This season's China Super League and China League A have ended with an unprecedented new record. In the last two years of the China Super League, the champion team chose a Spanish manager; and in the last three years of the Chinese League A, the champion team also chose a Spanish manager. This shows that the Chinese professional soccer field has been dominated by the Spanish pass-and-control soccer, and therefore more and more clubs are choosing Spanish managers.
This season's Chinese Super League champion is Shanghai Port. Although Spanish manager Javier caused a lot of controversy in the middle as well, he still won his first league title and had another coaching peak after arriving in China. To know that Shanghai Harbour snatched Javier from Henan at the beginning of the season is enough to show how popular Javier was in Chinese soccer at that time!
In addition, Sichuan Jiuniu won the Central League Championship this season and the team's head coach is also Spanish. He is Jesús Tato, a 40-year-old coach from La Masia's youth training. Javier used to be his coach. At the beginning of the season, he led Sichuan Jiuniu to the title eight points ahead of the second place, winning 22 games and surpassing the second place by five victories!
Surprisingly, last year's Chinese Super League and Chinese First Division titles were both won by Spanish coaches. Then-coach Pedro led three Wuhan towns to win last year's Chinese Super League title, while then-Chinese First Division champion Kunshan's coach was also a Spaniard, Salco. Salco came to Henan to coach this season. In addition, the 2021 season's Chinese First Division title was also won by Wuhan Three Towns, coached by Pedro!
In this way, the past 3 Chinese League 1 seasons and the past 2 Chinese Super League seasons have actually been won by Spanish coaches, and the head coach of Zhejiang, who are ranked 3rd in this season's Chinese Super League, is also a Spaniard, Jordi. It can be said that the Chinese soccer world has seen more and more Spaniards achieving success in recent years, and most of them have opted for the tactical approach of pass-and-control soccer!
