Original title: The future AFC Champions League seats of the Chinese Super League may be affected once more, and they will withdraw from the competition for two consecutive years + the youth team will participate
Shandong Taishan Youth Army lost to Daegu FC 0-7. Figure/IC photo
Beijing News (Reporter Zhou Xiao) On the evening of April 15th, Beijing time, the 2022 AFC East Asia region will start the first round of the group stage. The two Chinese Super League teams that sent youth troops to participate in the competition both lost by big scores. Shandong Taishan lost 0-7 to South Korea’s Daegu FC, and Guangzhou lost 0-5 to Thailand’s Johor DT.
According to the results of last season, the Chinese Super League should have 4 teams appearing in the AFC Champions League. Among them, Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Haigang, and Guangzhou teams directly participated in the AFC Champions League. Changchun Yatai needs to start from the play-offs. Affected by factors such as the epidemic, Changchun Yatai announced its withdrawal from the AFC Champions League play-offs on March 1, and Shanghai Haigang withdrew from the AFC Champions League on April 11. After the withdrawal of Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Haigang, there are still only two Chinese Super League teams participating in the AFC Champions League this season. Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou teams represented the Chinese Super League in the AFC Champions League last season. Since the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory group had previously planned the start of the new season of the Chinese Super League on April 23, which conflicted with the AFC Champions League group stage schedule, Shandong Taishan and Guangzhou teams still sent youth troops to Thailand (the venue for Group F) Compete with Malaysia (Group I competition site).
In the first round of the first round of Group F, the Shandong Taishan Youth Army, whose average age was less than 20 years old, lost 0-7 to Daegu FC, which was the main force. The Guoan Youth Army lost to Kawasaki Frontale 0-7 last season). The head coach Yu Yuanwei, who led the team to the expedition, admitted following the game: “Our young team competes with a strong and experienced adult team like our opponent. Challenges and gaps are all-round.” The most important thing for the team following the game is His job is to do psychological construction for the players and try their best to play well in the second round.
The process and results of the Guangzhou team in the first round of Group I were also unsatisfactory. Only 10 minutes into the opening, Johor DT broke the deadlock. Goalkeeper He Lipan made a low-level error in the 13th minute to make the score 0-2. In the 70th minute, central defender Guan Haojin fell to the ground and kicked the opponent’s head, and was sent off by the referee with a red card. After the whole game, the Guangzhou team lost 0-5.
After the team has withdrawn from the competition for two consecutive years and sent youths to participate in the competition, the future AFC Champions League seats of the Chinese Super League team may be affected once more. Due to the serious decline in the technical points ranking of the Chinese Super League in the affiliated member associations of the AFC, the AFC Champions League quota for the Chinese Super League in the 2023 season has been reduced from “3+1” to “2+2”.Return to Sohu, see more
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