On the afternoon of April 1 in the spring breeze, the CFA and the work alliance planned a grand summit of the heads of the salons of the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese A League and the Chinese B League in Shanghai. At the meeting, CFA Chairman Chen Xuyuan delivered an important speech, emphasizing that the national team and the salons are "in the same boat" in front of the honor, and calling on the salons to guard the national team players with all their strength. Chen Xuyuan also emphasized that it is crucial for all levels of the league to be orderly, healthy and wonderful this season, and asked salons at all levels to strengthen the management of the team, especially the management of the coaching team. In addition, refereeing has become the top priority in the preparation of the new league season, and a new adjudication mechanism for the adjudication committee will be introduced soon.
Looking back on March 31, the 3rd meeting of the 11th Executive Committee of CFA was held in Shanghai. The meeting briefed on the work priorities of the CFA in 2020 and 2021, the 2020 financial report, the 2021 financial plan and budget, and the preparations for the China Professional Football Salon Federation (Operational Union). Chairman Chen Xuyuan emphasized at the meeting that the Association will make every effort to promote the key work in 2021, put the "football reform plan" in place, and make every effort to prepare for the men's and women's national football teams. In front of the opportunity, the Executive Committee of the Association is obliged to promote the development of Chinese soccer through practical actions, so that the public can see the progress and hope every year, and continue to meet the public's expectations for the good of Chinese soccer, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party with excellent results.
Although the meeting on April 1 was about the new season at all levels of the league, the content of the two-day meeting is necessarily related. It is reported that after a short speech by Huang Shenghua, head of the preparatory team of the operational league, President Chen Xuyuan put forward expectations and requirements for the new season work of salons at all levels.
As stated in the FA Executive Committee meeting the day before, the preparation of the men's national team for the Qatar World Preliminary 40 has become the top priority of the national team's work in the first half of this year. Chen Xuyuan re-emphasized the importance of this matter at the meeting. He made it clear that the national team and the salon share the same honor and disgrace. Since we are all in the same boat, then the salon (especially the delivery of national players in the Chinese super salon) should protect the national team players. Chen Xuyuan said in an analogy, "This boat is moving forward, encountering wind and waves, we need to work together. If this boat runs aground, no one will be spared."
Chen Xuyuan especially reminded all levels of salons that this year is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party, Chinese soccer must be a long face to add color, the demand for the new season at all levels of the league in an orderly, healthy and wonderful. Therefore, he specifically asked the salons after the meeting of their respective teams and salons to carry out ideological mobilization, and strictly abide by the discipline of the league, to maintain the league environment, to submit a written commitment. Chen Xuyuan also mentioned the management of salon staff, hoping that each salon can manage the salon staff including the head coach, and jointly create a healthy league atmosphere.
Last month, Chen Xuyuan in the CCTV "News 1 +1" program host Bai Yansong interview, had intentionally mentioned the refereeing problem that has plagued the domestic professional league for many years. He even said frankly, the domestic professional league referee circle exists "mountain head" phenomenon. And in the speech on the afternoon of the 1st, Chen Xuyuan once again mentioned the "domestic football refereeing circles, gangs, small circles, love" existence. He did not avoid the issue of referees, in fact, is also expected to the CFA, the work of the League preparatory group can work together with salons to improve the new season of professional league refereeing work.
