14 points behind, 5 games to go: this 🇨🇳 club won the title 🤯

14 points behind, 5 games to go: this 🇨🇳 club won the title 🤯 The choke of the century. The football world has witnessed legendary comebacks, but the one that has just rocked the Chinese Super League blows every previous benchmark out of the water. With five games to go, nobody, not even the most diehard Dalian supporter, would have bet a penny on their team winning the title. Fourteen points behind a commanding, seemingly untouchable leader, the title already belonged to Chengdu Rongcheng, who only had to put the finishing touches on their victory parade. What happened next was pure sporting drama. While the leaders spiralled into uncontrollable anxiety, losing match after match as fear took hold, the newly promoted side became ruthless hunters. Win after win, the gap shrank before a crowd that turned Suoyuwan Stadium into a cauldron of energy, culminating in that fateful matchday 29, when Dalian went to Chengdu and won on their own turf to close the gap to a whisker. Sunday's final act delivered the most dramatic ending imaginable. Buckling under the pressure, Chengdu fell apart away at Shandong Taishan, losing 3-2 after an unbearably tense contest. Meanwhile, Dalian sealed victory over Tianjin, drawing level on points and snatching the national crown thanks to their superior head-to-head record. Founded just three seasons ago and rising from amateur football, Dalian Yingbo have claimed the ultimate prize in their very first year in the top flight. Remarkable and surreal in equal measure. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.