"The rich and powerful can not be obscene, the poor and lowly can not be moved!" This statement is not specifically tailored for the Super League after the Golden Dollar era, but one of the "poor can not move" sentence, used in the current Super League relegation group situation, but seems quite apt. With the restart of the second phase of the Super League, the relegation group and the championship group have completed four rounds of competition, it is worth paying attention to those who are trapped in the financial difficulties of the team, actually a win.
Among this group of teams, Qingdao seems to be in the most serious trouble. After losing 0-3 to Shenhua, at noon on the 13th, some media reported that Qingdao's head coach Wu Jinggui had decided to resign. Although Qingdao Football Club has not yet made an official announcement, several media outlets have contacted Wu Jinggui, who himself not only confirmed the news, but also said that the coaching staff's inability to improve player performance was the reason for his resignation.
The current situation of Qingdao is really not optimistic. In the first phase of the Chinese Super League, Qingdao ended the season with 9 consecutive defeats, breaking the record of 8 consecutive defeats set by Harbin Yiteng in the 2014 season, and ranked at the bottom of the table with Dalian People with 7 points. After the restart of the league, Qingdao suffered another blow, 0-3 against Shenhua, the number of consecutive losses reached 10, continuing to rewrite the Chinese Super League history of consecutive losses. What worries Qingdao fans even more is that just before the second phase of the Super League restarted, the soccer newspaper also exposed the Qingdao team owed wages for eight months, and the players even said at one time, not to solve the problem will not enter the tournament. Now, Wu Jingui's resignation up front has added to Qingdao's woes.
Dating back to August 4, 2020, Qingdao Football Club officially announced Wu Jingui as the team's head coach at a time when Qingdao was in a similarly difficult situation. Spanish manager Lillo, who led the team to last year's Central League title and historic entry into the Chinese Super League, parted ways with Qingdao in June due to family considerations amid the epidemic. Despite the club's urgency to finalize a deal with former Spaniard boss Machin before the league officially opened, he let Qingdao off the hook again and hardly came to China. In the absence of a manager, the team could only rely on two assistant coaches, Oscar and Yang Weijian, to lead the team. Qingdao's first two rounds of the league drew 1 and lost 1 without a win, and Wu Jingui's arrival stabilized the team's precarious situation.
Upon arrival, Wu Jingui led his team to a 1-1 draw with Shanghai Harbor, followed by a 3-3 draw with Beijing Guoan and a 2-0 defeat with Tianjin, but Qingdao was not expected to see another losing streak and eventually fell to the relegation group. After being eliminated by Guangzhou City in the first round of the relegation group, Qingdao ushered in Wuhan in the second round. After falling behind 1-2 in the first round, Qingdao came back to the opponent with a 2-1 in the second round and laughed in the penalty shootout to successfully relegate. After the match, Wu Jingui's tearful scene was touching.
In fact, about Wu Jingui's performance last season, Qingdao fans have mixed feelings, but about the "livelihood first" Qingdao Football Club, with "the strongest fire-fighting coach" called Wu Jingui is trustworthy and dependable. However, now Wu Jingui resigned in front of the Qingdao team, and Qingdao's situation is even more serious than last season, at this moment, who can save Qingdao team from the fire? If Wu Jingui is confirmed to leave, from the current situation, the club's veteran Yang Weijian will probably be appointed as the "acting head coach" again, leading the team to play the last two rounds of matches, including the match with Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.
It is worth mentioning that, the second stage of the league game, Guangzhou's former reserve team manager Liu Zhiyu is the Guangzhou club officially recognized as the head coach, but the command of the game is actually in the hands of the executive coach and player Zheng Zhi. Just before the game, former Guangzhou team boss Cannavaro also "space" for Zheng Zhi to send blessings and encouragement. Although Zheng Zhi's coaching debut ended in a loss, but public and private, as the team's "big brother", if the Guangzhou team did not Zheng Zhi, even the possibility of pinching together does not exist.
