Reporter Lu Mi reports The 2025 China League opened last night, and as the opening match, Chongqing Tongliang Dragons faced Qingdao Red Lions at home. Although the all-new Tonglianglong played full momentum at home, and Xiang Yuwang also scored the team's first goal of the season to usher in a dream start, but then the opponent took advantage of the negligence of the Tonglianglong defense to equalize with a penalty kick. Tonglianglong completely suppressed Qingdao Red Lions in the rest of the game, blasting out excellent statistics of 12 shots on target in the whole game, but never rewrote the score again. Judging from the performance of the game, the cooperation between Chongqing Tonglianglong football's domestic players and foreign players will still need some time to adjust, so as to further improve the shooting efficiency.

The all-new Tongliang Dragons face Qingdao Red Lions, as the opening match of the 2025 season of the Chinese League, this game has attracted much attention. Relevant leaders of the Chinese Football Federation and the Chinese Football Association attended and announced the opening of the new season of the Chinese Football League. In this game, the relevant leaders of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Government, the District Party Committee and the Municipal Sports Bureau also came to the scene to cheer for the team. Before the game, the senior management of the Tongliang Dragon Club also went to the locker room to cheer for the young men who were about to travel. Head coach Salvador also took his Tonglianglong debut very seriously, he changed into a suit and tie. Zhao Hejing, who has retired, appeared on the rostrum, he watched the game with many famous players of Chongqing football, although he is no longer a member of this team, but his concern for Chongqing football has not changed.

This new Tongliang Dragon, there is only one veteran Huang Xiyang in the lineup, El Salvador has made drastic changes to the team, and all three foreign aides have started, Li Zhenquan and Xiang Yu Wang have returned from the national brand to help. Taking advantage of the home advantage and the momentum of striving for a good start, the opening team used the impact of several young players in the front court to play a smooth combination, Xiang Yu Wang took the lead in the fourth minute to rewrite the score, and he also scored the first goal of the Tongliang Dragons in the 2025 season as the captain.

Qingdao Red Lion, as one of the bitter masters of Tonglianglong in the second division and last year's middle league, in the first two seasons, the two teams played four games, and Tonglianglong never won the opponent. After taking an early lead, the two sides entered a stalemate. Qingdao Red Lions tried to tear apart Tonglianglong's defence with counter-attacks, and Tonglianglong's new back four system is all made up of new signings this season, and the overall age is younger, and the physical condition is different. It was a little immature in terms of the single defense ability and tacit understanding of the defensive line, which also caused some mistakes. In the 33rd minute, Qingdao Red Lions' foreign aid Leandro made a point, and Rivaldo Jr. scored a penalty to help Qingdao Red Lions equalize.

Tonglianglong's overall strategy is to use ground offense to play a combination of side and center to form a continuous threat to Qingdao Red Lions. But in El Salvador's attacking system, it seems that the real core has not yet been found. After replacing Huang Xiyang with Wu Yongqiang in the second half, the formation was changed to 433, strengthening the control of the midfield, and further increasing the proportion of offensive players in the frontcourt. It's just that although the team can directly suppress the opponent in the half court for siege, there is not much direct transmission between the forward players, especially between internal and external aids, and the tacit understanding is insufficient. Leonardo was played in the middle of the game, in fact he constantly dropped back to the center of the field to get the ball to play, but up front, he was rarely able to get the ball from his team-mates.

'It should be said that we started the first half well and scored very quickly. But from the time we scored until the end of the first half, we didn't control the situation very well, not as well as in the second half. Looking at the statistics of the whole game, we hit the net 12 times, but only managed to score once, never scored the second goal. And the opponent only had one chance to hit the goal in the whole game, and that was the penalty. With a ratio of 12 to 1, the score was 1 to 1. So I think we have to continue to work hard to improve our efficiency in the final shots, and that's something we need to focus on next. El Salvador said after the game.

As El Salvador said, the Bronze Dragons had 31 shots on goal and 12 on target, while their opponents had only five shots on goal and one on target. Tongliang Dragon had countless opportunities to rewrite the score again in the game, but he never grasped it, and finally could only regret to get a draw. This result also continued the team's continued winless record against Qingdao Red Lions.

Although there are regrets, but as the opening match of the Chinese League, Tonglianglong did bring a vibrant look and feel to Chongqing fans, most of the players in this team have grown up from the campus football system, and in the 2025 season, they will release their youth and vitality to the fullest, and complete their own better growth while helping the team strive for the top. Although the first game was unfortunately a draw, it also showed them that they still have a lot of room for the future. The season is long, and the young Chongqing Tongliang Dragons still have plenty of time to grow.