Recently, the news of three Australian teams announcing their withdrawal from the AFC Champions League came out, and the Guangdong media broke the news that Guangzhou Evergrande and Beijing Guoan seem to be interested in following suit. This year's AFC Champions League seems to have become a tasteless, discarded chicken ribs, the reason for this, under the epidemic players in the empty field environment to play football, the passion is all gone, coupled with the shrinkage of sponsors, the AFC revenue has plummeted, resulting in a reduction in the dividends to the clubs, which is one of the key factors.
Thinking back to the last World Qualifier, when the Macau team held a press conference due to the cancellation of the competition for rival Yemen, the players frankly expressed their willingness to participate even though Yemen was facing an armed conflict, because it represented their dream. I think Guangzhou Evergrande and Beijing Guoan should listen to their players' voices when they consider withdrawing from the AFC Champions League. Perhaps the replacements who have not had many chances to play or who are about to leave the team, deep down in their hearts, may still desire to sweat on the stage of the AFC Champions League.
If not for the epidemic, some of the players of Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou Evergrande might not even be able to touch the stage of the Asian Championship. Now, the opportunity is coming, if the players have a desire, the club should weigh. Under the premise of ensuring the health of the players, the two sides should clearly agree: no bonus subsidies, AFC dividends to the club, the opposing players failed the test, the club has the right to give up the game. As long as the agreement is reached, the club should respect the player's choice.
In the face of adversity, the only thing to do is to move forward. Nowadays, many fans are quick to ask for withdrawal, but ignored the feelings of the players. Admittedly, our players in the individual ability and Japan, South Korea, Iranian players still have a gap, but would rather be broken, not for the whole. We would rather lose on the field, but also do not want to be intimidated by the opponent, and even more so because of fear and direct surrender. In the face of challenges, withdrawal is not a choice, know the difficulties and advance is the true hero's temperament.
