Although this season's Chinese Super League has already been won through the promotion horse Wuhan, there is still one important tournament in Chinese soccer, the FA Cup, that is yet to be concluded. This tournament is attractive enough for both Shanghai Port and Shandong Taishan, as well as the promotion horses Chengdu and Zhejiang. After all, it's a national soccer honor, but it's also linked to a spot in the AFC Champions League.
However, for Wuhan Sanzhen, who just won the Chinese Super League title, the FA Cup has been abandoned. Because Wuhan Three Town's coach and foreign aid have already returned to their home country, they will definitely not take part in the January 4 FA Cup against Shandong Taishan.
This move by the three towns of Wuhan, in contrast to Guangzhou, the former Guangzhou Evergrande team, can only be described as knowing too much about the human side of Chinese football.
It is important to realize that many fans now blame Guangzhou Evergrande's gold-dollar soccer for bringing Chinese soccer down to its current level. However, will Guangzhou's huge investment in the past really destroy the whole Chinese soccer?
Golden dollar soccer, which started with Chelsea in the Premier League and followed more earthy Manchester City, has turned out to be a European league that has surpassed La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1. Like Real Madrid, Barcelona's gold-dollar soccer has not destroyed La Liga. Juventus has more annual investment than ac Milan, Roma, etc. combined, and hasn't bankrupted Serie A either. Not to mention La Liga, Germany's Paris St. Germain and Bayern Munich.
These fans and media members do so because Canton has reclaimed almost all of its domestic championships in the past. This has made soccer teams from other regions aspire to participate every year. Objectively speaking, it's normal to be jealous and hot to see the Guangzhou team if they can only be participants.
When Guangzhou team is in financial crisis and the golden dollar investment is not sustainable, it is natural for people to push the wall. What's more, Guangzhou team not only doesn't know the world, but is arrogant. The GM's words, "I don't give, you can't rob", are a classic. Completely absent are the Guangzhou people, the kind of people who have always been low-key and introspective.
Now that Wuhan Three Town has given up the FA Cup title, it is clear that it understands the rules of domestic soccer and does not want to repeat Guangzhou's mistake. Otherwise, with Wuhan Three Town's level of foreign aid and Guangzhou's many power players networked together, it would be difficult for other teams to compete for the FA Cup title.
