Chinanews client Beijing February 25 (Xi Liqun) won eight Super League titles in nine seasons. This is an impressive record for Guangzhou Evergrande's 85-year-old players. Those who won the first championship in the team's history at that time have now entered the end of their careers. With Gao Lin officially joining Shenzhen Jiazhao Industry, Evergrande's 85-year-old players officially closed the curtain, and the only veterans in the team to win the first championship were Zheng Zhi and Zhang Linhuan. The 2020 season will be a year when the constant and large will fly more independently.

Shenzu announced the joining of Linlin. Picture source: Shenzhen Football Club

Evergrande's "85 age group" officially disintegrates

Although Zhe Lin had written a farewell to Evergrande on personal social media, many fans of Evergrande were very reluctant at the moment announced by the Shenzhen Jiazhaoye official. Compared to Feng Xiaoting and others who joined after overtaking, Fulin is an absolute veteran of the "85 age group" of Evergrande. It is also that he scored 20 goals in Chinese A to become the striker king of the season, helping Evergrande to overtake the strong .

At the time, Lin Lin, 24, and Feng Xiaoting, Jiang Ning from the golden generation of the Olympics, and big brothers like Zheng Zhi, Sun Xiang, Yang Jun, 81 years old, created the Chinese version of the Kaiserslautern miracle, rising to the top of the Chinese Super League Win the championship every season, thus starting a new dynasty in China's top football league.

Data Map: In the 30th round of the 2015 Chinese Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao team won the championship with a 2-0 victory over Beijing Guoan. Photo by China Press Agency Han Haidan

In the next two seasons, Zhao Xuri, 85, and Zeng Cheng, Zheng Long, Rong Hao, and Huang Bowen, who were in the age of 87, joined one after another. When they played, they won the 2013 AFC Champions League for Evergrande. It was Gao Lin who scored the key goal in the victory.

Nine years have passed. With the joining of the Lin Jia team in Shenzhen Jiazhaoye, Evergrande's 85-year-old group officially disintegrated. At that time, the only elders who opened the prologue of the Evergrande Dynasty were Zheng Zhi and Zhang Linyi.

Data map: Zhe Lin celebrates the goal. Photo by Chen Xin, reporter from China News Agency

New Deal Accelerates Updates

Before Zhelin moved to the team, Zeng Cheng and Feng Xiaoting joined the Shanghai Shenhua in the AFC Champions League in the new season. Not surprisingly, they will be the main candidates for Shenhua in the new season. Joining Gao Lin of Shenzhen Jiazhao Industry, the new season will also be the main force of the team to surpass.

For Evergrande, although the team has a solid reserve force, no matter whether it is experience or ability, these three veterans will never lose their place in the team, even if they enter the end of their careers, they will help the team in the past. It may not be easy to let them leave the team in the crown of the championships.

Data Map: 39-year-old Zheng Zhi made a breakthrough in the game. Photo by Chen Xin, reporter from China News Agency

And leaving only two veterans Zhang Linzheng and Zheng Zhi, Guangzhou Evergrande entering the post-90s era, it is not ruled out that in the new season will face the situation of instability.

However, in the context of the New Deal of the Football Association, salary restriction has become the general direction. Evergrande, which has many outstanding players in the lineup, is obviously under pressure in terms of salary. In addition, it is at the node of the expiry of the contract. Renewal of salary is not very cost-effective for teams and players. Although updating is the trend of Evergrande, the new policy of the Football Association has undoubtedly accelerated the process.

In the new season, young players such as Wei Shihao will play a more important role. Data Map: Wei Shihao celebrates the goal. Photo by Chen Xin, reporter from China News Agency

Will Evergrande 2.0 be better

In addition to Zheng Zhi and Zhang Linzhang, the post-80s players in the Evergrande team have even become a minority, plus Mei Fang, Li Xuepeng, Yu Hanchao, and Huang Bowen, a total of 6 people. Evergrande, which entered the post-90s era, is experiencing the largest update in team history.

Last season, Evergrande relied on players such as Wei Shihao, Yang Liyu, Zhong Yihao, and Yan Dinghao to win the eighth title in the Super League, but the veteran Feng Xiaoting, who was willing to be a green leafer, had played in key games to protect young teenagers.

With the fading of the veteran, the 2020 season is destined to be a season in which the constant size will fly more independently. Fortunately, core foreign aids such as Paulinho, Taliska, and Park Chih-sung are still on the team, and naturalized players such as Gorrat and Fernando are also expected to join the team.

The veteran gradually fades away, and the young players of Evergrande will be more independent to compete for honors in the new season. Data map: Yang Liyu in the game.

After a year of growth, Wei Shihao and a group of 95-year-old players are still superior in the same direction of experience and strength. However, in the AFC Champions League and in the key championship competitions in the Super League, whether these players can withstand the big scenes and whether they can maintain stability is still a certain mystery.

Facing the steady progress of Beijing Guoan and topping up Shanghai Shanghai Port, Evergrande will have a difficult time defending the new season. However, given the solid team and young players' vigor, Evergrande is still the biggest champion in the 2020 season. Popular. (Finish)