On October 25, Beijing time, the latest bad news came from the Chinese national team today. At 8:00 a.m., according to the latest reports of many authoritative media such as Football News, the Chinese team had no chance of playing at its home field in the two games in November. In this way, Li Tie will be drawn from the bottom of the pot and lose the bottom card of taking all 6 points.
The Chinese team will usher in two matches next, on November 11, the Chinese team will play at home against Oman, and then on November 17, it will play against Australia, but these two home games have not been officially announced, the Chinese team has applied for approval to play in Suzhou, although the Chinese Football Association has long launched the relevant approval work and specific plans, but the two games the Chinese team may still have to be carried out in the middle position.
At present, in China, most areas implement the 14 + 7, that is, 21-day entry quarantine policy, and even some entry cities will implement more stringent standards. The Shanghai side has made such a plan for the final destination of entry to the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, and the first three days of centralized isolation in Shanghai plus closed-loop transfer to the local area, and continue to isolate in the local area for 11 days. That is to say, if Oman and Australia come to China and enter from Shanghai to their destination Suzhou, the first three days are to be quarantined in Shanghai, and then transferred to Suzhou for 11 days of isolation, adding up to a total of 14 days.
But this is still contrary to the standards implemented by FIFA and AFC. FIFA and the AFC have previously made it clear that the away player cannot be quarantined for more than 48 hours, otherwise it will be considered an unfair game. For example, the first three days of concentration in Shanghai and the isolation period can not be trained, but the next 11 days after transferring to Suzhou, the Suzhou side can arrange bubble hotels and bubble training grounds for contactless isolation in addition to the designated staff reception personnel, more or less can guarantee the training of the guest team, and the AFC and FIFA implementation of the epidemic prevention policy, in fact, only one day away.
Whether this plan can finally pass the review of the Chinese side, as well as the audit of FIFA and the AFC, now also has to be marked with a big question mark, and there are actually only about three days left from this 14-day quarantine, which means that if the last three days cannot be finalized, then the Chinese team will lose these two home stadiums, and the next two home games will continue to be arranged to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. This is a heavy blow to Li Tie, to Wu Lei, and to Chen Shuyuan, the team members have just returned to China, just ended the quarantine, and then have to go abroad non-stop, and then return to the country after playing the game and then isolate for 21 days, tossing and turning, really going crazy.