With one game left in the 12th round of the Chinese Super League, Qingdao West Coast will play Shanghai Port at home. In the matches that have ended, Shanghai Shenhua 2-0 Qingdao Manatee (home team in front), Shandong Taishan 3-2 Shenzhen Xinpeng City, Zhejiang 5-2 Nantong Zhiyun, Cangzhou Lions 2-4 Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, Henan 2-3 Wuhan Three Towns, Meizhou Hakka 1-4 Chengdu Rongcheng, Changchun Yatai 3-2 Beijing Guoan.
The first group of teams in this season's Chinese Super League has been basically determined, with Shenhua ranking 1st with 30 points, Rongcheng ranking 2nd with 25 points, and Haigang, Guoan and Taishan teams ranking 3-5 with 24 points, of which there are two less rounds of Haigang. The 6th team in the 6th place is Zhejiang with 19 points. The advantage of the top 5 teams in the standings is still relatively obvious, of which Shanghai 2 team is the strongest.
With the Chinese Super League going on, there was a Waterloo in one team, they had a good start and were once a surprise, but now they have returned to mediocrity and the coach is facing a dismissal threat. 6 battles and 5 losses! The number one pseudo-strong team in the Chinese Super League is released: it led Guoan in the first 6 rounds, and now it has become a relegation favorite.
The Cangzhou Lions lost again in this round, and in the home game against Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, the Cangzhou Lions staged a goal battle with their opponents and finally lost the game. In the past 6 rounds, the Cangzhou Lions drew with Meizhou Hakka, lost to Shandong Taishan, Henan team, Shanghai Shenhua, Zhejiang and Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, and only got 1 point.
You must know that at the beginning of the season, the Cangzhou Lions had a record of 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and scored 13 points in the first 6 rounds. The Cangzhou Lions once saw an opportunity to compete for the AFC Champions League qualification. But their performance in the last 6 rounds is really vulnerable. The Cangzhou Lions have slipped to 9th place in the Chinese Super League, just six points ahead of the relegation zone, and if they continue their recent poor momentum, they are likely to become a team in the relegation zone.
The mediocre strength of the local players of Cangzhou Lions affected the team's performance, and they did not have a single international player in the team, mainly relying on foreign aid to lead the team to score points. The morale, morale, and defensive end of the Cangzhou Lions have also gone into big trouble recently, with the team conceding 17 goals in six games, an average of nearly three goals per game, and coach Zhao Junzhe needs to strengthen the construction of the three-center-back system.
Before the international break, the Cangzhou Lions have two games left against Nantong Zhiyun and Shanghai Port, and if they continue to perform like this, then coach Zhao Junzhe is likely to be sacked.