After only five rounds of matches in this season's Chinese Super League, the competition was suspended due to the national soccer team's participation in the Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifying Round 40. However, in a surprise move, the national football team's Suzhou home game was canceled and the remaining three matches were forced to be moved to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The change triggered a series of chain reactions that could lead to a hasty end to the season in the Chinese Super League, or even extreme scenarios such as revocation of relegation. At present, the preparatory group of the CFA working league has not yet given a clear statement on the league's subsequent arrangements, because although the plan has been repeatedly discussed, and even formulated more than one option, but ultimately need to be determined according to the national football match specifically.
It is widely speculated that the second nine rounds of the first phase of the Chinese Super League will begin in late July. This point in time is based on the national football team in the early hours of Beijing time on the 16th of this month to play the last group game with the Syrian team, the whole team chartered a plane to return to the country, to complete the "14 + 7" of 21 days of medical isolation observation, and return to their respective teams to adjust the decision in mid-July. Even if the national football team successfully entered the World Cup Asian qualifying round of 12, the nine rounds of play, when to complete, is still a thorny issue.
In the original plan, the second half of the first phase of the Chinese Super League will be nine rounds of matches, starting from June 21 to August 5, lasting about one and a half months. On the one hand, on the premise of the national football team to enter the Top 12, given that the opening of the first round of the group stage of the Top 12 is September 2, this time point does not affect the national football team to leave about three weeks of preparation time; on the other hand, both the original plan of 30 rounds of the league, or the recent outside world is generally recognized by the league route to reduce the number of matches, including the first phase of the first phase of the Super League in the first four groups of the first group to compete for the championship, the last four relegation, and even the more extreme route reduction scenarios, completing the first phase of the game to provide a basis for the subsequent organization is the most basic. But how to complete the nine rounds of matches now?
The AFC has determined that the group draw for the 12-team tournament will take place on the 24th of this month, and the 12 teams will be divided into two groups, with the top two of the two groups qualifying directly for the Qatar World Cup, and the third playing again, with the winners qualifying for the play-offs, and the teams from the other continents involved in the play-offs competing for a place in the tournament. According to FIFA's calendar, the six 12-team matches played in Asia this year will take place on September 2, 7, October 7, 12, November 11 and 16, with the remaining matches to be completed by the end of March the following year. And the plan of the 12 strong match is home and away system, once so, taking into account the preparation time of the national football and the process of entry and exit of the epidemic prevention needs, then, unless the CFA work league preparatory group and a few "national football big" clubs to reach a full agreement, so that the league and the preparation of the national football and the competition is completely "! Dual-track", that is, the international players are completely absent from the back of the league, otherwise, to think of the Chinese Super League, the national football two integrated interspersed, from the time calculation, even if the first phase of the nine rounds of matches after the further split, but also very difficult, especially when it comes to emergencies, the corresponding plan will be even more difficult to formulate.
Another problem is that once the league is excessively reduced, it will involve a series of clubs' rights and interests and sponsors' rights and interests that cannot be realized. Although the special "big year of soccer", special national football journey, special epidemic impact, as well as the possible emergence of "irresistible factors", I believe that all parties can maximize the understanding and support, but for the integrity of the Super League itself and the seriousness of the league, still need to be integrated and adhere to the possible scope. But for the integrity and seriousness of the Chinese Super League itself, it still needs to be coordinated and adhered to as far as possible.
Can the Chinese Super League (CSL) Group A Guangzhou Region do a good job of epidemic prevention and control in a short period of time, and continue to bear the heavy responsibility of the CSL Region? The Chinese Super League how in the national football once as the country expects, into the Qatar World Cup Asian qualifying round of 12 after, including fans, including all aspects can accept the way, both to complete the back of the game, but also to the national football fully give way? Perhaps, standing in the perspective of the Chinese Super League, regardless of the CFA working alliance preparatory group next announced how the league follow-up plan, many people outside will feel unexpected "shock", it is based on this, everyone from now on to do a good job of psychological construction is also good. After all, the national football team out of the line, Chinese soccer can go farther, is the wish of all people, but also to support the development of Chinese soccer is necessary. In case the national football team in the 40 strong match in what failure, but the Super League can have no fear of composure organization, but the kind of disheartened, tasteless, I am afraid that all people do not want to face.
