There is a high probability that the Chinese Super League will be postponed to mid-July and the possibility of compressing and adjusting the schedule is not ruled out. What do you think?

On May 31, the Chinese Football Association determined through official means that the remaining matches of Group A of the Asian Top 40 in Iran's World Cup qualifiers will no longer be held in Suzhou, but will be moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This means that the Chinese national team, which originally competed in the "Shanghai CBA", had to attend the game. This misfortune not only had a negative impact on the national football team's competition and competition work, but also caused inconvenience to the Chinese Super League and other domestic competition schedules after the top 40 games.

According to statistics, after this unfortunate incident, the Chinese Football Association, on the one hand, actively coordinated with various parties to create as many resource advantages as possible for the national football team to travel abroad. On the other hand, it also stepped up communication with the presidium of the professional league to discuss new developments. The schedule for the remaining matches of the Chinese Super League this season. Because after the national football team goes to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to play, it will not be possible to return home until June 16 at the earliest. After the players return to China, they will also undergo a period of medical isolation and observation according to China’s epidemic prevention requirements. Therefore, the restart time of the Chinese Super League is likely to be postponed, and the actual game time is likely to be postponed to mid-to-late July. Since the national football team is likely to advance to the top 12 and the time is tight, the Chinese Super League is also likely to encounter a shortened schedule in the new season. It is doubtful whether the game can be extended to 30 rounds as many parties wish.

Just after the Maldives team and the Yemeni team were unable to board the flight from Dubai to Shanghai as scheduled due to the epidemic in their respective teams, the Chinese Football Association communicated with the Football Federation. It was finally decided to move all the remaining games in Group A of the top 40 to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This has also had a negative impact on the Chinese national team's competition and competition.

In addition to the Chinese national team, the Chinese Super League and other various Chinese football competitions in the new season will also be affected by this misfortune. According to the previously determined calendar, the Chinese Super League (sixth round) will restart on June 21. However, as the national football team's plan to go to Dubai is inevitable, many players who are the main support of each Chinese Super League club have to face a practical problem, that is, after they participate in the top 40 games on June 15 (the premise is The top 40 Group A games have not been further postponed), and it will not be possible to return home until June 16 sooner. After returning to the country, according to epidemic prevention requirements, they also need to undergo various epidemic prevention examinations and relevant long-term medical isolation observations. Under such circumstances, it may be difficult for the Chinese Super League to restart on June 21 according to the specific schedule.

On the evening of May 30, Liu Jun, who was responsible for the match assignments of the professional league presidium, was also present at the match between the National Football Team and the Guam team at the Suzhou Olympic Center. It is understood that before and after the off-site information of the remaining matches of the top 40 is confirmed, the Chinese Football Association also has a purpose to communicate with the professional league presidium and other relevant parties on the relevant league schedule issues.

Informed sources revealed that judging from the current communication situation, the probability of the Chinese Super League delaying the restart is relatively high. On the one hand, at this stage, a significant pneumonia epidemic has occurred in Guangzhou, one of the two major division cities of the Chinese Super League. The epidemic prevention and control situation in Guangzhou is particularly optimistic. Since some Chinese Super League games have been opened to on-site spectators, the competition organizers and divisions must regard the protection of the life, health and safety of the staff as the top priority in all tasks, and must carefully consider the restart of the Chinese Super League; On the one hand, once the players need to undergo long-term quarantine after returning home, the game must be held from the perspective of maintaining fair trade, and the Chinese Super League will be restarted after the players return to their respective teams in safety and health.

As of May 31, communication and exchanges on related matters are still in progress. However, judging from the time, once the Chinese Super League restarts after the delay, the actual game time is likely to be postponed to mid-to-late July.

On May 31, some media said, "Qingdao is currently actively planning to take over the Chinese Super League Guangzhou Division at any time." However, as of noon that day, there was no official announcement Confirm the authenticity of the information on the Internet. According to statistics, earlier this year, some cities did apply to host the 2021 Chinese Super League. In addition to Suzhou and Guangzhou, which were ultimately awarded the right to host the event, cities such as Wuhan and Dalian also submitted applications. As of late on the 31st, the Chinese Football Association and the Professional League Presidium are still paying close attention to various information including the Guangzhou epidemic, but there is currently no actual plan to move the Guangzhou division games to other places. .

Another issue worthy of concern is that once the Chinese Super League is forced to postpone due to the national football team going overseas to compete, the already intensive league schedule will become increasingly tight. If the Chinese national team can successfully advance to the top 12, then the team is not ruled out from participating in the top 12 games on a home and away basis, and the Chinese Super League may also "give up its seat" to the national football team again. Therefore, it is difficult for the league to fill up the remaining 25 rounds in a limited time. Under such circumstances, the Chinese Football Association and the presidium of the professional leagues do not rule out the implementation of "emergency plans" to reduce the schedule of the Chinese Super League in the new season.

The actual competition rules are likely to refer to the competition rules of the Chinese Super League in the season, that is, the three-stage competition is reduced to two stages. That is, after the first stage of the game, the 16 football teams will be ranked according to the first stage of the qualifiers, and each will be ranked in the derby group and promotion. groups until the final score of each group is achieved. The relevant emergency plans have already been established in the previously announced Chinese Super League games this season.