After the 26th round of this season's Chinese Football League First Division, former domestic soccer juggernaut Guangzhou (ex-Guangzhou Evergrande) accomplished their relegation goal by winning. After the match, the players even celebrated and posted social media to congratulate them for accomplishing this task. It should be said that it's really unfortunate that the news spread. After all, just a few short years ago, Guangzhou Evergrande still dominated the Chinese Super League.
Even in the AFC Champions League, few teams dared to despise them. But the tide has turned and no one expected that they would now be reduced to the fate of being relegated from the Super League, as well as just being relegated in the First Division. However, this needs to be celebrated accordingly, which shows how difficult it is.
Of course, the banner behind the photo explains this. The Guangzhou fans supporting them in the stands typed out the words not to cheat the youngsters. This is the best explanation for this team. After selling off many of their big name starters and foreign aiders, this Guangzhou team not only plays most of their soccer in China, but it also consists of mostly young players. They are basically youngsters from the Evergrande soccer school. While they have grown and performed well at a young age (compared to players their age), they are much worse than their older brothers on the adult team.
That's a big basis for their struggles to stay up, and they don't get much of a leg up in the Central League.
Of course, the investigation of Xu Jiayin, the former symbol of Evergrande soccer and the team's owner, over personal issues is a fatal blow to the Evergrande Football School. After all, in the middle of this year, boss Xu had pointed out at a meeting that he would lead Evergrande to realize its three-year dream (to return to the Chinese Super League). However, now this slogan can only be empty talk; after all, without the full help of investors, Guangzhou can only rely on such a young team to continue to fight. It is almost impossible to go back to the past.
All they can do is stay at their current level, not go down. That's the root cause of their great excitement after relegation. The assessment area said that it is not known and thought that Guangzhou won the AFC Champions League for the third time! It's really a shame.
If a league can't stay sustainable and keep changing, it's impossible to think of good results. The same goes for Guangzhou, the Chinese Super League, and Chinese soccer. It's not just a furniture and music department, the King's decline has its own problems as well as the game's. The professional game is based on the word professional.
