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Super League powerhouse fears loss of AFC Champions League qualification, insider reveals! Media Exposure: Super League Victory is Success

nokina 2024-11-14 23:25:11
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Reporter Jia Yanfeng reveals that Zhejiang could miss the threshold for this year's AFC Champions League qualifying round despite finishing third in last season's Chinese Super League title. The AFC has expressed serious concern over Zhejiang's failure to prepare the pitch to standard before the qualifiers, and even raised the possibility of a withdrawal from the competition. It is reported that the Zhejiang team has not been able to obtain shareholder investment since the start of this season's Chinese Super League, and the club is actively seeking a way out, but has repeatedly hit a wall. The lack of funds has evolved into a key factor in Zhejiang's withdrawal from the AFC Champions League. ! [Zhejiang team dilemma](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/163img/202308/202374687500804028571885.jpg) Greentown Group and Zhejiang Energy have stalled on shareholding reforms, and although funds are still available to sustain Super League operations, participation in the Champions League will require venue renovations and additional costs. The original Greentown Group hoped to share the costs with Zhejiang Energy, but the two sides failed to reach an agreement on stock reform and both refused to contribute. Nonetheless, Zhejiang fans are unwilling to give up, and media reports say they are willing to crowdfund to maintain Champions League qualification. After all, this is Zhejiang's chance to return to the Champions League group stage after 12 years. According to the schedule, Zhejiang will start the AFC Champions League qualification match on August 22nd against Thai Port. ! [Zhejiang vs Thai Port](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/163img/202308/202376248370804028571885.jpg) Domestic soccer media person Miao Yuan pointed out that if Zhejiang team withdraws from the match, it may face heavy punishment from AFC. Miao Yuan wrote on Weibo, "Zhejiang's situation is really not optimistic. There is no need to add burden to the Asian Champions League. There is no match that can't be withdrawn for the survival of the club. If fined, then accept it. As long as the club can stay in the CSL, it's worth it." As a fan, he does not want to see CSL teams withdrawing from the AFC Champions League due to financial problems, which has a negative impact on the image of Chinese soccer in Asia. However, from the Zhejiang team's point of view, the image issue has to give way when survival becomes an issue. Drawing on the case of the dissolution of the Hebei and Shenzhen teams, fans are more concerned about the team's survival than its image. The cases of Zhejiang and Shenzhen reflect CSL clubs' lack of operating funds and stalled equity reform under the impact of Jinyuan soccer. The root cause of all this seems to be attributed to the investigation of former CFA president Chen Xuyuan. Without his entrepreneurial lead, a large number of companies investing in soccer might not have pulled out, and CSL might not have fallen on hard times. There is nothing wrong with de-corporatization to allow clubs to run their own operations, but the current state of the CSL suggests that without financial backing from corporations, operations will become extremely difficult. Therefore, I think Chairman Chen has pushed the corporatization process too quickly, leading to chaos in the CSL and a significant decline in the league's overall level.

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