With the opening match of the 2021 AFC Cup on October 13 approaching, the top 32 teams have arrived in their respective regions to start the fierce competition. For example, Henan Songshan Longmen, who are in Group B with Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, are expected to arrive in Meizhou in the afternoon of October to prepare for the match. In view of this year's FA Cup part of the Chinese Super League teams are facing difficulties, the first team is fully focused on the status quo of the league, many fans have speculated that this year's FA Cup will be cold? From the current grouping situation, the possibility of the first round of the game cold still exists, but the likelihood of continuous cold.
AFC Cup First Round Fixtures
In the Group A matches, fans generally believe that the match between Guangzhou and Qingdao Youth Island may be a cold one. Evergrande Group is still in crisis, Guangzhou team has not resumed training so far, and a number of players have been pulled out to participate in the Top 12, the strength of the team has been seriously affected. However, according to media reports, Guangzhou will not give up the AFC Cup and will send a U21 team to compete and strive to complete all the tournaments in 2021.
The crisis between the U21 players and the investor may be the key to the game's blowout. If Guangzhou had only sent U21 players, Qingdao Youth Island from the China B League would have had a chance to win. Under the CFA's salary restriction, many Chinese Super League players have gone to play in China B. The level of the China B league is not to be underestimated. In addition, Qingdao's current situation is also not optimistic, and Kunshan of the Central League is expected to be cold.
In Group B, Meizhou, there is not much chance for the team to get cold. Beijing Guoan has a number of international players were drafted, although the team drafted 10 newcomers to join the first team, but Sichuan Jiuniu is only the middle of the middle of the A team, to blow up more difficult. C group Changchun district first round of the probability of cold is also very low, four games, in addition to the strength of Changchun Yatai and the Zhejiang team's game is relatively close to the strength of the other three strength disparity, difficult to blow up cold. Changchun Yatai and Zhejiang team's game is also difficult to appear cold, Zhejiang team is busy in the super, and Changchun Yatai home game or hope to be able to advance.
A possible cold one in Dalian is the U20 national soccer team eliminating Dalian people. Dalian people this season in the Chinese super performance is not good, U20 is a collection of many domestic outstanding young players, completely have the opportunity to eliminate the Chinese super team. U20 national football team also attaches great importance to this AFC Cup, they have already arrived in the region to prepare for the game during the National Day. In addition, Hebei and Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic also have the potential to blow up. It is reported that the team is only scheduled to arrive at the tournament area on the 11th, as Hebei is still in a difficult situation, and even the travel expenses have not yet been realized due to financial problems. In such a background, the players are involved in the game and are likely to be unmotivated leading to a loss.
