In the late afternoon of May 2, the base of Sanzhen Professional Football Club in Wuhan welcomed the grand debut of 12 new players, which marked the official start of the new Chinese Super League army. Head coach Pedro was overjoyed to witness this. The last-minute introduction of Gao Zhunyi and Tao Qianglong not only fills the team's vacancies in several positions, but also makes the team's overall strength more balanced.
This is not the first time Wuhan Sanzhen FC opens for training this season, but the team has actually completed three stages of winter training. In addition, Sanzhen FC was the first club to successfully assemble all five foreign players, and the preparation was quite sufficient. However, several transfer operations encountered a number of twists and turns, and it was only before the transfer window closed on April 29 that Pedro's hanging heart was finally put down. The addition of Gao Zhunyi made up for the team's short board at left back, while Tao Qianglong served as an important reserve of U23 players.
In the team meeting, the two newly joined players naturally became the focus of attention. Gao Zhunyi said that he will contribute to the Sanzhen team with practical actions, and strive to quickly integrate into the team and show more value in the new season. However, as he still has a slight injury, his first training session after returning to the team was arranged in the gym. As for Tao Qianglong, he hopes to show his skills in Wuhan Sanzhen team, "On the field, I will repay the fans with my performance." Tao Qianglong even gave up going home in order to rush to his new owner to sign in. Due to the Nanjing for just returned from West Asia national players to implement the "14 + 14" isolation policy, Tao Qianglong since April 26 in the U23 national team to lift the isolation, has been with Zhu Chenjie, Wu Xi and others in Haikou. Later, the three towns clubs greeted in advance, hoping that he could rush to Wuhan to participate in the first public meeting in 2022, Tao Qianglong then gave up going home and went directly to Han to sign in, "I'm still looking forward to this meeting, the heart is a little excited." In Haikou before departure, he told reporters.
With less than a week of assembly time with the Sanzhen team, Gao Junyi and Tao Qianglong have become new members of the team. However, Liu Dianzha, Xie Pengfei and the three new foreigners are already getting better in this new team. Among them, the standard-bearer Stanciu is highly anticipated. However, the current Romanian international is very humble, "I don't see myself as a superstar, it's a team sport and I'll put the performance of the whole team first, not me personally." Currently, Stancho plays as a free agent 10 in Pedro's tactical system. However, he is different from Hulk, Lavezzi, Teixeira and other solo players, his role in the team's midfield is responsible for the tandem. Stancho said, "In the new season, I will be more happy to assist my teammates to score goals, which will be my main task."
For Pedro, it is a great fortune to have such a strong lineup to prepare for the new season. However, some people are skeptical about the ability of the Sanzhen team to quickly adapt to the Chinese Super League, to which veteran captain Deng Zhuoxiang admitted, "After all, we are a promoted horse to participate in the Chinese Super League, the intensity of the game is certainly greater than the Chinese A, so we must put a low profile." Zhang Xiaobin has also told reporters, "First of all, we must fully reserve the results of winter training. Including physical reserves, as well as other aspects of preparation. After all, the Chinese Super League is different from the Central League in the confrontation, for the players, there are still unpredictable situations in the future. Of course, we are also eager to show ourselves on the stage of the Chinese Super League."
Currently in the Sanzhen team, most of the players have experience in the Chinese Super League. In addition, Deng Zhuoxiang, Xie Pengfei, Zhang Xiaobin, Liu Dangzuo, Gao Junyi, Liu Yiming, He Chao and Deng Hanwen have all had experience in holding the Chinese Super League title. In fact, it is the three new foreigners who really need to adapt to the pace of the Chinese Super League, as well as Edmilson, who joined from Gamba Osaka last year.
