Morning News reporter Yu Jiong
The first stage of the Chinese Super League this season will end after the 8th round of the Suzhou division tomorrow. The top four in the Guangzhou Division, Shandong Taishan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Guangzhou City entered the second stage of the championship group. In the Suzhou Division, the top two teams in the championship group are locked in advance by Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Haigang. Shanghai Shenhua, Hebei Team and Beijing Guoan will fight for the other two championship groups in the final round.
/Guangzhou Division Two Finals/Win at the starting line of the championship
Different from the cross-elimination system in the second stage of the Super League last season, this more accidental cup competition system has been replaced with the same intra-group double loop as the first stage, and the first stage is the same group. There will be no more matches between the teams.
Take the championship group as an example. The top four teams in the Guangzhou Division will only compete with the top four teams in the Suzhou Division in the second stage. The points constitute the total points for the final completion of this year’s Super League ranking.
The first place in the Guangzhou Division, Shandong Taishan, scored 33 points, and the second place in the Guangzhou team scored 30 points. Even if the top two in the Suzhou Division, Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Haigang, could win in Sunday’s make-up match, the two teams ended up in the second place. The first stage points are 28 points. There are only 8 rounds in the championship group, and the strength between the opponents is quite close. The difference of 5 points is actually not small. The points in the first stage are brought into the championship group, which means that the top two teams in Guangzhou, Shandong Taishan and Guangzhou, have already won at the starting line.
/Shandong Taishan/The deepest bench
Shandong Taishan, which leads in the overall standings of the two divisions, is indeed the strongest team in the Super League this year. In particular, they have enough excellent substitute players. This is the key to the team leading the way in such a dense schedule, and it may even become a decisive factor for them to win the league championship.
According to the plan previously announced by the Chinese Football Association, the second stage of the championship competition will be held in December this year, and 8 rounds will be completed within one month. The density of this schedule is basically the same as that of the first stage. Shandong Taishan’s staffing advantage will once again be reflected, and the team’s Brazilian midfielder Moises has also entered, which means that they can have the most complete lineup in the championship phase.
In contrast, the other seven championship teams have no such configuration. Even if Shanghai Shenhua finally enters the championship group as hoped, their lineup thickness is good, but in the case of a large number of veterans, it is still difficult to cope with the dense schedule, and Shenhua has also exposed the same problem in the first stage of the competition.
/Other teams/ Each has shortcomings and it is difficult to pose a threat
There is only one goal difference between the Guangzhou team and Shandong Taishan. The attacking group of Brazilian naturalized players led by Exxon gives them the strongest offensive power in the Chinese Super League. In addition, the championship group will basically be arranged in the Guangzhou Division (the first stage total The team with the highest points decides the second stage, Shandong Taishan has made it clear that it wants to stay in Guangzhou), which also allows the Guangzhou team to properly have the home court advantage.
The Shenzhen team was originally not weak, with complete foreign aid, and no players were “distracted” by the national team. However, the 9-point gap with the leader makes them only the disruptors of the championship group. As for the fourth place in the Guangzhou Division, Guangzhou City is even more uncompetitive.
In the Suzhou division, Changchun Yatai is more capable of hitting the Chinese Super League championship than Shanghai Haigang. After the first stage of running-in, Changchun Yatai’s attack group composed of Brazilian foreign players in the Korean-Japanese league has shown its strength. They played tough and they defended well. Facing the top four in the Guangzhou Division, Changchun Yatai has a chance to withstand Shandong Taishan. The high-altitude bombing is not afraid of the technical play of the three Guangzhou teams.
Shanghai Haiport’s defense was the best in the Super League in the first stage, and the number of goals conceded was the least. However, the offensive weakness caused by Anautovic’s departure has been insoluble. The disadvantage of points requires the Harbour team to continuously use goals and wins to catch up with the top-ranked teams in the championship group. It is obviously not enough to have a good defense.
As for Beijing Guoan, Hebei and Shanghai Shenhua, no matter which two teams enter the championship group, the possibility of counterattack winning the championship is extremely low. One is that the points gap is greater, and the other is that each has its own fatal injuries. Without Jin Minzai’s Beijing Guoan, the defensive standard has dropped sharply; if the Hebei team does not solve the club’s survival problem by the end of the year, the players’ fighting spirit will be difficult to guarantee; the Shanghai Shenhua players are generally older, and it is difficult to play the strongest under the dense schedule. Combat effectiveness.
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