China Football Association
national soccer team
have given
China Super League (soccer league)
The clubs issued a notice that they plan to resume the home-and-away format for the 2022 season in April, based on the premise of normalizing the epidemic prevention and control. According to the New Yellow River, this is only one of the four proposals, the rest of which include adopting a mirrored duel format for the first and second halves of the season and completing the double round-robin tournament in a "17+17" format. Next, the clubs need to communicate with the local authorities to confirm whether the region meets the conditions for the resumption of home and away matches, and submit their feedback to the FA for summary.
new season
China Super League (soccer league)
Whether or not the home-and-away system can be restored to the Chinese League One and Chinese League Two, the clubs need to put in a lot of work. First of all, they need to make clear whether they are willing to host home matches in the 2022 season, and they also need to negotiate with the local government, obtain a letter of authorization for hosting the event, prepare the home stadium and the alternate stadium, each of which implies an increase in cost, and, more importantly, the factor of epidemic prevention and control should be taken into account.
From the perspective of league development and fans, the benefits of resuming the home-and-away system far outweigh the drawbacks, but there is still a lot of uncertainty as to whether it can ultimately be realized. In addition, the FA has formulated three other proposals, including the continuation of the match system.
