January 13th, Beijing - After Qingdao's relegation in the play-offs against Zhejiang, Peninsula Metropolis Daily wrote an article reviewing Qingdao's performance in three "most" ways, and expressing doubts about the future of the team.
"Strongest Formation" - still can't salvage relegation
For Qingdao, there is only one way to win the next round. Under such circumstances, Qingdao sent out the strongest formation they could at this stage. Unfortunately, the strongest formation came a little late, Qingdao was not able to save the defeat, and regretted to be relegated to the Central League. Vukovic and Alessandrini, who had been out for a long time due to injuries, started this game together. Qingdao's strongest formation is indeed very strong, but the fight to the last moment but unable to rewrite the score on the field, the two teams ended up in the second round of the match 0:0 draw. As a result, Qingdao was defeated by 0-1 in this round of the play-offs, and were unfortunately relegated to the Central League.
"Most Lamentable" - not in the
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make an appearance at home
What Qingdao fans feel most sorry for is the fact that in the two seasons after Qingdao's success in the Super League, the team has been playing in the conference system because of the epidemic and has never shown up at their home stadium. That is to say, Qingdao fans have not yet seen the team named "Qingdao" in front of their homes in the performance of the top working soccer stage, they have now returned to the Central League again. This is undoubtedly the most saddening thing for Qingdao fans.
"The hardest to gauge" - where does the team go from here?
What is more difficult to predict than relegation is what the future fate of this team will be. Qingdao team this season has gone through many ups and downs such as unpaid wages, resignation of the head coach, injuries and so on, the team's two most important foreign aid Vukovic and Alexandrini until the final game at the same time debut. As
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The "second year students" have not been able to adjust their form throughout the season. According to acting manager Yang Weijian's statement after the game, Qingdao's goal for the coming season is still to return to the top of the table.
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. But whether this team can get out of today's dilemma is unknown. In the first division, there are now two teams from Qingdao, Qingdao Hainiu and Qingdao Qingdao Youth Island, and even in the first division, Qingdao's advantage is not obvious.
