After the 2:0 win over Chengdu Rongcheng, Xie Hui, the head coach of Dalian, expressed apology to Seo Jung-won, as Xie Hui later revealed in social media. Last year Xie Hui boasted in a private dinner that his Nantong Zhiyun could 'overwhelm' Seo Jung-won's big-spending Chengdu Rongcheng.