On December 29, the 20th round of the Chinese Super League Championship Group ended. With Changchun Yatai's 1-0 win over Shenzhen, all four teams in the Chinese Super League to participate in next year's AFC Champions League competition were produced. Compared with previous years, Beijing Guoan, a regular AFC Champions League regular who will always strive for the first place, rarely has a chance, which makes people sigh.
Guoan did not qualify for the AFC Champions League
Before the 20th round, Shandong Taishan, who scored 48 points, Guangzhou, who also scored 38 points, and Shanghai Haigang, had all locked up tickets to the AFC Champions League. As Tarzan and Harbour reach the faf cup final, no matter who wins the title, the fourth place in the Chinese Super League will be shortlisted for the AFC Champions League. The team that is most likely to get the fourth place is undoubtedly Yatai, who has accumulated 35 points. As long as they beat Shenzhen in the 20th round to get all three points, and Guoan can't beat Taishan, Yatai will lock in the AFC Champions League seat in advance.
As expected before the game, Yatai defeated Shenzhen 1-0 with Sun Jie's goal, and got three points as desired, and the points came to 38 points. Work your own, and others help. In another match, Shandong Taishan drew 1-1 with Guoan. After the 20th round, the Shenzhen team stayed at 29 points, while Guoan only got 1 point in this round, and the points were also 29 points. The point gap between the two teams and Yatai is 9 points, and with only two rounds left in the game, Yatai is already in fourth place even if he loses the next two games. As a result, Yatai has advanced into next year's AFC Champions League.
Yatai advanced to the AFC Champions League
Veteran guoan's goal is to always strive for the first place. With the departure of foreign aides such as Augusto this season, Guoan's strength has declined. Despite this, many people think that although Guoan is not strong enough to win the championship, it is still no problem to qualify for the AFC Champions League. But the reality exceeded the prediction, as a regular visitor to the AFC Champions League, Guoan, actually had no chance to break through, which was really impressive. In the other two matches of the 20th round, Guangzhou defeated Hebei 2-0 and Haigang beat Guangzhou City 2-1. Since Tarzan has won the championship three rounds in advance, Guangzhou and Haigang, who have accumulated 41 points, will eventually be the runner-up this season, depending on the situation in the last two rounds.