As Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao transforms into Guangzhou, the once-glorious team is undergoing the baptism of history. From the "net outflow" at the beginning of the season to the return of Park Chi-soo, Talisca and Paulinho, this not only marks the end of an era, but also the end of the golden era of the Chinese Super League.
"Spider-Man is back, but Bauta is gone.
On March 9, South Korean club Suwon Samsung officially announced that foreign aid Park Ji-soo, who played for Guangzhou Evergrande last season, has officially joined the team on loan. The South Korean center back, who joined Guangzhou Evergrande in 2019, said goodbye to the team at the end of the AFC Champions League last year because he was required to serve in the military. At the end of the last match, the South Korean international even came to the fan zone to say goodbye to us. Upon learning of Park Ji-soo's return, Guangzhou boss Carlo Cannavaro took to social media to post a photo with the South Korean player with the caption, "Thank you for all you've done for the team my friend, you'll always be a part of the team, wishing you a safe return to Korea and all the best."
On May 18, Saudi team Riyadh Victory officially announced Talisca's joining. Talisca wrote on social media: "Since I joined Guangzhou Evergrande, I have experienced many good times, accomplished many wonderful matches, and felt the love and support of the club and the fans, for all of which I am deeply grateful. You guys are great! Unfortunately, no one can foresee or control those force majeure factors, and I am very sorry for the situation. You will always be in my memory and in my heart! Thank you for everything!"
On June 20, both Guangzhou and Paulinho announced the early termination of their contracts. Paulinho wrote: "In 2015, Guangzhou Evergrande gave me trust and confidence in my strengths, 74 goals, 172 games and 8 titles are a true reflection of the results of our cooperation. It was also quite a wonderful and special couple of years for me both professionally and in my personal life, and I will keep these wonderful memories in my collection." The new Champions League epidemic has profoundly changed international times and, unfortunately for me, it has led to an early goodbye to the club. I am very sad in my heart, but I am leaving with a 'mission accomplished' mood. Guangzhou Evergrande, thank you! China, thank you! We are destined to meet again!"
Record number of football schools, all Chinese classes in one go
As we all know, in the past two years, the Guangzhou team began to develop strategic transformation, in the transfer market is the implementation of the policy of "only out not in". In April, the Guangzhou team reported the first stage of the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League 35 players list, appeared in the 11 Evergrande football school produced young players, plus the reserve team of 30 players are also from the school, 2021 Guangzhou team salon 60% of the players from the Evergrande football school, the data have hit a record high.
At that time, the media said that the eight champions could only use the full Chinese class to play the first stage of the new Chinese Super League (CSL) season after the return of the main players such as Park Chi-soo and Xu Xin, plus Paulinho and Talisman's stay in Brazil was not yet determined. Now, with the "Baota" combination of successive departure, so that the last line of strong aid array of hope is also completely dashed. For Cannavaro, the 2021 season is to bring the full Chinese class to the end.
Raising soldiers for the country is a result of the shame cloth, Guangzhou fans still have determination?
As we all know, the main reason why Guangzhou can achieve eight championships in ten years is its premier foreign aid equipment and outstanding local equipment. Now, with the departure of strong supporters one by one, the prospect is not optimistic despite the naturalized players are still holding up. In the first stage, Guangzhou won two, drew one and lost one in four matches, and ranked only fourth in Group A. In the new season, Guangzhou won two matches, drew one and lost one in four matches. In the situation of the new season, two games are not good, creating the worst situation in the team's history of eleven years, Guangzhou team boss Cannavaro shocking words, indicating that the group's policy is not the championship, but "for the country to raise the soldiers".
What's more, the Italian has mentioned at least three times in public the season policy set by Xu Jiayin's boss - to raise soldiers for the country, as if to emphasize the drastic adjustment and change of Guangzhou's development strategy. First, he responded positively to the call for naturalization, and successfully naturalized players such as Iverson and Jiang Guangtai, although there was an accidental "naturalization turned into assimilation" later on. Now, Cannavaro is also "tough" for the team to develop young players.
Limit salary, renamed ......, the Chinese Super League's "golden dollar soccer" era has passed. Guangzhou has long ceased to be "Evergrande", when the fans of one of the best foreign aid in history, the super superstar era of the most representative superstar Paulinho, far away from the Chinese soccer world, but also means that a beautiful era finally entered the memories of the fans. "Violent Bird" in the AFC Champions League that year, the locker room in Chinese to his teammates shouted "there is no determination", may be more Guangzhou fans will be in tears; and tears for the past, or for the present, or the future and flow it?
