Just now, according to the latest news from the "Football" reporter, the start time of the new season of the Chinese Super League is roughly determined, that is, April 23, 2022! That is to say, there are still a little more than three months to go before today.
The time to start is generally certain, but the time left for clubs, players and even the national football team will be very tight. After all, the schedule is closely linked, one link and one link.
Impact on the club
If the tournament starts as scheduled at this time, the first problem for clubs is that in mid-to-late March, the focus will be on and the admission materials must be submitted. In the current Chinese football environment, this access material is not so easy, if you want to submit smoothly, you must first meet a condition, that is, whether the stock reform is completed, and whether the salary is liquidated.
At present, although the clubs are almost completed in name, friends familiar with Chinese football know that this is only a superficial phenomenon, but in fact, there are many problems behind it. Who should bear the salary, how to distribute the club's benefits, how to bear the risk, coupled with the Football Association's strict control of the neutral name, many investors have been discouraged and seek to exit.
For example, chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, the team's difficult relegation success, and the stock reform has been largely completed, but there are still problems behind it. According to the agreement between the two sides, The current generation is responsible for the legacy of the team before May, and the new investor needs to solve various matters such as salary after May, but the new investor has never fulfilled the contract, resulting in the team's low will and almost relegation.
Such a phenomenon is not in the minority in the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division. I don't know what method these teams will use to submit access materials by the end of March. In other words, in the past two months, the teams with problems have been able to successfully persuade players and investors to sign. We don't want a few more teams to opt out by then.
Coincides with the AFC Champions League schedule
In fact, many fans and media have guessed this before.
According to the previous AFC news, the AFC Champions League in the new season continues to adopt the tournament system, although there are still some matters that have not been finalized, but the schedule has been set. The East Asia group stage starts from April 15 to May 1, and Changchun Yatai, who qualifies for the tournament, will start earlier, which coincides with the start date of the Chinese Super League.
This allowed Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Haigang, Guangzhou and Changchun Yatai to make a choice. Whether to focus on domestic competitions or send the main force to participate in the AFC Champions League, and strive to win glory for Chinese football.
According to the speculation of the media, BIG4 is still dominated by domestic leagues, and the reason is not difficult to understand. First of all, even if these four teams send their main players to compete, it is difficult to get eye-catching results. After all, the strength of the team is there, the Strength of Japan and South Korea, coupled with the West Asian giants, the best result of the 4 teams in the Chinese Super League may be the top 8. A result of the quarterfinals has no substantial effect, not to mention the loss of domestic league results.
In addition, the uncertainty of the epidemic situation, which no one can guarantee. A very clear example in front of everyone is that last year Beijing Guoan sent a youth team to compete, and the final journey back to China was extremely bumpy, which is definitely something that no one wants to see.
Therefore, the timing of the AFC Champions League and the domestic league coincides, and it is necessary for the Chinese Super League BIG4 to make a choice.
The journey of national football is destined to make international footballers more tired
In the round of 12 of the World Preliminary Round of the national football team, there are still 4 games left. All four games will be over by the end of March. Specifically, on January 27 and February 1, they played consecutive away games against Japan and Vietnam, followed by 24 and 29 March against the powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Oman.
Although the probability of the national football team qualifying is almost close to 0, Li Xiaopeng, as the new manager of the national football team, will do his best to play every game. Cherishing the experience of the national competition and pointing out the way forward for the future is also one of the key requirements of the competition.
We put aside these results requirements and have to take a deep breath just by looking at the travels of international footballers. Although we have a home stadium setting in the next few games, based on previous experience, it is almost impossible to return to you to play. Our home stadium will still be overseas, so it is inevitable that the boat will be tired.
Physically and psychologically, it is tested layer by layer, because the last group game is at the end of March, after the end of this game, the national football team will return directly to China if there are no special circumstances. After returning, we will have to accept a quarantine period of at least half a month, so that it will be mid-April. Continuous running, coupled with the lack of systematic training with the team during the winter break, what will be the status of the international?
Write at the end
The start of the tournament at the end of April, in terms of timing, there is nothing wrong with it. But the tests and pressures left on the team and players are indeed not small. In addition, for the club's player management, it is also a big problem, such as the ideological work of foreign aid, because the last season has just ended, almost all the foreign aid of each team has returned to China, and it will not be long before they will rush back and rush to participate in the training and preparation with the team, I don't know if their psychology will have waves.
Finally, we also want to make a suggestion to the Chinese Football Association: learn from last year's lessons, try not to make the league fragmented, for the sake of the indisputable national football team, the league schedule has been reduced again and again, the interval in the middle of the season has been as long as several months, and the intensive schedule of the last three days is also an international miracle.
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