After a medical isolation investigation that lasted 21 days, on April 24th, Beijing time, China's men's national football team announced its disbandment, and the players returned to their respective cities from Haikou one after another. Facing the different arrangements of two teams in Shanghai for their national players, Shenhua national players were instructed to stay in Haikou and wait for the follow-up notification; while Harbor national players returned to Shanghai under the arrangement of the club to keep a unified action with the team.
Although the epidemic in Shanghai remains severe, Shenhua and Harbour's training preparations have been seriously affected. Shenhua have closed their Kangqiao base for up to six weeks, while Harbour have suspended training since late March, with players keeping fit at home.
After the dissolution of the national team, how to arrange the return of the Shanghai national football team has become a problem. In view of the epidemic situation in Shanghai, once returned to Shanghai, and then leave Shanghai to the tournament area has become extremely difficult, difficult to guarantee the transportation, and even if you can successfully enter the tournament area, may also face a new round of medical isolation.
All things considered, the two teams have different arrangements for international players. In the Shenhua team, non-Shanghai international players can go home, while Shanghai international players are required to temporarily recuperate in Hainan and wait for the team's notice. The Harbour team originally considered allowing the international players to travel to the tournament area in advance, but in view of the long-term uncertainty of the Chinese Super League tournament area and the safety of the players in the field, it was finally decided to respect the individual wishes of the players and assist them to return to Shanghai to reunite with their families.
At present, the Harbor team is still in a state of suspension, the team is actively communicating with the National Football Association to seek options to leave Shanghai to participate in the game. New foreign aid Ndiaye is still staying in Turkey and the club is actively contacting flights in the hope of bringing him back to Shanghai as soon as possible. Paulinho and manager Leko, on the other hand, are in quarantine, staying in Guangzhou to wait for the club's next arrangement.
