Reporter Wang Wei reported On the evening of June 21, in the fourth round of the Football Association Cup, Guangxi Pingguo Halong Guojing team relied on Brazilian foreign aid Giovanni to perform a big four in a battle, helping the team win 4-4. 3 narrowly defeated Wuhan Town, the former champion of the Chinese Super League, and advanced to the top 16 of the Football Association Cup for the first time in team history. At the same time, during the intermission period of the Chinese League One, Guangxi Pingguo Haruan Guojing officially signed a contract with Brazilian coach Andre Gaspar, who has worked in Asian football for 15 years. In early July, the Brazilian coach The coach will officially take up the coaching staff of Pingguo Harlang.
Andre Gaspar played for Qingdao Zhongneng as a player. After serving as coach, he led the Korean K-League Daegu team to a 3-1 victory over Guangzhou Evergrande in the 2019 AFC Champions League. After a period of coaching selection, this powerful Chinese team from Guangxi signed an AFC Champions League-level Brazilian coach.
In this Football Association Cup match, Pingguo Haruan Guojing sent three foreign players, Giovanni, Ban Mu, and Hewel, to appear at the same time. Hong Kong player Lawless started. Wuhan Three Towns ranked 8th in the standings in the first half of the Chinese Super League. Some rotations were carried out in this game, but the three foreign players Enrique, Romario and Mendes still started.
After the start of the game, Pingguo Halong Guojing repeatedly used beautiful counterattacks to make the defenses of the three towns of Wuhan very uncomfortable. In the 8th minute, Giovanni scored with a low shot from the front of the penalty area to help the team take the lead. Five minutes later, it was Giovanni again. Giovanni passed Liu Dianzuo in the penalty area and hit the goal; in the 19th minute, after receiving Fan Chao's cross, Giovanni made a change in the face of the attacking Liu Dianzuo and shot with his left foot again.
The 26-year-old former Brazilian national youth team player scored a hat trick in 19 minutes to help the team lead 3-0 in the first half. This state also allowed the head coach of the Wuhan Three Towns team to replace the three main players Deng Hanwen, Tao Qianglong and Zhang Xiaobin at the same time in the 30th minute of the first half.
However, the rapid replacement of three main players this time did not reverse the game. Wuhan Three Towns foreign aid Enrique helped the team get a goal back in the 58th minute, but soon Giovanni scored another goal in the 66th minute to stage a big victory. Great news, this shooter who has scored 8 goals in the Chinese League One has become a god in a game of the Football Association Cup! Subsequently, after Pingguo Halong Guojing led 4-1, Enrique scored twice in the 83rd minute, and Tao Qianglong scored another goal in the last minute of stoppage time. Pingguo Halong Guojing finally defeated Wuhan Sanzhen 4-3 to advance to the top 16 of the Football Association Cup. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time they have advanced to the top 16 of the FA Cup.
When the team advanced to the Football Association Cup, Pingguo Halong Guojing also completed his coaching selection. On April 2 this year, Gabri, the Spanish head coach of Pingguo Haruan Guojing, submitted his resignation to the club after leading the team to play four rounds of games. Before the new head coach arrived, the club decided to let sports director Wang Xiao act as his deputy. Head Coach Responsibilities.
In the process of selecting a new coach, the club got to know many domestic and foreign coaches, but due to unsuitable schedules and other aspects, there has been no actual signing. Wang Xiao led the team to coach for 10 rounds of Chinese League One games and led the team to Brunei to participate in an international friendly match.
As time goes by, the team sets its target on foreign teachers. In terms of specific requirements, the first is to be familiar with Asian football and Chinese football. Moreover, in addition to coaching the first team, the new coach must also have long-term development ideas in the construction of the echelon system. It is hoped that the new coach's training system can be formed from Pingguo City and Guangxi Autonomous Region campus football to the echelon and then to the first team. overall sustainable long-term development model.
During the selection process of Pingguo Hareon, Korean coach Park Zhongjun went to Pingguo, Guangxi to negotiate with the club. However, the two sides did not reach an agreement on the positioning and construction of the team, and ultimately failed to sign a contract.
After many screenings, 51-year-old Andre Gaspar entered the vision of the Guangxi Pingguo Halong Guojing Team. His playing career lasted from 1992 to 1996, when he played for the Brazilian football giant Santos, and then joined the Brazilian club Santista Portuguese.In the 2000 season, Gaspar, who was 27 years old at the time, became associated with Asian football. That year, he joined Seoul FC in South Korea and played for 3 years. In 2003, he joined the Chinese Super League team Qingdao Zhongneng and played until the 2005 season. In the 2005 season, he returned to Brazil to play for Bragantino Red and retired in 2009.
Andre Gaspar started coaching after retiring. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the head coach of the Brazilian Red Bull Bragantino team. From 2015 to 2016, he served as the executive coach of Daegu in the Korean K-League. Since 2017, he has been the head coach of Daegu. In the 2018 season, Andre Gaspar led Daegu to win the Korean Football Association Cup and won the K-League Best Coach in the same year. In the 2019 season, he led the Daegu team to fourth place in the Korean K-League, and in the 2019 AFC Champions League, he led the Daegu team to a 3-1 victory over the Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao team at home (Paulinho, Talisca, Zheng Zhi , Gao Lin, Huang Bowen, etc. are all in the team).
Andre Gaspar will serve as the head coach of the Saudi League Hashem team in 2020. From the 2022 season to the 2023 season, he will serve as the head coach of the Indonesian Super League Borneo Football Club.
It can be said that Gaspar has worked in Asian football for nearly 15 years, starting from his playing days (6 years) and his time as a coach (9 years), and is very familiar with Asian football.
After negotiations, Guangxi Pingguo Haruan Guojing and Andre Gaspar have recently completed the contract. It is understood that after Gaspar becomes the team's head coach, he will bring three assistant coaches, namely the executive coach (and physical coach), technical analyst and goalkeeper coach. Next, he will select coaches from Brazil to enter the team's echelon system, promote the echelon to form a Brazilian football training system, and then promote the Brazilian football coaching system to campus football in Pingguo City. It is understood that the Pinguo Harlang Club decided to build a Brazilian football coaching system from a long-term perspective, which is one of the reasons why it takes a long time to select a coach.
It is understood that the new head coach Gaspar is expected to arrive in Pingguo, Guangxi at the end of June, and may officially take over as the coach of the Guangxi Pingguo Haruan Guojing team as early as early July.
The club management said that after the new coach joins the team, in addition to achieving good results and completing the team's set goals, he also hopes that he can lead the team to develop the passionate momentum of the Guangxi Wolves, hoping to bring Guangxi Pingguo Halang The Guojing team is built to be a tough and hard-working team. And establish a complete system of Brazilian football coaches to promote the long-term development of the team.