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According to South Korea’s GOAL.COM reporter Kang Dongxun, the Chinese Super League has actually abandoned the AFC Champions League. After the Shanghai Haigang and Changchun Yatai teams withdrew from the competition, the other two teams, Shandong and Guangzhou, also decided to send youth teams to participate. Not only is the Chinese Super League losing ground on the Asian stage, it is on a never-ending path of decline.
In recent years, the operation of the Chinese Super League has begun to decline sharply. Due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the parent companies of many teams have encountered an economic crisis. Eventually, some clubs began to go into dissolution proceedings. Guangzhou FC, Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Haigang, who participated in the AFC Champions League last season, chose a dual strategy. Since the schedule overlaps with the Chinese Super League, it is more difficult to participate in the AFC Champions League, so the three teams sent the second team to play without a head coach.
The result of this attitude was disastrous: Shanghai Haigang lost to Kaya FC in the play-offs, and Guangzhou and Beijing Guoan, who participated in the main game, were eliminated at the bottom of the group stage. In the end, the Chinese Super League suffered a sharp decline in the ranking of Asian competitions announced by the AFC Technical Committee recently, dropping from the first place to the tenth place.
This year’s AFC Champions League, the Chinese Super League is still in a state of abandonment, because the club is still unable to get out of the financial crisis and the impact of the new crown epidemic, and it is difficult to restore the plummeting ranking again. The more difficult the situation, the Chinese Super League must find a more competitive solution. .
In this regard, the AFC publicly stated that Chinese football and the Chinese Super League lacked respect for the AFC Champions League. While it does not appear that any disciplinary action will be taken for this, the number of participating teams in the Chinese Super League may be reduced in the future as the rankings of the Asian competitions of the Chinese Super League fall further. (Editor Liu Shuitu)Return to Sohu, see more
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