The 20th round of the Chinese Super League coincided with the Paris Olympics, and the popularity dropped a lot. The Shanghai duo continued to dominate the list, the teams at the bottom of the list continued to be winless, and the top two of Guoan and Taishan dropped the chain again, but they only repeated the past drama, and there were few bright spots. Two-thirds of the way through the schedule, the league seems to be starting to get into "boring time".
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Wild victory, no ecstasy
Shanghai Port VS Nantong Zhiyun, Leader VS Deputy Squad Leader, this was originally a game without suspense, but the final result of the game was jaw-dropping: 8:1, Shanghai Port created the longest winning streak in the history of the Chinese Super League with 14 games, and also played the largest point difference game this season.
Harbour fans can certainly be proud of their team's wild victory, but the frequent occurrence of games with huge score disparities also highlights the huge quality gap between the Chinese Super League teams, which in turn reflects the low level of the league as a whole. Shanghai Port's strong attacking line and head coach Muscat's style of fighting have allowed them to frequently create big wins this season, and five goals have even been the "minimum cost" for a long time. As the league deepened, the teams simply chose to give up resistance in the face of the harbor out of practical considerations, so that although there were many goals in the game, it was difficult to link it with the excitement.
Finally, Shanghai Shenhua played a match against Wuhan Three Towns, with the former winning 2-0 and continuing to maintain the pressure on the harbor. And many stimulating factors such as conflicts, red cards, and injuries in this game also made people pay attention to the next round of the Beijing-Shanghai battle in advance. Bao Yaxiong, Manafa, Teixeira and many other main players are either unable to play because of red cards or injuries, and Beijing Guoan will face the remnants of Shenhua on August 4. This will be a battle of redemption for Suarez, who just lost to Shenzhen Xinpeng City in this round and was double-defeated by this promoted team this season. If you can't show a decent performance, even if you don't get out of class, you can't escape the doubts of the sky.
The "four relegation brothers" remained unmoved
Nantong Zhiyun's "strategic abandonment" caused an unprecedented fiasco, but fortunately the three relegation opponents in front of them also lost, after this round, the bottom four teams in the standings have not changed, the league has gradually entered the end, and the relegation group slowly began to "independent".
Henan Dukang got three points at home from the "seriously ill" Shandong Taishan and won two consecutive league games. It is impossible to impact the qualification of the AFC Champions League, and there is no danger of relegation, and the "momentum" at this time replicates the model of the past years, and it is difficult to talk about the gold content. And Nan Jiyi, who pursues "always to kick the ball to the opponent's half", has now become more and more "Chinese Super League", and the bus has become the key to his victory.
In the direct dialogue between Li Xiaopeng and Xie Hui, the male lion of Cangzhou still did not improve, losing 0:1 to Changchun Yatai. After winning this six-point battle, Yatai, who is fifth from the bottom, is already 4 points ahead of its opponent, drawing a relatively safe firewall between itself and the relegation zone; Meizhou Hakka and Qingdao West Coast, who also have 17 points with the Cangzhou male lion, lost to Qingdao Manatee and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger respectively in this round.
The mid-table teams are starting to gradually escape the relegation zone and live a stable life, while the teams at the bottom of the table still don't have the courage to survive on the back burner. The future relegation battle may not be as tragic as imagined, as long as anyone "is not worse", they can stay in the Super League.
(Zhengguan News · Zhengzhou Evening News reporter Guo Taoliu)
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