Changes to the Central League Entry List and Zhejiang's Prospects
Originally scheduled to be unveiled on March 23, the National Football Association will be the new season of the three professional league access list, due to the "sudden" situation, the announcement had to be postponed again, this postponement was as long as a week.
It wasn't until March 29th that the late list was finally unveiled, and the so-called "unexpected" situation finally came to light. The Tianjin Jinmen Tigers were revived at the last minute, and the club became independent from the TEDA Holding Group and was taken over by the Tianjin Municipal Sports Bureau to form a brand new team to continue their campaign in the Chinese Super League.
For Tianjin fans, this is undoubtedly good news, but for the Zhejiang team, which has been preparing for the replacement of the Chinese Super League, the state of mind is very different. As the runner-up in last season's Chinese League A, Zhejiang is the second-place team in the Super League, which means that only if more than two Super League teams quit, Zhejiang will have a chance to make up for it. However, the resurrection of the Jinmen Tigers made Zhejiang lose the possibility of replacement.
Failure to pass the Super League is certainly regrettable, but from another point of view, the new season is to play in the A or Super League, finally have a clear answer, the Zhejiang team's preparations also have a clear direction. A month ago, with the suspension of the Jiangsu Football Club, Zhejiang team began to play for the Super League to prepare, from reinforcements to warm-up arrangements in accordance with the Super League standard, only the introduction of foreign aid is still insufficient.
In fact, in order to realize the goal of the Super League, Zhejiang team made full preparation in the off-season. On the premise of retaining last season's starting lineup, the team brought in new manager Jiao Di, signed outstanding center back Liang Nuoheng, and with the possibility of recurring Super League, the team has further strengthened its lineup by signing internal reinforcements such as Gao Di, Gu Chao, and Yao Junsheng. In terms of foreign aid, Mu Xiekui has returned to the team and Matthews has signed a contract that will come into effect after waiting for entry.
From the overall strength point of view, this set of lineup in the Chinese Super League may still be insufficient, but playing in the First Division is bound to be stretched. After the Cangzhou Lions were promoted to the Super League, the Zhejiang team has almost no rivals in the Central League, and the chances of winning the top two places in the Super League are very high. For the Zhejiang team, which has been in the Central League for four years, waiting for one more season is not an unacceptable result, but it is more in line with the team's long-term planning and development.
"Our mentality is very smooth, players, coaching team, including staff and management team has been towards the direction of the Super League, step by step step step forward." Although the outside world on the Zhejiang team to be promoted to the Super League, but the club's general manager Jiao Fengbo has been very calm, "Whether it is the Central League or the Super League, our club's general direction will not change, will still adhere to the rational investment, and continue to improve the team's operational structure, age structure and youth training structure, to become a club that can be a long term, healthy development. "
Now it seems that the Zhejiang team failed to fill in the biggest impact of the Super League, should be the loss of home field advantage. Previously, the Chinese Football Association will consider the three major tournaments in the League for Wuhan, Meizhou and Zhejiang, Zhejiang Football Association and the relevant departments are also actively preparing for the establishment of the tournament related work, but due to the existence of the Zhejiang team to fill in the possibility of the Super League, and ultimately gave up hosting the tournament.
However, despite the loss of home field advantage, the players are still confident about the upcoming season. Sun Zheng Ao, who has just completed his contract extension with the team, also said, "I think that no matter whether it's the Chinese Super League or the Chinese League One, what I can do is to do my best and show the head coach that I am ready at any time. Once I am required to play, I will do my best."
