivalent to the workload of one man to carry three people).
Looking around, Zheng Zhi is about to enter the 41-year-old, can play half a high level of satisfaction; Huang Bowen experience, technology, awareness is still there, but the problem of physical strength can not be ignored; Zhang Xiuwei potential is good, but sometimes too nerve-racking; Liao Lixiang state is difficult to judge; He Chao, Yan Dinghao, remember to see last season!
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of the game and did not get a sense of the excellence and potential of this duo.
In short, this group of young players is the epitome of the lack of talent in Chinese soccer as a whole. They are able to play in the starting lineup not because they are as good as the original Zhou Haibin, Zhao Xu Ri, Cui Peng, Huang Bowen, Wang Dong, Du Zhen Yu, etc., but because they can only get by.
In addition to the hidden problems in the midfield, Guangzhou's backline defense is also not reassuring. Jiang Guangtai and Zhang Linpeng's ability to stay healthy is a question mark, and Gao Zhunyi will likely have to play as a wingback, so there could be a new face at the starting center back at the beginning of the season, perhaps Wang Shilong or a newly promoted youngster.
No matter how to analyze, the Guangzhou team that lacks Paulinho is really difficult to compete with other giants in terms of paper strength and staffing. Therefore, I boldly predict that if Paulinho cannot return in the second or third stage, then this season
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At the end of the day, Guangzhou will struggle to kill off the top four!
