In the last thriller and the first half of the second leg, Dalian Ren's center back Danielson transformed into an impenetrable wall, firmly guarding the Dalian Ren's defense. Although Liu Ruofan's 72nd-minute shot failed to shake the fortress, Romulo's powerful shot was deflected off Danielson and into the net, and the Rongcheng team finally found a gaping hole on the edge of this winning goal.On the afternoon of January 12, 2022, Chengdu Rongcheng declared victory over Dalian Ren with a narrow 1-0 win, and advanced to the two-legged aggregate score of 2-1 - after a long wait of 10 years. -After a long 10-year wait, Chengdu soccer finally waited for the return of the Chinese Super League!
On October 29, 2011, Chengdu Sheffield United was relegated one round early. By January 12, 2022, after 10 long years and 3,728 days of waiting, Chengdu soccer finally returned to the Chinese Super League stage.
On November 2, 2011, in the final round of the Chinese Super League, Chengdu Sheffield United drew with Guangzhou Evergrande at the Chengdu Sports Center, and after the match, head coach Niu Hongli was in tears and overwhelmed with emotion. That team was not underpowered, but had to sell its main players in the middle of the season to make ends meet due to financial problems, making it the toughest Chinese Super League team of the year.
The last time Chengdu soccer made it to the Premier League was in 2010, when Chengdu Sheffield United easily made it to the Premier League ahead of schedule after being penalized for relegation. Feng Zhuoyi recalled back then, "I didn't feel much the last time I made it to the Premier League, I didn't play a few matches that year due to injuries, and importantly, the team was very strong at that time, and I didn't feel like there was much of a challenge from the start of the league." Eleven years later, Feng Zhuoyi as the main center back again super, emotionally, "This time is different, this time we experienced too difficult, this time is considered to be engraved in the heart."
This year's Central League was played in closed session throughout the whole tournament, spanning over a long period of time, and the Rongcheng team played all away from home, which was very tough for the players with families. Not being able to reunite with their families for a long time, especially missing their children, was probably the most tormenting moment for this group of fathers.
"From the time the team was established in 2018 with a five-year goal of reaching the Super League, I thought I could return to the Super League with the team. After the arrival of the Korean coaching staff this year, there was a lot of training, and a few of us veteran players stuck with it. When the team's performance fluctuated in the middle of the season, we never gave up and kept insisting, feeling that being able to reach the Super League is the last and most important work of our career, and believing that the club will attract more outstanding young players to take over when we reach the Super League platform." Rongcheng captain Gan Rui was interviewed after the match with a smile on his face.
In this duel with the Dalian people, Gan Rui with injuries with closed, as a veteran has been fighting until the last moment, only to take the initiative to the coaching table to indicate a change. As a Chongqing man, Gan Rui for Chengdu soccer contributed his last strength, the last time to save the Sichuan soccer is also a Chongqing man - Yao Xia.
After the fluctuating results of Hibiscus in the third stage of the season, Yao Xia and Wei Qun entered the team and trained with the team in closed sessions. At the start of the fourth phase of the crucial competition, the team's spirit was renewed, and this state of affairs continued until the play-offs, with the spirit of the two former idols giving the team a great deal of encouragement. Greater support behind the scenes came from the Chengdu Football Association, especially in the third stage of the league, when the club was particularly worried about head coach Seo Jung-won returning to South Korea as a result of the death of his mother.
"At that time, we were all afraid that he would go back, and once he did, maybe he would choose not to come back like the Shenhua manager. In a foreign country for a long time closed training, games, this situation for a foreign coach how difficult it can be imagined." Fortunately, through communication and comfort, including Xu Zhengyuan's own attitude, and finally came to the end of the season. After the success of the Super League, Xu Zhengyuan almost also remembered his deceased mother in tears after the game, "When the third stage of the league, I did not go back after the death of my mother, I gave this Super League gift to my mother, which is my agreement with my mother before I came to China, and I am very happy to have fulfilled our agreement."
No one will understand the hardship of Seo Jung-won, in the league, he once because the assistant coach violated the rules of the team and dismissed the coach he brought; he also suffered a lot of criticism from the outside world, especially Xie Hui, "he does not know soccer" comments. As a self-respecting Korean coach, he is looking forward to finally proving himself with results, "I always believe that sports don't lie, whoever can suffer, whoever sweats a lot in training will have a fair result in the game. This year we have experienced highs and lows, and when we encountered setbacks, I told the team that the only way to get better results is through harder training, and by getting to this point, all the players have grown."
After the success of the Super League, Xu Zhengyuan first thanked the Xingcheng Group. In such a soccer environment, Xingcheng Group for the team to provide full financial security, especially in the selection of foreign aid, almost Xu Zhengyuan put forward the requirements, have been satisfied.
Next, Xu Zhengyuan also thanked the Chengdu Football Association. Xu Zhengyuan can come to Chengdu to coach, largely from the Chengdu Football Association's unremitting efforts, when Xu Zhengyuan hesitation, Chengdu Football Association even through the good contact with the AFC and the Korean Football Association to give Xu Zhengyuan confidence.
"I told him, you can go to the AFC and the KFA and ask around, how good is the Chengdu FA at doing the job, and they can also act as a guarantee that we will give the team support in terms of funding and logistics, and that we are aiming for the long term as well." Chengdu FA president Koo still remembers the process of inviting Xu Zhengyuan.
Xu Zhengyuan and the Chengdu Football Association also encountered criticism when the team's performance fluctuated, but the strong belief of the senior leadership of the Xingcheng Group was ultimately exchanged for the team's early completion of the club's goal of a five-year Super League run. "Thank you for the congratulations of old and new friends, quietly in the conference room to enjoy this joy and solitude, but also an unforgettable experience in life, quite good." Koo wrote in his circle of friends after the team's Super League run.
In fact, once Chengdu lacked a working saloon team, the Chengdu Football Association reported and brought it to the attention of higher authorities through various channels, which eventually led to the establishment of the Xingcheng Saloon. With the completion of the dedicated soccer stadium at Phoenix Hill in Chengdu and the upcoming Asian Cup, Chengdu is once again back in the center circle of Chinese soccer. During last week's CFA Executive Committee meeting in Chengdu, CFA leaders praised Chengdu soccer's youth training system.
At the same time, Xingcheng Group also on the salon's own hematopoietic function in advance of the layout of the salon, now under the banner of the salon has a lot of Xingcheng Group's high-quality assets, can protect the salon has a certain hematopoietic function, in addition, Xingcheng Group's projects related to the sports industry is also attributed to the salon, so that can also protect the salon retired players and young players after the life of the road is not confusing. This model has been widely recognized during the meeting of the CFA Executive Committee, providing a new way of thinking for the future development of the salon.
