In the midst of a long off-season, Henan Football Club celebrated a grand 30th anniversary. According to senior reporter Guo Fenfei, Henan was about to go on vacation as planned after a loss to Shandong Taishan. However, this vacation happened to include the club's birthday celebration on August 28th, making it a tricky question whether the team should attend the event in full.

It is on this topic that the communication between Yang Chen, vice president of Henan, and Pan Long, general manager, diverged. Although the problem seems to be small, it can be easily solved as long as both sides can communicate adequately. However, Pan Long deliberately played the role of a tough A-side. Coupled with the team's recent two consecutive defeats, both sides appeared to be somewhat annoyed. In the long run, this tension is getting stronger. Pan Long even questioned Yang Chen: "Don't you know how Guo Guangqi left the team?" This comment completely enraged Yang Chen, who resigned that night.

According to famous blogger "Li Wenjun LL", on the morning of September 2, Yang Chen formally submitted his resignation to Henan Football Club, resigning from his position as deputy general manager of the first team. At the same time, Ma Chuan, goalkeeper coach Yang Jun and Hu Zhaojun also announced their departure from the team on the same day.

Yang Chen worked in Henan for only 106 short days, from May 20 when he took office as vice president to September 2 when he resigned. Despite the short period of time, his work ability and achievements were unanimously recognized by the outside world. After taking office, he successfully recalled former starting goalkeeper Wang Guoming and brought in three internal reinforcements during the summer window: Ding Haifeng, He Jiao and Ye Lijiang. The team's performance has soared as a result, successfully escaping the relegation zone.

Nevertheless, Yang Chen still can't get rid of the question of "amateur command expert". As a player who has studied in the Bundesliga, Yang Chen naturally did not want to stay in the Henan team. In the end, he chose to take the initiative to leave.

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