The AFC Champions League Group J will kick off on Saturday (16th), but recently Chinese media rumors that the participating team Shanghai Harbour will delay its trip to Thailand due to the seriousness of the epidemic in the region, and even rumors of intent to withdraw from the tournament, a player interviewed said bluntly: it should be difficult to depart, unless there is a miracle in the next few days.
Due to China's strict quarantine policy, the three teams participating in this year's AFC Champions League will have to be quarantined in order to avoid their players missing the local matches after returning home.
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Teams Guangzhou, Shanghai Harbor and Shandong Taishan, all sent second teams with mainly young players to compete.
However, because of the recent outbreak of epidemic in Shanghai, the Shanghai seaport, which will be in Group J with Jiezhi, has been delayed. According to a report by Sports Weekly, the scheduled departure on Sunday (10th) has been delayed due to the preventive and control measures. In addition, some of the players who have been dispatched to the tournament are currently at their training bases, while others are still at home and it is not yet known whether they will be able to assemble smoothly.
Reportedly, Asia
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Shanghai Harbour has been authorized to arrive at the match venue in Buriram on Friday (15th), one day before the match at the latest. However, Shanghai's anti-epidemic policy is now strict, and sources say that the team has not yet arranged the return air tickets, and the chartered flight plan is also difficult to implement due to the lack of time for approval, and some players said in an interview that it should be very difficult to leave, unless there is a miracle in these few days. Therefore, Shanghai Seaport has already prepared for the worst, or announced the withdrawal of the game a few days before the start of the game.
If Shanghai Seaport withdraws before the end of the season, Asia
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It will be difficult to arrange replacement teams on a temporary basis, and the J Group, in which Jiezhi is located, may end up with only three teams remaining, pending the actual situation to be determined by the tournament committee.
