When the score went into injury time, when many fans thought that the two sides were going to draw, Alegria first pressed the ball into the visiting team's goal with his body to make the score 2-1, then in the last minute of the game, he picked the ball before the keeper cleared it, and then calmly passed the ball into the goal. In the end, Guangzhou beat their opponents 3-1 and reported the "sadness" of last year's double murder.
With these 3 points, Guangzhou jumped from a 0-point team to 7th place in the Central League table. This is Guangzhou's highest ranking in the Central League so far since their relegation from the Super League.
Let's take a look at Shijiazhuang Kung Fu. A team that was third in last year's Central League and almost overtook it, it is second from the bottom with only one point in the first two rounds. Of course, the league has just started and this ranking doesn't tell us much. However, if Shijiazhuang Kung Fu is still in this state in the coming matches, overtaking will once again become a luxury.
Interestingly, China A is a bit different from the Chinese Super League this year. After the first two rounds of the Chinese Super League, two other teams scored 0 points. China A is different, all teams scored at least 1 point. This also shows that this year's China A teams are much more even and closer in level.
Weak teams don't play like weak teams and strong teams don't play like strong teams. More surprising is not the Guangzhou team, but Wuxi Wuhu. They fought for relegation last year, but this year, they already got 4 points in the first two rounds and ranked third in the table, only behind Dalian Yingbo and Guangxi Pingguo Hanyin. This is something that many people would not expect!
Of course, Heilongjiang Bingcheng, who were also in a relegation battle at one point last year, are currently 6th in the table with 4 points.
As a result, the relegation situation in China's first division is even more confusing this year. At the moment you can't see who are the relegation rivals and who are the overtaking rivals. This may also be the reason why the Chinese First Division is more intense and attractive this season.
