On August 25, the latest news from the Shaanxi Provincial Sports Bureau, despite Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Club's stumbling stock reform and tight financial chain, the team is undefeated in the second phase of the Central League, showing amazing cohesion and professionalism.
The stagnation of the share reform led to the delay in the injection of funds, Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic faced the severe challenge of shortage of funds this season, not only the loss of generals, but also the foreign aid, Deyakonu, filed a lawsuit to the FIFA. Even before the second stage of the Central League, the club even struggled to raise the million dollar deposit for the tournament.
It is reported that Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic's share reform process remains slow and is still in negotiation with corporate leaders. The impact of the epidemic, the disappearance of ticket revenue, and the downturn of the soccer market have caused almost all professional soccer clubs to face economic difficulties. Lacking support from its parent company, Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic has had an exceptionally difficult road to survival. The logistical staff did not receive wages for several months, the main players have left the team, the first team in the second stage of the Central League even once only 19 people left, the drastic reduction in personnel so that the risk of withdrawal once again loomed large, the club can only urgently rent young players to fill the vacancies.
Although it was widely believed that Chang'an Athletic would not be able to continue, it was this group of footballers who chose to persevere and created a miracle. in the second phase of the Central League which started in mid-July, Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic achieved an undefeated record of 5 wins and 3 draws, and jumped to the fourth place in the table at the end of the phase. They showed the tenacity and hard work of the Northwest Wolves, and their cohesion and professionalism were widely praised by the soccer community and even the whole society.
This season's Central League One has three places for the Super League, and the top three teams will qualify for next year's Super League. At the beginning of the season, Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic had boasted of a supercharged season, and despite the serious problem of shortage of funds, the team has always maintained the hope of supercharged on the field, and is currently in the fourth place in the league. For the club, the road to the Super League is full of challenges, not because of the unattainable results, but because of the broken financial chain. Imagine, even the deposit for the Central League Division can not be guaranteed, how easy is it to make it to the Super League? In fact, only when the financial problems are solved, the road of the Northwest Wolves to the Super League will be more stable.
