On November 8, the 28th round of the tournament was in full swing, with Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard and Qingdao Qingdao Youth Island battling it out in a heated contest. At the final whistle, Qingdao Youth Island lost by a score of 2-3, and Xinjiang had the last laugh.
In just eight days, Youth Island played three games in a row, coach Zhou Xin was absent from the scene guidance due to participate in professional training, the tactical deployment of a significant impact. Meanwhile, Xinjiang is struggling in the relegation vortex, and although the recent matches have shown slight fatigue, the desire to grab points has not diminished. In this game, Xinjiang team was on fire, and took a 2-0 lead in the first half. Qingdao Youth Island equalized with a goal by foreigner Vardoux, but it didn't last long as the score was soon extended to 3-1. In the second half, Qingdao Youth Island's captain, Li Kai, equalized with a penalty kick, which marked Qingdao Youth Island Football Club's 100th goal in the professional league, and Qingdao Youth Island wrote a new history by scoring goals from the Second Division to the First Division.
After the game, Qingdao's assistant coach Sun Bin confessed, "Today's defeat mainly stems from the compact schedule, the players are under great pressure physically and mentally, and their attention is naturally dispersed, resulting in frequent mistakes. We will seriously summarize our experience and get ready for the next battle!"
