On February 22nd, heavy news came from Tianjin: Jinmen Tigers Football Club is actively preparing for an intense warm-up match with the National Youth Football Team on the 27th of this month. According to Tianjin Daily reporter Gu Ying, the team has made a breakthrough in attracting reinforcements, successfully signing three foreign players.
Gu Ying revealed on his personal social media platform that the top priority of the Jinmen Tigers' recent training is to improve their physical fitness and test the strength of young players through warm-up matches. Head coach Yu Genwei said that the team has determined the opponents for the two recent warm-up matches. It is reported that the opponent on the 27th is the U21 National Youth Football Team, which is also training in Shanghai, coached by Cheng Yaodong, this team has strong strength and many players, aiming at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
It is worth mentioning that the head coach of the Tianjin Tigers, Yu Genwei, has successfully completed the isolation observation after a short trip to visit his family and will return to the team on the 26th of this month and is expected to take part in the first warm-up match on the 27th. After this match, the team will also play a warm-up match against Shanghai Harbor Reserves on March 6th. The retention of the young players, as well as the joining of the subsequent trialists, will depend on their performance in the warm-up matches.
As for the introduction of foreign aid for the Tsimshatsui Tigers, it has been reported that the team has signed a center, a defender and a striker during the term of Vikinovic's contract. Head coach Yu Genwei said that despite the rapid progress of the introduction of foreign aid, the epidemic and other factors may still lead to uncertainty, and only when the players arrive in China successfully and begin isolation observation can they be finally confirmed to join.
