According to the news posted by sports journalist Pei Li on social platforms, for well-known reasons, the Chinese Super League's plan to restore home-and-away system this season has been basically shelved. As a result, the tournament system was once again put on the agenda. According to Pei Li, there are three major cities that are very promising to become the main cities, namely Hangzhou, Wuhan and Meizhou.
Pei Li revealed that Hangzhou and Wuhan have been basically identified as host cities. This year's Chinese Super League competition system, I don't know why there are three cities that need to be held, while the other city is Meizhou. The issue of the city's hosting of the Chinese Super League format still needs to be coordinated with the local government by the Chinese Football Association or higher levels.
Because Hangzhou wants to host the Asian Games next year, holding a competition in the Chinese Super League format can also be regarded as an early rehearsal. At present, the biggest obstacle to the contracting of the tournament system is not in the preparation of the organization of the event, but in the prevention and control of the epidemic. The local government needs to take a lot of risks, so the above-mentioned Meizhou needs to continue to communicate, which is also from this.
Of course, this tournament system only applies to the first stage of the Chinese Super League. When it comes to the second stage, the key is to look at the situation of epidemic prevention and control and then make another research plan. Judging from previous reports, the Chinese Football Association subjectively still very much hopes to restore the home-and-away system.
For example, last year's Qingdao team, after being promoted to the Chinese Super League, did not play at home, and then relegated. This has also become a major reason for Qingdao fans to complain.
Because there is no home and away system, it is actually a kind of torture for fans in various cities. The players themselves have no sense of belonging, and for the club level, there is no home-related benefit. Of course, in the last two cases, even the home and away system will not allow fans to enter. This is also a huge blow to the ice age of Chinese football.
In addition to the Chinese Super League, there are also the Three Leagues of the Chinese First Division and the Second Division, and their tournament system will also become a big difficulty. In the past two years, the city of Dalian has been a venue for the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League A, and from the perspective of event preparation, it is still doing quite well. Therefore, under the premise of no accident, Dalian may still become the first choice for the league.
The reason why there is no Dalian in the Chinese Super League system this time is not because of the problems in Dalian's preparation. It is entirely due to the epidemic that if the second stage of the competition still adopts the tournament system, Dalian is very likely to still be selected.