A passionate new season is coming up tomorrow
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The league is about to light up. In just under a month, from July 18 to August 12, each team will face the challenge of nine tournaments, one in three days, a density of games that is unprecedented.
According to the established rules, after the 14 rounds of the first stage, the top four teams from Gusu will join hands with the top four teams from Guangzhou to advance to the Championship Group, and the teams that have not played each other will have an eight-game back-and-forth showdown, with the ranking of the whole season being determined by the total number of points scored in the 22 rounds. In the end, the top 1 to 8 teams in the championship bracket will become the finalists of the season.
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of the top teams; while the relegation group of 1 to 8 are ranked from 9th to 16th. Therefore, this next stage of the competition is crucial for every team and will largely influence the final standings of the season.
"The intensive schedule is breathtaking."
Due to the fact that the months of September through November are to be used for
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Preparation for the World Preliminary 12 to make room, and also need to reserve more than half a month of preparation for the national team, this season
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Not only has the league been reduced from the initial 30 rounds to 22, but the schedule has also been drastically compressed, with teams playing a game every three days.
Although there have been cases of three-day matches in conference tournaments, it is rare in international soccer to have such a long stretch of fixtures in a row. Moreover, the matches will be played in the hot months of July and August. At this time, the temperature in Gusu and Guangzhou often exceeds 35 degrees Celsius, which is extremely hot.
Many players have expressed concern: "Three days a game, recovery is difficult, and now or in this heat, the consumption is even greater. I'm really afraid I'll pass out on the field." After the first five rounds of the game, many players feel uneasy about the hot and humid climate in Guangzhou, "This hot and humid climate in Guangzhou is really torturous, the last stage of the game to the end of the almost can not run, the next stage really do not know how to get through it, I hope not to pass out because of lack of oxygen."
Questioning the controversial 4:30 kickoff
This time, in addition to the Gusu Olympic Sports Center, Kunshan Sports Center and Jiangyin Sports Center, the outer field of Gusu Olympic Sports Center will also take part of the game. This is
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For the first time, the stadium outfield was used as the playing field. Moreover, almost every round of the Gusau tournament had at least one match scheduled for 16:30, an arrangement that was widely questioned. After all, in July and August, Gusu often experiences 35 degrees Celsius heat, which is not suitable for outdoor matches in the afternoon.
The Football Association explained that due to the replacement of the turf in the inner field of the Gusu Olympic Sports Center, the Gusu Sports Center turf has not yet met the requirements of the game, in order to ensure that the four games of each round were played on the same day, the Gusu District had to use the outer field of the Gusu Olympic Sports Center, as well as the Kunshan Sports Center or the Jiangyin Sports Center in some rounds of the need to play two games on the same day. As the lighting system at the Gusu Olympic Sports Center was not up to scratch, matches at that venue had to start at 4:30 p.m.
Although the Football Association has made a lot of efforts to this end, the remaining nine rounds of the first phase of the league, which started in mid to late July, were decided a month earlier, so why did the Association not coordinate the venue issue with the relevant parties in Gusau in advance.
This year, in preparation for the World Preliminary 40, Gusu Olympic Sports Center for a long time to maintain the turf, so the first five rounds of matches did not use this field, but far away hundreds of kilometers away from the Jiangyin Sports Center. And
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Only one game against Guam ended up being played at the Gusau Olympic Sports Center, which didn't hurt the turf.
The reporter noted that the Wang Feng concert was held at the Gusu Olympic Sports Center in early July, and there was a rainstorm in Gusu on that day. Therefore, the Gusu Olympic Sports Center could not be used when the league resumed, most likely caused by this concert. According to the latest schedule, the Gusu Olympic Sports Center will begin to accept
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League, where Shenhua and Harbor will play their second derby of the season.
