The historic 3-1 victory over China in the round of 12 made Vietnamese football confident, and since then they have repeatedly used Chinese football as a reference in public. In the fourth round of the AFC Champions League group stage, Vietnamese club Jialai Huang Ying drew 1-1 with South Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai, breaking out a cold goal. It was also with this draw that 1 point was scored, and for the first time in the history of Vietnamese football, it was scored in the Asian club rankings and rose to the 5th position in the Eastern Zone. Because of this, the Vietnamese media once again ridiculed Chinese football, saying that the nightmare of the Chinese Super League being surpassed by the Vietnamese league came true.
In the group stage of the new season's AFC Champions League, Chinese Super League teams Evergrande and Taishan have lined up second- or even third-tier squads due to the impact of the epidemic and the conflict of schedules. In the four rounds of group matches that ended before, Taishan ranked at the bottom of the group with 1 draw and 3 losses, and Evergrande also ranked first from the bottom of the group with 4 consecutive defeats.
The poor results of the Chinese Super League 2 teams in the AFC Champions League naturally affect the technical ranking of Asian clubs in the Chinese Super League. At present, the Chinese Super League ranks 13th in Asia with 18.650 points, and only ranks 6th in the Eastern Region, after Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand and Vietnam, Vietnam surpassed the Chinese Super League for the first time with a slight advantage of 18.752 points and 0.102 points.
The Vietnamese league was able to surpass the Chinese Super League, mainly due to the "outstanding performance" of Jialai Huang Ying in this season's AFC Champions League. In the first two rounds of the group stage, Jialai Huangying had 1-2 Yokohama and 1-1 Sydney, and then after they lost 0-1 to Jeonbuk, they drew 1-1 in the second leg to get the second point of the season. At present, Jialai Huangying beat Sydney with 2 points and 2 goal differences, ranking third in the group.
The national team was defeated by Vietnam for the first time, and the club's ranking in Asia also went from the former 1st to 13th in Asia, and even the historic first time was surpassed by Vietnamese football, which is really embarrassing for Chinese football.
After the match, the Vietnamese media "soha" mocked that the Chinese Super League, which once had the strongest club in Asia, had fallen. In the competitive ranking of Asian clubs, the Chinese Super League being overtaken by lesser-known leagues such as Vietnam and Thailand, once considered a nightmare, has now become a reality.