The head coach's contract renewal + new home relocation, Shenzhen Xinpeng City personnel will have a large area of adjustment

Reporter Lu Mi reports In the past Chinese Super League season, the promoted horse Shenzhen Xinpeng City fought to the last round, and only completed the relegation with a thrilling advantage of 2 points above the relegation zone. The team, which has just relocated to Shenzhen this year, is off to a good start, with the support of the local government and the following of fans, who have quickly established themselves in the local area. However, the journey for the new season has not been so easy for Xinpeng City, who have long been in the bottom half of the table and have been entangled with relegation teams in the final stages of the fixture. Fortunately, the club decisively changed the coach when there were three rounds left in the league, and finally Xinpeng City won 1 win and 2 draws in the last three games under the leadership of the new coach Lattanzio, and was thrilling to be relegated.

With the lessons of last season's difficult relegation, Xinpeng City began to plan for next season early. A few days ago, the club first completed the contract renewal with firefighting coach Latanzio, and the next recruitment and home relocation work will also be carried out quickly.

Shenzhen Xinpeng City, formerly known as Sichuan Jiuniu, came to the Chinese Super League as a promoted horse, and the relocation of the team to Shenzhen was a very important decision made by the club and the city group. If you want to gain a foothold in Shenzhen, in addition to the accumulation of daily work, it is the most important thing to achieve good results, but this is not easy for the promoted Ma Xinpengcheng.

The coach who led the team to the Chinese Super League at the beginning of last season was Tato, who was promoted from assistant coach during the Chinese league period. When he was still in the Chinese League, Tato used advanced passing and control play to make Sichuan Jiuniu at that time unbeatable in the Chinese League. Even under the unfavorable conditions of constantly changing the home field, Jiuniu still completed the overtake. As an admirer of traditional Spanish football, Tato's philosophy has also been recognized by City Group, and he has repeatedly stressed that he will continue to promote his own style of play in the team.

It's just that Shenzhen Xinpeng City will not have a big deal to recruit in 2024, from the debut of the new season to the middle and late stages of the season, although Xinpeng City under Tato can play the tacit understanding and fluency of passing and control, it has always lacked efficiency. For most of the season, New Wings have been hovering near the relegation zone. Before the final break in October, Shenzhen Xinpeng City suffered a wave of six consecutive defeats and fell directly into the relegation zone, and the club had to replace Tato.

In fact, the timing was a little late at that time, there were only three rounds left in the league, and Xinpeng City not only had to face the direct relegation opponent Meizhou Hakka, but also the away championship team Shanghai Shenhua. Latanzio took over at that time, and he took no small risk, he was the "acting manager" at the time, and his contract was only signed until the end of the season.

In the last three games, Xinpeng City first drew with Meizhou Hakka in the relegation battle, then drew with Shanghai Shenhua away from home, and finally defeated Nantong Zhiyun, which had been relegated, to complete the relegation. Lattanzio made the most of the break since taking office, tackling the team's defensive problems and making changes to some positions. In the case of limited personnel, Lattanzio avoided the recurrence of defensive stubbornness to the greatest extent, and also re-energized the fighting spirit of the players to "risk their lives" to avoid relegation. The relegation process was thrilling, but the Italian finally got the result he wanted.

After the end of the season, Lattanzio returned to Europe for a vacation, and the renewal of his contract with Xinpeng City was quietly launched.According to the reporter's understanding, the club has completed the renewal of the contract with Lattanzio a few days ago, and it will only be officially announced after the team receives the holiday.This also means that Lattanzio will lead Xinpeng City to the 2025 Chinese Super League season as the head coach. The club said the continued selection of Lattanzio and his team was a recognition of the Italian coaching staff's ability to help turn the team around in the final three games.

In the past season, Xinpeng City has been under a lot of pressure, and the constant injuries have also affected the team's results. Compared with other teams that take holidays early, Xinpeng City gives players and coaches longer vacations to release pressure and recuperate physically and mentally. The team is scheduled to start preparing for the new season in early January 2025, with the first phase of training in Shenzhen for physical recovery, and the location of the second and possibly third phases of training is still being discussed.

The team's winter training plan has not yet been decided, and the personnel structure for next season needs to be reorganized. According to the transfer market information, there are many people in Xinpeng City who are about to expire their contracts: domestic players Zhu Baojie, Li Zhizhao, Tian Yinong, Wang Qiao, Song Yue, Lin Chuangyi, Yu Rui, Li Zhi, Nan Song, Zhang Yudong, Ruan Yang, and foreign aid Edu Garcia and Thiago Andrade, their contracts will expire at the end of this month.

Among the domestic players in Xinpeng City, only Nan Song and Zhang Yudong have started contract renewal.The players who are out of contract are mainly concentrated in the midfield and are older overall. This also means that there is more room for the club to plan its squad for the new season. First of all, in the goalkeeper position, Wei Dizhe's loan expires, Li Zhizhao's contract expires, and the club is looking for a new goalkeeper as a supplement.At present, the target candidates for the goalkeeper position are Liu Dianzuo of the national gate and Ji Jiabao, a young goalkeeper from the west coast of Qingdao.However, this year's goalkeeper competition is particularly fierce, each team is relatively short of people in this position, the market has a great demand for goalkeepers, and Xinpeng City also needs to come up with strong chips.

Last season, Xinpeng City made a lot of mistakes at the back, especially when foreign defender Dugalic was injured from time to time, and the mistakes and goals conceded were miserable, and they were the team that conceded the fifth most goals in the Chinese Super League. The defence has undergone a drastic personnel change, which is what the club will focus on next.

In terms of foreign aid, Dugalic still has a contract, and Kartsev, who joined in the middle of the season, played a good role in the second half of the season, and the two will most likely not move. Striker Thiago Andrade, who was on loan from New York City at the beginning of the year, is the most expensive foreign player in the team and even in the winter transfer market of the Chinese Super League at the beginning of the year, but he has been injured frequently and has missed many games as a result, and his ability to finish games is relatively limited, so it is unlikely that he will stay in the team. Striker Thiago, who was introduced in the summer transfer window, has not had a high presence in half a season, with only one assist and zero goals in nine appearances, and he has struggled to get a contract extension from the club.

Xinpeng City has a stable investment this year, but the staffing is not ideal, most of the games show difficult to score goals (the second fewest in the Super League of 29 goals in the season), and it is easy to concede goals, which is also the main reason for the team's record. At the end of the season, the club and City Football Group have already started the work of summarizing, evaluating and planning for the 2024 season as soon as possible. The club revealed that the team will first prepare for winter training, and secondly, strive for a breakthrough in terms of recruitment, and the team's goal is to avoid a repeat of last season's thrilling relegation situation.

Shenzhen Xinpeng City has achieved 7 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses in the 2024 season, from the beginning of the home fans to the concerted efforts of the key relegation game at the end of the season, this team has been affirmed by Shenzhen fans from the spiritual level. Of the seven wins this year, four have been won at home, but it was not until the halfway point of the league that Xinpeng City ushered in its first win at Baoti until the eighth home game. It was difficult to win at home, which once made the name of "Treasure Body Curse" popular.

At the beginning of the year, the team landed in Shenzhen, because of the rush of time, from the club base to the selection of the home stadium, Xinpeng City did not have much time to prepare. At the end of the season, the club started to move early and worked with local authorities to relocate the team's home stadium.According to the reporter's understanding, the home stadium of Shenzhen Xinpeng City in the 2025 season will most likely be relocated to the Shenzhen Sports Center Stadium.Located in Futian District, the stadium is set to be delivered by the end of this year and is a 45,000-seat professional football stadium. This will undoubtedly be a boon for fans, as the commute will be easier and the experience will be better.

The 2024 season that has just passed is not only the run-in between them and the top league of Chinese football, but also the run-in between them and the city of Shenzhen in all aspects. Now, starting from this preparation period, Xinpeng City is showing considerable sincerity to strengthen ties with the city of Shenzhen and the fans here, and they hope to repay everyone's support with better results in the new season.