Reporter Lu Mi reported that the last round of the game Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic was killed by tianjin Jinmen Tiger at the last moment, and was once overtaken by the opponent in terms of points, and also let himself fall into the play-off area. The team was not only forced to a desperate situation in the relegation situation, but also the team's overall physical fitness and ability to resist pressure. But the Chongqing team is so magical, always able to leave the last hope when everyone is on the verge of despair, in the life and death battle with Dalianren, they resisted the opponent's 19 shots, and everyone's efforts fell into every minute of the game. A counterattack, a goal, the first win in the second stage, Chongqing announced to everyone: We don't want to play the play-offs!
"There's no turning back!" After losing the last round of the game that should not be lost, and encountering the Jinmen Tiger kill, this sentence filled the mind of everyone in Chongqing Liangjiang Athletics after the game. In fact, from that game, it can be seen that these players are too tired and too stressed. Most of the personnel have only rested for one round, and they still carry the love and hope of tens of millions of fans for football. Everyone's inner spirit and external physical strength have reached a critical point.
In this round, facing Dalian, who had previously defeated himself, Chongqing was still the original team, and only full-back Liu Le was replaced by Sun Kai for injury. Dalian, on the other hand, sent the strongest lineup of three foreign aides because of previous consecutive defeats. At the beginning of the game, dalian people attacked like a tide, Chongqing's defense line had not had time to adapt to the rhythm of the game, Boateng broke through the goal, although the ball was judged to be offside, but this sense of explosion at the beginning of the life and death battle, like an electric shock, awakened the Chongqing players.
In the first 10 minutes of the game, Chongqing was in a situation of being besieged at half-time. Sun Xuelong, who used to attack from the front, still needs time to adapt to the new role of wing-back, and the space between him and the central defender is too large, and he has been repeatedly pinched by opponents. Fortunately, the 39-year-old goalkeeper Deng Xiaofei performed well in the whole game, saving a must-score goal for Dalian. Chongqing also has the confidence to fight back, they changed the impatient mistake of the last game, patiently sought the infiltration of the ground organization, and always maintained a good formation of the three lines, not giving the opponent the opportunity to penetrate the defense line. The two sides entered into a long tug-of-war.
Compared with Zhang Wailong's relatively hasty adjustment in the last round of the game, in this game, he quickly found problems in the attack and defense of the side, so he made adjustments in advance. At the beginning of the second half, Dong Honglin and 40-year-old veteran Wu Qing were used to replace the starting two wing-backs, Sun Xuelong and Sun Kai. The latter two, both in terms of experience and ability, can play a role in improving the scene.
Although Wu Qing is 40 years old, he still persevered to the end, and with a high frequency of back and forth, to create offensive space for teammates in the front, but also to recover and narrow the gap in the defense of the side.
In the second half, Chongqing took advantage of the opponent's attack after the overall lineup was placed in front, and Deng Xiaofei drove the ball directly to Fernandinho to launch a counterattack, who took the ball to achieve a dragon breakthrough, and it was Feng Jin who inserted into the box and received the ball to complete the shot.
With a one-goal lead, Chongqing more firmly implemented defensive counter-attack tactics, without giving their opponents the chance to equalize with a goal. In the end, he won this hard-won victory that waited for five rounds.
When the referee blew the final whistle, veteran Wu Qing lay on the ground to cover his face and shed tears, and everyone's eyes were red again. They know how difficult it is all this, 40-year-old Wu Qing has exceeded his task as a veteran, 39-year-old Deng Xiaofei, who has risked injuries many times to complete the save, their tears and joy, not only because of this simple game victory, but also because they see the vitality of relegation that they have won. This is the "Chongqing Spirit".
This small victory was the first victory won by Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic since the start of the second stage of the relegation group competition, and it was the best opportunity for them to bottom out and rebound. With the sullen draw of Tianjin Jinmen Tiger and Henan Songshan Longmen, Chongqing team used this hard-won three points to once again surpass Tianjin in points, and the ranking also rose to the bottom third. Dalian, who was originally 3 points ahead of Chongqing, was also dragged into the chaotic situation of relegation because of this loss. The two places in the final play-offs went from two out of three to two out of four.
There are two games left in the league, as shown in this round of matches, the end of each round will change the relegation situation, and the Chongqing team is still not at the time to breathe a sigh of relief. The next match against Shanghai Shenhua and Wuhan team, both of which were bloody battles, their ultimate goal was to achieve it, and return to Chongqing on time at the end of the last round of the league.