After 90 minutes of competition, Guangzhou won 2-0 against Changchun Yatai, who also qualified for next season's AFC Champions League play-offs, with the goals of two "egg queens".
After this campaign, Guangzhou team will continue to occupy the second place position in the championship group, and the next round will be the "ultimate battle" with the 3rd ranked Shanghai Harbour, and the winner will most likely get an AFC Champions League group stage place.
After the game, Zhang Linpeng, a Guangzhou player interviewed by reporter Liu Siyuan, was a little unhappy, and even had a hint of sadness, saying that she did not know what the team would be like next year and would cherish every minute she could play for this team now.
It turned out that this was the first time that guangzhou team returned to the home stadium Tianhe Stadium this season, and before the game, many players were taking photos, as if they were doing some kind of "farewell". Liu Siyuan specially interviewed Zhang Linpeng on this phenomenon, and Zhang Linpeng also admitted that the moment he walked onto the Tianhe Stadium, he thought of the glory created by the Guangzhou team before (so it was very touching).
Zhang Linpeng then said that [today's game] happened to be the first game of the New Year, so everyone was holding their breath. Because I don't know what next year will be like, everyone cherishes every minute that they can play for this team now.
Judging from Zhang Linpeng's worried words, the prospects of Guangzhou team next season are indeed not optimistic, although there has been a continuous flow of news that "a certain group has joined the Guangzhou team" in recent days, but it has not been officially confirmed. Once a large company without a state-owned enterprise background takes over the Guangzhou team, then the Guangzhou team will most likely only survive by selling people, including Zhang Linpeng.
Liu Siyuan also mentioned Zhang Linpeng on his social account afterwards, saying that the reason why he called Zhang Linqian to be interviewed must be that everyone understands what is going on. The 32-year-old Zhang Linpeng is actually not "old", it is the year of the defender's play, presumably he can also get the favor of other Chinese Super League clubs, especially for Zhang Linpeng's "old owner" Shanghai Harbor.
In addition to Zhang Linpeng, other players of the Guangzhou team, such as Jiang Guangtai, Liu Dianzuo, Wei Shihao, Yang Liyu and other international players, are also very marketable. Although the Guangzhou team is lonely, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the value is still there.
Zheng Zhi, the player and executive head coach, took all the coaches and team members to the outside of the venue after the game, thanked the Guangzhou fans who came to the scene through the protective fence, and took a group photo with them, the scene was very touching.
Seeing this, I think everyone understands that waiting for the glitz to be gone, the gold dollar is no longer there, and the only people who can accompany the Guangzhou team are those loyal and lovely fans who do not ask for returns. Here, I also hope that the Guangzhou team can get out of the haze as soon as possible and find a powerful state-owned enterprise to take over as soon as possible, so that the players and fans of the Guangzhou team can have a happy year with peace of mind.