The Evergrande football school teenager entered the Guangzhou Evergrande club base.
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China News Service, October 13th. On the afternoon of the 12th, the five age groups of 14-18 years old players from Evergrande Football School held a selection competition at the Evergrande Club Training Base.
After the game, the coach Cannavaro who watched the match was promoted to the first team with two 16-year-old and one 15-year-old.
It is reported that the first team of Evergrande, including the 15-year-old midfielder Li Xingxian of Evergrande Football School, and the 16-year-old defender Wan Likai, etc., set the record of being the youngest member of the Evergrande Football Academy to be selected to the first team in more than eight years .
The three will rush to Jiangsu with the team to compete in the second stage of the Super League (the championship group).
Cannavaro watched the Evergrande Football School players match.
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In the 2020 Guangzhou Evergrande squad of 50 players, half of the players are from the Evergrande Football School. Among them, Tan Kaiyuan, Permanjiang, Wang Shilong and other 5 19-year-old players were selected for the first team and entered the game. Tan Kaiyuan also scored and assisted.
Recently, Perman Jiang has also been transferred to the U19 National Youth Team.
Under the intensive schedule, Cannavaro sent Tan Kaiyuan, Permanjiang and Wang Shilong nearly 20 times in the field. Tan Kaiyuan participated in the equalizer goal in the Chinese Super League game against Dalian, and scored in the FA Cup. One goal, the performance is remarkable.
Evergrande Football School players warm up before the game.
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Beginning in 2018, Evergrande has repeatedly provided young players with more opportunities to accelerate the training of more and better young people.
In the 2020 season, the average age of Evergrande's first team has dropped from 30 in 2018 to 26.
In the selection competition on the 12th, Cannavaro also inspected and evaluated the Evergrande Football School U14 (2006 age group) player match, and determined the final list of 25 people who will go to Spain to study for five years at the end of this year.
Club owner Xu Jiayin said that the team will be required to do a good job of "old and new" and "one belt one, one belt two or even one belt three" in the same position to vigorously train young players.
At the same time, the young players promoted to the first team of Evergrande Football School "must work harder to study and train hard, and must work hard to achieve themselves, and strive to become a star in China and even the world." (End)