Due to the impact of the epidemic, the two national teams competing in West Asia, the Chinese men's national football team and the Chinese U23 national team, had to postpone the flight back to China, which will inevitably lead to the postponement of the Chinese Super League, which was scheduled to start on April 23. In addition to the postponement, the way and where the new season of the Chinese Super League will be carried out has not yet been decided.
In the final match of the Asian qualifiers for the Qatar World Cup, the Chinese men's national football team lost 0-2 to Oman and was once again pushed to the cusp of the storm. Especially after head coach Li Xiaopeng raised the topic of the team's "lack of strength" for the second time, both people in the football circle and the outside world have questioned this, if they still hold such a simple cognition, it is really better to hire a foreign teacher to lead the team, maybe the result will be better than the local coach coaching performance. In addition, in the Dubai Cup, China's U23 national team once again lost to the Uae team, exposing more and more problems, which also made the outside world worry about the prospects of this team to hold the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Far more worrying than the prospects of the two teams, the two teams' scheduled flights back to China had to be postponed due to a change in landing location. According to the latest news, the two teams are expected to land in Hainan on a charter flight on April 3, and then quarantine there. If calculated according to this point in time, then the earliest time point for the two teams to return to their respective clubs after the implementation of the "14+7" quarantine policy will not be until around April 25. After the lack of players from the national football team and the U23 team, the Chinese Super League will most likely not start on April 23. This also means that the new season of the Chinese Super League is expected to be postponed after the "May 1" holiday.
In addition to the difficulty of determining the start time, how will the new season of the Chinese Super League start? Is it a tournament system or a home-and-away resumption? At present, the conference system is the most likely, and the implementation plan will be the first stage to refer to the model of last year's China League A, that is, 18 teams are divided into three groups, and the double round of the group is played in three divisions for a total of ten rounds.
At this point, the question arises again, which three divisions are the divisions that host the tournament system? At present, there are many revelations that Wuhan and Chengdu have become two divisions, and the last division is to be determined. Judging from the latest and most reliable sources, Wuhan and Chengdu were only listed as candidates by the Chinese Football Association and did not take the initiative to undertake the event.
Under such circumstances, where will the Chinese Super League go in the new season? At present, there are still many questions to be given clear answers by the Chinese Football Association. We also hope that when Chinese football is in a trough, the Chinese Football Association can shoulder more responsibilities.
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