On August 12, Beijing's pride, Guoan, suffered a heartbreaking 1-5 loss in the 12th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League (CSL) season against the newly promoted Wuhan Sanzhen. After the match, the team's leader, Coach Xie Feng, made a shocking decision - handing in his resignation.
Immediately after, Guoan soccer salon official quickly responded, not only accepted Xie Feng's resignation request, but also quickly set up a temporary coaching team. Wei Kexing was appointed as the interim coaching team leader, while Sui Dongliang was appointed as the interim head coach.
In the announcement of Guoan Football Salon, we read this text: "Coach Xie Feng, due to personal reasons, has decided to resign from his position as head coach of the first team. After his departure, we will immediately set up an interim coaching team, Wei Kexing will be the team leader and Sui Dongliang will be the interim head coach. Meanwhile, Luke, the foreign coach of the reserve team, will be promoted to the first team. In addition, assistant coaches Tao Wei and Zhai Biao, goalkeeper coach and Zheng Yuan, and fitness coach Hechenmann will remain in their positions."
Time seems to be running out for Guoan as they face an urgent preparation for the next round of the league. Next Wednesday, they will be on the road again to challenge Wuhan Changjiang.
