Average age 19 years old, no foreign aid
Tonight, the Guangzhou team will embark on the AFC tour of the 2021 season. Different from the previous all-main campaign, the head coach leading the team this time is the 36-year-old reserve coach Liu Zhiyu, and the participants are mainly reserve players. The average age of the team is 19 years old, the oldest The player is only 22 years old.
It can be said that this is the youngest Guangzhou team in the history of the AFC. Perhaps even senior fans are not very familiar with this Guangzhou team expedition to Thailand.
Can’t take care of two-line combat
Except for the Guangzhou team, the remaining Chinese Super League teams playing in the AFC Champions League are basically dominated by reserve players, so why does this happen? This matter should start with the National Football Team’s top 40 matches.
The original plan for the Super League was to resume this week. Because of the conflict between the Chinese Super League and the AFC schedule, taking into account factors such as immigration isolation, the Chinese Super League teams have chosen to use the reserve team to play in the AFC. However, the sudden move of the national football team to the United Arab Emirates disrupted the previous arrangements. The international players need to be quarantined as required after returning home, so the Chinese Super League had to be postponed until the start of mid-to-late July.
But even so, the AFC Champions League group match will not end until early July. If the teams send their main players to participate, the players will still not be able to catch up with the restart of the Chinese Super League after including the time to return to China for medical isolation.
Since it is impossible to use a lineup to take care of two-line combat, in desperation each team can only use the youth army to go to the AFC stadium.
For the Chinese Super League team, this year’s AFC results are not important. In the absence of pressure, it provides the Chinese Super League team with an opportunity to show the results of youth training.
Take the Guangzhou team as an example. There is no foreign player in the 30-man roster. Among them, Yang Dejiang, Li Xingxian, Wu Junhao, and Chen Zhengfeng have been selected to the Guangzhou Super League’s 23-man roster this season, while Zhang Zhihao, Luo Junhan, Guo Jiayu, and Edison Chen entered the team’s first team lineup at the beginning of this year.
In addition to these eight people, there are five players who played in the FA Cup and Kunshan FC last year, while the rest have only played in the reserve team or the U21 league. Even senior fans, I am afraid it is difficult to have a deep impression on these players.
Opponents in the same group are the main players
The Group J event of the Guangzhou team is held in Buriram, Thailand. The team departed from Guangzhou on the 21st and arrived at Buriram via Bangkok. Although the Guangzhou team fought here twice before, but now the young players in the team are here for the first time, and they are relatively unfamiliar with the environment.
According to the groupings, the Guangzhou team will play two games each with the three teams of Osaka Sakura (Japan), Lion Harbor (Thailand) and Kitchee (Hong Kong, China) this year.
Judging from the large list submitted for registration, the Guangzhou team’s opponents in the same group have sent a main lineup including foreign aid this time. According to the latest statistics on player value, the total value of the Osaka Sakura team is 17.35 million euros, Lion Harbor and Jiezhi also reached 5.35 million euros and 2.695 million euros, on the contrary, the total value of the Guangzhou team is only 500,000 euros. The gaps are huge.
It is reported that the Guangzhou team did not set any performance assessment requirements for this competition. Under this circumstance, I hope that the young players in the team can completely let go of their burdens and show themselves in the AFC arena with a good attitude.
Tonight’s opponent, Osaka Sakura, has played against the Guangzhou team four times in history. The Guangzhou team’s record is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
AFC Champions League Round 1
Guangzhou team VS Osaka Sakura
Today 18:00
Stadium: Buriram Stadium, Thailand
Guangzhou AFC Champions League Group Schedule
Date and time against
6.24 18:00 Guangzhou VS Osaka Sakura
6.27 18:00 Lion Harbor VS Guangzhou
6.30 22:00 Guangzhou Team VS Jiezhi
7.3 22:00 Jiezhi VS Guangzhou Team
7.6 18:00 Osaka Sakura VS Guangzhou Team
7.9 22:00 Guangzhou Team VS Lion Harbor
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