Usually, towards the end of the season, late November in the Chinese Super League should be the culmination of the season's closure. However, this year's situation is special, in order to make time for China's national soccer team to participate in the Asian qualifiers for the Qatar World Cup, the "Super League" teams had to go through a more than three months of suspension, urgently put into the second phase of the league before the start of the intense preparations for the game. For example, the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers' buses and coaches have been put into maintenance in advance, ready to carry the team's equipment and materials to Shanghai at the end of this month, accompanying the team to complete the second phase of the league's preparations for the Shanghai and Suzhou tournaments.
In the two days before departing for Shanghai on December 1 for training and warm-up matches, the Tsimshatsui Tigers were on vacation, the last full holiday for the players by the coaching staff. But yesterday afternoon, many players spontaneously chose to practice extra, perhaps in a way, exercise is the best way to ease the pressure of the upcoming relegation and make inner peace.
As of now, the CFA and CFF have not yet issued any official notification to the clubs regarding league adjustments. The Jinmen Tigers are still preparing for the tournament according to the established schedule, with the relegation and championship matches starting on December 12 and 13 in Suzhou and Guangzhou respectively. As for the situation that several clubs have been exposed as having broken financial chains, which may affect their participation, Jinmen Tigers head coach Yu Genwei revealed that the coaches and players are aware of the situation, but are not overly concerned about it. As for the case of a team to withdraw, currently ranked 14th in the Jinmen Tigers can "win without a fight", successful relegation, they almost do not have such assumptions.
