Lumi Report
The first phase of the Chinese Super League has come to an end, and after a short break, the 18 teams have been fully engaged in the preparations for the second phase of the competition. Looking back at the first phase, the performance of each team varied, with both surprises and disappointments, some teams exceeded the expectations, while some failed to meet the expectations of the fans. This led to some coaches' positions becoming precarious in the second half of the first stage. It is understood that the first team to change coach this season has already been produced, Guangzhou City's head coach Van Garst has already bid farewell to the team, and the team's training has been taken over by Zhao Junzhe for the time being.
Among the 18 teams, the relatively stable coaching positions belong to the top-ranked teams. They are Wuhan Three Town's head coach Pedro, Shandong Taishan's Hao Wei, Henan Songshan Dragons' Xavier, Shanghai Shenhua's Wu Jingui and Beijing Guoan's Xie Feng. Despite the controversy caused by Guoan's head coach Xie Feng in individual matches, Guoan's overall strength has declined this year, and they no longer have the goal of competing for the title, and their fifth-place finish in the first stage is in line with their actual strength.
Both Henan and Shenhua have exceeded expectations. Henan's original goal was to keep six and fight for four, and with a third-place finish in the first stage and the possibility of fighting for the title, Javier's coaching position is naturally secure. Wu Jingui, on the other hand, with his experienced guidance, brought Shenhua into the top four, which also shows the value of the domestic veteran coach.
Other teams with no need for a change of manager include Shenzhen, Zhejiang, Meizhou Hakka, Wuhan Changjiang, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger and Dalian Ren. The performance of these two promoted teams in the first phase exceeded the club's expectations, with satisfactory game content and results. The performance and results of Shenzhen, Jinmen Tiger and Wuhan Changjiang were in line with the club's expectations, with Yu Genwei, Li Jinyu and Li Zhangsu all in fairly solid positions.
Dalian Ren's head coach, Xie Hui, is impressive in both the technical and tactical style shown by his team and his own personality. Even though Dalian may not be able to bring in new recruits in the second transfer window, Xie Hui is still confident that he can keep Dalian People in the Chinese Super League.
Guangzhou, Guangzhou City and Hebei, who are ranked in the relegation zone in the first stage, have received a lot of controversy over Guangzhou's Liu Zhiyu and Guangzhou City's Van Garst, in addition to Hebei's head coach Kim Jong-fu. However, Liu Zhiyu has already scored six points, and the team is gradually getting back to form, so the possibility of a managerial change is very small. Hebei's Jin Jongfu has already started to lead his team to prepare for the second stage of the league. Guangzhou City, on the other hand, took the lead in taking action, Van Garst in the late first stage, although foreign aid Caldona returned to the team, but still can not save the team's decline, the team's ten consecutive defeats, only three points at present is still thanks to the Dalian people violation of the use of U23 players. According to our understanding, Van Garst has said goodbye to the players, the team training temporarily by the leader Zhao Junzhe agent.
In addition to Guangzhou City, several teams were considered to have the potential for marquee adjustments in the second half of the first phase of the competition, including Shanghai Seaport, Chengdu Rongcheng, Changchun Yatai and Cangzhou Lions. In Dalian, Seaport performed well below expectations and suffered numerous injuries before the start of the tournament, which raised questions about foreign aid Leko. But Seaport did face a lot of difficulties in their preparations this year, and Leko has been given some understanding that the club is currently in the process of bringing in new reinforcements for him, and that the second phase is a chance for him and the team to prove themselves.
Chengdu Rongcheng had been unable to win in the early part of the first phase, but then won two consecutive matches to eventually climb to a mid-table position. As a promoted team, Chengdu has only lost two games, and the games have been played with style in terms of content and fighting spirit shown. South Korean Seo Jung-won has been very successful in his guidance, with a number of senior executives expressing their approval of Seo at the club's recent wrap-up meeting, and showing the stability of his coaching position.
Changchun Yatai and Cangzhou Lions were both originally mid-table teams in the Chinese Super League, but their performances in the first phase were not ideal. Changchun Yatai, in the strongest Haikou division, should have been able to achieve more victories in terms of staffing, but their record was the same as that of the all-Chinese Dalian people, with only two victories over Guangzhou City, which sparked questions from Cangzhou Yang. However, the newspaper learned that Changchun team will not therefore change the manager, on the contrary, the club also through the official microblogging to express the trust of Chen Yang. Cangzhou Lions, although the staffing is good, but only one victory in the first phase, but the club is currently busy restoring the home field and equity reform, and will not be considered at this stage of the managerial change.
