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Chongqing News

Chongqing SWM remains and goes for CSL in 2019

2018-11-13 09:48:40

Fans of Chongqing SWM Football Team cheered for the team on November 11. (Photographed by Tao Liang from Xinhua News Agency)

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- This might have been a most fearful loss for Chongqing SWM Football Team in the current season, as well as a loss brimming with happiness. In the 30th round of CSL, or China Super League, at Guiyang Olympic Sports Center, although Chongqing SWM was defeated 0:1 by Guizhou Hengfeng, who has already been relegated prior to the second tier soccer league in China, it managed to keep its tier by outscoring Changchun Yatai. 

Before the match, Chongqing SWM, Tianjin Teda, Changchun Yatai and Dalian Yifang were subject to be relegated as they all scored 32 points. Dalian Yifang faced Changchun Yatai, which was outscored by Chongqing SWM due to a win-loss situation for this round, so Chongqing SWM needed only one point from the match in securing its position at the current tier. Naturally, fans of Chongqing SWM swarmed to the pitch to cheer for the club. Data from Guizhou suggested that over 2,000 Chongqing fans traveled to Guiyang for the match. 

When the match began, Chongqing SWM, though a guest team, turned to offense at the goal of Guizhou Hengfeng. But a lack of response from Kardec kept the team from making a goal for a long time. In contrast, with the speed of Jelavić, Guizhou Hengfeng caused a great threat to the defense of Chongqing SWM. At the 14th minute, Guizhou Hengfeng took advantage of Chongqing SWM’s mistakes in defense and made a brilliant counterattack. Jelavić pushed the shot to help the team score one goal.

And for the rest of the match, although Chongqing SWM staged a siege against the defense of Guizhou Hengfeng, it still didn’t score a goal. At a time when Chongqing fans were in distress, scores from other matches that were playing at the same time had changed – Guangzhou Evergrande, which fight with 10 players, all of a sudden rewrote the score 5:1, thanks to the excellent performance of Talisca and Alan; in another battle, Dalian Yifang managed to rewrite the score 2:0. And due to a win-loss situation, Chongqing SWM successfully remained in the CSL, at the cost of Yatai’s relegation. 

Although secured its position, Cruyff, the manager of Chongqing SWM, was dissatisfied about the team’s performance. At the press conference following the match, Cruyff admitted that the team’s offensive power was impaired by Kardec’s absence, but it still needed to improve its ability to seize opportunities. He also revealed that according to the contract, his tenure is to be renewed for another year automatically once the team remains in the CSL, so he will continue leading Chongqing SWM in its battle in the China Super League in 2019. (Translated by Yang Lifu, Fathom Language Limited)

Editor:Jiang Yiwei