Reporter Lu Mi reported that in the penultimate round of the league, almost all the teams in the relegation circle killed the red eye, and the Jinmen Tiger once again saved himself in the last moment, and after winning Qingdao, their points increased to 18 points, one step away from the success of relegation. Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, on the other hand, experienced a very depressing night before the match with Shanghai Shenhua. The unpaid wages that were previously promised to arrive on the 31st did not arrive as scheduled, but only paid the winning bonus of the previous round. The all-China class fought against the Shenhua team, and everyone fought to the end with complicated mentality, and it was difficult to get 1 point. And the arrival of this 1 point will not make the team completely passive. With Dalian people losing again, the difference between the Jinmen Tigers, Chongqing team and Dalian people is only 1 point in turn, and the last round of Chongqing Liangjiang Athletics is against the already relegated Wuhan team, and only by winning can it be determined to avoid playing the play-offs.
The last day of 2021, an important match day, is about the changing situation in the relegation situation, and all the teams that have not yet escaped the danger are busy fighting to the death. The Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, who was beaten back to the play-off area in the last round, this time staged a final-minute kill, and Magnu's goal not only completely beat the bottom-ranked Qingdao team into the play-offs, but also made himself turn over again in the standings. After winning this victory, the situation of "four to two" changed again. Jinmen Hu accumulated 18 points to move up to fifth, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic forced Shenhua to draw, ranking sixth with 17 points, and Dalian, who lost consecutive games, fell further, accumulating 16 points and falling into the play-off area.
At the time when Qingdao team completely lost the opportunity to turn over, another place to enter the play-off will also be produced in the above three teams, but Tianjin's victory in this round gives them more confidence and confidence to meet the successful Cangzhou team's game of relegation.
Compared with the strength of Jinmen Tiger to regain its mental strength to fight qingdao after the defeat in the last round, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletics has been happy for too long after winning the last round. Instead, they are looking forward to receiving information from their bank accounts on the last day of 2021. This is the commitment made by all parties to players and first-team staff after the official launch of the previous stock reform. After entering the division in the second stage, the domestic players received a month's salary of compensation, and in order to allow Fernandinho to play, the new capital paid an additional three months of compensation to the Brazilian. The remaining unpaid wages from May to December should be paid on match day as agreed.
But the night before the game, the players got the news, and this time they couldn't cash in. The next day was a game where points had to be scored, and the players' originally high emotions fell to the freezing point. It's hard to imagine what kind of suffering they experienced in the 12 hours before the game.
The opponent Shenhua team has entered the all-Chinese class in advance, which is also the best time for the Chongqing team to get points. However, the news that the Chongqing team's funds were not in place as scheduled soon went away, and when they came out of the locker room, the Chongqing players also looked embarrassed and their eyes were slightly red. There are no secrets between the current relegation opponents, Fernandinho did not enter the big list because of the lack of pay, and was also predicted by the outside world before the game.
But even if the all-China class played, even if they experienced a difficult mental journey before the game, these players of Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic still made 100% efforts to complete this match with Shenhua Team. Although the strength of the Shenhua team's substitute players is also several notches higher than the main players of the Chongqing team, Chongqing did not concede the ball in the face of the opponent's high-pressure siege.
Central defender Xu Wu, the head wound in the last round of the game has not yet healed, this game he wrapped gauze on the field, and finally left the field because of a leg injury, midfielder Chen Jie was also injured in a series of interceptions. Feng Jin, Huang Xiyang and Wu Qing, as Chongqing players, have tried again and again to break the opponent's defense... In the end, he fought hard-won points for the Chongqing team. Although these 1 points did not completely get the team out of danger, it did not completely put the team in a desperate situation.
Although the promised salary arrears were not paid, the win prize in the previous round and the draw prize in this game were issued quickly. This is somewhat comforting to the hearts of the Chongqing players. Sometimes, things may backfire, but that doesn't mean the players aren't doing well enough. The road to relegation has been bumpy to this day, they look back at their teammates who have fought together to the end, even if they don't know what tomorrow will be, they are still proud and touched by each other.
In the last round, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletics had to face the already relegated Wuhan team, while Dalian people faced Qingdao team, Jinmen Tigers faced Cangzhou Lions, for the three teams that had not yet landed, fate was ultimately in their own hands.