In view of the urgent and heavy challenges being faced by the current tournament schedule, the possibility that the league may start earlier this year cannot be ruled out.
Currently, the preliminary plan for the Job League is to open the league on Dec. 12, with the relegation bracket matches to be staged in Suzhou and the championship bracket matches to be moved to Guangzhou. The regular season will go through eight rounds until January 4, 2022, according to the rhythm of one match per team per three days.
Immediately after that, the two rounds of the Chinese Super League Central League play-offs are scheduled to take place on January 7-8 and 11-12 next year. And the FA Cup final is scheduled to be played on January 9th.
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Despite facing serious wage arrears, the clubs involved are determined not to back out of the game
During this period of national football preparation for the Top 12, a number of Chinese Super League clubs have burst into financial difficulties.
One of the teams, Hebei, announced that its training base was recently unable to pay its electricity bill as scheduled. In order to cut the operating costs of the training base, Hebei Football Club plans to suspend the training of four teams in the 04, 05, 08 and 09 age groups from November 3rd.
Immediately after, all the players of Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic Club publicly released an open letter to the society, in which the players revealed that they are suffering from unpaid wages, and some of the players' lives are in a difficult situation. All players of the Hebei team have entered a state of vacation.
The defending champions Guangzhou, who have resumed training, are also facing difficulties, as the club can only choose to train during the day due to financial constraints, and can't even pay the electricity bill.
According to domestic media reports, the current Chinese Super League only Shandong Taishan, Shanghai seaport, Shenzhen team, Henan Songshan Longmen and Dalian people of the five clubs can ensure that in accordance with the latest provisions of the Football Association to pay wages, the other clubs generally have the phenomenon of wage arrears, which some of the clubs of the wage arrears problem is particularly serious.
The club can't afford to pay for utilities and all the staff at Super League Hebei are appealing for unpaid work.
During this time, the industry has been concerned about whether the second phase of the league will start on schedule as a number of clubs have expressed a desire that they may not compete.
But in fact, discerning people can see that many clubs at the moment to spread negative news, behind the essence of the club and the local authorities of the game. If you really choose to abandon the game, then even the chips of the game will no longer exist.
Therefore, as the competent authority, the CFA does not need to worry too much about the so-called abandonment rumors now, and the FA and the operational league are still pushing forward the relevant work in accordance with the arrangement of the normal participation of the 16 teams.
