Yesterday, the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League officially ushered in the finale. In the final promotion and relegation play-offs, the two Dalian and Qingdao teams, which ranked last two in the Chinese Super League this season, lost to challenges from the Chinese First Division teams in the two-legged play-offs and were relegated miserably.
Dalian coach Jose, on the other hand, set an embarrassing record as the first expatriate to experience relegation in China's top league as a player and coach.
In 1997, as a player, Jose joined Tianjin Samsung Football Club in the A League at that time, scoring only one goal, Tianjin also suffered relegation, and he was also called a parallel cargo by Tianjin fans. At the end of the season, Jose also announced his retirement.
In the 2016 season, Jose served as the manager of Beijing Guoan, but half a season later, the team's poor performance was dismissed, and in the 2018 season, he served as the head coach of La Liga team Malaga, but the team suffered relegation in the early five rounds with the bottom of the league. In the 2020 season, Jose served as the head coach of Wuhan Zhuoer team, and Wuhan Zhuoer was relegated to the relegation group at the end of the relegation group, and almost relegated back to the Chinese First Division.
After losing to Chengdu Rongcheng, dalian was unfortunately relegated to the middle division, which is also the second relegation of the team after the relegation of Dalian Albin in the 2014 season. Once a football city, there will not be a single team competing in the top league of Chinese football next season.
It is reported that after the game, the two foreign aides who represent dalian, Danielson and Larson have set off to return to Europe, while the other foreign aid Boateng left China as early as before the start of the two-legged play-off, will dalian people face a purge of personnel next season?