July 13, Beijing time zone, this season's Chinese Super League will be rekindled this week. The route adjustment is a severe test for every Chinese Super League team. Influenced by a variety of factors, many teams are facing the problem of uneven number of foreign aid, which is a big challenge to fight for the title and relegation, and may even directly change the competitive pattern of the whole league. It can be said that this season's Chinese Super League is full of uncertainty while making way for the national soccer team to prepare for the Top 12.
In order to prioritize the national football team's preparation for the Top 12, the remaining nine rounds of the first phase of this season's Chinese Super League will be concentrated in one month. According to the official schedule released by the Chinese Super League, each round of eight matches will be completed in two days, with one day's rest between each round. This means that each team will only have two days of rest to prepare for the next match after playing a league match, which puts a very high demand on the team's physical reserves. Moreover, it was the third day of the year, and although most of the matches were played at night, the intensive schedule and the hot and humid weather in the south greatly increased the difficulty of the matches, especially for the players from the north. This not only puts a higher demand on the physical condition of the teams, but also tests the depth of their benches, as rotating lineups is inevitable with the density of one game in three days. Among them, Guangzhou and Beijing Guoan will be the first to play this week, they need to first complete the bye game postponed due to give way to the national football team to prepare for the Top 40, and then two days later they will face Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger respectively.
The Chinese Super League will also restart in three months after the national soccer team finishes its campaign in the 12-team tournament. Although the specific schedule has not yet been announced, it has been confirmed that the second phase of each team will only play eight league games, and not as envisioned before the season to play a full year of 30 rounds of league games, which inadvertently increased the chance of the title and relegation battle. It's worth noting that while the second stage of the competition isn't exactly the same as the previous year, just like last season, some teams won't be playing each other all year in this season's Super League. And compared to the eight rounds that will also be played in a month's time, the biggest problem with the second phase actually comes from the first-ever inter-annual organization, with the final round of the tournament to be played in early January 2022, which is the beginning of the year. The contracts of some of the internal and external reinforcements are not due to expire until the end of this year, and these players will inevitably affect the strength of the team if they do not complete their contract extensions. Assuming that by then there has been no desire is fine, but if you need to be in the final round of the duel, then the impact will be more significant. In addition, it also involves originally some teams in the summer window to introduce foreign aid is ready to sign a short-term contract, in which the contract deadline should also be adjusted accordingly.
Due to the double impact of the adjustment of the Chinese Super League and the epidemic prevention and control, the Chinese Super League is likely to usher in one of the coldest summer windows in history, which is mainly reflected in the foreign aid level. Unsurprisingly, there will be far more returning foreigners than new ones joining in this summer transfer period, both from clubs looking pragmatically at the current situation and from foreign players reassessing the feasibility of joining the Chinese Super League. Few Chinese Super League teams will be able to secure a full complement of foreign aiders, and many will be faced with the reality of having only a handful of foreign aiders available. Under the premise that the Chinese Super League still relies on foreign aid, the lack of foreign aid will directly affect the competition pattern of the entire league. Of course, our domestic players will have to take on more responsibility, especially those international players who should theoretically be stronger. However, these players will have to train with the national soccer team for a long time, and will not prepare for the game at their respective clubs.
Now, the most serious impact of the foreign aid problem may be Beijing Guoan, Augusto and Fernando two Brazilian foreign aid from the end of last season to return to the team from the date of counting has never seen the trace, not surprisingly, they and Beijing Guoan's destiny has come to an end. Kim Min Ja has been caught up in transfer rumors, and the player's personal desire to land in the Europa League is also relatively strong. Bakambu, although he will return to the team, is also considered a transfer favorite and could return at any time during the summer window. Bieira is not a problem for the time being, but after all, he was injured before, the next league is bound to miss part of the game, which makes Beijing Guoan can really rest assured that the only remaining direct from Changchun Yatai Sosa, and he is precisely for Beijing Guoan is dispensable characters, for this reason, for the aspirations of the title of the Beijing Guoan is facing difficulties is quite obvious.
It's no coincidence that Shanghai Seaport's situation is also not optimistic, Arnautovic has been rumored to return to Europe since the start of the Europa League, and the player's personal attitude is even more resolute. Although it seems that Shanghai Seaport doesn't want to be a bad influence, it's an indisputable fact that Arnautovic hasn't returned to the team. In addition, Muy due to the change of relatives at home also delayed the return of the moment, after all, when can enter the country plus to account for the isolation of the moment, when you can play in the Super League is also an unknown, not to mention that this summer window on the Muy have a love of the European clubs are also not a few, the Shanghai seaport can keep people are also not known. In addition to the Guangzhou team has long been with Paulinho and Talisman release, in the case of not perhaps the introduction of new foreign aid, Cannavaro can only take the so-called full Chinese class to play the rest of the season league.
At the other end of the league, teams fighting for relegation are also facing changes in foreign aid. In addition to the Wuhan team introduced a new foreign aid Andre Lopez, the other teams are still in the situation of the military. Though the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger once rumors about the introduction of new foreign aid news, but to date even the shadow of people have not seen, not to mention the specific candidates are still foggy, even if after all finalized when you can enter the country is also temporarily inconclusive, and perhaps even if you need to come to China at least two weeks of isolation to observe the moment, and the first phase of the remaining nine rounds of the league will be kicked off within a month, they can catch up with a few rounds of the! We think about all know, for this from the domestic search for foreign aid is not a new idea, otherwise the whole first stage will not have new foreign aid will be the probability of events. On the Henan Songshan Longmen side, although they welcomed back Karanga, but Ivo's return is still a tricky problem, there is no this midfield core about Henan Songshan Longmen is obviously a world of difference.
After the first phase of the competition, the Chinese Super League will usher in a three-month break for the simple reason that it will make way for the national soccer team to prepare for the 12-team tournament. There is no doubt that this season, the Chinese Super League was changed into this way is to bet on the national football team can enter the World Cup in Qatar, so early for the national football team to set aside a surplus of preparation time is not surprising, and even before the speculation of the direct cancellation of the season's extreme situation if the final occurrence is also not what is unacceptable things. But after all, this move can bring much help to the national team to fight for the 12 strong tournament is not yet easy to say, but about the Super League clubs, especially those who are not the situation of the international players and the impact of foreign aid is clear. A long time can not have a formal game to ensure that the teams can only through the warm-up matches to self-adjustment, which will also be based on the epidemic prevention and control situation to organize. If the players' physical condition, athletic condition and psychological condition cannot be adjusted, then I am afraid that the restart of the league in three months will still affect their performance in the second phase of the competition.
Of course, there are still FA Cup matches organized during this period, but I'm afraid this tournament has become more and more of a chicken rib for the Chinese Super League teams. First of all, by the current epidemic prevention and control impact, the Asian Champions League for the Chinese Super League teams has become meaningless, and even almost can be described as a burden, so the attraction of the AFC Cup championship itself has become minimal. Secondly, the Super League is still the foundation of each team, especially for the championship and relegation has a clear goal for the team, the enthusiasm for the AFC Cup itself is extremely limited. Although we do not rule out the possibility of using it to let the main players find their form, but after all, we need to take into account as much as possible to avoid the possibility of injury, in this situation will let the main players play how long or with what degree of dedication to play is a question mark, so the probability is likely to be the first to be used for the bench players and young players training use.
It is worth mentioning that there are still some Chinese Super League teams that are facing difficulties in terms of survival. In fact, there have been rumors about the possibility of certain teams quitting since before the start of the season, and now there are even more negative reports such as unpaid wages and so on. Even if some teams can overcome the difficulties and continue to play in the Chinese Super League, the impact on the mentality of the players in the teams concerned will be huge. Of course, this aspect of the problem in the middle and lower reaches of the body of the team, for the group of title contenders will not have a substantial impact, but for the relegation army undoubtedly has the potential to affect the whole body, and even said that if the team really can not survive the end of the season, then there are still teams relegated from the Premier League as well as how to carry out the original promotion and relegation playoffs may have to be a different story. All in all, what can be confirmed and what can't be confirmed are all adding to the unpredictability of this season's Chinese Super League, and are destined to make this season's Chinese Super League full of unknown variables. (Bao Wenlong)
