On June 19, the Chinese team opened the first training after returning to the country in Gusu, marking the official opening of the preparations for the Top 12 tournament. At the same time, and the national football team preparation closely linked to the Chinese Super League restart program has also joined the Football Association, the operational alliance preparatory group and the relevant departments of the emergency schedule. It is reported that the remaining nine rounds of the first phase of this season's Chinese Super League may be launched around July 17 and ended on August 24 (including the fifth round of two bye matches), in line with the preparation for the National Football League's 12-team tournament. As for the specific time and place of the remaining matches, the match system and whether to shorten the journey, it will be determined according to the results of the grouping of the National Football League's Top 12 matches and the preparation program. It is foreseeable that the Chinese Super League will not be able to play any rounds of matches in September, October and November to make way for the preparation of the national soccer team.
After a day of rest and recuperation, the national football team had its first back-to-basics training at 4:30 p.m. on the 19th in Gusau. Meanwhile, members of the Football Association's Preparation and Operation Group began to be busy with the preparation of the national football team, launching various tasks for the new cycle. The operation of the remaining matches of this season's Chinese Super League is crucial to the preparation of the national football team. On the one hand, if the national football team wants to make steady progress in the Top 12, the support of the clubs is indispensable, and after the national football team advances, it also needs to release its international players in time to participate in the league, so as to protect the interests of the clubs and their investors; on the other hand, if the national football team wants to make a difference in the Top 12, its international players need to maintain a good state of mind, and therefore it also needs to realize this goal through the league.
As a result of the epidemic, the Chinese team must strictly comply with domestic and international epidemic prevention regulations during their participation in the Top 12 tournament. Due to the interspersing of the team's home and away matches in the 12-team tournament, the team's personnel must undergo the necessary quarantine observation after returning to China, which not only brings great difficulties to the team's preparation for the tournament, but also actually has a great impact on the operation of the Chinese Super League. The schedule shows that the first six rounds of the 12-team tournament are concentrated in September, October and November this year, so the FA, after communicating with the preparatory group of the operational league, the clubs and other parties, basically confirms that it will not organize the Chinese Super League in these three months.
However, according to the results of the current communication, the remaining nine rounds of the first phase of the Chinese Super League will be completed before the start of the 12-team tournament. It is reported that the national football team will be quarantined there for at least two weeks since arriving at the Gusu site late at night on June 17, followed by a period of no less than seven days of autonomous observation, which means that the international players will not be fully released from quarantine until around July 8th. Subsequently, in addition to the necessary rest and recuperation, they will also need to participate in the club's preparations before the opening match. As a result, the operational league preparatory team has tentatively planned to postpone the restart of the league from June 21, as originally scheduled, to July 17th or 18th.
There is news that the remaining 9 rounds of the first phase of the Chinese Super League are scheduled to end on August 16th. However, the Beiqing-Beijing headline reporter was informed that since the 5th round of the Super League matches between Beijing Guoan vs Hebei and Henan Songshan Longmen vs Guangzhou were postponed due to the fact that a number of international players from Beijing and Guangzhou were called up to participate in the preparation for the Top 40 match, these two matches will also need to be played to conclude the stage, and the make-up matches are likely to be scheduled in the week after August 16th. Therefore, the first phase of the tournament will end on August 24 at the latest. Of course, taking into account the national football team's first match in the 12-team tournament will be played on September 2, and need to face a strong team in the second gear on the road, so the first phase of the tournament will end whether the time will be ahead of schedule, but also need to be further discussed by all parties.
It is worth noting that due to the recent epidemic in Guangzhou, one of the two major host cities for the first phase of the Chinese Super League this season, there is concern that Guangzhou may not be able to continue hosting Chinese Super League matches. However, up to now, the Football Association, the operational league preparatory group did not change the specific arrangements for the match. It is understood that if Guangzhou continues to host Chinese Super League matches, then the remaining Chinese Super League matches in this phase hosted by the region will not be open to spectators to meet the needs of the epidemic prevention work.
As for how the subsequent stages of this season's Chinese Super League tournament operation, the Football Association, the operational alliance will be combined with the epidemic and the preparation for the National Football League 12 matches, the competition situation flexible response. Football Association Chairman Chen Xuyuan in the United Arab Emirates to supervise the national football match period had made it clear that the Association in the attention of the national football preparations at the same time, it is also necessary to respect, safeguard the interests of the clubs and their investors, in principle, to ensure the integrity of the Super League schedule, the game will therefore be the probability of across the year.
