As the countdown to the new Chinese Super League season enters the final two weeks, the number of foreign aiders returning to the team is still less than 20, including many top stars such as Paulinho, Talisca, Augusto and Moises. Even if they leave immediately, they will not be able to arrive on time to participate in the league due to the country's entry epidemic prevention policy.
In this season's Chinese Super League, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) has decided to abandon the "Balanced Maintenance Clause for Foreign Aid" that was introduced last season. This move has forced many teams to prepare for the early stages of the league when foreign aid is in short supply.
At the beginning of last season's Chinese Super League (CSL), due to the global epidemic, many foreign aiders were unable to return to the team on time. In order to balance the seriousness of the rules with the fairness of the game, the CFA decided to implement the "Foreign Aid Equalization and Maintenance Clause" in the Chinese Super League, which stipulates that if a team has no foreign aid enrolled in a game, the opposing team can send a maximum of two foreign aiders to play, and so on. However, this season this clause has been canceled, which means that each game can be reported five foreign aid, at the same time on the field of four.
Among the Chinese Super League (CSL) foreign aiders who have not yet returned to the team, there are as many as 14 Brazilian foreign aiders, involving eight clubs, including Guangzhou's Paulinho and Talisca, Beijing Guoan's Augusto and Fernando, Shandong Taishan's Moises and Guedes, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic's Cirino and Márcineaux, Henan Songshan Dragons' Ivo and Karanja, Tianjin Tianjin Zimmen Tigers' Suárez, Dalian Ren's Janisson, and Wuhan's Rafael and Baptiste Don.
It is widely believed that Paulinho's absence will have a significant impact on the Guangzhou team.
For the Guangzhou, Guoan and Shandong teams aiming to win the championship, the absence of the core foreign aid will have a huge impact on the team. Paulinho is the core player of the Guangzhou team, and some views even believe that the strength of the Guangzhou team that lost Paulinho will drop by one level. As for the importance of Augusto to the Guoan team, it is also obvious. In contrast, Shandong introduced two local players, Sun Zhunhao and Xu Xin, during the season, and the need for Moises is relatively low. However, in the front line, the absence of Gedes still brings a lot of trouble to the Shandong team's offense, from the performance of its warm-up matches, the "powerless" problem is still prominent.
Unlike the situation of Guangzhou, Guoan and Shandong, Shanghai Harbour and Shanghai Shenhua have relatively complete foreign aid lineups. This may benefit these two Shanghai teams, which also have championship ambitions, in the early stages of the league.
