In terms of time, because this season's Chinese Super League is a New Year's Eve game, it means that after the end of the league, it will automatically enter the preparation link of the new season, the players enter the holiday, the club needs to prepare in advance, especially the team of the championship group, the top four of the Chinese Super League will participate in the 2022 season of the AFC Champions League, after last year's ups and downs, the Chinese Super League team in the new season will not consider too much schedule to contain, after all, the national football team is basically hopeless, and there will be no pressure from the World Preliminary Round, theoretically speaking, As long as the 4 Chinese Super League clubs are willing, they can send the main squad to participate.
The four teams participating in the Chinese Super League are Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Haigang, Guangzhou and Changchun Yatai, the first three are directly promoted to the main tournament, and Yatai needs to participate in the play-offs, the above four teams, the highest expectations of the outside world is the Chinese Super League champion Shandong Taishan, as the highest level team in the Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan will shoulder the responsibility of justifying the name of the league.
However, from past experience, the overall performance of the Shandong Taishan foreign war is not good, and there have even been tragic cases, so this is not a small challenge for Hao Wei's team. Of course, in addition to their own strength, it also depends on the performance of the opponent, which is directly related to the result of the draw.
On January 17, the AFC organized a group draw ceremony for the AFC Champions League, the latest results have been released, Shandong Taishan was divided into Group F, the opponents of the same group are Urawa Red Diamonds, Lion City Sailors, and the other place will be produced in Daegu FC and Buriram United. The group stage will begin on 15 April. It should be said that the strength of this group is still relatively average, and the biggest opponent is definitely the J-League powerhouse Urawa Red Diamonds, who won the AFC Champions League championship in 2017, and also eliminated Guangzhou and SIPG, and their strength and experience are above Taishan. In addition to urawa red diamonds, Singapore's Lion City sailors have limited strength, and Tarzan mainly prevents the gutter from capsizing.
And the two opponents of the qualification tournament are not weak, the high probability is that South Korea's Daegu FC is promoted, then the Chinese Super League team and the Korean team to play against the original psychological advantage is not dominant, so even if the opponent is produced through the qualification, but considering the level of the K League, Daegu FC is still not to be underestimated, so if Taishan wants to qualify, there is still a certain degree of difficulty, do not take it lightly, must go all out.