During the Qingming Festival, a big event came to China's soccer world - the Chinese Football Association (CFA) and the Chinese Football League (CFL) officially unveiled the access list of the three-tier professional league for the 2022 season. The news that Jinmen Tigers successfully got the entry qualification was like a spring breeze that warmed the hearts of Tianjin fans. In the interim period when the Chinese Super League has not yet started, what fans are most concerned about is undoubtedly the finalization of the team's lineup. Just yesterday afternoon, the Jinmen Tigers club finally announced that the much-anticipated Slovenian striker Beric has arrived in Shanghai, began the medical isolation observation.
At 31 years of age and standing at 1.88 meters tall, Beric has played in the Austrian Premier League, Bundesliga and Ligue 1, and has been praised as a "classic power winger". In the 2014/15 season with Rapid Vienna, he scored a staggering 27 goals in 33 appearances, a feat that still stands as one of the highlights of his career. After leaving Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire, Beric set his sights on China.
The Jinmen Tigers went through a lot of difficulties last season, and the lack of a strong center forward in the team's lineup was exposed. Therefore, at the end of the season, the club started to look for a suitable foreign center forward. Beric was one of the foreigners that the club planned to bring in, and was also the first player to finalize and complete the entry formalities. Despite a number of twists and turns in the planning of his trip, Beric eventually arrived in China without incident. As he had not trained systematically for about a month and had to face the isolation of "14+7", it was undoubtedly a severe test for his body and condition. However, these difficulties seem to become less important after his arrival, after all, he is the new hope of the team.
Apart from Beric, foreigners such as Rosa, Radonic and Andujar have also joined the Zim Tigers or are in isolation. Vicinovic, who is still under contract with the Zim Tigers, has had his return trip to China delayed due to his recent poor health and less systematic training. He is currently actively adjusting his body and waiting for his flight, which is expected to arrive in the middle of this month. Although he will miss the first few rounds of the league, some progress has been made in discussing contract renewal with the club.
