Chinanews.com Beijing, November 13th, title: Special season, the Chinese Super League welcomes the "new king"
China News Service reporter Xing Chong
After more than three months of "the most intensive schedule in history", the title of the Chinese Super League in the 2020 season may surprise many people-Jiangsu Suning defeated Guangzhou Evergrande 2:1 in the second round of the final on the evening of the 12th. The ninth team to win the top league championship in China.
On the evening of November 12th, in the final round of the Chinese Super League, Jiangsu Suning defeated Guangzhou Evergrande 2:1 and won the first Chinese Super League trophy in team history.
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However, in the special season, what is the gold content of the "new king" in the Super League?
Is winning the title "deserved of its name"?
Just four days ago, Jiangsu Suning was still not favored.
In the first round of the finals on the 8th, although Jiangsu Suning blocked Guangzhou Evergrande’s attacks again and again with its tenacious defense, Suning’s embarrassing record of almost 0 shots in the audience also made it difficult for the outside world to have "king style". .
However, "Iron Barrel Array" can be regarded as a coup by Suning coach Olaroyu.
In the special season, the second round of the Chinese Super League knockout round is a two-round system, and the finals also use two rounds of scores to add up to determine the champion. A goalless draw in the first round means a match in the second round.
In the second round of the three rounds, Suning all ended in a tie in the first round, and in the second round, Lecques Chongqing Dangdai, Shanghai SIPG and Guangzhou Evergrande became the king.
Jiangsu Suning is undoubtedly the beneficiary of the special competition system.
Affected by the epidemic, many changes have been made to the Chinese Super League this season. The league that was originally scheduled to start in February was postponed to July 25. The group match system was adopted for the first time. The first stage alone requires 16 teams within 66 days. Completed 14 rounds of 112 games, and the second stage was a brutal 6-round knockout.
Different from the previous points system, the points in the first stage of this season will not be brought into the second stage, and there is no point correlation between the second stage of the elimination rounds, and the chance of the game is greatly increased.
If converted to a points system, Suning, who had 10 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses in 20 games, would have 38 points, while Guangzhou Evergrande, which had 14 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, would have 45 points.
The winning team has fewer points than the runner-up team, which is extremely rare in the history of the Super League. It is inevitable that some people say that Jiangsu Suning's "gold content" is slightly insufficient.
The overall strength of the team examined by the league, the competition system is similar to a cup match, and it is more challenging to play on the spot.
From the last game, Jiangsu Suning defeated Guangzhou Evergrande is not accidental.
Suning’s four foreign players performed well on both ends of the offense and defense, especially Teixeira was fully mobilized, which directly led to Guangzhou Hengdalian losing two goals, while the three forwards of Evergrande were in poor condition. Fall into passiveness.
Coupled with the reversal of Shanghai SIPG in the semi-final overtime, Jiangsu Suning has picked out the two favorites to win the championship and had to convince the outside world.
Also considering the spread of the overseas epidemic, the first stage of this season's Super League uses local referees. There have been many controversies over the penalty. In the second stage, two South Korean referees were invited to help.
Several key battles of Jiangsu Suning have won "deservedly".
In order to reduce the flow of personnel and contact with the outside world, the team can only operate in the "closed loop of epidemic prevention" for several months, which brings unprecedented pressure to the players' psychology, and many players lose control of their emotions due to disputes in the penalty.
Jiangsu Suning has also encountered controversial penalties. The team has revealed that when the team suffered injustice, the players stimulated their fighting spirit, so that they caught up in the rest of the game and eventually won the game.
Throughout the entire season, Jiangsu Suning never shouted the slogan to win the championship, but unexpectedly fulfilled its long-cherished wish to win the championship.
Suning, who has won the Chinese Super League runner-up many times, has long been able to win the championship.
Using the special competition system to line up troops and finally reach the top of the Suzhou Division in the province, this low-key team occupies the right time, place and people.
As an experienced international coach, Ola Luoyu has previously led 4 different teams to win 13 championships, including 3 different league titles.
Now that there is another sum on the merit book, Olaroyu bluntly said this was the happiest and most difficult victory.
He said that almost all the teams he brought in the past were favorites to win the championship, and Jiangsu Suning is obviously not a favorite in the Super League.
"Winning the championship makes us stronger, and it also gives other teams hope that everyone can fight for the Chinese Super League championship."
Olaruoyu said frankly that there are still many gaps between the team and Guangzhou Evergrande in all aspects, and it took advantage of the special competition system to finally reach the top.
Due to the need for epidemic prevention and control, the Chinese Super League next season is very likely to adopt a tournament format again. Jiangsu Suning has established another way to win the championship under a special competition system, making the Super League more diversified and full of possibilities.
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