101From October 26th to 29th, the second stage of the Chinese Super League ushered in a new round of competition. With the deepening of the schedule, the contest between the super-relegation groups has become more intense this season.

Tianjin TEDA, Dalian people, Henan Jianye and Guangzhou R&F were relegated in advance in the last round of competition, and the four teams of Shenzhen Caesar, shijiazhuang yongchang, Wuhan Zall and Qingdao Huanghai will compete for the remaining relegation places more fiercely.

Affected by the epidemic, this season's Super League adopted a two-stage (round robin plus elimination) competition system. According to the previously determined rules of the game, this season's Super League relegation quota is 1.5 (0.5 less than last season).

As far as the relegation group is concerned, one round of elimination of opponents can avoid relegation. The team that won the last place will be relegated directly, and the second-to-last team will compete with the runner-up this season for the last relegation place in the Super League this season through two rounds.

How to understand the rules thoroughly and use them reasonably is regarded as the key factor for the success or failure of the super relegation team this season.

In this sense, Tianjin TEDA and Henan Jianye, which successfully relegated in the first round of the second stage, are undoubtedly the beneficiaries of the rational use of the rules of the tournament.

Judging from the overall performance of the first stage of the league, TEDA and Jianye are terrible.

TEDA ranked at the bottom of Suzhou Division, 14 rounds, 3 draws, 1 1 negative, so it was difficult to win. Jianye, located in Dalian, is also in a low state, with a record of 1 win, 3 draws 10 loss, which can only be ranked at the bottom of the division.

Why can two teams with embarrassing records in the first stage of the league make a makeover in the second stage and avoid relegation in advance? Competition system and experience are the main reasons.

According to the super competition system of this season, the results of the first stage will not be carried into the second stage. The relegation group will be eliminated in three rounds and two rounds. The winner will be relegated and the loser will continue to be relegated. Such a competition system will inevitably increase the uncertainty of the competition and objectively create opportunities for TEDA and Jianye to "avoid relegation in World War I".

If the regular season competition system (double cycle) of the last Super League season is followed, it is estimated that the performance of TEDA and Jianye this season will not escape relegation.

However, as far as the competition system of the second stage of this season's Super League is concerned, as long as the above two teams can eliminate their opponents in the first and second rounds of the relegation group, they can achieve the goal of relegation ahead of schedule.

TEDA and Jianye finally "perfectly" explained what "victory in World War I" meant: with the scores of 2-0 and 1 to 1 in the first round, TEDA defeated Caesar of Shenzhen and Hong Kong, which ranked fifth in Dalian in the first stage, and landed ahead of schedule; Jianye is also very generous. In the first round, 1 0, 1 ratio 1 defeated Wuhan Zall, the fifth place in Suzhou Division, with a big score of 2 1, and also declared a successful relegation.

In addition, teams with more experience in relegation often have more advantages under the group stage system of accidental relegation.

TEDA and Jianye have been fighting for relegation in recent seasons and have rich experience in relegation.

The coaches of the two teams, Wang Baoshan and Yang Ji (who had been in charge of the coaching staff until Javier, a foreign coach, came to the team), are experienced "old rivers and lakes" in relegation. Wang Baoshan once led many Chinese Super League teams such as Chongqing Contemporary and Henan Jianye to avoid relegation. During his time as the head coach of Zhejiang Greentown, Yang Ji was also famous for being good at relegation.

During the intermission after the first stage of the game, TEDA and Jianye team frequently recruited and strengthened their lineup.

For example, TEDA introduced foreign aid Ahmadov and Suarez from Shanghai and Porto successively, and also rented Olympic central defender Jiang Shenglong from Shenhua; Jianye also loaned Szunics, a foreign aid from Bosnia and Herzegovina, from Guoan to ease the pressure of defense.

Tianjin and Henan teams finally took the lead in the contest with Zall and Protoss by virtue of their experience advantages and lineup enhancement.

During this period, Wuhan Zall and Shenzhen Caesar, who performed well in the first stage of the league, were obviously unprepared for relegation in the second stage.

Both teams changed coaches in the middle of the season (Shenzu also changed coaches twice), and the players' lineup has been vacillating, and the understanding of the rules has not been paid enough attention.

For example, before the deep football season, the former Swiss international Gemeili was introduced, but the former Serie A star didn't play a game this season, and the team's employment is debatable.

Among the four teams still fighting for relegation in the relegation group, Zall and Shenzu were the "newly promoted horses" of the Super League in 20 19 season, Yongchang and Huanghai were the "newly promoted horses" this season, and the last game was Shenzu versus Yongchang and Zall versus Huanghai.

Judging from the strength of each team and the performance this season, Shenzu and Zall still have certain advantages in the relegation battle. "This kind of competition system is very cruel. However, we still have a chance, and the team will go all out to achieve the relegation goal ahead of schedule. " Zall coach Pang Li said.

Although this season's Super League relegation battle has a lot of knowledge, the "accident" caused by the competition system has made many people in the industry quite criticized. "The contingency of the competition system shows that it is difficult to guarantee the fairness of the competition. Even if it is decided to adopt the elimination system, the Football Association will be more rigorous in details. "

It is understood that professional football leagues such as Denmark, Australia and the United States also adopt the system of regular season plus playoffs, but the second stage of the competition is to win the championship and avoid relegation through round robin to ensure fair competition.

Some insiders admit that it is understandable for Jianye and TEDA to make rational use of the rules to avoid relegation. The emergence of the "relegation in World War I" dispute is rooted in the mechanism of this game rule. "A competition system that greatly increases the speculative nature of the competition will inevitably have shortcomings and drawbacks. How to improve and formulate a more fair and reasonable competition system in the context of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control is a problem that the China Football Association and the Chinese Super League officials must consider and solve. "