Now it is less than a week before the opening of the new season of the Chinese Super League, and the Guangzhou team, which has been silent for a long time, finally appeared in public view yesterday. On the day of the team’s open day, the Guangzhou team conducted a public training under the witness of hundreds of fans. Coach Cannavaro, who hasn’t shown up for a long time, told the truth about the topic of concern to the outside world.
Fernando is still injured, the other players are ready
Reporter (hereinafter referred to as “question”): In the past two months, how has the Guangzhou team been training?
Cannavaro (hereinafter referred to as “Ka”): I haven’t seen you for a long time, and the team’s preparations have been static for a long time. Last year, everyone was stranded in Doha. After returning to China, they went through isolation again. Now it takes a lot of time for the players. We return to the competitive state they deserve. During this period, our training plan is still different from last year. Now we have five days of training within a week and two rest days. The training intensity is very high in four days within five days, and there is a warm-up match in the remaining day. Many of our players have accumulated injuries. Some players also have some problems when they come back from the national team. Fortunately, the problems have been solved. Except for Fernando’s injury, the other players are ready for the Super League.
Q: What is the goal of the Guangzhou team this season?
Card: I don’t need to say too much about the team’s framework and lineup. Everyone sees it very clearly. We are now going to complete the replacement, but at the same time, it is difficult to maintain competitiveness in the process. It can be said that this is the most difficult year of my four years in the club, and we have not done any introduction. What’s more, the team still lacks Paulinho and Talisca. This year’s important goal is to reduce the average age of the team as much as possible, and the speed of replacement should be accelerated. At the same time, we must maintain a high level of competitiveness, and it cannot be said that there is no pursuit.
Q: How about the 11 people who entered the first team from the football academy?
Card: I personally and the coaching staff watched a lot of youth training games in more than two months, and finally selected 11 players to enter the first team. In Europe, the age of 17-20 has already begun to get opportunities. However, none of the 11 players in the team are ready to play in the Super League tomorrow. But they have been investigated for a long time. I think many of them are more promising. They are very promising young people. I will help them find opportunities. Their arrival is an important supplement for the first team. Don’t think that this is a task given by the team, nor is it an advertisement for the football school. They do have the qualifications and conditions to enter the first team. For these children, it takes time to see if they can grow up physically and adapt to the training intensity and lifestyle of the first team. I have a chance this year and I will let them appear on the stage.
Riding a bike to exercise recently makes me look young
Q: How will the relationship between the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League be balanced in the new season?
Card: Before the season, the coaches will write down the strongest players of each team on paper, calculate how many goals they can score in a single season, and finally calculate the sum. To win the Chinese Super League, you need 60-80 goals, and sometimes 80 is not enough. Calculating now, Paulinho can score 20 and Talisca scores 15. How much is 60 minus 35? If Barcelona does not have Messi and Juventus does not have Ronaldo, the problem is the same. The overall strength of a team can be very strong, but it still has key players, who are not the problem. Looking at the schedule, the first three scenes are against Guangzhou City, Shandong Taishan, and Shenzhen. They are all relatively strong.
Q: In recent years, some teams in the Super League have disappeared, and some big-name foreign players have left. What do you think?
Card: I am more qualified to answer this question. I have coached in the Chinese Super League for six years. If the league is to be important, one of the points is credibility and solidity. In the past six years, the league will change every year, and everyone who participates will have big challenges and influences. In the past two months or so, I have participated in a FIFA course, in which I will discuss the differences between different countries’ leagues and the management of clubs. Many of them will mention the Chinese Super League. Speaking of it, the Chinese Super League has unique advantages: there are a large number of fans, a large number of clubs, and the most important thing is to have strong investors. The team expected investors to “add more fuel” to the team, because they were used to this, but suddenly the oil gun was pulled out and the car was paralyzed. Once the investor’s gasoline can’t get in, the team will basically be paralyzed.
I hope that in the future, the Super League can improve its hematopoietic ability and living space, including fans, broadcasting, and marketing, but it is not that simple and requires a long-term plan. I regret the disappearance of the club, but I say that these are not critical or prejudicial attitudes, but my different perspectives on the issue.
Q: I love cycling recently. What is the reason?
Card: The feeling of riding a bicycle is very good, and you can see different scenery, which is very helpful for me to integrate into life in Guangzhou. The most important thing is that there is no worry about the epidemic in China, and it is very good to go anywhere. It can be said that China is the safest country in the world.
For me, using the rest time to exercise by cycling makes me look young. Once I start playing the game, if my results are not good, everyone will say that I am much older.
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