This season in the Chinese Super League, Beijing Guoan's performance is like a roller coaster, making countless fans and the media eagerly await the image of the dominant, but at the beginning of the season suffered four consecutive setbacks, so that the original expectations of the return of the king instantly overshadowed a layer of shadow. Although the team struggled to climb up from the doldrums and won its first victory, the pace of victory always stumbled, and the cycle of one win, one draw, one win, and one loss left the team ranked seventh in the standings, far short of the fans' expectations. The team's head coach, Stanley, is facing internal and external pressures, and his "hard life" is even harder to imagine.
While fans have been calling for Stanley's departure, he has always been able to calm the storm with a win, and even sometimes a big win, injecting new hope into the team. However, just as there was much talk about Stanley's departure, news of a new coach coming to Beijing Guoan spread.
Portuguese coach Ricardo Soares is expected to be the new head of Beijing Guoan, and both sides may sign a 2.5-year contract until the end of 2025, according to Portuguese media outlet zerozero. However, this news was quickly denied by other media outlets, claiming that Ricardo Soares has not reached any agreement with Beijing Guoan. However, no sooner had this rumor started than Ricardo Soares' employer, Portuguese club Super Estoril, announced that they had terminated their relationship with him.
The president of Estoril FC made it clear in a statement that "Ricardo Soares and his team have ended their partnership with Estoril." Immediately following this, Portuguese media outlet newspaper Record predicted that Ricardo Soares will continue his coaching career at Beijing Guoan in China. So, will the 48-year-old Portuguese coach succeed in replacing Stanley as the new helmsman of Beijing Guoan this time?
Ricardo Soares, the 48-year-old coach who has spent most of his playing and coaching career in Portugal, has been at the helm of a number of teams in the Portuguese Superliga and Portuguese Liga, including Estoril, Givicent, Moreirense, and Xaviş. In the 21/22 season, he guided Givicent to a fifth-place finish, Givicent's best result since the 21st century. Although he then traveled to Africa to coach, he did not do well and eventually returned to the Portuguese Super League.
