With the approach of the 12-team tournament, coupled with the implementation of the anti-epidemic policy, our players are almost unable to devote themselves to the league between September and November. The reason is obvious: first of all, the AFC has made it clear that the 12-team tournament will use the home-and-away system, September 2, 7, October 7, 12, November 11, 16, respectively, for the international game day, the national football team needs to be 7 to 10 days (or even 14 days) in advance to assemble and prepare for the game. International match day two days of the tournament, the interval is only 6 days, followed by 17 to 21 days of epidemic isolation (14 + 7 days, home games, to the opponent's last entry time shall prevail, so the actual quarantine time of about 4 days), a total of at least 30 days, the players simply do not have time to participate in the league.
While the national soccer team is certainly fine and will be able to train as normal during the quarantine, the league is facing a major challenge.
The 30 rounds of league matches originally scheduled for the 2021 season are limited to late July to late August and early December to mid-January 2022 for the remainder of the league if players are involved, as players are unable to return from late August to late November. Considering that the national soccer team's Top 12 tournament will start again in late January 2022, the national soccer team expects to prepare for the tournament in advance, so the maximum number of days for the tournament from late July to mid-August is only 30, which allows only six rounds of tournaments, and the maximum number of days for the tournament from early December to mid-January 2022 is only about 40, which allows only eight matches to be played, and making it a challenge to play 22 rounds of tournaments.
As a result, the Chinese Super League may only be able to play a single round of 15 rounds. As for September, October and November, the CFA and the preparatory team plan to organize the AFC Cup.
Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Football Association, said in an interview that national players need to participate in the league: "Regarding the organization of the league, we have to follow two principles. One is that the league is the cornerstone of the national football team, and the league cannot be sacrificed for the national team. The second is that the Chinese Super League must not be interrupted during the national team's preparations and matches, and the league without the participation of national team players will lose much of its significance."
However, the negative impact of the league being split to this extent has been greater than the non-participation of international players in the league. After all, the 2020 season of the Chinese Super League is crippled, if the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League is still crippled, the enthusiasm of clubs and fans will be hit hard, as for the FA Cup held during the 12th round of the tournament (late September to the end of November), some clubs may only play one game, which is not very meaningful.
In this case, it would actually be a more appropriate plan to not stop the league during the Big 12.
That is to say, the Chinese Super League this year still have to play a full 30 rounds of matches, from the second half of July on the normal course, in which the first half of September (the two match days of the 12 strong match, that is, September 2 and 7) suspended for about 7 to 10 days, in mid-November (November 11 and 16) suspended for about 7 to 10 days, so that to play a full three phases of a total of 25 rounds of tournaments (9 + 8 + 8), the AFC Cup will be carried out on the occasion.
The internationals are then involved in their normal late July to late August matches, followed by no further league involvement.
This plan has a greater impact on four clubs, including Taishan, Guangzhou, Guoan and Seaport, but these four teams do not fall into the relegation team (the international players still need to participate in the league from July to August), the impact may only be to win the championship, as for the relegation team, the general maximum of one international player to be drafted, the impact is not very big.
This plan, while unfavorable to the four giants, is actually quite beneficial:
First of all, the league is no longer cut and dried, otherwise a three month suspension of the league is just too much of a loss, and two years in a row of incomplete leagues is even more of a loss;
Secondly, fans can have a steady stream of Chinese Super League matches, and even the four most affected giants can continue to scout and develop young players.
Thirdly, it is very important and crucial that players, especially young players, can get systematic and stable training.
Fourthly, the 12-team tournament does not rule out unforeseen circumstances, such as a change in the epidemic and become a tournament system, when the international players can return to their clubs to participate again.
Fifthly, stick to 30 rounds of league games and also liberalize home and away competitions where appropriate.
Of course, the interests of the four clubs are more damaged, but the lesser of two evils, the CFA just need to communicate fully with the four clubs, and at the same time to introduce some policies (such as the recruitment of four or more international players, the opponent can only 2 +1 foreign aid; recruitment of two to three international players, the opponent can only 3 +1 foreign aid; recruitment of one international player, the opponent can only 4 foreign aid or 3 +1 foreign aid) to give compensation.
Of course, many mouths are hard to adjust, the reporter also learned that, regarding the league, different clubs demand a greater distance. If the above plan can not be recognized, it is necessary to participate in the league, then there is a compromise plan, that is, it is necessary to engage in the FA Cup warmer, as far as possible to ensure that each team has more participation. For example, according to the situation of the participating teams, in the last 32 and the last 16 of the time to take the group system, so that as far as possible to ensure that the team to participate in the competition, but also to ensure that the fans of the participation of the demand.
However, in general, it is still recommended that the CFA and the preparatory team of the working league can play the league as normal in September, October and November after full negotiation with the clubs.
