The Japanese Football Association (JFA) recently made an international laughing stock when the AFC just announced seven strict requirements for hosting the Asian Cup. Our football association and men's football team have been blessed by the disaster this time, so who will be the next stop for the Asian Cup? Previously, Australia and India have stated that they will not be the spare tire, the AFC had to look for other candidates. The Japanese Football Association (JFA) also took the opportunity to state that it is capable of hosting the Asian Cup, but JFA President Yukizo Tajima put forward a condition - the AFC must provide a lot of financial support because, in his opinion, the construction of the venue requires a lot of investment. However, this request of the JFA turned out to be a laughing stock because the AFC gave two diametrically opposite attitudes: one is never to provide any subsidies; the other is to emphasize that seven conditions must be met to host the Asian Cup. From this, we can see that the AFC has no interest in Japan hosting the Asian Cup, and even openly said that any one of the conditions are not met, do not want to host the Asian Cup.
Through this attitude of the AFC, we can easily see that the idea of the JFA is purely whimsical and they have indeed made a big joke. Then, about the seven conditions, we may have some understanding. Previously, some people think that it is a loss for our men's soccer team not to host the Asian Cup, but I think that this time, without hosting the Asian Cup, combined with the seven conditions given by the AFC, our men's soccer team has instead been blessed by the disaster.
First of all, do we think that if the Asian Cup is organized, our men's football team will be among the strongest teams in Asia? I think this is totally impossible. Now, the strength of our men's football team is obvious to all of us, and we cannot even beat a team like Vietnam, so by hosting this tournament on our home turf, our fans will also be worried in case we cannot even make it out of the group stage, which will be a huge blow to our men's football team. And now that we are not hosting the Asian Cup, such worries are gone.
Secondly, we have to talk about two of the seven conditions put forward by the AFC, which are unacceptable to the fans. The first is the AFC's requirement that fans can travel freely and that international flights can be made freely available. We all know that we are now facing a serious epidemic situation, and fans and netizens are strictly complying with the requirements to ensure everyone's safety. If this tournament is really organized in accordance with the AFC's requirements, I think this is undoubtedly a violation of the basic requirements of the fans and netizens, because neither our men's football team nor the AFC should cause any trouble to everyone.
The second condition is that if the distance between different cities is more than 200 kilometers, there must be a domestic flight to ensure transportation. Many fans are puzzled by this, if the distance is 200 kilometers or 250 kilometers, then why take flights? In our thinking, organizing the Asian Cup should be more cost-effective. For example, for a distance of 200 kilometers, we usually choose to take a high-speed train because it is actually faster. Therefore, we can see that these requirements of the AFC have given the fans a feeling that it is a labour of love and will create instability. Therefore, combining the seven conditions proposed by the AFC, I think it is a wise choice for us not to organize the Asian Cup. As a fan, I fully support the decision of our men's soccer team and the CFA. I don't know what you guys think about this, feel free to leave a message in the comment section to discuss!
