After two years of playing in the "conference" league, this season the Chinese
national soccer team
Whether or not the professional soccer league can reintroduce the home-and-away system is a topic of focus for industry insiders. In late February, the Chinese
national soccer team
Association to the subordinate professional clubs and relevant member associations issued on the 2022 season professional league to restore home and away games business letter, on the restoration of home and away to consult the views of all parties, the parties have been submitted to the hands of the CFA. For the restoration of home and away matches this season, the relevant person of the CFL expressed a cautiously optimistic attitude in an interview with Sohu Sports: "The difficulties are great, but not without hope. As long as everyone goes in this direction, the outlook is still relatively optimistic."
CFF goes all out for home and away
At present, the CFL has already collected and organized the relevant opinions of each club to determine the next step of the work program. Most of the clubs have shown positive cooperation and hope that the home and away match system can be resumed as soon as possible, so as to realize the normal, smooth and healthy operation of the professional soccer league. Some clubs are concerned about whether they can meet the relevant requirements of the anti-epidemic authorities. There are also individual clubs who believe that the increase in venue rental and travel expenses resulting from the resumption of home and away matches will further increase the operational pressure on the clubs.
In any case, the resumption of the home-and-away system of play has already been recognized by the Chinese
national soccer team
Collaboration is a top priority in preparation for this season's league and is moving forward full steam ahead. This season
China Super League (soccer league)
The league will certainly play a full 34 rounds, according to the CFF's working idea, even if it is not possible to fully restore the home and away matches, but also strive to partially restore the home and away matches to be played in the case of a better epidemic prevention situation. "After all, it has been playing two years of the tournament system, and if it continues like this the clubs will have a relatively big problem to survive. In the context of the normalization of the epidemic prevention and control, professional sports events always have to seek a reasonable mode of coexistence."
Relevant persons believe that, compared with movies, plays, concerts and many other indoor activities, soccer matches as outdoor activities, open space, air circulation, as long as the good epidemic prevention plan, you can minimize the risk of virus transmission. The previous two seasons, Suzhou and Guangzhou, two major tournaments have allowed fans to enter the game, some key games, the number of people entering the field even reached 2, 30,000 people, but because of proper prevention and control means, have achieved "zero infection", "it should be said that, through the two years of exploration, in the event of epidemic prevention and control In terms of epidemic prevention and control, we have accumulated some successful experience."
Copying the system of the Central League matches and canceling the fans to watch the game away from home.
Not surprisingly, the new season
China Super League (soccer league)
The tournament kicks off on April 23 and wraps up on November 13, spanning seven months. The CFA has already formulated a number of plans to promote the re-launch of the home and away match system. As it stands now, the greater likelihood is to copy last season's Central League system, dividing the 34-round league into four segments of 10+8+8+8, which would see 18 teams
China Super League (soccer league)
The team will also be divided into three groups and will play two rounds of home and away fixtures against teams in their group before rotating in order to ensure that all 34 rounds of the tournament are completed.
The advantage of this is that the mobility is strong, in the case of epidemic prevention and control situation is relatively good to adopt the home and away game system, in the case of epidemic prevention and control situation is tight, the temporary resumption of the tournament system. Moreover, the tournament is divided into three groups, with only six teams in each group, so once the tournament system is resumed, the pressure to host the tournament will be relatively small. The disadvantage is that compared to the traditional home-and-away system, there may be an uneven distribution of strong and weak conversations. However, for epidemic prevention and control reasons, this is already a nearly ideal program.
In response to the issue of epidemic prevention and control, the Chinese
national soccer team
The Association has also prepared more specific initiatives, such as setting up alternative home stadiums in case of emergency. It is feared that the attendance rate at home will be kept at a relatively low level of 30-50% initially. There may also be segregation zones between seats.
It is also known that this season
China Super League (soccer league)
There will be no special viewing area for visiting fans, and in principle, no visiting fans will be hosted at the game to minimize the flow of people. Previously
soccer league
Cup final, Chengdu in order to arrange for fans to enter the game, once had put forward "into the field fans can not leave Chengdu within 14 days" such a requirement, similar program will be introduced to the new season
China Super League (soccer league)
The issue is still being further explored.
Preparations for the main venue in Henan have been officially launched
Around the restoration of the home and away match system, some clubs have been actively acting, March 2, Henan match preparation coordination meeting was held successfully in Zhengzhou Navigation Stadium, Henan Province
soccer league
, Mt. Longmen Club and other related parties were present. Henan Province
soccer league
Secretary General Fan Ronghui in the coordination meeting listened to the Songshan Longmen Club preparations related to the report, and said that we must do a good job in the preparations for the home field of the new season, and go all out to ensure that the normal work of the home field of the new season, according to the Chinese
national soccer team
Coordinate relevant requirements and prepare multiple contingency plans in a timely manner.
After the meeting, the leaders of each department also inspected the Navigation Stadium and Zhongmou soccer training base together, and discussed the specific work details on the spot. Officials of Henan Songshan Longmen Club also made it clear that "it will actively cooperate with Henan Province
soccer league
The full force to reach the center of the
national soccer team
The Association's specific requirements for match management as well as contingency measures as stipulated by the resumption of the home and away match system."
