After the National Football Team has entered the top 12 matches, how will the remaining games of the Super League this season run properly? To this end, the top management of the Chinese Football Association, the national football coach and management team, and the professional league preparation team have been discussing solutions recently. According to the reporter from Beiqing-Beijing Toutiao, the national football coaching staff has proposed the idea of preparing for the top 12 games in advance, and the Chinese Football Association clearly supports it. Since the first 6 rounds of the top 12 games will be held in September, October and November, unless the international team is absent to participate, the Chinese Super League will not be able to play all 30 rounds even if it runs for the new year. As for whether the Super League can compress the schedule to 22 rounds according to the “Plan B”, it is also quite difficult from the actual situation. Therefore, in the communication process, the idea of “halving the league schedule and only conducting 15 rounds of single-round events” was thrown out.
It is gratifying that the national football team can advance to the top 12 matches, but the Chinese Football Association, the national football team and the Chinese Super League stakeholders have encountered troubles. According to the calendar, the first match of the top 12 national football team will start on September 2 and will end on March 29 next year. Among them, the first 6 rounds of competitions are arranged in September, October and November this year. Since the top 12 matches of the Chinese team are interspersed with the “home and away” rounds, they will be away in the first and fourth rounds to challenge the teams in the second and third gears respectively. Therefore, from a strategic point of view, the six games played this year, especially the two away games, may influence the overall competition of the national football team to a considerable extent. Therefore, the national football coaching staff pays special attention to the quality of preparation during this period. Head coach Li Tie proposed to the Chinese Football Association the idea of starting the next training session ahead of schedule.
It is reported that recently, Chen Xuyuan, the chairman of the Chinese Football Association, who is undergoing quarantine observation in Suzhou with the National Football Team, also listened to the work report of the preparation team of the professional league and the league department of the association on the remaining competition plans of the Chinese Super League this season.
However, due to factors such as the epidemic situation and preparations for the top 12 of the National Football Team, there is no clear statement on how the Super League will operate. According to the thinking of the national football coaching staff, the team plans to advance the new training period to mid-August. That is to say, the team must guarantee at least 2 weeks of training time before the start of the top 12 games. This means that the Super League must be suspended in mid-August.
In accordance with the requirements of the epidemic prevention regulations, after returning to China late at night on June 17, Beijing time, the Chinese team must undergo a collective quarantine for at least 14 days, and then face a 7-day autonomous quarantine. Therefore, they will not be able to quarantine until July 8 at the earliest. Return to the club team. Therefore, the sixth round of the first stage of the Super League will not start until mid-July at the earliest.
According to normal estimates, from mid-July to mid-August, the Super League may have at most six or so rounds of matches. Calculated based on 30 rounds in the whole season, half of the match cannot be completed in this stage. Since the national football team prepares for the top 12 matches in September, October, and November, it is impossible for the national football team to participate in the Super League during this period.
It should be noted that after the 6th round of the top 12 matches ends on November 16, even if the Super League runs in the new year, it will be difficult to play the remaining nearly 2/3 of the schedule. The final four rounds of the top 12 matches will be scheduled on January 27, February 1, March 24, and March 29 next year. The AFC Champions League next season will also start around March next year. Regroup before the 7th round of the strong match, then this season’s Super League will not be until mid-January next year at the latest, or even the first half of the year must be finished. In such a cramped time, it is an impossible task for the Super League to play a full 30 rounds, unless the international team collectively gives up participating in the remaining games of the Super League. From the perspective of the rules of competition, this arrangement is not conducive to the adjustment of the state of the national football team. In addition, the weather and competition area arrangements cannot be avoided.
Compressing the schedule to 22 rounds is another plan proposed by the professional league preparatory group. In other words, after the first stage of the Chinese Super League, the top 4 and bottom 4 teams of the two groups will play the remaining 8 rounds of the second stage. However, once the next training session of the National Football Team starts ahead of schedule, the Super League will have at most 11 rounds before the top 12 matches. From the end of the 6th round of the top 12 matches on November 16th to mid-January next year, there is only less than 2 months to fully play. After the internationals return from the top 12 games, they still need to take a break, so whether the 11 rounds of the Super League can be played during this period, the answer is self-evident.
It is understood that in the face of various intertwined practical and difficult problems, some of the personnel participating in the discussion of the league work have proposed the “Plan C”, that is to say, the 30 rounds of the Chinese Super League will be halved to 15 rounds. , The competition adopts a single round robin system. On the surface, such an arrangement may be more conducive to meeting the needs of fair competition, but a significant reduction in the scale of the event will cause huge damage to the league’s image and brand appeal. It may be difficult for all parties, including league business partners, to accept this. the result of.
It is reported that the 6th round of the Chinese Super League will be held around July 18 at the earliest, and the 5th round of Guangzhou team against Henan Songshan Longmen team, Beijing Guoan team and Hebei will be played before the 6th round. . No matter how the remaining matches of the Super League run, the unprecedented compactness of the schedule can be foreseen.
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