Soon after, Qingdao West Coast was knocked back, winning only 2 of the next 17 rounds, and approaching the relegation zone with 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 2 rounds.
Three players, Mateusz Pines, Jin Yangyang and Chen Yuhao, were introduced to Qingdao West Coast in the summer window.
Hisashi Kurosaki stepped down after a 1:2 loss away to Tianjin Jinmen Tigers in the last round. Shao Chia-Yi, his former international. 44-year-old Shao Chia-Yi plays well, but as a coach and rookie, he was previously an assistant coach for the national soccer team and has never coached the club's first team. Some say Zheng Zhi was the first finder on the west coast of Qingdao when Shao was pushed back and taken away. Many people in the media thought it was too much child's play.
The exchange between the GM and the head coach was also great.
Cangzhou Lions (Xiamen Junhao) were born in Xiamen and were originally the spark of professional soccer in Fujian. After failing to survive locally, they moved to Shijiazhuang (Shijiazhuang Yongchang). They have experienced overtaking, relegation, golden dollar era, post-golden dollar era, neutral name and share reform... It was not easy for this team to survive until now.
In the post-Golden Era, many former national name players have thrown down for the Cangzhou Lions, who were once considered big dark horses, and that's just a topic of conversation for some good media people looking for something to talk about. If you don't have high level foreigners and local internationals, where can you go dark? It's good enough not to worry about relegation every season. Of course, this team has wage arrears and may not be easy to survive.
There are two unanswered questions in the Super League at the moment. The first is when the winning streak ahead of Shanghai Seaport will end, and the second is when Cangzhou Lions' winning streak will end. Currently Shanghai Seaport is on a 14-game winning streak in the Super League and 16-game winning streak in all competitions. Cangzhou Lions have won 15 consecutive rounds.
In the 19th round, Cangzhou Lions drew at home 19: 1 against Wuhan Sanzhen, when losing 13 consecutive rounds, the head coach was Zhao Junzhe, and Li Xiaopeng had arrived as the club's general manager. At the time, the writer said they could be interchanged at any time. It turned out to be true, but Li Xiaopeng in the position of head coach is not stronger than Zhao, the last two rounds of home 0.:5 Shanghai Shenhua, away 0: Changchun Yatai, still not winning, just seems to have improved.
In Qingdao, Li Xiaopeng's hometown, he has of course only played for one club in his career, Shandong Taishan.
The two sides have had two previous meetings, the third round of the 2023 AFC Cup, Qingdao West Coast 2:1 win, the sixth round of this year's Super League, Cangzhou Lions home 3:2 win, a draw. This time, although the result will make both sides are not satisfied, but the two sides are likely to "and for the noble".
