Special correspondent Liu Zhun reports At the beginning of the 2025 Chinese Super League season, Changchun Yatai still started low, with only 1 draw and 4 losses in the first 5 rounds, hovering in the relegation zone, and coach Xie Hui also encountered huge pressure on results. Compared with the results of the same period in previous seasons, the crisis and opportunity of Changchun Yatai's position have once again become a hot topic of discussion in the outside world, however, in the face of the devil's period of 15 days and 5 games, Xie Hui led the team to defeat Meizhou Hakka 3-1 away in the fourth game, breaking the embarrassment of not winning in Meizhou in the past 5 seasons, and at the same time grabbing the first win of the season, and the Yatai team temporarily out of the relegation zone.

The start of the game was not very friendly

The Northeast team was once an important force in the Chinese Super League. Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Dalian, Yanbian have had Chinese Super League teams, but affected by the climate and venues, the Northeast team started with more away games, and the sluggish state has become a common phenomenon, especially in recent seasons, the Northeast plate in the Chinese Super League map has been shrinking, and Changchun Yatai, which is struggling to support, is more obviously affected by the schedule. Dalian InBev, which was promoted to the Chinese Super League this year, also encountered difficulties in the opening of the away game, so it is reasonable that the results are not ideal. At the beginning of this season, Changchun Yatai coach Xie Hui said frankly that it is necessary to look at the unfavorable factors of the season more away, and the schedule and climate difficulties encountered by the team in the first half will be transformed into favorable factors in the second half, so it is necessary to be patient and rational to look at the difficulties encountered by the team.

In the first two rounds of the league, although Changchun Yatai lost to the top two Shanghai Shuangxiong last season, the content of the performance was generally recognized by fans, however, due to the long time can not return to the base camp training, Changchun Yatai in the following month of intervals in the preparation work is not ideal, so that the third round suffered from injuries, Wang Yu, Li Shenyuan, Cyprian, He Yiran has entered the injury list. The inability to play with the strongest squad led to the weak organization of Changchun Yatai's midfield, and it failed to grab the target points (1 draw, 1 loss) from relegation opponents Dalian InBev and Wuhan Three Towns.

In the 5th round of home against Shandong Taishan, Xie Hui changed the formation. If you don't look at the 1-2 result, the whole process is enough to surprise the opponent in a cold sweat; If Zhang Huachen's world wave is not blown away by the referee, perhaps the process of the game will develop in favor of Changchun Yatai. "Although we have a big gap with Shandong Taishan, we can play evenly with them at home, and taking one point should be a reasonable result." After the game, Xie Hui commented on the regret of losing 1-2 at home to Shandong Taishan, but he also stressed that the team played better and better than one game and played what should have been last season.

This season, Changchun Yatai was trapped in a funding gap, and removed Serginho, Zoey, Wang Jinxian and other main players, and added 9 new signings. One in and one out, Changchun Yatai's strength is obviously not as good as last season. In the face of a bad start, Xie Hui believes that not being able to return to the home game for a long time (almost 3 months) is one reason, and the other is that the starting lineup has been adjusted in a large area, after all, 9 new signings have just arrived in the team and need to find their rhythm as soon as possible.

Although the schedule is not friendly enough, for Changchun Yatai, which is aiming for relegation, they need to grab points from their opponents who are also relegated, and the opponents also think the same way - playing Dalian InBev away and Wuhan Three Towns at home, Changchun Yatai only scored 1 point. Therefore, in the 6th and 7th rounds, Changchun Yatai cannot afford to lose, after all, the results of these two teams in the first 5 rounds are better than Changchun Yatai.

Cross Meizhou and escape the relegation zone

On the evening of the 11th, in a battle with Meizhou Hakka, Changchun Yatai faced the difficulty of being tired and many main players were absent, but Xie Hui boldly used young players, Xuan Zhijian, He Yiran, Fan Chao 3 Yatai youth self-trained players and Mo Xuchen and Xu Yue two new signings got full and half-time playing time. With the vitality of the new generation of players, Oy opened the draw in the fifth minute. Veteran Tan Long also played more and more, completing an ultra-long-distance hanging shot in the 38th minute, increasing the number of individual goals this season to four. Xu Yue, who came on as a substitute, also found self-confidence, and scored a hanging shot in the 86th minute following the example of big brother Tan Long. won the first win of the season 3-1, and Changchun Yatai's veteran recruits undoubtedly injected confidence into the team after piercing this layer of window paper.

"It was a very tough race as expected before the race. Although we took the lead early in the game, it was clear that the fatigue of the journey and the intensity of the last few days of action had affected our fitness and the coaching staff could only put some young players on top of them and they played well to hold on for the three points. In the second half, the opponent played with great momentum with the advantage of the home field, especially when there was one less person, and played a lot of wonderful moments. Despite winning the game, Xie Hui still uses the word "keeping" to define the difficulty of the game.

Due to the two consecutive guests, Changchun Yatai will move to Shenzhen after the end of the Meizhou tour, preparing to challenge Shenzhen Xinpeng City on the 15th. In the 6th round, Meizhou Hakka, Shenzhen Xinpeng City, Yunnan Yukun, Qingdao Manatee all lost, Dalian InBev was drawn, Wuhan Three Towns won, Changchun Yatai accumulated 4 points to temporarily escape the relegation zone, ranking 13th.

In the last seven games, I want to hit the ideal qualification

Grabbing points on the relegation opponent is the most straightforward tactical arrangement for Changchun Yatai to complete the relegation goal. For Xie Hui, the victory over Meizhou Hakka allowed him to temporarily lift the alarm for the position of coach and ushered in the opportunity to lead the team out of the predicament. On the 15th and 20th, Changchun Yatai first challenged Shenzhen Xinpeng City away, and then faced Yunnan Yukun at home.

This season, Changchun Yatai's schedule is basically to play two away games in a row and then welcome two consecutive home, the strength of the opponent is also a strong and a weak - before the second break on May 17, Changchun Yatai still has 7 games to play, if you can take 6 points on the two teams in Guangdong, back to the home can eat Yunnan Yukun, fight Chengdu Rongcheng, the next two away games against the Zhejiang team and Qingdao Manatee, and then two consecutive home bite the Henan team, staring at the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, grab the points, Changchun Yatai can seek a good ranking in the first half.