The 2021 Chinese Football Association Cup finals in Shanghai Harbor and Taishan, Shandong, will be played this Sunday at the professional football stadium of Chengdu Phoenix Mountain Sports Park.
At one point, it was reported that the match would allow fans to enter. However, this morning, the Sichuan Provincial Fan Association said that in view of the current severe epidemic prevention situation, they have been informed that the game will be held empty.
As the final highlight of Chinese football in the 2021 season, the FINAL OF THE FA CUP WAS INDEED CONSIDERED OPEN TO FANS, WITH A SCALE OF ABOUT 10,000 TO 15,000 PEOPLE, AND THE TICKET PRICE WAS SET AT 80 YUAN. But the audience is limited to local fans in Chengdu, who must not only have not left Chengdu in 21 days, but also have to do a nucleic acid test on Friday and Saturday.
Although the Sichuan Provincial Fan Association has done a lot of work in the early stage to accept fans to register for the game, they still regret to announce today: "I am very sorry to inform you that the FA Cup final on January 9, in view of the severe epidemic prevention and control situation, this game will be held empty." Thank you to all the members, fans and friends for their preparations for the game in the early stage, so we apologize for the inconvenience caused to you, please understand! We look forward to the early end of the epidemic and gathering at the Phoenix Mountain Football Stadium to show the style of Sichuan fans. ”
The Phoenix Mountain Sports Park Professional Football Stadium, one of the stadiums of the 2023 Asian Cup in China, was inaugurated just last year, and the FA Cup final was the first event to be held here. The FIFA-standard professional football stadium can accommodate a total of 60,000 spectators, but now the two FA Cup teams can only fight for the final trophy in an empty stadium.
This year's Chinese Super League was open to fans in the first half of the first stage, and since then it has been in a state of empty matches due to the epidemic. The only match opened for the FA Cup was Changchun Captain Chun Yatai against Shanghai Shenhua, and the rest of the matches were all held in closure.