On January 3, tianjin Jinmen Tigers ushered in the final round of the chinese Super League of the season, and with two relegation rivals Dalian renren and Chongqing both winning, the Jinmen tigers fell to the bottom of the standings in real time. However, with Xie Weijun's slaying, the Jinmen Tigers finally defeated the Cangzhou Lions 1-0, and successfully relegated with the results of 4th place in the relegation group and 12th place in the overall standings!
The Jinmen Tigers made changes to the lineup in this game, with Magno sitting on the bench and U23 player Wang Zhenghao starting with Qian Yumiao, who had accumulated a yellow card suspension.
In the 85th minute, Magno won the ball in the penalty area and volleyed into the crossbar, and Xie Weijun scored a goal inside the penalty area to score the winning goal.
After losing to the Jinmen Tigers in the last round, Qingdao has locked up a place in the Super League one play-off, and another play-off place will be created between the Jinmen Tigers, Chongqing and Dalian. Before the final round of matches, the Jinmen Tigers scored 18 points, ranking 5th in the relegation group, the Chongqing team accumulated 17 points, ranking 6th in the relegation group, and the Dalian people team ranked 7th with 16 points. For the Jinmen Tigers, as long as the team wins, it can determine the relegation, and if the Jinmen Tigers do not win, as long as the Chongqing and Dalian teams do not win at the same time, the Jinmen Tigers can also successfully land.
Relegation situation before the start of the final round
The three relegation matches of this round were scored at 15:30 at the same time. After the start of the Battle of Jincang, the Jinmen Tigers, who were aiming to take all three points, played more actively, but the main striker Barton was strained and was replaced by Ilochi in the 23rd minute. As the Jinmen Tigers and Cangzhou matches entered a stalemate, the other two games scored almost simultaneously. At 16:07, Wuhan scored first by López to lead Chongqing 1-0. Dalian scored a minute later to lead Qingdao 1-0. If the results of the three matches end according to the score at this time, Dalian ren and Jinmen Tigers will land with 19 points, and Chongqing, which has 17 points, will enter the super league play-off.
At 16:40, the score between Dalian and Qingdao changed, and Qingdao's Wang Hao scored a goal to make the score 1-1. According to the points situation at this time, the Jinmen Tigers accumulated 19 points, the Chongqing team accumulated 17 points, and the Dalian team also accumulated 17 points. Dalian ren and Chongqing have won 1-0 each in this season's clash, because Chongqing has the advantage in goal difference, and Dalian ren has to enter the super league play-off.
However, Dalian people did not give up, at 16:43, Dalian people once again exceeded the score, Tao Qianglong's goal, the score of the field was rewritten to 2 to 1. At this time, the situation is that dalian and Jinmen tigers will complete the landing with 19 points, and the Chongqing team with 17 points will enter the super league play-off.
At 16:50, Wuhan scored again in the match between Chongqing and Chongqing. Chongqing scored a goal by Luo Hao to make the score 1-1. According to the situation at this time, the Jinmen Tigers and dalian players have accumulated 19 points, and the Chongqing team has accumulated 18 points to enter the super league play-offs.
At 16:53, Chongqing quickly reversed the score, Sun Kai scored a goal, at this time the relegation situation took a big turn. If Chongqing and Dalian both score three points, and the Jinmen Tigers can only end in a draw, then the Chongqing team accumulates 20 points, the Dalian team accumulates 19 points, and the Jinmen Tigers also accumulate 19 points, and the Jinmen Tigers will be in second to last in the relegation group due to the disadvantage of the winning and losing relationship with the Dalian people, to participate in the Super League One play-offs.
At 17:00, Dalian scored another goal to lead Qingdao 3-1. At this time, the relegation situation is still Chongqing team accumulating 20 points, Dalian team accumulating 19 points, Jinmen Tiger team accumulating 19 points, And Jinmen Tigers are at a disadvantage to play the Super League play-offs due to the relationship between victory and defeat.
At 17:12, Dalian led Qingdao 4-1, completely killing the suspense of the game. But almost at the same time, the Jinmen Tigers scored! Magno's volley hit the crossbar and Shevi's shot from inside the penalty area hit the ball inside the goal! In this case, the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers accumulated 21 points, the Chongqing team accumulated 20 points, the Dalian team accumulated 19 points, and the Dalian people team entered the Super League play-off. Since then, the scores of the three games have not changed. When Tang Shunqi, the referee of the Battle of Jincang, blew the final whistle, the jinmen tigers all hugged together. Little Tiger, I can go home!
After the game, the Jinmen Tigers on the field hugged each other, and the coaching staff and substitutes on the field also congratulated each other, and then all the players threw themselves high in Genwei to pay tribute to the head coach. Indeed, it has been an extraordinary season for the Tsumen Tigers, and just 10 months ago, the future of this team was uncertain. On March 29 last year, the Chinese Football Association announced the list of professional league admissions for the 2021 season, and the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, which had not been assembled before, were prominently listed. On March 31, the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, under the leadership of Yu Genwei, began the first training session of the new season, which was only 20 days away from the opening of the new season of the Chinese Super League.
During these 20 days, the preparation of the Jinmen Tigers began with the recovery of physical fitness. More importantly, the main players last season have basically found a home, and the Jinmen Tigers need to supplement the lineup. In this case, Bai Yuefeng and Tan Wangsong, who had been semi-retired at the time, returned to the training ground, Zhou Tong, Nie Tao and Li Xiang, who had played in Tianjin, returned, the team also loaned domestic aid such as Barton and Li Songyi, and two foreign assistants, Kadar and Iloki, also joined the team on loan.
This team, which can be said to be a makeshift patchwork, met Shanghai Harbor in the first round of the new season. The Tsumen Tigers, who were not fully prepared, conceded six goals in that game, but also scored one in the final moments. The first goal of this season is also a portrayal of the Jinmen Tigers this season: the strength may not be as good as the opponent, but until the end of the game, never give up!
Subsequently, the Jinmen Tigers forced a draw with the strong Changchun Yatai and got a point this season. After that, he defeated Wuhan and won the first victory of the season. The two meetings against Beijing Guoan won one win and one draw... Although the Jinmen Tigers eventually fell into the relegation group, the gradual improvement of this team was in the eyes of everyone.
During the long interval, the Jinmen Tigers further introduced reinforcements, and finally assembled the four foreign aid combinations of Kadar, Iloki, Vinović and Magno. The team was well prepared during the interval and had a good performance in the warm-up matches. However, the relegation group game was a real gun and bayonet, and the Tsumon Tigers suffered consecutive injuries after the relegation group game began, especially Kadar's departure from the team due to injury made the team's back line unable to adapt for a while. The relegation group did not win the first four rounds, the team fell to the bottom of the penultimate, and the pressure came to the Jinmen Tigers again. At this time, the Jinmen Tiger adjusted in time, won two wins and one draw in three rounds of matches, and firmly held the relegation initiative in his own hands before the last round of the league was left. In the end, there was a successful relegation and a successful result of returning home on time.
Looking back on the whole season of Tsumen Tigers, you certainly can't say that it was a team with excellent results and strong strength, but this team is also inspiring enough. Some of them have gone from not being able to play in the Chinese Super League to going to the national team, some of them have grown from Yu Genwei's little fan brother twenty years ago to the captain of the team, and some of them are unknown foreign aides who were still playing in the Chinese First Division a few months ago, and now they have become the key gentlemen who dedicate themselves to the team. Ten months ago, many Tianjin fans only hoped that Tianjin football could have a professional team, and ten months later, this team brought Tianjin fans a good expectation for the future. This season of ups and downs, the little tiger is not like our life. Maybe the starting point will be very low, and it may suffer hardships, but as long as the faith does not fall, grit your teeth and persevere, you will eventually see a bright future.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers Football Team Coach Yu Genwei :
Thank you very much, especially in very tough situations, my players are always instilling a guiding ideology and embodying our tough style. We've had a hard time racing lately and have been on the edge of the cliff. I was very impressed that our efforts had yielded good results.
I would like to thank my players, the coaching staff, all the staff, all the people at the club, they have all put a lot of effort into the team and together we have accomplished this year's very special and unimaginable goals. Thanks to the leaders of the Tianjin Municipal Government, without their support we could not have come to this day. Thank you to Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Shenhua and other brother clubs for their support and support for our personnel. Finally, I would like to sincerely thank the most beloved fans and friends for your encouragement and support, which gave us the motivation to achieve our goal and go home smoothly on January 3rd.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers football team member Zhou Tong:
I feel that our team from the first day of the establishment of the team to the present has not been easy, I thank the Tianjin fans on behalf of the whole team, thank the club also thanks to Yu Zong, thank you to every staff member of the team, but also thank ourselves, it is really not easy, three games in the last moment of the goal, everyone fought to the end of the game, we did not even have a game uniform at the beginning, it is true that this year is not easy, what we have experienced only we know.
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