On April 4, Beijing time, according to the official news of the Football Association reported by Beiqing, the Chinese Football Association has given up the right to host the 2022 East Asian Cup! Moreover, like the AFC Champions League, Chinese teams also sent "second-tier teams", that is, U23 national football teams, to compete overseas.
According to the "rotation principle", the 2022 East Asian Cup will be hosted by China, but in the end the FOOTBALL Association informed the AFC that it could not host this tournament. This means that the 2022 East Asian Cup will be held in Japan or South Korea.
Many fans are wondering, how many "home games" has the Chinese men's football team given up? Let's do the math. The last international match for the Chinese team to play on its home soil was the World Preliminary Round of 40 matches, or at the end of May 2021, the Chinese men's football team won 7-0 at home to Guam. Since then, the Chinese men's football team has never played a home game again.
The last 3 matches of the Round of 40 were originally the home of the Chinese team, and as a result, the Chinese team could only play in Sharjah. It was difficult to enter the top 12 matches, facing 5 opponents, 5 home and 5 aways, the national football team gave up all 5 home games, and the top 12 did not play a game in the local area, running around, which is also what Li Tie said "difficult". The Chinese team gave up a total of 8 home games in the World Preliminary Round.
Of course, although the Chinese team bid farewell to the home team in the World Preliminary Round, it will not give up the game. But in other competitions, the Chinese team began to strategically give up or even not participate. The East Asian Cup is generally played by 4 teams, and the Chinese team gives up 3 home games. The U23 Asian Cup was even more desperate, initially hosted by China, but in the end the Chinese team not only gave up hosting, but also gave up participating.
Don't forget the AFC Champions League, the AFC Champions League, and the Chinese team have also given up the home stadium, and sending the second-tier team to participate is also a give-up. Finally, there is the annual China Cup, which was officially cancelled last year. China's men's football team has become a football island?