News analysis of the national football team giving up the right to host the 2023 Asian Cup
On May 14, a piece of news about the national football team was like a thunderbolt, shocking all those who are concerned about the national football team. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced that it had given up the right to organize the 2023 Asian Cup. The news was shocking, but it seemed to make sense. The public opinion was almost one-sided that this was a positive news. It took not only a big-picture view of the situation, but also the courage to say "no" to the world, for our people to make this decision and retreat. However, this decision also has some negative consequences, as it is feared that we will not be able to apply to AFC to host the Asian Cup for at least the next 20 years.
The country last hosted the Asian Cup in 2004. If the 2023 Asian Cup is held in our country as originally planned, it will be our country hosting the tournament again after 19 years. Now, our people have given the AFC a difficult task, having to find a new host country in just a few months, leaving them very little time to prepare. Of course, the possibility of changing the time of the tournament cannot be ruled out, but the probability is that with the change of venue, the time cannot be changed.
The AFC, which has always been dominated by West Asians, agreed to our withdrawal application, which is naturally an indication that they already have a takeover country in mind. It is likely that this takeover country is Qatar, which will host the World Cup at the end of 2022, or several West Asian countries jointly organized. Epidemic over the past two years, most had to change the venue of the game are placed in West Asia, so the AFC is not worried about finding the next home, but will certainly be resentful of our country, the future of the national football team in the game in Asia will not be able to wear the AFC sent the "small shoes".
Our withdrawal was of course due to the epidemic; this is not a closed tournament and is no less difficult than the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Asian Cup involves more cities and a wider geographical area. Our Asian Cup was scheduled to be held from June 16 to July 16, 2023, in 10 cities - Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi'an, Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen and Suzhou - which are home to more than 150 million people, spread over an area as wide as Europe's frontiers except for Russia.
If the original plan is continued, not only will half of China be turned into a controlled area, but it is unlikely that the tournament will be fully open to spectators, as the current situation speculates. Then, there would not be much difference between a competition without spectators, overseas and in the home country. It is undoubtedly a wise move for our country to give up hosting it. We no longer need to show our national image through large-scale events, and we are more concerned about people's livelihood. If we must use a world competition in a sport as a benchmark, then soccer must be at the end of the list, which leads to another topic: does the national soccer team want to play at home or overseas?
Now the only home field advantage of the national football team has been lost, but this is no longer a problem for Chinese fans. All of China's sober-minded people will not hold too much hope for the national football team, if it is bound to lose, then lose farther also save a lot of trouble. Li Tie once said a bunch of nonsense in the conference, he said, to know how hard the national team overseas ...... general people how to understand the importance of the home to China's team ...... now there is no chance to testify that he said whether it is in the right place, the national football team is still early to go back to the country it.
In addition, in our game, China as the host is seeded, but now no host status, the AFC still "gift" to the national football team to participate in a quota, but this white whoring to the quota will be downgraded. The national football team is barely ranked in the top ten in Asia, so the best grouping can only be ranked in the second gear.
The only difficult thing to do now are the stadiums under construction, which have not had a major tournament in recent years and which were previously tasked with securing the Asian Cup. In particular, like one of the capital's ten landmarks, Workers' Stadium, after the 2020 knockdown and reconstruction, it was supposed to be used for Asian Cup matches to open the light, but now nearly completed but suddenly lost its goal. Ten cities, ten soccer stadiums, and two of the new and renovated ones have already been completed. Those stadiums under construction are likely to be half-assed projects.
Giving up the right to host the event proves that our country no longer needs to build an international image through major sporting events and that our people need a healthy and safe living environment. In addition, the national soccer team will certainly not bring happiness to our people. Therefore, giving up this piece of heart disease of our countrymen will be a righteous move by any department.
