A week after the end of the Super Cup, the 2024 Chinese Super League season officially kicked off.

The opening match was last season's second-place Dashun Golden Arrows hosted promoted Ma Lingnan Nanhai.

Wang Xianke is still sitting in the position of head coach of Dashun Golden Arrows.

The Golden Arrows Club did not fire Wang Xianke in the end. Obviously, they feel that his black history is not enough to affect his handsome position, but they can use this matter to knock Wang Xianke hard. It's just that I didn't expect Wang Xianke to be very stubborn and not eat the Golden Arrow Club.

It's just a stalemate.

In the end, the renewal of the contract was not negotiated, and Wang Xianke did not leave.

The reason why Golden Arrow is reluctant to fire Wang Xianke, in addition to feeling that that the black history has nothing to do with the club, may also not want to pay liquidated damages - if the club terminates the contract with Wang Xianke before the contract expires, then they have to pay Wang Xianke's full salary for the rest of the contract as liquidated damages.

Obviously, in the eyes of the Golden Arrow Club, whether it is Wang Xianke's black history or Hu Lai's warning, there is no big liquidated damages.

Although they lost the league title and FA Cup last season, they ended up empty-handed.

But the strength of Dashun Golden Arrow is still there, and there was no gossip before the game that Wang Xianke lost control of the team.

In this opening game, Dashun Golden Arrows sat at home and finally won the promoted Ma Lingnan Nanhai team 2:0.

In an interview after the game, Wang Xianke told the media that there is only one goal for Dashun Golden Arrow this season, that is, to win the championship.

"We're going to get back to where we should be – champions."

At the same time, he refused to answer all questions about Hulay.

There are also good reasons for his refusal, after all, if Dashun Golden Arrow wants to meet the shining star in the league, he will have to wait until the thirteenth round of the league at the end of May, which is still very early.

Since it is not the opponent in front of you, what else is there to say?

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After the opening match of Dashun Golden Arrows and Lingnan Nanhai, two league games were also played on the same day, namely Shanhai Blue Moon at home against Huanghai Jade Bird, and the two teams played to a 1:1 draw.

In the other game, Shangdu Shenwei lost 0:3 at home to Haihe Shuanggang.

The next day, Saturday, March 2, the Chinese Super League kicked off in full swing, with a number of games starting from afternoon to evening.

The Twinkle Stars' home game against Yunyang Phoenix was scheduled to kick off at half past seven in the evening.

For the TV broadcast of the Chinese Super League, this is considered prime time.

The reason why this game is scheduled in this time period may be because the flashing star has just defeated the Chinese Super League champion Lingnan South China Tigers in the Super Cup, and there are a number of talented young people in the team who have attracted much attention.

When Yan Yan and his classmates climbed into the stands, they found that half of the stands of the Provincial Sports Center were already full, and the remaining half of the empty seats were rapidly shrinking and were filled with many figures dressed in red.

"Spectacular!" He looked at this scene and sighed.

"This is the first time that the Provincial Sports Center has held a Chinese Super League match after its completion." The middle-aged uncle next to him said. "I read on the Internet that several fan organizations came to rehearse last night, how to hang slogans, how to display TIFO, how to sing and cheer...... All of them are being conducted by professionals. ”

"The last time Anton Football appeared in the Chinese Super League was 21 years ago...... Twenty-one years ago, I was born. I'll go, so I say, it feels like a long, long time has passed......," Yan Yan exclaimed.

"Twenty-one years ago, Hu Lai and Xia Xiaoyu were not born yet." The middle-aged uncle said.

"It's terrible...... Yan Yan shook his head, "I just said that this number didn't feel anything before, but as soon as you say that, uncle, I really feel how much time has passed." ”

"Twenty-one years ago, I was a college student, just like you. In the last Chinese Super League game of Xingcheng's relegation, I was at the Provincial Sports Center...... Oh, it's not this, it's the one that hasn't been demolished yet. The middle-aged uncle looked at the scene in front of him and fell into the memories of the past.

"I'll tell you? When the final whistle blew and Xingcheng was confirmed to be relegated, so big in a stadium? It's as quiet as a mortuary...... Really, not an exaggeration at all. The visiting fans didn't dare to cheer – for fear of being beaten by us. But they think too much? How could we possibly go and hit them? It's too late to cry...... I've seen a bald guy next to me (Note 1) sitting there crying? The oil paint on my face is crying......"

"Uncle? You didn't comfort him? Yan Yan's classmate next to him asked curiously.

"Comfort? Of course it's comforting...... As a result, the other party hugged me, and then my clothes were all covered with oil paint on his face...... "Speaking of this, the uncle smiled? It was like a hilarious scene.

But Yan Yan knew that it was the darkest day of Anton football.

"I haven't watched Xingcheng's game since then, and I haven't watched it until they disband. I really didn't expect that? I still have a time to come back here and watch the Super League...... "Speaking of which? The uncle let out a sigh of relief and stopped talking? Just looking at the stands of the Provincial Sports Center that were rapidly filling up in front of me.

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When the stands of the Provincial Sports Center were quickly filled with enthusiastic Anton Shin Star fans? In the home team's dressing room below the stands? Assistant coach Chen Mo is speaking to the players who are changing clothes: "I repeat: forget the Super Cup winner!" Forget the Super Bowl winners! Forget! Don't think that being able to beat the Super League champion in the Super Cup is really better than the championship...... The so-called 'king of kings' is nothing more than a conceptual gimmick hyped by the media. Whoever believes that his brain is in the water! Remember! We are promoted and we are aiming for relegation...... And our road to relegation began with today's game! ”

After Chen Mo finished speaking, Zhao Kangming stood up: "Because of our performance in the Super Cup, it is obvious that the opponent should not underestimate us, so we must play with the mentality of relegation in every game, and if we lose any game, we will slide a little bit towards the Chinese League." ”

The reason why the two coaches spoke so seriously and described the situation very badly was because after the start of the league, the situation was really not much better for the flashers.

After the Super Cup on February 25, the first league game was played on March 3, with a week's break in between. It was a rare respite for the shining star.

In the next two weeks from today, the Twinks will play a total of five games, including three league games and two AFC Champions League group games.

It's all two races a week, and the schedule is intensive.

That's the disadvantage of playing in the AFC Champions League – such a frequent schedule is a huge test of fitness for all the players in the squad and affects the form of the players.

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If you don't start the league well, it will hurt the confidence and morale of the players and disrupt the coaching staff's season plans.

In the case of a double week, there is much less room for maneuver and much less margin for error.

If they do not participate in the AFC Champions League, the Twinkles will play one game a week until the end of April before the FA Cup will be added.

This rhythm is most comfortable for professional teams.

Of course, this is also a problem for the "strong team", after all, if the shining stars are a normal promotion team, how can they qualify for the AFC Champions League?

You must know that many Chinese Super League teams hope to participate in the AFC Champions League......

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Wang Zijian, who was wearing a white away jersey and black away shorts from Yunyang Phoenix, looked at Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi standing in front of him, and stretched out his hand to the two of them with a smile: "Welcome to the Chinese Super League!" ”

This is a handshake ceremony between the players of both sides before the game.

But when Wang Zijian saw Hu Lai suddenly stretching out his two hands towards him, he had a very strong bad premonition.

He tried to withdraw his hand, but it was too late, and Hulai's hands were firmly grasped.

He looked down at Hu Lai's hands, then looked up at the owner of these hands, and was smiling at himself: "Welcome to Jincheng, a city that you can't run away from when you come!" ”

At the same time, a pain of finger joints being squeezed came from Hulai's grip.

Wang Zijian: ???

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Fans in the stands of the Geumseong Provincial Sports Center stood up from their seats, and from a distance, it looked as if a storm had set off on the red sea, blowing the waves undulating and rushing.

On the commentary seat at the scene, the commentator of Anton Satellite TV was screaming amid a tsunami-like shout: "Beautiful turn!" Zhang Qinghuan!! ”

In front of Yunyang Phoenix's penalty area, Zhang Qinghuan had just used a turn to get rid of Yunyang Phoenix's defenders, and at this time he was already facing Yunyang Phoenix's guard line.

When Yunyang Phoenix's defense line shrank to the middle where he was, there was a gap on the side, and Zhang Qinghuan pushed the football diagonally to Zhang Qinghuan in the ribs.

The latter took advantage of the situation to slip the ball into the penalty area.

The defenders of Yunyang Phoenix suddenly turned to Chen Xingyi again.

Chen Xingyi passed the football back to the middle.

Hulai, who followed up in the middle, accelerated forward, stretched out his foot on the line of the small penalty area, and stabbed the football into the goal!

"Hulay !!!" The commentator of Anton Satellite TV shouted excitedly, "Hu Lai!! Strike! Pretty!! This is the first Chinese Super League goal in the history of Anton Shining Star Club! It is also Anton Football's first Chinese Super League goal after 21 years! He made history!! Hulai! He didn't disappoint!! Clean goal! Shiningstar's offense went from the middle to the wing and back to the middle, and it was very smooth! Zhang Qinghuan, Chen Xingyi and Hu Lai, the front trident of the shining star is connected for the first time in the Super League, perfect!! ”

After the goal, Hulay ran to the corner flag and made his trademark celebration! We really hope that in this season's Chinese Super League, we can often see Hulai celebrating like this! Commentator Lu Guanlin smiled happily.

In the stands, Yan Yan's classmates raised their arms and shouted, but he himself glanced at the middle-aged uncle, and found that the uncle put his hand in his mouth and whistled loudly, and he also laughed,

I don't know if my uncle whistled in the stands like this when he was a college student......

Now the uncle is back in the stadium stands, and Anton Football is back in the Chinese Super League.

His high school classmates and teammates also got off to a good start on this new journey.

He looked at the stadium, in the corner flag area in the distance, Hu Lai had just finished celebrating, Chen Xingyi, Zhang Qinghuan, Xia Xiaoyu and other shining star players ran to him and hugged each other.

Seeing this scene, Yan Yan thought that a few years later, when he was as old as an uncle, he could also brag to young fans in the stands.

Tell them that the scene at the Provincial Sports Center that day was quite big!

That's really: gongs and drums, firecrackers, red flags, and crowds!

It's like it's the New Year!

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Note 1: Brother Chao, the meaning of "hooligan" in dialect, can also refer to "cattle people".