As planned, if China confirms that it will not be able to participate in the two matches of the 12-team tournament to be played in November, the team will plan to leave around Nov. 6 for Sharjah, UAE, for the two matches. The season was scheduled to start on Dec. 1
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The second phase of league matches will be postponed accordingly. According to the Beiqing-Beijing headline reporter on the 27th, the CFA and the CFF preparatory team have made contingency plans for similar situations.
Contingency plans show that
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The second phase of the league tournament may be postponed to start on December 13 this year and end on January 4 next year. If the final proposal is implemented, this phase of the tournament will be the same as the last nine rounds of the first phase, with an interval of only two days between each round. In addition, the
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After the conclusion of the league's regular season.
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The Cup final and the Super League play-offs will also take place one after another, and the schedule is unprecedentedly intensive. Taking into account the epidemic prevention needs and the national team's schedule for the Top 12 matches and other factors, the introduction of this program is really a desperate move.
As of October 27, the venue organization plan for the Chinese team's two home matches in November has not yet been officially confirmed. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, it is extremely unlikely for the team to organize matches in domestic cities, and the CFA is ready for the whole team to travel to West Asia to participate in the tournament. According to the latest communicated travel plan, the team is expected to leave for Sharjah, UAE around November 6th.
The change in the Chinese team's "November Campaign" game plan actually had a negative impact on the
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The second phase of the league's schedule has had an impact. The original schedule showed that
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The second phase of the tournament will start on December 1 and end on January 3 next year. However, if the Chinese team confirms that it needs to go abroad to participate in the tournament, the earliest it can return to China is November 17, the day after the sixth round of the 12-team tournament and Australia's "second match". After entering the country, the team must strictly abide by the medical quarantine and other epidemic prevention regulations. After the quarantine is lifted, it is expected to be around December 8th. If the international players agree to participate in the
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With the remaining matches in the league, the postponement of the second stage of the tournament will be a foregone conclusion.
In fact, the CFA and CFF preparatory team had previously anticipated the changes in the national team's game plan. In response to the second phase
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league game plan, they also have a contingency plan in place. The program shows that
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The second phase of the league's eight rounds of matches will begin on December 13 and end on January 4 next year. The relegation and championship rounds will be staggered, with the first rounds of this phase (15 rounds in total) scheduled for December 13th and 14th respectively. According to this program, the interval between each two rounds of matches is only 2 days, i.e., all participating teams will continue to play in accordance with the rhythm of "two rounds in three days".
Information previously released by the CFA shows that this season
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A total of 12 matches in the 3rd and 4th rounds of the Cup (i.e., two rounds of the 8-in-4 and two rounds of the semifinals) are scheduled to be played from Oct. 23 to Nov. 8 in Dalian. The finals will be held in the designated hosting regions after the end of the domestic league season at all levels. In addition.
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, the elevation playoff between Central League One will also be played at
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It takes place after the end of the regular season. The complete end of the 2021 season for domestic professional clubs in all sequences of the tournament may have to be postponed to mid-January next year. This is because the Chinese team will be on the road to challenge their Round of 12 opponents Japan in the 7th round and Vietnam in the 8th round consecutively on January 27 and February 1 next year, leaving very limited rest time for the international players. Such an intensive schedule will also inevitably lead to more injuries.
