At 17:00 beijing time on February 23, the latest news came from Chinese football. According to the beijing youth daily, the Chinese Football Association is ready to restore the home and away format this season, so that the Chinese Super League can truly return to normal. Today, when the Chinese men's football team is in a downturn, Chen Shuyuan's decision is undoubtedly very correct, and the fans have also praised and expressed their support!
In this year's Round of 12, the Chinese team won only 1 victory in the first 8 matches, and missed the World Cup in the early two rounds. Especially in the 8th round, the national football team lost humiliatingly to Vietnam on the road, refreshing the lower limit of Chinese football. The men's football team has also been criticized and insulted by countless fans and media, and for a time the national football team has become a negative model of Chinese sports, and some people constantly ridicule and make fun of them.
In view of the fact that the Chinese team has no hope of impacting the World Cup, it has become the top priority of the Football Association to run this year's Chinese Super League. Affected by the epidemic, the Chinese Super League competitions in the past two seasons have been conducted in the form of a conference system, and the results are somewhat less convincing. Moreover, the tournament system will also have a huge impact on the income of the clubs. You should know that in the current Chinese Super League, ticket revenue absolutely accounts for a large part of the revenue of each team. And the competition is changed to the tournament system, then all the ticket revenue will be wiped out.
For example, the average attendance rate of the Chinese Super League in the 2019 season is 23,300 people, and if a ticket sells for 50 yuan, then a game can bring about 1.16 million yuan to the club. Due to the expansion of the Chinese Super League in the 2022 season, the number of teams has increased to 18, so the Chinese Super League will have 17 home games per team. Therefore, in terms of ticket revenue, each team can get an average of about 19 million yuan per year. If you put it in the past, the 19 million is likely to be only the annual salary of a main player of the giant team, but after many rounds of salary restrictions, 19 million yuan can already afford the salaries of many players in the team. If you give this money to the Guangzhou Evergrande team with a maximum salary of 600,000 yuan, you can even pay the annual salary of the whole team!
For this decision of the Football Association, fans have also praised and expressed their support. Some fans commented: "This time can not be scolded, the restoration of home and away is an important step to keep the league on track, I hope to quickly open the stadium and let the fans watch the game." Another fan wrote: "The annual pass bought in 2020 can finally be used!" ”
The fans in Qingdao are a little sad, because the two seasons of the promotion just caught up with the epidemic, so they did not play a home game at all, and they were relegated back to the middle division. Some Qingdao fans left a message: "Unfortunately, before I saw the game at home, the team has already been relegated." Another fan said: "Qingdao has just been promoted to catch up with the epidemic, and the relegation has resumed the league, which is really quite miserable." ”
I hope that the recovery of the Chinese Super League can become the first step in the right track of Chinese football, and strive to find its competitiveness in Asia as soon as possible!