On January 12, Dalian Ren faced Chengdu Rongcheng in the second round of the Super League playoffs. In the first round of the match, Dalian People scored the first goal, but due to the misconduct of the players were sent off one person, and finally shook hands with the opponent 1-1. After the match, Dalianjin was fined a total of 830,000 RMB by the Football Association for losing control of the match. In the next round, despite the players' best efforts, they lost 0-1 on aggregate, and fell back to the Central League after 1,550 days.
This season, Dalian People's record in the Chinese Super League is 6 wins, 1 draw and 15 losses, with 19 points in the 15th place, while Chengdu Rongcheng in the Central League has achieved 21 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, with 71 points in the 4th place. The two teams met in the play-offs. The first round match ended in a 1-1 draw, but Dalian received an 830,000 fine from the FA for improper attacks on the referee and other officials, during which several players were banned, including U23 player Yang Hoyu, who was banned for one year for punching the referee, and Zheng Long, who was suspended for six games for seriously disrupting the game by rushing onto the pitch. In contrast, Chengdu Rongcheng has attached great importance to the fight for the Super League, offering 30 million yuan in bonuses, and the players' motivation and morale is significantly better than that of the Dalian people.
The match started with a fierce struggle, but given the 1-1 scoreline in the first round, both sides were cautious. Fate didn't seem to favor the Darenians as Huang Jiahui's long-distance shot hit the post, while Chengdu Rongcheng's Romulo's direct free kick threatened to be deflected by veteran Zhang Chong. However, in the 72nd minute of the second half, Romulo's shot was accidentally refracted into the net, and Zhang Chong was unable to recover. With this goal, Chengdu Rongcheng finally beat Dalian Ren 2-1 in two rounds and succeeded in reaching the Super League.
The scoreline of this victory directly reflects the dynamics of the match, with the technical statistics of the match showing that Chengdu was ahead in all key stats such as ball possession and shots on goal. The difference in the number of shots on goal was the widest, with 1 (Dalian) and 9 (Chengdu Rongcheng). In other statistics, the number of corner kicks and yellow cards were the same for both teams, and Dalian only had more fouls than their opponents, with 18, 6 more than Chengdu Rongcheng.
This is also the relegation of Dalian soccer after seven years, in 2014, the team's predecessor, Dalian Albin, was relegated from the Chinese Super League, until 2017 to return to the Chinese Super League by virtue of the title of the Central League. 2015, 2016, 2017, three years of the top league without the Dalian team's silhouette. Next season, the Chinese Super League will expand to 18 teams, Dalian soccer will disappear again, which is undoubtedly a huge pain for the soccer city of Dalian.
In fact, this season, the Dalian Ren team used a lot of young players, the team also has Tong Lei, Tao Qianglong, Wang Jinxian and other outstanding young players. Dalian soccer is not a lack of talent, I hope that the Dalian people will not be devastated, and look forward to seeing Dalian soccer in the top league of national soccer again soon.
