May 31, China
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The Association officially announced that the remaining Group A matches of the Qatar World Qualifier Asian Zone Top 40 tournament, originally scheduled to be held in Gusau, will be moved to Dubai, UAE, which makes the Chinese team have to play on the road. This sudden change has had an impact on
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It has adversely affected the preparation and competition of the Chinese Super League and other domestic tournaments, as well as causing a lot of problems in the scheduling of the Chinese Super League and other domestic tournaments.
It is reported that after the change of heart, China
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On the one hand, the Association endeavors to coordinate the efforts of all parties to
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to facilitate the road trip and on the other hand to speed up discussions with the working leagues on the scheduling of the remaining matches of this season's Super League schedule. Due to the
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After going to Dubai to participate in the earliest to June 16 to depart for home, according to the domestic epidemic regulations, the international players back to the country also need to carry out a period of medical isolation observation, so the recovery of the Super League may be delayed, the specific start of the tournament may be delayed to mid-July.
The Maldives and Syria were unable to take their scheduled flights from Dubai to Shanghai due to epidemics in their respective teams, and the Chinese
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The Association, after communicating with the AFC, finally decided to move all the remaining matches in Group A of the 40-team tournament to Dubai. This had a negative impact on the Chinese team's preparation and competition.
In addition to the Chinese team, the Chinese Super League and other domestic soccer events have also been affected by this turn of events this season. The Chinese Super League (Round 6), which was scheduled to restart on June 21, now faces the dilemma of not being able to go ahead as planned. Due to
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The plan to compete in the United Arab Emirates is irreversible, and the Chinese Super League clubs, which rely on many international players, have to face a realistic problem: after the completion of the 40-team tournament on June 15 (provided that the 40-team Group A matches are not further postponed), the international players will not be able to depart for their home countries until June 16 at the earliest. After returning to their home country, they still need to follow the epidemic prevention regulations to accept the epidemic prevention inspection and long time isolation observation. In this case, it is difficult for the Chinese Super League to restart on June 21 according to the established plan.
On the evening of May 30, Liu Jun, who was in charge of the match arrangements, appeared at the Gusu Olympic Sports Center to watch the Chinese
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team's match against Guam. It is understood that before and after the news of the change of venue for the 40-team tournament was confirmed, China
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The Association has also begun communicating with the Working League Preparation Team and other relevant departments regarding the league schedule.
Sources familiar with the matter said that from the current communication situation, it is more likely that the re-launch of the Premier League will be delayed.
On the one hand, Guangzhou City, as one of the two major cities in the Chinese Super League, is in a serious epidemic situation, and the organizers of the tournament and the tournament need to protect the lives, health and safety of the personnel as the top priority, so they need to carefully consider the restart of the Chinese Super League; on the other hand, once the international footballers return to their home countries and need to undergo a long period of quarantine, the organizers of the tournament need to start from the point of view of protecting the fair competition and wait for the international footballers to return to their respective clubs in good health and safety before the restart of the Chinese Super League. On the other hand, once the international players have returned to their respective clubs, the organizers should also wait for their return to their clubs in good health and safety before restarting the Super League.
As of May 31, communication on related matters is still ongoing. However, from the time point of view, once the re-launch of the Premier League is delayed, the specific start date may have to be postponed to mid-July.
Some media outlets claimed that Qingdao is actively preparing to take over the Chinese Super League's Guangzhou tournament at any time. However, as of that afternoon, there was no official information to confirm the authenticity of this news. It is understood that earlier this year, some cities did put forward bids to host the 2021 Chinese Super League season. In addition to the cities of Suzhou and Guangzhou, which were eventually awarded the hosting rights, cities such as Wuhan and Dalian also made bids. As of late on the 31st, China
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The Association and the Working Alliance Preparation Team are still closely monitoring all types of information, including the epidemic in Guangzhou City, but there are no specific plans to move the Guangzhou tournament to another location at this time.
Another concern is that once the CFL has been closed due to the
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The already dense league schedule will become even tighter if the team is forced to postpone the tournament by traveling outside the country. If the Chinese team is able to advance to the Top 12, then the team may need to participate in the home-and-away system of the Top 12 matches, and the Chinese Super League may continue to make way for the Chinese team's preparations. In this case, it would be difficult for the league to play the remaining 25 rounds of matches in a limited time frame. As a result, China
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Association, the work of the Union Preparatory Group does not rule out the launch of the "contingency plan", will be this season's Chinese Super League schedule tightened. The specific system may refer to last season's Chinese Super League system, that is, three stages of the tournament reduced to two stages, that is, after the first stage of the game, 16 teams according to the ranking of the group stage into the championship group and relegation group, until the final ranking of each group. The relevant preliminaries have been clarified in the previously released matches of the new Chinese Super League season.
