Chapter 15 Lose into the Super League

Chongqing team goalkeeper Li Jian seemed to be "tangled" for a moment, he hesitated a little, and saved the ball to the bottom line.All the fans sighed in unison.The home team felt so sorry for the visiting team's failure to score. Chongqing team coach Mirossi didn't know what to do with this kind of situation where they wanted a single defeat. On November 28, 2003, when Lee Jang-soo walked out of Chongqing Airport, hundreds of fans greeted him with gongs and drums and presented him with wreaths. Three years ago, his Chongqing Loncin team won the FA Cup, so many local fans fell in love with Li Zhangzhu.But no meeting was more embarrassing than this time, "Welcome Director Li to win!" How harsh it sounds.At this time, Yao Xia, a cub from Chongqing, was held back by his fellow villagers, "I must buy more the day after tomorrow!"

What made the then Qingdao generals Li Zhangzhu and Yao Xia nod or shake their heads was the famous "lose and enter the Super League".The enthusiasm they "encountered" in the mountain city came entirely from each other's hearts.As long as the Qingdao team beats the Chongqing Lifan team in the last round of the league, the latter may enter the Chinese Super League starting next year with a loss. You heard that right - a team has to lose to be ranked high?Yes, it's all about the rules. Many historians believe that the reason why China has fallen behind in modern times is that we have not been a country managed by numbers for a long time.To promote the development of Chinese football, the formulation of rules has always been the focus of the work of the Football Association.To be honest, a lot of local league rule breaking happened internationally this year as well.

In July of this year, Bradley coached the MLS Metro Stars.In a game, he has changed 3 players, but still wants to change one more on offense.At that time, unlike the FIFA rules, the major leagues stipulated that 4 players could be substituted on the field, but the last one must be the goalkeeper.However, Bradley still played a stunning trick.Fans and referees were stunned as they saw a midfielder and goalkeeper Howard (who had played for Manchester United) change shirts while playing on the pitch. At this time, a short "goalkeeper" standing on the sidelines was actually the attacking player Gavin, but he was wearing goalkeeper clothes.The referee had to agree to replace the "keeper" with Gavin.As soon as he came on the field, he exchanged the goalkeeper uniform with Howard, put on the midfielder's jersey himself, and attacked crazily. "The missing fourth substitute" Gavin was lucky enough to score the winning goal in that game.For this ball, Americans say OK.But then, the major league career committee quickly patched this bug.

Unfortunately, the rules of the Chinese Football Association do not encourage a team to win this time.The Football Association decided to launch the Chinese Super League in 2004. At that time, the leaders formulated a plan to bundle and calculate the "Super League Qualification Points" for the two seasons of 2002 and 2003, to determine the teams participating in the Chinese Super League. The specific method is: 2002 Ranking in 2003 × 0.5 + ranking in 2003 = Super League qualification points.This seemingly ideal calculation method showed huge loopholes in the last round of League A in 2003.

At that time, in addition to the Shaanxi team and the Bayi team, which had already definitely missed the Super League, another spot would definitely be created between the Tianjin team and the Chongqing team.The necessary condition for the Chongqing team to advance to the Chinese Super League is that the Tianjin team lost to the favorite Shanghai International team in an away game, and they lost to the Qingdao team at home.In this way, the Qingdao team will surpass the Tianjin team in the Super League qualification points, the Qingdao team's ranking will rise, and the Tianjin team's ranking will drop.As one ebbs and another, the Chongqing team can take the opportunity to surpass the Tianjin team.Therefore, although the Chongqing team cannot control the victory of the Tianjin team against the Shanghai team in the last round, the Chongqing team must first lose the game against the Qingdao team, and then wait and see the result of the Tianjin-Shanghai duel.

At that time, the media broke the news that this was a bug discovered by a fan.In fact, how can ordinary fans discover this loophole? It is the Macau banker who has studied the rules to the utmost detail and discovered this mystery when calculating the probability of relegation on a daily basis. The purpose of reporting is to remind the Chinese Football Association.The reason why bookmakers remind the Chinese Football Association is because legal bookmakers all over the world hope to have a healthy and orderly competition system, so as to ensure the smooth progress of gambling.In fact, the real legal dealers, especially the big ones like Bingying, cannot manipulate the game at all, because the money earned by the dealers is water money, and they just provide a platform for the two parties to play games.

After the news spread, the Chinese Football Association didn't believe it at all at first, but after careful calculation by Lao Lang, he discovered this serious problem, and hurriedly issued a document to inform all teams to pay attention to sportsmanship and not engage in unhealthy trends.But many clubs think that, first of all, the Chinese Football Association has engaged in unhealthy trends, and even the rules have such a big loophole, why the subordinate teams do not use the rules reasonably. For example, Chongqing Lifan Club is very interested. It is not easy to win, but is it difficult to win?Wu Zheng, who was the deputy general manager of the club at the time, said: "We will prepare for the game well, and we will definitely not do anything against the rules of the Football Association." .

The day before the battle, Wu Zheng talked in front of many reporters. He publicly stated that the team was going to lose, and repeatedly emphasized that "this is not a match-fixing, but a loophole in the rules."During the exchange, familiar reporters also gave suggestions for the team to lose, such as how to make a penalty for fouling in the penalty area, how to actively apply for a red card, and so on.Maybe it was too blatant, but the Chongqing club also felt that it was inappropriate to create such an atmosphere of losing, so the interview had to end hastily. On November 30th, the match between the two teams in Datian Bay started, and the stadium that could accommodate 20,000 spectators was packed, which flattered the Qingdao team.They fully enjoy the treatment of the home team, "Qingdao must win!" Zhao Shuang started.As soon as the game started, the Qingdao team easily took the initiative and launched a fierce attack on the hinterland of Chongqing like a tide.In the first 8 minutes, the Qingdao team actually got 6 shots, but they were either high or low. They only hit the goal softly and within the range of the goal frame.In this regard, Chongqing team goalkeeper Li Jian seemed to be "entangled" for a moment. He hesitated a little and saved the ball to the bottom line.All the fans sighed in unison.There is no humor in that environment for the home team to be so sorry for the away team not scoring.

For this kind of situation where he only wanted to lose, the head coach of the Chongqing team, Mirossi, didn't know what to do. He was not overjoyed by the chance of surpassing, so he could only sit quietly on the commanding seat. In any case, Li Zhangzhu chose to win, and it was his hometown Yao Xia who made Chongqing fans happy.In the 10th minute, "Cheetah" volleyed the door and knocked on the door of Chongqing Lifan.The audience cheered, and everyone's emotions were ignited by the wave of people.The long-awaited "killing" of the Chongqing team finally began.In just 3 minutes, the Qingdao team scored three goals in a row. Yao Xia, Peter Novich, and Gao Ming each scored a goal, and the score was instantly fixed at 3-0.

After 3-0, the fans fell silent as they awaited the result at the other venue.In addition to guaranteeing that they will lose, they also have to confirm that Tianjin was defeated by the Shanghai International Team in the away game. At this time, the international team, which still had hopes of winning the championship, should be able to defeat the Tianjin team. However, near the end of the first half, "bad news" came, and the Tianjin team actually took a goal lead.In the end, the team bravely defeated the favorite Shanghai International Team 2-1 in the away game. He Zhibiao gave a long whistle in Datian Bay before the end of stoppage time, announcing that the home team's plan to lose and surpass was completely ruined.

Until now, Chongqing fans still believe that Shanghai team's "willing" home loss to Tianjin team is a "deal".However, the battle of Yuqing has achieved a record: the only game that declared the loss naked before the game, and the words must be practiced.Such a sturdy life, even the banker can hardly beat him.Since there is no suspense of winning or losing, and the two sides did not "discuss", most bookmakers had to announce that they would give up the opening. At 9 o'clock in the morning on June 14, 2003, Kunming Airport felt like fleeing.The two-month isolation made it unnecessary to mobilize for the evacuation, and the speed of the Olympic team was like Qu Bo running without the ball.Coaches and players from Dalian, Beijing, and Tianjin will fly to Beijing on flight CA4171. Head coach Shen Xiangfu and assistant coach Chen Jingang came to the check-in gate together with several team doctors. They were going to help everyone get the health form. Kunming Airport’s anti-SARS work was done very carefully. Get this done. "SARS" clamored and trapped the Deweys in Kunming for two months. They practiced until they went crazy, they practiced until they collapsed, and they practiced until they were useless!All are eager to go down the mountain because of psychological or physical needs.Most people complain that "SARS" isolated them from the world of mortals, but they don't know that what awaits them after crossing the isolation zone where disinfectant water has been sprayed countless times is the dealer and handicap that are more ravaging than "SARS" . At the end of that year, Dewey and Sun Xiang ignorantly followed behind Zhang Yuning and the others. They put on the golden clothes of the champions, and the smiles on their faces were as bright as Ronaldo, who played soy sauce with the Brazil team in the World Cup in 1994. .They didn't know that the last battle with the Shenzhen team involved as much inside information as money.