Shanghai media: The Indian women's football team withdrew after 16 people were infected, exposing the chaos in the management of the AFC

According to the "Weekly Shanghai" report, the chaos in this year's Indian Women's Asian Cup has exposed the chaos in the management of the AFC and the lack of preparation for the epidemic.

On January 23, before the Indian women's football team and the Chinese Taipei women's football team, the Indian women's football team had already determined that there were many players infected and the number of players was uneven, and the two teams had not received the notice of the cancellation of the match. The Chinese Taipei women's football team entered the stadium in Mumbai as scheduled in accordance with the rules of the game, and the referee on duty also entered the stadium in accordance with the pre-match requirements and began pre-match preparations. Until this time, the AFC has not officially announced the cancellation of the game, and the Indian women's football team has not appeared on the field. After that, stadium security began to ban the media from entering the scene, and at the same time, the referees began to leave the scene, and the game was eventually cancelled by the AFC.

It is understood that the Indian women's football team has had confirmed cases before the start of the Asian Cup, and at least 2 players have tested positive, but still appeared in the first match against the Iranian women's football team. After that match, the number of infections in the Indian team increased to 12, while 4 staff members in the team tested positive, for a total of 16 infections. The AFC has not confirmed this figure, but it has raised concerns among the participating teams.

At present, the AFC has officially announced that the host India has withdrawn from the tournament due to the epidemic, and all the matches related to it have been cancelled and the results of the matches have not been counted. Therefore, Shanghai media believe that the management confusion is also caused by the AFC's insufficient preparation for the outbreak of the event.

in Drisson