According to reports, media personality Chill posted his comments on the second round of the AFC Champions League group stage on social media. He said that the result reflects the overall level of the current Chinese Super League as all three Chinese Super League teams lost in the tournament. If the situation continues, it is an inevitable trend that the number of places for Chinese Super League teams in the elite AFC Champions League will decrease in the future.
In the second round of the AFC Champions League group stage, Shandong Taishan lost 0-1 at home to Yokohama Mariners, Wuhan Sanzhen lost 1-3 away to Pohang Tie, and Zhejiang lost 1-2 at home to Melbourne. For this, Chilling Review writes:
On the second day of the Asian Champions League, three teams from the Chinese Super League lost their third consecutive match. They lost to Japanese, South Korean and Australian teams in the Asian Champions League, which basically reflects the current league level of the Chinese Super League. What used to be a top four league in East Asia alongside Japan, South Korea and Australia is now basically the same as the top teams in the Southeast Asian leagues.
If the existing super foreigners leave the team again next year, the decline in strength will be even more pronounced. If the Chinese Super League is to remain in the elite league of Asian soccer leagues, it can no longer rely on the past era of investing huge sums of money. If the losing streak continues, fewer places will become an inevitable outcome. A few years down the line, it may even suffer the most difficult time of not even being able to participate in the elite AFC Champions League.
