Beijing time on February 25, the media updated the 2022 season of the AFC news, according to domestic media reports, the AFC has just announced the latest decision for the AFC Champions League, from the content of the decision, the Chinese Super League is very injured, it is estimated that the Chinese Super League Guangzhou team two AFC Champions League champions, will be many Chinese Super League teams long-term can not achieve the goal.
The content of domestic media reports is roughly as follows, in recent years, not only the Chinese Football Association is carrying out reforms, the AFC is also carrying out reforms, but compared with the reform direction of the Chinese Football Association, the reform direction of the AFC is more open. On the 25th, the AFC announced that from the 2023/24 season, the AFC Champions League competition will be changed to a New Year's Eve format.
And the number of foreign aid participants in the AFC Champions League competition has increased from "3+1" to "5+1", five foreign aid is not limited to the locality, and one foreign aid must be a player from the AFC member association. The 2022 AFC Champions League competition, still using the tournament system, the Chinese Super League AFC Champions League clubs Shandong Taishan, Guangzhou, Changchun Yatai, Shanghai Haigang, there is news that second-tier players will be arranged to play.
From the domestic media reports can be seen that the AFC in order to increase the viewing of the AFC Champions League game, continue to learn from Europe, even the game time is moving closer to Europe, although the media did not reveal more details, but the AFC from "3 + 1" to "5 + 1", which is a huge blow to the Chinese Super League, it is estimated that Guangzhou's two AFC Champions League champions will become the last glory of the Chinese Super League.
Fans familiar with the Chinese Super League know that because of the reform of the Chinese Football Association, the Chinese Super League is now a mess, not only many clubs have the problem of unpaid wages, but even guangzhou teams, Beijing Guoan, Shenhua and other clubs that often participate in AFC Champions League games have a dissolution crisis.
Especially now the Chinese Football Association stipulates that each club can only invest 300 million yuan a year, and the annual salary of foreign aid cannot exceed 3 million euros, that is to say, the Chinese Football Association does not want major clubs to spend money to introduce foreign aid, and from the current quality of youth training of major clubs in the Chinese Super League, it can be said that it is unsightly, so the AFC decided to change foreign aid to "5 + 1", which is equivalent to giving a huge blow to the Chinese Super League AFC Champions League clubs, it is estimated that for a long time in the future, no club in the Chinese Super League can make Guangzhou team get two AFC Champions League championships in a short time.