On January 12, with the final whistle of the second round of the Chinese Super League relegation play-off, Dalian was relegated to the Chinese First League. Dalian is one of the few teams in the Chinese Super League that does not owe wages, and has also had a large number of reinforcements in the previous season. Although the Dalian team can't say that it is not bad money, at least their funds can ensure normal operation, but such a team is relegated after 4 years of promotion, which is really regrettable. Dalian and Qingdao, which used to call themselves football cities, two Chinese Super League teams joined hands to enter the Chinese First Division in the 2021 season, which is really black humor.
In the 2017 China League A, Dalian Yifang scored 64 points in 30 rounds of 19 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, and successfully surpassed as the champion. In the four years of the Chinese Super League, Dalian people have also spent huge sums of money to introduce big-name foreign aid, and Dalian is also the first team to complete the reform of neutral team names. The money is not less spent, the time is enough, the football resources are full, and the mass base is at least at a high level in China, but the Dalian team is relegated, which is really worth reflecting.
Dalian fans are naturally very disappointed, but gradually it will pass, after all, it is only a spectator, who has invested passion and harvested joy. But compared to the boss Wang Jianlin, who has invested both energy and money, the team's relegation is the biggest blow, and the whole Dalian team is worthy of Boss Wang.
Similarly, dalian people's relegation will inevitably lead to thinking about the significance of investing in football. Money can cast a short period of glory, but once the gold dollar fades, it exposes the team's heritage.
The champion of the first year of the Chinese Super League was the Shenzhen team, and the current Shenzhen team absolutely did not dare to think of itself as a strong team. Commenting on the hegemony of the Chinese Super League in the past decade, Evergrande deserves it, but with the financial crisis, Evergrande is also struggling and facing dissolution. Therefore, money can only create temporary glory, and what is really deposited is the most basic foundation of football.
After the rush four years ago, the Dalian people were a bit drifty and spent money, but once the foreign aid left, there was nothing left. Evergrande spends a bunch of trophies, Dalian people spend a lot of money, Carrasco 18 million euros, Hamsik 27 million euros..... But it is still the relegation level, everything else is all luxury, if you judge the return ratio of expenditure to ranking, Dalian people are 18,000 miles worse than other small investments that are only for relegated clubs.
This season, 4 Chinese League A teams have been successful in overtaking, which also shows that the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division are actually a few high-level foreign aides. It can also be seen from the FA Cup that Guoan is not defeated by the Chinese First Division team, Guangzhou City let Qingdao's second division team eliminated, the so-called Chinese Super League giants, nothing more than a few foreign aides with gold, as long as the foreign general leaves, the Chinese Super League level is a joke.
Watching dalian people's final game of the season, I feel that except for the goalkeeper, no one else is qualified, and it is deserved to lose. After dalian people were relegated, there was only one score on their official media, no apologies, no self-blame, they were just waiting for Hebei to withdraw from the Chinese Super League, and their Chinese Super League qualifications were lost and regained, which is the root cause of their relegation.
Promoted to these four years, thinking that with money can be built into a strong team, money is not their own anyway, when the foreign aid of each team is gradually leaving, only to find that the cards in their hands are really bleak, and now the relegation has become numb to them, dalian people may not need to apologize to the fans, but they do owe Wang Jianlin a "sorry".