Kick all over Hunan丨Changde City-Xiang J: "Chang" wins the army "De" the world

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On September 7, the highly anticipated 2025 Hunan Football League is about to kick off. Red Net Time News launched the "Hunan 97th and 30th Kicks All Over Hunan" series of posters and team theme reports, focusing on the football teams of 14 cities and prefectures in Hunan, decoding the green personality and cultural genes of each city.

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Red Net Time News September 4 (Reporter Zhou Yumo Intern Wu Di) Only three days left before the opening of the 2025 Hunan Super League, Changde team completed the pre-match sprint with outstanding performance of winning all four games in the warm-up match. This mixed team consisting of former professional players, college students and local teenagers showed strong momentum under the guidance of famous coach Zhao Xudong, becoming a highly anticipated dark horse team in this tournament. According to the schedule, Changde team will challenge Chenzhou team away on September 13 to start the first game of the "Fish Meal Derby".

The famous coach takes charge and builds a steel defense line

The biggest highlight of Changde team is undoubtedly the joining of head coach Zhao Xudong. The former executive coach of the Chinese U22 men's national team has an AFC professional coach certificate. He has served as an assistant coach in Beijing Guoan, Jiangsu Suning, Zhejiang Greentown and other clubs. He has rich experience in coaching professional teams and national teams. The

team also brought together many powerful players. Changde striker He Yaqi went to Liaoning since childhood to start his youth training career, took root in Liaoning Football Team and won the National Games championship with the team. After that, he went to Portugal to study abroad for three years, returned to his hometown and joined Hunan Xiangtao. This time he represented his hometown in the Hunan Super League, he integrated the tactical literacy he learned during his overseas study into the team.

Nantong Zhiyun's former players Zhao Wendi and Zhang Xu also became the core forces of the team. Zhao Wendi performed well in the warm-up match, goalkeeper Li Hao also saved two goals in the penalty shootout to establish the victory, and substitute forward Wang Lei staged a dramatic finale...

Protecting eight and fighting six goals, pragmatic

Zhao Xudong arrived in Changde on August 19 to take over the team, quickly injecting the concept of "stable defense + fast conversion" into the team, and refines tactical details through high-intensity confrontation training and video analysis system. During the training, Zhao Xudong emphasized concentration and did not forget to talk to the players: "The first thing we can do is to be happy when we can play football together. We will unite from top to bottom and try our best to achieve the game goals."

Changde team also delivered a brilliant answer in the warm-up match, beating Zhuzhou, Zhangjiajie, Xiangxi and Yiyang teams with scores of 5-3 (penalties), 3-0, 3-0, 2-1, and conceded only 2 goals in regular time, showing a solid defensive system. In the game against Zhangjiajie on August 26, the team scored three goals in the first half through smooth passes and cuts, and the offensive system became more and more mature.

In this competition, the coaching team set the phased goal of "maintaining eight and fighting six", and this pragmatic attitude was recognized by the whole team. Although the outside world is optimistic that Changde team will become the biggest dark horse, the team remains calm and is ready to fight one by one.