In the final moments of extra time, Meizhou Hakka drew 1-1 with Kunshan FC thanks to a stunning free kick from Guihong, thus narrowly edging out Zhejiang, who beat champions Wuhan Sanzhen 2-1 in the same period, and successfully advancing to the new season of the
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League. With the end of the 34th round on December 22, two key battles to determine the fate of the super, the 2021 season of the Central League drew to a close. Meizhou Hakka, together with Wuhan Sanzhen, "jumped" to the top of the league.
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Zhejiang and Chengdu Rongcheng will be the 3rd and 4th place finishers in this season's Central League, and will participate in the next January's competition with the current season's
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The "Super League Elevation Playoff" between the last 2 teams in the league. Beijing Institute of Technology and Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard were unlucky to be at the bottom of the table and slipped into the China B League.
As of December 21, seven of the nine matches in the final stage of the season's Central League - the last match of the 34th round - have been decided. Among them, two matches, Zhejiang vs. Wuhan Sanzhen and Meizhou Hakka vs. Kunshan FC, were staged on the 22nd as the grand finale of the season's sprint. In order to ensure that the matches are held in a fair and just environment, the CFA has arranged for the two matches to kick off at the same time on the same afternoon, and even the kick-off times for the second half remain the same.
However, the drama unfolded in full view of the public. Prior to this round of matches, Wuhan Three Town had accumulated 79 points, and was ahead of schedule to overtake and lock up the Central League title, while Meizhou Hakka was second on the table with a five-point gap, and Zhejiang had accumulated 71 points. This means that the Zhejiang team to directly promote the
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The team must beat Wuhan Sanzhen, while ensuring that Meizhou Hakka fail to beat Kunshan FC.
The match on the 22nd was full of suspense. Zhejiang and Wuhan Sanzhen scored first in the 20th minute when Wuhan's Sang Yifei assisted Ademilson. In the 58th minute, Matthews assisted Frank to equalize for Zhejiang. In the 86th minute, Matthews was brought down by Wuhan Sanzhen's Zhou Heng in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty kick, which Matthews converted to seal the win for Zhejiang. At this point, there were only a few minutes left in the game, and Meizhou Hakka was trailing by one goal against Kunshan FC. If the game ended with this result, Zhejiang would have succeeded in overtaking the Super League.
However, a dramatic turn of events took place in the match between Meizhou Hakka and Kunshan FC. Although Gong Chunjie of Kunshan FC took the lead in the 18th minute, Guihong equalized for Meizhou Hakka with a long range free kick in the second half of stoppage time. 1-1, both Meizhou Hakka and Zhejiang experienced the excitement of "heaven and hell". Meizhou Hakka was lucky to enter the new season.
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The dramatic scenes of the key battles have been hotly debated in the industry. One of the major reasons for this is that the final goals of both matches took place in the final stages of the game, and Meizhou Hakka's goal happened right after Zhejiang scored the winning goal.
However, from the game scene, it is difficult for outsiders to judge whether there is any abnormality in the two games. It is understood that the relevant persons in charge of the preparatory team of the CFA and the CFL have also been touring between the Wuhua Olympic Sports Center and the Wuhua County Stadium on the 22nd day, keeping a close eye on the progress of the matches. After the match, the person in charge of the management of the professional league also made a special trip to the Olympic Sports Center to present the champion Wuhan Sanzhen team with the trophy of the Central League Championship.
It has to be said that fate has once again played a joke on the Zhejiang team. Last season, they were defeated by Wuhan (Zhuoer) in the Super League play-offs, missing out on the
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Admission Ticket. And this season, they stand at the crossroads of the Super League play-offs to return to the
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, still depends on the outcome of the two-round Super League play-offs to be played in early January next year. Of course, Zhejiang's predicament has a lot to do with the mistakes they made in their previous Central League campaign.
