Qingdao Lower Coast fought Chengdu Rongcheng at home in the Chinese Super League on October 28th, and finally shook hands with a score of 1-1, locking the relegation seat in the early round. After the match, Football Daily conducted an in-depth analysis, emphasizing that the previous three consecutive victories laid a solid foundation for their relegation road.
Although Qingdao West Coast was leading at one point, it was more or less unfortunate that Chengdu Rongcheng eventually equalized, but this point is crucial for relegation. Currently, the relegation-related standings are as follows: Cangzhou Lions with 29 points, Qingdao West Coast with 29 points, Meizhou Hakka with 27 points, Qingdao Hainiu with 26 points, and Shenzhen Xinpengcheng, who is in the second last place with 26 points. Nantong Zhiyun's 22 points have locked up the relegation spot. Although Meizhou Hakka is likely to reach 30 points by winning in the final round, and Qingdao Hainiu and Shenzhen Xinpengcheng are also expected to take 29 points each, Qingdao West Coast has already secured relegation.
The only hidden danger for Qingdao West Coast in the relegation situation is if they suffer a defeat in the last round and the three conditions of Meizhou Hakka beating Shandong Taishan on the road, Qingdao Hainiu winning at home against Cangzhou Lions, and Shenzhen Xinpengcheng winning at home against Nantong Zhiyun are fulfilled at the same time. Otherwise, Qingdao West Coast will be able to rely on the points advantage to complete relegation as long as any one of the three teams fails to win.
If the four teams Cangzhou Lions, Qingdao West Coast, Qingdao Hainiu and Shenzhen Xinpengcheng all have 29 points, the relegated team will be determined by mutual win-loss relationship. According to the current situation, Qingdao Hainiu beat Cangzhou Lions, the four teams' mutual performance points are: Qingdao Hainiu 15 points, Qingdao West Coast 10 points, Cangzhou Lions 6 points and Shenzhen Xinpengcheng 2 points. Qingdao West Coast therefore successfully relegated. As for Shenzhen New Pengcheng, due to the fact that they only gained 2 points in the match against the relegation rivals (both draws with Cangzhou Lions), they suffered defeats against Qingdao, and the situation is not optimistic.
The key to Qingdao West Coast's relegation success was the previous three consecutive victories, as they first beat Nantong Zhiyun on the road, then Shandong Taishan on the road, and finally took down Shenzhen Xinpengcheng at home. These three matches, two of which were directly related to the relegation showdown, were crucial. At the same time, taking advantage of Taishan's multiple fronts to win also played a decisive role.
As a promoted horse, Qingdao West Coast naturally needs to fully summarize its performance this season after its successful relegation, so as to be fully prepared for the next season.
