With the calendar of fixtures for the new Chinese Super League (CSL) season becoming clearer by the day, the preparatory assembly day for the Jinmen Tigers has finally been finalized. As the new season starts half a month later than expected, Jinmen Tigers finally decided to extend their vacation to February 19th. At that time, the players will go directly to the Mission Hills soccer training base in Haikou to start the preparation for the new season. From the season finale to the team reorganization, Jinmen Tigers players spent two and a half months of vacation, considering the last three rounds of last season due to the team's infection of the new champion and interrupted, the team has not been systematic training in the past three months, some people can not help but wonder, Jinmen Tigers vacation is too late? Keep in mind that Shandong Taishan just finished their FA Cup campaign in early January and will regroup next Monday ......
Last season, the Zim Tigers also completed their assembly in mid-February. In fact, if you look at the schedule of the Chinese Super League, you will find that the February 19th Jinmen Tigers assembly time, although less than a few "early bird" teams, but by no means "late", and even just to determine the time of the training, it is enough to make the fans of many teams envy because Nowadays, only more than half of the teams in the Chinese Super League can decide when to train.
Nantong Zhiyun is currently the only team in the Chinese Super League to have started training. Multi-party information summary shows that, in addition to the "promotion horse" Nantong Zhiyun has begun training, the earliest vacation is last season's FA Cup champion Shandong Taishan. 6 February, the team will focus on Jinan, complete physical examination after the official opening of winter training; the next day, Beijing Guoan will be focused on physical examination, 8 departed for Hainan to start the winter training; 8, Dalian people will gather in their own base, a week later to Haikou; the same 8, Changchun Yatai will also be assembled in Haikou, the club U21 ladder team. will gather in their own base, a week later to Haikou; similarly, on the 8th, Changchun Yatai will also gather in Haikou, the club's U21 ladder team will join the coaching team; February 13, Chengdu Rongcheng regrouped; on the 15th, the defending champions Wuhan three towns to start practicing; on the 16th, Shanghai Shenhua gathered at the base of Kangqiao; last year's third place in the league and advanced to the final of the FA Cup of Zhejiang, although earlier announced that the foreign aid Join, but the team need to wait until the 24th to regroup; as for the Meizhou Hakka assembly time although no report, but from the foreign aid Dugaliqi's social media, the team will soon begin to train ...... However, that's all. Other Chinese Super League teams, including another "promoted horse" - Kunshan FC and Qingdao Hainiu, which ended its journey in Central League A in early December, have no clear news about when they will end their vacation.
"Clear training time is safe", many fans have come to regard training time as one of the signs of a functioning club, given that many teams are facing an existential crisis. The Kunshan team, which won the first division title last season, has been rumored to be having "operational problems" because they have not been notified of training. In fact, several teams that have yet to finalize their training schedules have different reasons for being "late". Like Guangzhou, Shenzhen, such as long-term survival crisis facing the team, before considering training, really need to determine the survival of the club. Henan Songshan Longmen suddenly broke out at the end of the season, rumors of salary arrears. Although the local media said that the club has solved the problem of salary arrears, some sources said that the club has only paid one month's salary, which is still a long way to go before the problem is solved. It is feared that it will be difficult to arrange training until the wage arrears issue is resolved. Cangzhou Lions need to determine whether their home ground will be placed in Cangzhou or moved back to Shijiazhuang. Although there is no existential crisis for the Kunshan team, there is news that the club's investor may change, and other work will surely be affected until the shareholding is clear.
The most notable news from Shanghai Port recently was the birth of Wu Lei's daughter. Teams like Shanghai Port and Qingdao Hainiu, who have no financial problems, have done so mainly because the teams have not yet decided on a head coaching candidate. Previously it was reported that Shanghai Port contacted Oscar Garcia, who has coached teams like Watford, Red Bull Salzburg and Celta, but there is no definite news yet. As for Qingdao Hainiu, although veteran coach Yin Tiesheng is the hero who led the team to transcendence, the club still hopes to hire a foreign coach. After all, Yin Tiesheng has been away from the Chinese Super League for too long, and renewing the contract of the veteran coach can only serve as a plan B for the club.
In fact, even the teams that have already determined the training time, there are some problems. For example, Shandong Taishan will concentrate on young first-team players and echelon players next Monday, and key players will wait until mid-February to return to the team. Due to the recent frequent negative news, the team's first task after the concentration may be to rectify the discipline. Shanghai Shenhua is facing a manpower shortage with as many as 13 players being called up for the Olympics and Asian Games, essentially missing the team's entire pre-season preparation period. In addition, the team is unable to travel elsewhere or overseas for the time being and will have to stay at the base for training as the music department's stock reforms are still underway.
In contrast, although the Jinmen Tigers vacation is not early, but the work has been steadily advancing. Before the Spring Festival, the team at all levels of the ladder construction is basically completed, the team's dual home field plan has entered the formulation process, the fans are most concerned about the renewal of key players and the introduction of foreign aid work, is also close to completion, and the rest is just waiting for the opening of the transfer window to complete the registration formalities. In addition, if the Chinese super music department choose to withdraw, the team will also according to the actual situation of fine-tuning the signing plan. February 19th assembly, the new foreign aid and some of the investigation of young players will also be rushed to Haikou to meet with the team. In addition, although there are still two weeks before the vacation, the players of the Jinmen Tigers have already begun individual training according to the training plan released by the coaching team, adjusting their physical condition and reserving their health for the upcoming training. Seeing this, are you still worried?
