China News Service Client, December 7th. On December 7, the Guangzhou Football Club of China Super League issued an announcement that from now on, Zheng Zhi will serve as the executive head coach and player of the first team of Guangzhou Football Club.
In December last year, the Guangzhou team stopped the AFC Champions League group stage and missed the Chinese Super League championship. In the end, the team had no results in the season.
Subsequently, the Guangzhou team officially issued two announcements. First, the "club management model was officially adjusted from the head coach responsibility system under the chairman's leadership to the general manager responsibility system under the chairman's leadership", and then Zheng Zhi was announced as the club's general manager.
These two announcements were also interpreted as the reform measures of the Guangzhou team for the new season.
However, on January 22 this year, the club issued an announcement again, “After research, it is determined that from now on, Comrade Gao Han will serve as the chairman and general manager of the Guangzhou Football Club, and Comrade Zheng Zhi will no longer concurrently serve as the general manager.” At this time, Zheng Zhi will become the club. As the general manager, only 48 days have passed.
According to media reports, in communication with the club, Zheng Zhi expressed the hope that he would continue to play for the team as a player in the new season, and promote the growth of young players while improving the level of coaching and management. The club fully respects Zheng Zhi's wishes.
This season, under the leadership of former coach Cannavaro, the Guangzhou team still maintains the championship strength and has entered the Chinese Super League championship group with 30 points.
But during the offseason, Guangzhou Football Club fell into negative rumors and terminated the contract with Cannavaro.
For the next two months, the team has been in a situation without an official coach.
According to media reports, the Guangzhou team has not received any notice from the club to re-convene a training session since its holiday in mid-August this year.
Starting from November, the players of the Guangzhou team started continuous training on their own under Zheng Zhi's call.
The second stage of the Chinese Super League will be divided into two divisions from December 12, and the Guangzhou division will kick off on December 13.
The Guangzhou team, Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Haigang and other seven teams will all participate in the championship group competition held in the Guangzhou Division.
The eight teams will determine the winners based on their points after 8 rounds.
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