According to the schedule announced at the July 5 Shanghai League Workshop, the 2021 season
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The league was scheduled to restart on July 15 and conclude the remaining nine rounds of the first phase on August 12 (including two matches in the fifth round). However, as of noon on July 12, the CFA and the CFL (Professional League) Preparatory Group had not yet determined a plan for organizing the venue for the Suzhou tournament.
It is reported that since the summer, the Suzhou Region has continued to have a lot of rain. At the beginning of the month, Suzhou Olympic Sports Center also hosted Wang Feng's solo concert, which led to a certain degree of damage to the venue's turf, and thus the Suzhou Region initiated venue protection work. In this context, including Changzhou, Rugao and other venues to become the
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Candidates for alternate venues for the league. Given that the Suzhou and Guangzhou tournaments will be held with unprecedented intensity
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The tournament will be a tough test for the regions and their playing and training grounds. If the venues are overburdened, the risk of accidental injuries to players will increase, which will undoubtedly be a huge loss for clubs and the Chinese national team that will participate in the 12-team tournament.
Last week, shortly after the Shanghai meeting, rumors circulated on the Internet that Rugao, Jiangsu Province, might become a
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The news of the alternate venue for the league's Suzhou tournament. Although the news has not been confirmed by official channels, but it is not empty. The CFA and CFL preparatory team have recently learned from the Suzhou district and related departments that the original plan to host the district
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The Suzhou Sports Center Stadium and Suzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, which are tasked with the match, may not be able to host this stage of the event due to site protection works.
Since the summer, Suzhou has been experiencing high temperatures and rain, which has adversely affected the protection of the venues in the region. on the evening of July 3, the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center also hosted a solo concert by singer Wang Feng, and during the concert, there was also rain in the area. A source from the Suzhou region revealed that shortly after the concert, the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center turned over the infield turf in preparation for comprehensive protection. As similar projects need to consume a certain period of time, and the district is scheduled to receive from July 16 onwards
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match, so there is a big question mark over whether this course will be able to host the tournament as scheduled.
Also facing venue protection is the Suzhou Sports Center Stadium. Due to the Suzhou Olympic Stadium previously reserved for the National Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the national men's football 40 strong match home standby venue, so the first five rounds of this season's venues are concentrated in the Suzhou Sports Center, Kunshan Sports Center, Jiangyin Sports Center, three venues, of which the "Suzhou Sports" use rate is quite high, resulting in the formation of the venue damage is also more prominent. The damage to the venues was also more prominent. Under this circumstance, the district had intentionally given up organizing the hosting of the event at this venue.
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Remaining matches in the first phase.
For this reason, the CFA, the CFF preparatory group had to look for other geographically suitable, convenient transportation conditions in Suzhou and its surrounding cities candidate sites. The news that Rugao and Changzhou venues had entered the candidate range thus spread.
Except for force majeure factors such as weather conditions, distress
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There are other practical issues with the venue selection process for the Suzhou tournament. For example, this season
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The league's various stages of the schedule is more intensive than last season, objectively higher requirements for the protection and maintenance of the site, the district to do a good job of site protection, in addition to attacking the technical problems, but also need to be sufficient funds.
In addition, the games, especially those open to fans, require huge investment, including economic investment, in epidemic prevention, security and game management. Take the Guangzhou venue as an example, this season the tournament organizer in accordance with the standard "50,000 yuan, 3,000 yuan" to pay a single game to the district, the use of the training ground subsidy costs. And whether these costs to meet the needs of the districts to do the above work? This account of the districts to calculate clearly.
It has to be said that in order to ensure that the season
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The smooth running of the league, the Chinese Football Association, the preparatory group of the Chinese Football League, the various regions and their relevant departments have shown great sincerity, but also to give real support to run the tournament, and even make huge "concessions". However, because the issue of venues has a bearing on the health and safety of players, all parties tend to be cautious in making decisions.
It is reported that the CFF preparatory group will launch a final solution on this issue later on July 12 at the earliest. From the current situation, it is unlikely that the Rugao venue will be selected. If the coordination between all parties goes well, then the established venues in Suzhou are still expected to continue hosting this stage of the tournament. If a venue is not available, then it is possible that the Changzhou venue will be selected.
It should be noted that no matter which stadium is organized as the venue for the Suzhou tournament, each venue will host one round of the tournament every two days, and each tournament will host all four matches of the same group and the same round on the same match day. In this case, it is not only the venues that will be tested, but also the players' bodies. Last season, a number of players, including Shenhua's Kim Shin-wook and Guoan's Park Sung, played in a number of matches.
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Players have then been in the
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Formed a serious injury on the field and then missed a significant number of games. It is difficult to conclude whether the immediate cause of his injury was poor field conditions, but last season
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It is an indisputable fact that some of the venues have been affected by the intensive schedule. As China's absolute dependence on the Qatar World Cup, the various
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Club internationals need to be given the necessary protection in the league, and an important prerequisite for their protection is to ensure excellent ground conditions.
