Yesterday, the 2021 season of the Chinese Professional Football League ended completely and completely in the final whistle of the Super League relegation play-off. Dalian and Qingdao, the two Chinese Super League teams participating in the play-offs, were both relegated to the Chinese First Division, while Zhejiang and Chengdu Rongcheng, who are ranked 3rd and 4th in the Chinese First Division this season, were promoted to the Chinese Super League. This has also become the first time since the professionalization of Chinese football that there have been 4 low-level teams promoted to the Chinese Super League at the same time, which can be said to be unprecedented.
Compared with the ecstatic Zhejiang team and Chengdu Rongcheng, Dalian and Qingdao teams seem to be a bit lonely, and there are a large number of fans after the game to watch the club's official blog, which can be said to be really eclipsed. However, less than a day later, Tianjin Daily sent good news to fans in Dalian and Qingdao.
According to Tianjin Daily, Dalian and Qingdao in the 2022 season are not without a chance to return to the Chinese Super League. Because, at present, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, Hebei team and other teams, the prospects are not optimistic. Both Dalian and Qingdao have a chance to make up for next season's Chinese Super League. As early as the 2020 season, the Shenzhen team stayed in the Chinese Super League by "borrowing corpses to return the soul", and this season also won the 6th place in the championship group.
If Dalian and Qingdao can replicate the miracle of Shenzhen, then next season Dalian only need to replace the head coach, maybe they can win a good result. The situation of Qingdao itself and Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic and Hebei is not bad, even if it is a return to the Chinese Super League, it is difficult to do anything without solving the problem in the new season. To borrow the words of fans to describe the Qingdao team: want to run? No way!
Indeed, as far as the current situation of qingdao team is concerned, it is not a good thing to be relegated to the middle division. After all, the investment of the Chinese First Division team is still much lower than that of the Chinese Super League. This is undoubtedly a buffer opportunity for the difficult Qingdao team. It is better to ease up for 1 year in the Chinese First Division, and it may be better to wait until the epidemic is far away from the parent company to revitalize and then return to the Chinese Super League.
If the new season is forced to return to the Chinese Super League by "borrowing corpses to return the soul", it may not be a good thing for Qingdao, a football city. If you don't get it right, the Qingdao team will have to go through a disbandment storm in the middle of next season, and once it comes true, it will undoubtedly be a huge loss for both the Qingdao team and the city of Qingdao.
Of course, if Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic and Hebei team can successfully complete the share reform, it is still the best result. After all, these 2 teams can stay in the Chinese Super League in the face of serious salary arrears and facing dissolution, and these players and coaching staff are still worth staying. As for the Qingdao team and Dalian people, a natural disaster and a man-made disaster, it is also a good choice to drop to the middle division and calm down for a year and then come back.