Beijing, 5 Jan (Xinhua) -- Xinhua News Agency reporters Gong Bing, Xiao Shiyao, and Le Wenwan
On the 4th, with the end of the final round of the championship group, the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League came to an end. Shandong Taishan reached the top three rounds in advance and won the fifth top league title in team history; two "football city" teams Dalian and Qingdao were caught up in the promotion and relegation play-offs and will compete with two Chinese First Division teams for qualification to stay in the Chinese Super League.
The impact of the new crown epidemic continues to the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League, coupled with the macro-control of the real estate industry, many Chinese Super League clubs whose parent company is mainly engaged in real estate have been deeply affected, and it is not uncommon to compress investment and pay arrears. Before the start of the season, jiangsu Suning, the defending champion of the Chinese Super League, even announced the suspension of operations. The Chinese Super League continued the tournament system, and the schedule was reduced to 22 rounds, which had a certain impact on the league management, operation, and game quality.
The league has suffered a "cold winter", but it is also nurturing hope - Beijing Guoan player Li Lei is about to stay in the Yang, and young players such as Zhang Yuning and Guo Tianyu have begun to become the mainstay of the league...
"Five-star" Taishan deeply cultivates youth training
In 2020, Shandong Luneng Club promoted the reform of equity diversification, and Jinan Cultural Tourism joined the ranks of shareholders; in January 2021, the equity transfer was completed and the club was renamed Shandong Taishan Football Club. After the completion of the share reform, the club maintained a stable investment, which is particularly rare in the context of the new crown epidemic and the impact of the real estate industry changes in the league.
Taishan's achievement of the five crowns is inseparable from the youth training that has persisted for more than 20 years. Since the establishment of the Football School in 1999, it has sent more than 200 players to national football teams at all levels, and more than 200 players to the Chinese Super League, The Chinese First Division and the Chinese Second Division Professional League. Many of the people in the winning lineup grew up in their own football school, and the coaches Han Peng and Zhou Haibin also came from the football school.
It can be said that stable investment, professional operation and deep cultivation of youth training have become the keywords of Taishan's success, which also points out the direction for the future development of the league.
On the contrary, the Guangzhou team is difficult to continue in investment because of the impact of changes in the real estate industry, which affects the team's play in the second stage and also causes the departure of some naturalized players.
Equity reform is advancing with difficulty
The difficulties of many Chinese Super League clubs have also made the requirement of "optimizing the shareholding structure of clubs" in the "Overall Plan for the Reform and Development of Chinese Football" more urgent.
It is understood that in addition to Shandong Taishan has completed the share reform, some clubs also have substantial advancement, but the current problem of the stock reform is the lack of unified policy guidance, the share reform itself involves more levels such as the government and enterprises, there is no policy level of guidance positioning, and some clubs, players and fans still lack systematic understanding of the stock reform, making the reform in various places relatively slow.
It should be pointed out that equity reform should seek truth from facts, pursue results-oriented, and be implemented in different regions and stages, rather than changing for the sake of change, let alone compulsory share reform.
Young players are emerging
Due to the bursting of the gold dollar bubble, coupled with the difficulties caused by the epidemic and the epidemic prevention and control policies, a large number of foreign aid left the Chinese Super League, and the reinforcement work was difficult to carry out normally, which although it had an impact on the level of league competition, it also forced a large number of local players to take on heavy responsibilities, and young players began to emerge. Guo Tianyu, Zhang Yuning and other new generation attackers have become the core of the team's tactics, and their ability and confidence in handling the ball independently have been greatly improved.
In this season's Chinese Super League top scorer list, Guo Tianyu and Zhang Yuning are tied for fourth with 10 goals, and Lu Wenjun is tied for eighth with 7 goals. The last time three local players made the top ten in the top ten of the top scorers list was back to the 2013 season. A total of 447 goals have been scored in the Chinese Super League this season, including 212 goals scored by foreign aides, less than half of the total number of goals scored. Of last season's 442 goals, foreign aides scored 287, or 65 percent. In the 2019 season, foreign aid scored as much as 69%.
Ling Jie, Tan Kaiyuan, Wen Yongjun, Liu Zhurun and other young generals under the age of 20 have emerged. This season, 63 players born after 2000 have appeared in the Chinese Super League, the youngest of whom is Guangzhou player Li Xingxian, who was born in 2005. The youngest goal scorer was Wen Yongjun of Guangzhou City, who was born in 2003. The "post-00s" players have made a total of 413 appearances this season, including 221 starts, with a total of 21723 minutes, and the average season has obtained 344.8 minutes of playing time and scored 26 goals.
Strengthen adjudication management Introduce appeal mechanisms
Although the league suffered a harsh winter, the clubs and players performed well overall, and there were no negative games throughout the year. The Chinese Super League club has shown a positive spirit of self-help. For example, the Hebei team in the first stage and the Guangzhou team in the second stage can actively compete under the difficult circumstances of the club's operation. At the player level, the vast majority of players maintain a high level of professionalism and fulfill their duties to complete the game. This has also accumulated strength for the revitalization of the league in the future.
In terms of competition organization, the preparatory team of the China Football Federation has done a lot of solid work in the discipline of the game and fair competition. In the face of special circumstances such as the epidemic and typhoons and the high-intensity intensive schedule, the organization of the two divisions was successfully completed, and the overall service level was praised by all teams.
The CFA Preparatory Group has also strengthened the management of referees, introducing an appeal mechanism - clubs can appeal to the referee management department on the judgment, the referee team has set up a 9-member review team to review the penalty, and the especially controversial penalty will seek the opinions of FIFA experts, and the results of the review will be sent to the club. According to statistics, this season, the referee department received a total of 5 formal appeals from the club, all of which were reviewed, and the results were responded to by the club, and the errors and omissions in them were positively admitted and dealt with accordingly. The move is aimed at strengthening communication with the club.
In addition, the preparatory group of the China Football Federation actively used young referees, and a group of young referees led by Tang Shunqi grew rapidly. At the same time, it emphasizes the overall style of referees, emphasizes fairness and justice, and emphasizes the unity of scale. In the absence of the introduction of foreign referees and the inability of many domestic and international referees to blow the league due to law enforcement abroad, there was not much law enforcement dispute throughout the year, and the overall level of refereeing work has improved to a certain extent.