Without foreign aid, there seems to be no difference between Super League and China B.
The day before yesterday's FA Cup, Henan Jianye and Changchun Yatai were eliminated by China B team one after another. No matter how they rank in the super league, they are super league teams after all. Although foreign aid can't appear, the strength of the Super League team should have an overwhelming advantage on paper. However, no matter from the result or the scene, both sides of the all-China class did not show a one-sided trend.
The biggest upset of this round of FA Cup comes from Shenhua's match with Nantong Zhiyun. With a 2-0 lead in the first half, the defending champion was reversed by the team in the second half and eventually eliminated by 2-3. After the game, Shenhua fans who attended the game were extremely dissatisfied. The reason for their dissatisfaction is that except for the foreign aid that didn't appear, Shenhua's main players all appeared in the game, which is enough to show Shenhua's determination to win. Unfortunately, perhaps because of underestimating the enemy, the defending champion hastily ended the journey of this season's FA Cup.
In addition, teams with strong league momentum such as Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Shanggang and Beijing Guoan all advanced to the next round with the goal of 1. In these three games, Evergrande, Shanghai and Guoan did not show their superior skills on the scene. Shanghai and Guoan basically put the main helpers on the stage. If they come off the bench, it will be a big question mark whether these super teams can advance to the next round.
Similarly, Tianjin TEDA and Beijingers struggled to advance through penalty shootouts, among which TEDA won by virtue of the strong performance of foreign aid. From this round of FA Cup competition, it is not difficult to see that as long as foreign aid can't play, the strength gap between the two sides is not very big, whether it is Super League, Grade A or Grade B. And this happens to be the sadness of China football. Without foreign aid, Super League, China A and China B have little reference value in the level division.
In this round of FA Cup competition, only Tianjin Quanjian, Hebei Huaxia Happiness and Shandong Luneng scored at least three goals in the face of China B team, which also saved a little face for this round of Super League team.
In the coming May Day holiday, the final of FA Cup 1/4 will be decided, and Sichuan Jiuniu and Nantong Zhiyun will meet directly in the final of 1/4, which means that there will definitely be a second-class team in this FA Cup 1/4. Interestingly, as long as the Chinese Super League team faces the Chinese B team, there will be no foreign aid. Perhaps this season, the Chinese B team can make a bigger upset in the FA Cup.