On February 24, Beijing time, the news that the Football Association "intends to restore the home and away format" yesterday caused a heated discussion, and many fans and media are looking forward to the realization of this plan. However, the plan to restore the home-and-away format is only the first step at present, and the opinions of all parties are being collected, and there is still a long way to go before it is finally realized.
According to the news of the "Football" newspaper, in the new season of the league schedule, the Football Association has made a number of sets of plans, the first set is the "17 + 17" double round robin home and away format. Although all the faws, including the FA, want to promote the full restoration of the home and away format, in view of the current situation, the FA cannot unilaterally make a decision on this plan, so the FA is actually more inclined to the second set of plans.
The second plan is similar to last season's China League One format, that is, the 34 rounds of the league are divided into 4 stages, the first stage is 10 rounds, and the next three stages are 8 rounds. The 18 teams are then divided into 3 groups, with each stage group playing a double round robin within the group, and after each stage is over, the teams are rotated until the final 34 rounds of the game are completed.
Compared with the format of the Chinese Super League last season, the format of the Chinese First Division last season has been generally recognized. This format allows 18 teams to have two chances to meet in a season, rather than like the Chinese Super League, which may not meet some teams in a season.
Li Xuan, a media person, also posted on his personal social account that although the General Administration also supports the restoration of the home-and-away format, it still needs to be approved. Therefore, Li Xuan believes that the most likely schedule to be adopted in the 2022 season is the second set of plans similar to the format of the Chinese League A in the previous season.
"Beijing Youth Daily" reporter Xiao Zhao also believes that in the current plan prepared by the Football Association, the second set of plans is relatively more reliable and more operable.
If the final new season of the Chinese Super League adopts a plan similar to last season's Chinese League A, it means that it will be another league with a tournament system, and fans will not be able to watch the game at the home of their own team for three consecutive years, which has to be said to be a huge regret, but this plan has made a lot of progress compared to the previous two seasons of simply and rudely dividing 16 teams into "championship group" and "relegation group".
This season's league was played after the round of 12 was completely over, and we have not had any major events since then, and we hope that this time the league will go smoothly and smoothly.