BEIJING, Dec. 30 - With Beijing Guoan and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger forfeiting their matches due to player health reasons, the Chinese Super League once again staged the "Kaiserslautern Myth", with "promoted horse" Wuhan Sanzhen winning the cup as expected and becoming the ninth Chinese Super League champion team.
Screenshot of the CFL announcement.
Eleven years ago, the "promoted horse" Guangzhou won the championship, staged the Chinese Super League version of the "Kaiserslautern myth" and thus opened a golden dollar dynasty. But a few days ago, the relegated Guangzhou team returned to the place where their dreams began.
Also on that day, the "promoted horse" Wuhan three towns in the key battle for the title 2:0 beat the strength of the good Zhejiang team, this season's Super League trophy basically in the bag.
While there are historical similarities, there are also differences.
On the evening of December 27, Wuhan Three Town hosted Zhejiang in the 33rd round of the 2022 Chinese Super League, with Stancho scoring and Davidson scoring. In the end, Wuhan Three Town defeated Zhejiang 2-0. Zhang Chang, a reporter from China News Agency
Four-year triple jump, three-year triple crown
Wuhan Sanzhen's first knowledge of the team came in the early 2020s. Because of the epidemic, they were still a China B team at the time and took 79 days to complete their pre-season assembly. Due to the epidemic, Wuhan Three Town's 100+ overseas ladder was stranded in the mountains of Spain. The story was covered in depth by CNN at the time.
Although the pre-season preparation period was severely affected, Wuhan Three Town's first team managed to win the First Division title that year. Not only did the children from the club's overseas ladder return home safe and healthy, they also joined the first team and gained valuable playing opportunities.
The turn of the year into the Central League of Wuhan three towns team continued to break through, won the title of the Central League to complete the super. As this season's Chinese Super League, "promotion horse" their momentum is still not weakened, in the introduction of the Chinese Super League, "king of the standard" in the Stanchu and other powerful foreign aid, as well as Liu Dianzha, Xie Pengfei, Gao Junyi, Deng Hanwen and other top domestic domestic aid, Wuhan Three Town Almost all the way to the lead, won the Chinese Super League title.
The same is the "Kaiserslautern myth" but objectively speaking, Wuhan three towns four years three jumps, three years three championship version of the gold content is higher than at that time in the first from the Guangzhou team back to the Chinese Super League.
Wuhan Sanzhen team defeated Zhejiang team 2:0. Why picture super ball breakthrough? Photo by Zhang Chang, China News Agency
A rapid but uneven rise
The three Wuhan towns have risen rapidly, but the journey has not been smooth. For example, during the Central League period, the conference system of play under the epidemic was different from the previous points system, resulting in every game becoming a showdown, especially in the final crucial stages.
Wuhan Sanzhen, who led in the first half of this season's Chinese Super League, also allowed Shandong Taishan to come close and even overtake them. They lost to Henan in a crucial match for the title and were beaten by Changchun Yatai and Chengdu Rongcheng.
But fortunately for Shandong Taishan, they also made a lot of mistakes. During this period, they lost to Chengdu Rongcheng, Cangzhou Lions and Shanghai Port, giving Wuhan Sanzhen a chance to tolerate mistakes.
In the match against Zhejiang, there was a storm of protests against the CFA before the game, but fortunately the team withstood the pressure and won this important game 2-0 to take control of the championship.
On the evening of December 27, Wuhan Three Town hosted Zhejiang in the 33rd round of the 2022 Chinese Super League, with Stancho scoring and Davidson scoring. In the end, Wuhan Three Town defeated Zhejiang 2-0. Zhang Chang, a reporter from China News Agency
Expect this myth to last longer
Create the Chinese Super League version of the "Kaiserslautern" myth Wuhan three towns in the Chinese professional soccer league championship page wrote their own colorful one. After Shenzhen, Dalian, Shandong Taishan, Changchun Yatai, Beijing Guoan, Guangzhou, Shanghai Port and Jiangsu, Wuhan Sanzhen became the ninth Chinese Super League champion team.
In fact, this result is still a bit unexpected until now. Before the season, it was expected that Wuhan Sanzhen would be the dark horse, but it was really a surprise to see the champion.
I remember talking to the staff of the Wuhan Three Town team before the season, and the other team's goal for the season was mainly to get a foothold in the Chinese Super League. Even during the signing efforts at the time, many domestic players felt the platform was too small to join.
Maybe it was just a modesty at the time, or maybe it's a surprise to the Wuhan Tri-Town team that it has grown to what it is today.
On the evening of December 27, Wuhan Three Town hosted Zhejiang in the 33rd round of the 2022 Chinese Super League, with Stancho scoring and Davidson scoring. In the end, Wuhan Three Town defeated Zhejiang 2-0. Zhang Chang, a reporter from China News Agency
Times make heroes. It must be said that for the three towns of Wuhan, the rise is in the downward phase of the golden dollar.
For example, Guangzhou is no longer brave this season due to the parent company's operational problems. Shanghai Harbor was in poor shape in the first half of the season, and Beijing Guoan is being renewed.
In the end, the championship also became a double dance between Wuhan Sanzhen and Shandong Taishan. When survival issues are prevalent, other teams don't have much ambition in this area.
Of course, champions need to be predicated on their own excellence. Wuhan Three Town have made just the right signings for the money. Malcolm, the powerful center forward brought in this season, has played a major role in today's Chinese Super League and is currently at the top of the scorer's list. Stancho has also become the pivot of the team's midfield this season and has adapted quickly to the Chinese Super League.
The internal reinforcements such as Liu Dianzheng, Xie Pengfei, He Chao, Deng Hanwen, Gao Junyi, etc., were brought in without much competition, which was almost unimaginable in the last season, almost in the form of "plagiarism". Under coach Pedro's kneading, they quickly played a role.
DATA GRAPHIC: On the evening of October 8, the 22nd round of the 2022 Chinese Super League season, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers (purple jerseys) versus Wuhan Sanzhen (white jerseys) was held at Wuyuanhe Stadium in Haikou. The most Tianjin Jinmen Tigers lost 0:1 to Wuhan Sanzhen. By Luo Yunfei, China News Agency
Wuhan, one of the major maps of Chinese soccer, has produced many soccer talents. Now crowned Chinese Super League champions for the first time, Wuhan is living up to its name.
After becoming the champion team, Wuhan Sanzhen will also take more responsibilities. With the support of the complete ladder, I hope the championship team will become a platform for more young players to pursue their dreams and realize them, and step by step, move forward in a solid and rational way in the long term, and make more contributions to Chinese soccer.
Congratulations again to the Wuhan Tri-Town team!
