The long wait is finally over, this season's Chinese Super League, exactly when to start the game, how to start, finally settled yesterday ...... Do you feel a trace of unusual? Halfway through the league, the system suddenly took a sharp turn, which is not another miracle in the soccer world? Despite all the skepticism, the fairness of the system, the difficulty of the route, and the cumbersome contracts that come with crossing the years have all been targeted. However, for the Super League teams, no matter how many complaints there are, they must face the reality and study the countermeasures of the new system as a matter of urgency. Especially the Jinmen Tigers, the face of the remaining nine rounds of matches, whether to choose to have reservations, or to go all out, the second stage of the "battle of life and death" and how to deal with, these will be the wisdom of the coaching team test.
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The FA's latest arrangement shows that after the first stage, the top four teams in Group A will enter the "Championship Group" with the top four teams in Group B, and the fifth to eighth in Group A and the fifth to eighth in Group B will enter the "Relegation Group". Different from last season, firstly, all the points from the first 14 rounds of matches will be carried over to the second stage, teams from the same region will not play again, and the 8 rounds of matches will be double round robin matches between each team and the teams that did not play in the first stage of their respective groups; secondly, the lower limit of the rankings of the teams in the championship group will be the eighth, and the upper limit of the rankings of the teams in the relegation group will be the ninth, and even if there is a team from the relegation group that has a higher number of points than the teams from the championship group, there is no longer a "total points ranking". Even if there is a team in the relegation group with more points than the team in the championship group, there will no longer be a "total points ranking". In addition, the last two teams in the relegation group will have to play a play-off with the third and fourth places in the Central League to compete for a place in the Chinese Super League in the 2022 season. Although the current proposal is an effort to make the CSL more like a league than a "CSL Cup" than the original plan of 30 rounds, the restoration of the "Championship Group" and "Relegation Group" is in fact an improvement on the original plan of 30 rounds, as well as a new second stage of the competition. However, the reinstatement of the "title contenders" and "relegation groups" and the new format of the second phase of the competition still leaves the rest of the league in a state of uncertainty.
The first is how to deal with the remaining 9 matches. Initially, when people realized that the re-launch of the Chinese Super League was destined to enter a "devil schedule", many suggested that the Jinmen Tigers could strategically give up some of their matches against strong teams in order to achieve a reasonable distribution of physical energy. But now, the points from the first stage will count towards the final total, and the teams that have played each other in the first stage will no longer play, which makes the first stage of the tournament especially important, and trying to grab enough points to form an advantage in the rankings is likely to be the key to relegation in the end. Under these circumstances, it would seem inappropriate to choose to "strategically drop" certain matches.
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What's more, judging from the early five rounds, there isn't much of a gap between the teams in the Suzhou division, except for Shanghai Harbor who are in sole possession of the lead. Taking the upcoming Beijing Guoan as an example, the dilemmas they are facing can be said to be one after another - Kim Min Ja is going to the Olympics again, Augusto seems to be signing with the Barclays Premier League soon, and Bieira won't be able to make his comeback until August....... When playing against the Tsimshatsui Tigers The National Security League can only rely on Bakambu, whose physical condition is unknown, plus the fact that many of the international players are also exhausted, so it is not impossible for the Jinmen Tigers to grab points if they deal with the situation correctly.
What's more, the Tsimshatsui Tigers, who are currently on four points, are also only four points away from the top four of the division, in case they struggle to make it into the title contenders' group like Chongqing did last season. Wouldn't they be guaranteed a top eight ranking? Although from the paper strength analysis, Jinmen Tigers into the possibility of the title group is not large, but the first five rounds, Jinmen Tigers and Hebei, Yatai and Dalian people's games are close to splitting the winners and losers, and now, after an off-season training, the two sides once again to meet the results of how it's really not easy to judge. Don't forget, the first five rounds of performance of the Hebei team, this off-season and burst a lot of problems, although there will not be a "withdrawal crisis", but the team's training, the situation of foreign aid will be affected to a certain extent.
Of course, the probability is that the Jinmen Tigers will still be in the "relegation group" in the second stage, and will have to play a double round robin match with the bottom four teams in Guangzhou. From the current performance of each team in the first five rounds, Qingdao, Chongqing, Henan and Cangzhou are likely to fall into the relegation group. These four teams, in addition to the Cangzhou Lions, the other three are based on defensive counterattack team, Qingdao is under the leadership of Wu Jingui will be "iron bucket formation" played to the extreme. For the Jinmen Tigers, who also rely on defensive counter-attacks, it's not easy to get points from these opponents. How to further enrich the offense, create more opportunities to break the goal will be the focus of the second stage of preparation for the Jinmen Tigers. The good thing is that from the recent two warm-up games, Jinmen Tiger's set piece especially the corner kick routine is good, which may become the second stage, the team's magic weapon to defeat the enemy. In addition, the second stage will not start until December, there are up to three months in the middle of the preparation period as well as the AFC Cup of the actual practice, the foreign striker delayed in place of the Jinmen Tigers still have time to practice the lineup.
