On February 28th, Beijing time zone news came in, a high-profile media critic "Big Brother Ming" expressed his views on the direction of the new season of Guangzhou team on his personal social media. He is worried that if Guangzhou uses all young players in the new season, the team may fall into a bad cycle.
In the article, "Big Brother Ming" pointed out: "If Guangzhou let the 'young power' play alone in the new season, it's like making a big game out of a small one. They may feel nervous, their performance may fluctuate, and their strength may limit them, in short, they need time to adapt. In this way, the unsatisfactory performance may in turn affect their form, forming a vicious circle ...... The hardest part is here. It is right to train new people, but the best way is for veterans to bring new recruits. Without the support of veterans, it may be difficult for newcomers alone to recreate the splendor of the last eight games of last season. This is a point that Coach Liu Zhiyu has already elaborated in depth and professionally in his exclusive interview, so you can review it."
Coach Liu Zhiyu mentioned in the interview, "This situation not only exists in our team, soccer clubs around the world are facing this problem, which is almost a universal law in the soccer world. Older players are more experienced and they naturally have better results when they lead younger players. What the young players lack is experience, while what they have is drive and desire to play."
Referring to Zheng Zhi, he said, "Zheng Zhi's tactical arrangement on the field is very clear, and once he finds a problem, he can make adjustments quickly. After all, standing on the sidelines and directing and personally participating are two different things, which is really not easy. As we can all see, he changed his clothes to command immediately after the game, a situation that is extremely rare in the soccer world. So in terms of the strategy of veterans bringing in new recruits, this scene shows it in the best possible way."
"Personally, I would certainly like to see a veteran with new recruits approach for all games, but that is often difficult to achieve due to the format and other specifics. We can only rise to the occasion. But from a coach's point of view, naturally it's more effective to use veterans to bring in new recruits when conditions allow." (DD)
