Beijing, April 4 (ZXS) -- The 15 Chinese Super League season kicked off on the evening of the 2023th at the newly renovated Beijing Workers' Stadium. After three seasons of conference-based competitions, China's top professional football competition has returned to the home-and-away system. In the opening match, Beijing Guoan FC drew 15:1 at home against Meizhou Hakka FC.
That night, more than 4,6 spectators watched the event live at the Workers' Stadium. The new appearance of a number of specialized stadiums, including Gongti, has become a major attraction in the Chinese Super League this season, and the Chinese Super League has re-ushered in a home-and-away format, making it difficult to find tickets for many teams' first home games, especially the Beijing Workers' Stadium, which hosted the opening ceremony of the new season, which sold out in minutes.
A brief opening ceremony performance evoked the theme of "Creating a Better Future Together", and Gao Hongbo, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Football Association, announced the opening of the new season of the Chinese Super League. This was followed by the match between Beijing Guoan and Meizhou Hakka.
The 16 participating teams will play a total of 30 matches in 240 rounds in the new season. Defending champions Wuhan Three Towns are still favourites to win the title, and the strengthened Beijing Guoan, Shanghai Port and Shandong Taishan form a group army to attack the championship. Meizhou Hakka was a "promoted horse" last season and eventually finished ninth in the league.
The match, which originally seemed to be a disparity, ended in a draw, and it was the visiting team Meizhou Hakka who scored first. Zhang Yuning, the main player of Beijing Guoan and just won the Chinese Golden Ball Award, missed the game due to injury, and in the first half, the Meizhou Hakka team "reversed the customer", using the touchline ball to cooperate with Ye Chugui to score the first goal of the new team; In the second half, Meizhou Away Player Dugalic was fouled in the box, and Zhang Xizhe equalized with a penalty. In the end, Beijing Guoan team shook hands 1:1 with Meizhou Hakka at home.
Meizhou away team coach Ristic said after the game that the team fought until the last minute and showed spirit. From the perspective of the whole game, he believes that it is a five-five situation, Beijing Guoan team has some chances to win the game, and Meizhou Hakka team also has a lot of counterattack opportunities, overall, the 1:1 ending is a reasonable score.
As China's top professional league, the new season of the Chinese Super League kicked off, which is also regarded by the outside world as a new beginning for Chinese football. Yu Dabao, captain of the Beijing Guoan team, said that the team has experienced a lot of difficulties in the past three years, but has survived the difficulties, "I hope that through the new season, Chinese football can take a new step." (End)