The grouping has been announced for the Club Cup today, and there was a surprise move in the grouping process, with Group D as a whole being very competitive and they all have the potential to progress to the knockout rounds. The teams in this group are Qingdao, Liaoning, Tongxi, Beijing and Xinjiang.
Among them, Xinjiang and Liaoning needless to say, they have encountered in this year's finals, and in terms of squad depth, both teams are similar. However, there is an uncertain factor here, that is, players such as Fu Hao, Zhang Zhenlin and Zhao Jiwei on the Liaoning side may go to the national team for training, which will cause them to prepare for the game with all young players, which will be a huge blow to their strength. Of course, there is a bonus of foreign aid, but in the absence of the three cores, the pressure will be very high. Xinjiang may be better here, because Qi Lin and A Budu did not go to the previous training camp, but they may also be recruited into the training camp, let's see how Guo Shiqiang was chosen.
At the same time, Yang Hansen from Qingdao may also be recruited, but Qingdao's strength is not bad, and he also has the strength of the top eight. Even if Yang Hansen goes, the young division will give some obstacles to other teams.
Tongxi has also received a significant improvement this offseason. In particular, the addition of Zhu Mingzhen and Guo Haowen has given them a huge reinforcement in the forward position. Now it depends on whether Lin Wei will go to the national team, anyway, Guo Haowen and Zhu Mingzhen will most likely not go, and their competitiveness is also very high.
Finally, there is Beijing, they have a change, that is, Zhou Qi and Chen Yingjun are likely to participate in the Asian preliminaries, if these two people all go to prepare, their internal and external strength will decline sharply. More critically, they still have seven consecutive visitors around the November window, which again creates a difficult level.
And these five teams in the same group is something that no one expected, and then all five teams could advance to the knockout rounds, and every game is a battle for them, and there is no room for mistakes.