In the just concluded 2021
soccer league
In the 32nd round of the Cup, Guangzhou Youth Army faced Qingdao Fanghua Island's China B opponents, and "voluntarily" said goodbye to the match with a score of 0-1. The result left fans dumbfounded, but for the struggling Guangzhou team, it was a kind of release, after all, they managed to "break through" once again.
Guangzhou team "voluntarily" out of the game
As the match between Guangzhou and Qingdao Fanghua Island entered the 84th minute, substitute goalkeeper Guo Jiayu was warming up on the sidelines, ready to come on as a substitute. We thought he would replace starting goalkeeper Zhang Jianzhi, but we didn't realize that it was defender Chen Rijin who came off the bench. There were two goalkeepers on the field in an instant. Immediately after, starting goalkeeper Zhang Jianzhi was called to the bench by the coach, and his No. 48 jersey changed from green to red, and then he returned to the field, changing his position from goalkeeper to center forward.
Behind all this, it turns out that Guangzhou only brought 15 players, including two goalkeepers, to this AFC Cup. After the starting 11, there were only four players left on the bench. In the 37th minute, Guangzhou conceded a goal, and the score was always behind. In the last 5 minutes, the coaching staff wanted to change the formation, arrange a high center forward into the opponent's penalty area "bombing", but no one available. In desperation, 1.96 meters tall Zhang Jianzhi temporary cameo high center, staged this "humorous" scene.
In fact, this is also the coaching team's helpless move. The AFC Cup, Guangzhou team with only 15 players, the number of coaching staff is only less than half of the usual, logistics support only two or three people, the purpose is only two words: save money. Since the club's parent company exposure crisis, the Guangzhou team is in the plight of lack of money. It is reported that the AFC Cup, the other Super League teams almost all sent an exclusive bus, such as Shenzhen team's bus from Shenzhen traveled 3,000 kilometers, arrived in Changchun ahead of time, to provide better service for the team. Guangzhou City's bus also drove from Guangzhou to Meizhou. However, Guangzhou's exclusive bus only pulled the team from the base to Guangzhou airport two days before the match and then returned to the base. For the three days in Jinan, Guangzhou could only rent a local bus to transport the team.
