July 6, Beijing time, as expected, the second phase of the
China Super League (soccer league)
The league had to give way to the East Asian Cup tournament and decided to postpone the restart until early August, in which case the layout of the Chinese Super League's fixtures will go through some adjustments again. If the Chinese Super League is suspended during the World Cup break, the end of the season could be delayed until early next year.
The first phase of the Chinese Super League was originally scheduled to end on July 12 and the second phase was scheduled to resume on July 21, according to Guangzhou Daily. And the East Asian Cup will be held in Japan from July 19 to 27, when the CFA will send
The national team will participate in the tournament and the Chinese Super League will continue as usual. However, in view of the fact that the East Asian Cup is included in the FIFA points system, the CFA has decided to recruit several over-age players from the Chinese Super League teams to form a mixed national team in order to achieve good results in the East Asian Cup and improve the international rankings. In order to ensure the fairness of the league, the CFA finally decided to postpone the second phase of the Chinese Super League to early August.
If the second phase of the Chinese Super League starts as originally planned, then the clubs affected by the draw of over-age international players will be subject to tremendous impact and pressure. In order to maintain fair competition in the league, the Football Association decided to postpone the second phase of the Super League to early August. This move on the one hand, so that the international players to participate in the East Asian Cup have the opportunity to return to their respective clubs; on the other hand, but also for the Super League teams to win time for the recovery of injured players.
The end of the season could also be pushed back to December from the scheduled early November once the second phase of the Super League is indeed postponed to early August. If the Super League is suspended during the World Cup in Qatar, the end of the season could even be delayed until early next year.
