The start time of the new season of the Chinese Super League has been delayed, and the latest news shows that the time node that was originally scheduled to start on May 1 should continue to be postponed. Unlike the uncertainty of the Chinese Super League, the AFC Champions League in the new season is still carried out according to the original plan, but the four teams in the Chinese Super League, only Shandong Taishan and Guangzhou teams participate, and Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Harbor announce their withdrawal.
At one o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Shanghai Harbor team officially announced its withdrawal from the AFC Champions League, which was still a bit of a surprise for this news. After all, no matter from the operation of personnel or teams, the Harbor team did not encounter any difficulties, and finally decided not to participate in the AFC Champions League, more for the sake of epidemic prevention and safety considerations.
Affected by the epidemic, the Chinese Super League has not achieved any results in the AFC Champions League for three consecutive seasons. Coupled with the fact that the Chinese Super League itself is a chicken feather, the AFC Champions League has become a hot potato, and the idea of each team is definitely to ensure the domestic league. The current Chinese Super League's points ranking in the AFC Champions League, from the highest peak in Asia, has slipped to the 7th place in Asia, and it is already a matter of time before it will be overtaken by the Southeast Asian League in the future.
The collapse of the Chinese Super League will trigger a continuous reaction later. First of all, the AFC has repeatedly expressed its dissatisfaction with the Chinese Super League, after all, it is normal for the AFC To announce its withdrawal at the last minute, disrupting the plans of the AFC Champions League. The status of the Chinese Football Association in the AFC has changed, and it is almost impossible for the national football team to get good results in the future intercontinental competitions.
However, some fans frankly said that the Chinese Super League on the scene was not guaranteed by itself, and the AFC Champions League was put aside first. These views are not wrong, but for the Football Association, in the face of a problem and difficulty, almost choose to lie flat, without any change, this is the biggest problem of the Chinese Football Association. Therefore, the return to the Asian first-class proposed by the Football Association has slowly become a slogan.