Source: Guan Yin, Xinmin Evening News
Chinese football, which was supposed to fall into the valley, has unexpectedly "risen against the trend" in this season's CSL. With the completion of the first game of the Harbor Team's 5-3 victory over Qingdao West Coast last Saturday night, The total number of goals in eight games of the 12th round of the Chinese Super League reached 43, breaking the record of single round goals of the Chinese Super League for more than five years, Exceed the 37 goals in the 15th round of 2018 season and became the most scored round in the history of CSL. After the end of Jinyuan football and the withdrawal of famous foreign aid, why did the Chinese Super League score a new high instead?
The data is gratifying
This round of CSL kicked off with a 2-0 victory over Qingdao Manatee by Shanghai Shenhua. At the last moment, Shenhua struggled to score two consecutive goals to win. Jiang Shenglong scored the 1500th goal in the history of Shanghai Shenhua Team. Then all teams of the CSL entered a state of full fire. Shandong Taishan reversed the "promoted horse" Shenzhen Xinpengcheng 3-2, Zhejiang team beat Nantong Zhiyun 5-2, Changchun Yatai beat Beijing Guo'an 3-2 in seconds, and Shanghai Haigang team beat Qingdao West Coast team 5-3 away. Eight goals in a single game created a new high in the number of goals in a single game this season.
Statistics show that 43 goals have been scored in 8 matches in this round, creating a new record. In the 2018 season, the CSL set a record of 37 goals in the 15th round and 36 goals in the 18th round of the 2017 season. The new record set by the CSL in this round can be said to be a big leap ahead of the past.
After the 12th round of the game, 292 goals were scored in all 95 games of the first 12 rounds of the 2024 CSL (Meizhou Hakka and Shanghai Harbor games were postponed), with 3.07 goals per game, which is also the highest number of goals per game in recent seasons. Previously, from 2020 to 2023, there were 2.82, 2.54, 2.86 and 2.78 goals respectively. Even in the 2012 to 2019 season, when big name foreign aid is gathered, this figure is only slightly lower than the average 3.09 goals in 2019 and 3.20 goals in 2018.
There is another data worth paying attention to. The goal ratio of the home team to the guest team in this round is 21 goals for the home team and 22 goals for the guest team. The proportion of the guest team's goals has increased significantly. In a word, the number of goals has greatly increased, which gives fans the intuitive feeling that: This year's Chinese Super League is playing more openly, with a great increase in intensity and brilliance, and the game is more beautiful.
The new policy is effective
You should know that in the era of golden dollar football and ball stars, there has never been more than 40 balls in a single round. Now, the CSL in the era of "civilians" has Such a high number of goals and high quality of a round of league, It is very rare. There are many reasons behind it, The "New Deal" implemented by the Football Association can be said to be "the first to bear the brunt".
In the new season, the foreign aid policy of the Chinese Super League has been adjusted from "7654" to "7655". Each team can register up to 7 foreign aid players in the whole season, and at most 6 foreign aid players at the same time. Each game can register up to 5 foreign aid players, and at most 5 foreign aid players can appear at the same time. Although it seems that there is only one more quota for the use of foreign aid, it gives the head coach more space and flexibility to arrange troops and personnel.
One of the biggest beneficiaries in this regard is Shanghai Shenhua. From the beginning of the season, the new coach Slotsky has basically taken five foreign aid as the main team, supplemented by other national famous local players, and the team can be said to be quite strong. Both Luis and Mallele in the front line, Teixeira and Amadou in the middle, including Manafa in the back line, played a full role. Shenhua's dominance on the court this year has greatly improved compared with previous years and has become a strong contender for the championship.
The extra time policy of the CSL this year is also in line with international practice, and the extra time has increased significantly both in the half court and the whole court, entering the era of "extra long extra time". The use of precise time compensation makes the procrastination on the court almost disappear, The direct impact is that the net game time has increased significantly this season. In the first 11 rounds, the average net game time of the 2024 CSL is 54 minutes and 27 seconds, while in the 2023 season, the average net game time is only 50 minutes and 51 seconds. The preliminary statistics of the net game time of the 12th round of CSL is 55 minutes and 38 seconds after the game, and the net game time of the 15th round of 2018 season is only 52 minutes and 43 seconds when compared horizontally.
Taking the first three games of the first round of the new season as an example, the total added time reached 48 minutes, which is equal to an average increase of 16 minutes of game time per game. Interestingly, three goals were scored in the extra time period. The importance and drama of the time compensation stage further verified the rationality and effectiveness of the "accurate time compensation" policy, added more variables and suspense to the game, and also let the fans enjoy a more exciting game experience.
It is worth mentioning that the attendance of fans in the new season continues to rise. In the fourth round of the CSL, the total attendance was 196073, and the average attendance was 24509, a new high in the CSL in the past five years. Also in this round, the 53898 spectators at the Beijing Guoan Stadium were also the highest in the CSL single game audience in five years. It is not difficult to see that the CSL has begun to warm up gradually and ushered in good signs of bottoming out and rebound after a period of unforgettable trials and tribulations. This is undoubtedly a welcome change. The professional league is returning to a healthy and orderly development track.
