The Three Cities of Wuhan, led by Andalusian coach Pedro Morilla, were today declared champions of China after the Super League announced that its rivals for tomorrow’s game, the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, will not be able to face due to the illness of many of the these. members. template.
The Super League published through its official Weibo account that Tianjin Jinmen Tiger and Beijing Guoan will not be able to play their matches against Wuhan Three Towns and Shandong Taishan, the two title candidates, respectively, in the last day scheduled for tomorrow.
The main reason given for this decision is the illness of many of the players from both teams, who have contracted covid due to the outbreak that is currently plaguing the Asian giant, as the two clubs confirmed this Friday through their accounts on Weibo social network.
The cancellation of the two games gives Wuhan Three Towns and Shandong Taishan 3-0 wins, which will end the season tied on 78 points, but have the advantage over the former with five goals difference to their credit.
A meteoric rise
The team led by Pedro Morilla can also boast that they have won three professional Chinese soccer championships in the last three years, winning consecutively since 2020 with League Two, League One and the Super League, where they are crowned national champion. in his first year in the elite.
Morilla, 50, became the first Spanish coach to be crowned in the tournament of the Asian giant, where he joins his name with renowned coaches such as the Italian Marcello Lippi and the Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari, who achieved three . in a row with Guangzhou Evergrande, which Fabio Cannavaro also led to victory.
Guangzhou FC was relegated
For their part, former absolute dominators of the eight-cap category, Guangzhou FC, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande, certified their relegation to League One yesterday, along with Wuhan Yangtze River and Hebei FC.
The city of Wuhan, which belongs to Hubei province, is celebrating twice as it also has the champion team of the Women’s Super League, Wuhan Changjiang University, less than a month after the third anniversary of the city’s lockdown. because of the covid pandemic.
Source: La Verdad
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