“If the home and away system can really be restored in the new season, I definitely agree with both hands and feet!” On the evening of the 23rd, an active player of the Chinese Super League was asked “How do you think about the return of the home and away system in the 2022 season?” Without hesitation, he said: “If we continue like this (the game system), who will come to watch our games?”
In the two top 12 games before and after the Spring Festival, although the Chinese team lost to Japan and Vietnam in a row, a national football player who has not experienced playing in an environment with fans for a long time also expressed his true feelings: “In addition to resuming home and away games, I also hope that more fans can come to the scene to watch the game. Whether there are fans cheering, and playing the game are two completely different feelings.”
The Qingdao players who were relegated after the end of last season were undoubtedly the most embarrassed – from participating in the Chinese Super League as a newly-promoted horse in 2020, to failing relegation and being relegated to the Chinese League One in 2021, for two full seasons, because of the competition system, this team did not. A team that has played a game at its own home, and has not even made a real appearance in front of Qingdao fans, has returned to the “place where the dream began”. “I have played in the Chinese Super League for two years, and I have never played at home. Who can be reconciled? We are also chatting in private, will there be a team this year like Jiangsu Suning and Tianjin Tianhai last year, who will not play in the Chinese Super League, and then We have the opportunity to replace it and continue to play in the Super League. Although this possibility is very small, there is still a dream. What if it comes true? Anyway, even if we play in the Chinese League this year, I hope to have home and away games. Well, if you lock it up and play the tournament system, you will really go crazy.”
There are also stadiums that have been silent for two seasons who are also looking forward to the “return” of the Chinese Super League. Huzhou Sports Center, which signed a home stadium agreement with Zhejiang Professional Football Club in the 2021 season, can’t wait to send out an invitation to “Welcome to Huzhou to play” to opponents from the Chinese Super League, and has already been integrated with the Shanghai Shenhua team. The Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium has long been ready for Shenhua’s “going home”. “In the past year, the turf of the stadium has been maintained according to the standards of the Chinese Super League. Now, as long as the two goals are installed and the lines on the field are drawn, the game can be played immediately.” On the afternoon of the 24th, the reporter I visited the Hongkou Football Stadium on the spot. Although it has not hosted a Chinese Super League game for two years, the operation team of the stadium has been making preparations: “Last year (2021), it was the Chinese Super League first, and then it was prepared for the top 12 games. , there is no problem with the venue and the stands.” According to a person in the stadium, with the current epidemic prevention requirements and measures, health and safety can still be guaranteed. “For example, at the beginning of the league, it is only open to fans of the home team, or to fans of the away team who live and work in Shanghai, and then control the total number of fans entering the stadium, maintain a safe distance from each other, and demarcate areas in the stands. , it should be possible to form isolation from the stadium.” However, this person also admitted that because football matches involve quite a number of departments and personnel, the feasibility of specific operations must be further demonstrated: “How about security and during the game? Issues such as controlling the flow of people may not be a big problem in normal times, because there is already a lot of experience in this area, but on the premise of ensuring the safety of epidemic prevention, many things must be reconsidered to ensure that everything is safe.”Return to Sohu, see more
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