In the opening match of the new season of the Chinese Football League, Wuhan Sanzhen led by Wei Shihao won the Super Cup for the first time with a 2-0 victory over Shandong Taishan. The performance of Wei and his Guangzhou veterans in the Super Cup brought back memories of their past glory days in Guangzhou. Coincidentally, the Guangzhou team also made their season debut on the same day, beating Zhuhai 2030 by a score of 2-0 to get the season off to a good start.
On April 8, according to the blogger "Green Youth", the Guangzhou team faced Zhuhai 2030 in the first warm-up match of the new season. As key players such as Zeng Yaozhang and Wang Shijie were infected with Influenza A, Guangzhou didn't send out their strongest lineup, starting players might be Huo Shenping, Jiang Weilang, Wang Wenxuan, Chen Quanjiang, Ruan Sai, etc. Nevertheless, Guangzhou still managed to win the match 2-0. Nonetheless, Guangzhou still won 2-0 to open the season. For the current Guangzhou team, it is important to prove that they still have vitality and enter the league preparation stage smoothly.
As we all know, due to the financial crisis, Guangzhou team could only rely on the full Chinese class to participate in the last season, and eventually relegated. In the new season, the team lost core players such as Wei and Yan. Currently, only a few of last season's starters and even rotating lineups remain, such as Zhang Xiuwei and Wang Shilong. In the new season, the team started to prepare for the season after appointing Liu Zhiyu as the coach. During this period, two former Evergrande youth players, Parman Jiang and Bugra Khan, were the first to return. Although they are average, they can at least play major roles on this platform for the current Guangzhou team. In addition, with the likes of Xu Bin and Ling Jie having been mainstays of the national brand, the new Guangzhou team may lack competitiveness in China's first division in the new season. It's worth noting that in recent days, Evergrande owner Xu Jiayin has suspended the introduction of mid-career players in a rare meeting with several club heads. On the one hand, this seems to be unfavorable to the Guangzhou team, but on the other hand, it reflects boss Xu's full confidence in the ability of the young players of the Guangzhou team (lack of money is also a fact). Observing Wu Shaocong's great progress in the league in recent years and Xu Bin's stunning performance in the Asian Youth Championship, it can be seen that Evergrande's young players don't lack talent, they just lack the opportunity to prove themselves. If they are given more playing time, they can grow faster. What's more, with young players around 20 years old already making their mark in the Euroleague, when will they become dominant?
