The third stage was too difficult for North Control, and they had a real challenge on the edge of the playoffs. After losing four points against Beijing, their record reached 15 wins and 16 losses, ranking only 12th in the league, becoming the goalkeeper of the playoffs.
The Devil's Schedule meets Jingyue
In the third stage, the schedule of Beikong is two games in Shenzhen, two games in Guangdong, two games in Shougang, two games in Tianjin and two games in Fujian. In the past three rounds, they lost to Shenzhen and Shougang to win over Fujian; in the next seven matches, they will have to play against Guangdong twice, once against Beijing, once against Shenzhen, twice against Tianjin, and once against Fujian.
Such a schedule is really a devil's schedule, and only one team in Fujian can win in these opponents. For Guangdong, on the one hand, during the Marbury player period, there are too many "love-hate feelings" between the two; on the other hand, Guangdong is also impacting the final four, so head coach Du Feng cannot release water when facing North Control, and will definitely go all out. For Beijing, although they have the conditions to release water, they did not have a good time when they broke up with Coach Marbury, so they will go all out.
For Shenzhen, there is a gap in strength between the two, and Shenzhen also has the possibility of impacting the top four, so it will not release water; for Tianjin, they are impacting the playoff seats, and the duel with Beijing Control can be described as a card position battle, so they will definitely come up with 120% of their efforts, and they are in very good shape recently, and North Control is also fierce when it encounters them. Therefore, the next schedule is very uncomfortable for Beijing Control, and I don't know if Marbury's guidance can withstand the pressure and advance to the playoffs.
I am afraid that it will be difficult to enter the playoffs and fall into the crisis of graduation
In the next 7 games, Beijing Control may only win 1-2 games, and such a record is likely to be surpassed by Xinjiang or Tianjin (especially Tianjin, whose schedule is much easier than That Ofcosa), thus missing the playoffs.
If he misses the playoffs, Marbury's head coaching career may be over, after all, the team's management will not allow the team to miss the playoffs for two consecutive years with heavy investment. This was the case last season, and it was inconceivable that Guangzhou would top the playoff spot at the last minute with a very low probability.
In fact, Beijing Control's investment in the team is indeed very large. In terms of foreign aid this season, they have introduced three major foreign aides, namely Landsberg, Haas and Todorovic, the strength of these three foreign aides is at least passing the level; especially Landsberg and Todorovic, who are absolutely the main force in the original teams Zhejiang and Tianjin; in terms of local players, they are also very active, successively introducing Zou Yuchen, Yu Changdong, Ma Yong and others; in terms of newcomers, there are also potential seedlings such as Liao Sanning and Li Weihao.
The result? Manager Marbury has failed to reach the potential of these people, losing a lot of games that shouldn't have been. If there is really no play-off this season, then Marbury may be a foregone conclusion, and a good player really can't be a good manager.