Affected by the epidemic, the start date of the Chinese Super League has been pending, there are many uncertainties. Recently, some media sources revealed that this year's Chinese Super League is expected to kick off on May 27th. However, according to Sohu Sports, the determination of the three major tournaments is still pending. The CFA and CFL are working from the practical point of view, set a number of time nodes to monitor the progress of preparation, but the specific start time and schedule arrangements, but also need to wait for the region to confirm.
Determining the district has become the top priority of the current league preparations. According to the plan, the 18 Chinese Super League teams will be divided into three major regions, six teams in each region. Dalian, Liaoning and Meizhou, Guangdong have been confirmed to host the first phase of the new season of the Chinese Super League in the two regions, but the third region has not yet been finalized. Shandong Rizhao is expected to become the third region, the Chinese Football Association is with Rizhao on the specific preparations to start exchanges. Although Rizhao has shown a strong willingness, the final result will have to wait for instructions from Shandong Province. In addition, the development of the epidemic in Shandong is also a decisive factor.
If Shandong Rizhao can not be hosted, the Chinese Super League will have to re-select the site, the opening time will be further delayed. There may even be an extreme case of a city hosting two tournaments.
In addition, the current epidemic prevention and control situation in Shanghai makes Shenhua and Harbor full of uncertainty whether they can compete as scheduled. At present, Shenhua team is still in Kangqiao base for closed training, which has been more than 50 days. The team's daily life and training are guaranteed. While the harbor team first-line players are home alone training. With the advancement of Shanghai's resumption of work and production, the entire Harbor team has moved into the hotel to resume training and prepare for the upcoming league.
Compared to the previous system of group matches plus title contenders and relegation groups, this year the CFA and CFF have been working on a system based on a double round-robin 34-round competition. Considering the possibility of the national team participating in the East Asian Cup and the Asian Games, as well as the World Cup at the end of November, the schedule left for the Chinese Super League has actually been very tight. If the Super League cannot officially start in the first half of June, it is feared that this year's league will be forced to shorten its schedule again.
