Reporter Cheng Shan reported that although the Chinese Football Association and the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation are going all out to do the final review of the league access materials and the finalization of the competition area, as of the press time of this newspaper, the start time of the Chinese Super League has not yet been determined, and two major problems have plagued the Chinese Super League. .
The first problem is the competition area. Although the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation has been investigating and discussing the competition area early in the morning, with the development and changes of the epidemic situation in various places, many cities that originally intended to host are no longer willing to host them out of epidemic prevention considerations, such as the Yangtze River Delta. Suzhou and Hangzhou were originally intended to host the Chinese League One and Chinese Super League, respectively. The Chinese Football Federation even completed an inspection of them, but eventually withdrew from the hosting due to epidemic prevention considerations.
At present, the Chinese Football Federation is still doing its best for the determination of the competition area. There is still hope for the three alternative cities to be negotiated. However, in addition to the smooth progress of Meizhou, the other two places are still in the final inspection and negotiation. What is worrying is that even if the three divisions are finally determined, they may repeat at any time due to the epidemic. After all, at this stage, the pressure of epidemic prevention in various cities is quite huge. Once a large-scale epidemic occurs in the host city, the league may be abandoned.
The second problem that plagued the opening of the league is the participation of Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Haigang. Because of the current epidemic prevention situation in Shanghai, even if the competition area is determined, the participation of the two teams will be a problem. The first is how they leave Shanghai, which requires government approval, and then how they enter the competition area following completing the 14-day quarantine.
Even if the Chinese Super League is determined, it will depend on the timetable for Haigang and Shenhua to go to Shanghai to determine the final start time. Of course, the Chinese Super League can accept the two teams to start the game first in the short absence of the two teams, but there must be two teams that can play. Shanghai’s specific timetable, because if the two teams’ participation time is delayed indefinitely and there are too many games absent, it will be irreparable later. Moreover, Shanghai Haigang is a favorite team in the championship, and their game arrangements must be careful, involving championship competition. In fact, not only Haigang and Shenhua, but also the competition of Chinese Super League teams are full of uncertainty. Once the epidemic situation changes in the city where they are located, the same situation as the two teams in Shanghai may occur.
At present, the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation has been working hard for the start of the competition. The competition area may have the results next week, but the start time really depends on the schedule of the two teams in Shanghai before the final decision.
