Recently, the reporter learned from internal sources that the Chinese Super League is facing unprecedented challenges this season. The CFA and CFL preparatory teams are doing their best to try to keep the impact to a minimum.

The current round of the epidemic first led to plans for a full-scale resumption of home and away matches in the Chinese Super League being forced to be shelved, with only the tournament system being used in the initial phase. However, as time passed, several cities that were originally enthusiastic about hosting the tournament began to experience mood swings. With the hosting of the tournament still undecided, the start date of the Chinese Super League has become unattainable, and the CFA and the CFL preparatory team are under tremendous pressure. It is reported that in order to promote the resumption of this season's Chinese Super League as soon as possible, the relevant person in charge of maintaining close contact with a number of cities with good conditions for hosting the tournament, and even communicate directly with the local government to seek support.

This season's Chinese Super League was originally scheduled to start in late April, but now there is no hope. Whether it can be restarted in early or mid-May will depend on whether the conditions are ripe. If the mid- or late-May start, taking into account the time before the World Cup, the entire season will take about six months, 34 rounds of matches on average 5 to 6 rounds per month, the schedule is quite intensive, and there can not be a long break in the middle.

How to complete the 34 rounds will be a tricky question if the start time is later. Increasing the number of double-headers in a week, compressing the schedule and playing across the year are three possible solutions. However, sustaining a week of double-headers poses a challenge to the clubs and players' ability to cope. If the conference system is adopted or a full 34 rounds of matches are not played, the rights revenue and sponsorship fees of the Chinese Super League will be seriously affected, as was the case in the 2021 season, where the CFA, the preparatory team of the CFL, the clubs, and even the rights holders and sponsors suffered losses.

Yesterday, Hebei club announced that the first team will gather on the 15th of this month to prepare for the war, so far, 18 teams in the Chinese Super League have announced the preparation plan. However, a Shanghai reporter broke out how the Super League Shanghai duo traveled from Shanghai to the tournament area to participate in this season's Super League has also become a major problem. The reporter said, such a large-scale team travel, due to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, need to be approved by the Shanghai Municipality and the local authorities where the game can be traveled. Regardless of whether the tournament system or the future may resume the home and away system, the uncertainty of the teams traveling always exists.

There is no guarantee that there won't be new troubles before the last game of the season is over. With all the factors stacked up, expectations for the Super League's recovery should be tempered.

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