Guangzhou Leopards started winter training, and the side reinforcements aimed at the Chinese Super League fullbacks

Reporter Wang Wei reports On December 9, Guangzhou Leopards, who successfully won the first division as the champion of the second division, opened winter training for the 2025 season at the side field of Tianhe Sports Center, and in the new season, they will move towards new goals under the leadership of head coach Li Bing.

Before the Guangzhou Leopard training camp, that is, on November 25, the player recruitment announcement was publicly released, and the announcement made it clear that the team needed players with experience in the professional league of the Chinese League and above, of course, particularly outstanding young players can be appropriately relaxed. At the same time, outstanding players who have been inspected by the club do not need to try, and can directly negotiate contracts with the club. Guangzhou Leopards hope to introduce a group of competitive players in the new season to improve the overall strength.

Winter training and preparation began in mid-December, and the Guangzhou Leopard started relatively early. According to the experience of completing the championship ahead of schedule in the 2024 season, preparing earlier and warming up in a more targeted manner will be of great help to the improvement of the team's strength. Especially after the players are all together, it is particularly important to carry out quality warm-up matches for the improvement of the team - before the start of the 2024 season of the China Second League, Guangzhou Leopards completed more than ten high-quality warm-up games.

In the 2024 season, Guangzhou Leopards successfully entered the first division as the champion of the second division, and in the new season, the team is facing a new platform of the Chinese championship. With their goals set on the higher leagues, they are facing new challenges as well as new opportunities.

In the 2024 season, Guangzhou Leopards used a four-back style of play at the beginning of the season, and after two losses in the preliminary stage, the coaching staff changed the formation after discussion and changed the four-back to three central defenders. According to Li Bing, it is necessary to achieve a balance between offense and defense, and after the team switched to a three-center-back style of play, it regained its original good state.

In fact, the team's adjustment of playing style during the season was also a last resort, with many fullbacks suffering injuries in a row, and midfielders such as Shang Yin and Wu Xingyu were forced to work on duty. Compared with the second division, the competition in the second division is more intense, and positions such as the back waist, forward, and forward waist need to be strengthened.

It is understood that the Guangzhou Leopards will be adjusted in the defensive positions of the two wings, and at present, Xinpengcheng's left-back Li Zhi, Rongcheng's right-back Tang Miao and others may become the target of Guangzhou Leopards.

In addition, Guangzhou Leopards' midfield also needs to be upgraded, Cui Wei, a midfielder introduced in the summer window this year, is still recovering, and striker Liu Chaoyang, who has made 11 appearances for Guangzhou Leopards this season and scored one goal, has just joined Chiang Mai FC in Thailand B, and needs new signings to fill in the blanks.

After being promoted to the Chinese League, Guangzhou Leopard will introduce 3 foreign aids, after the end of this year's Chinese Second Division, the club and the coaching staff began to do it, from the previous Chinese League more dependent on foreign aid, the front, the back, the central defender is the position of foreign aid used more.

In terms of the use of young players, due to the requirements of the Chinese League to use U21 players, Guangzhou Leopards have used Huang Shenghao, who will be in the first team in the 2023 season, and Tang Tianyi, Xue Sibo, Ai Chuwei, Jiang Zhiqin, He Jiajun and others have been promoted in the 2024 season. Li Qitao, who got the opportunity to play in the U16 national junior team this year, is also a player favored by the club.