After-effects of retirement? The 2 giants of the Chinese Super League have been perfunctory by the AFC, and the AFC Champions League quota next season may be reduced! This season's Chinese Super League team really caused the AFC a lot of headaches, and the hard-earned Asian top competition, in front of the big and Medium Super League, turned out to be an insignificant chicken rib game. The Harbor team + Yatai team withdrew from the game, and the Taishan team and guangzhou team that participated in the group stage also sent young players who could not play in the Chinese Super League to play the game. I don't know if it was affected by the withdrawal of the Chinese Super League team + sending the youth team to participate, the AFC also appeared to be very perfunctory when introducing Taishan and Guangzhou, and even made low-level mistakes!
The two giants of the Chinese Super League were perfunctory by the AFC
The AFC Champions League East Asia competition will begin this week, and before the group stage, the AFC has introduced the participating teams as always. However, when introducing the Chinese Super League team, it is obvious that there is no enthusiasm and seriousness in the past. Among them, the Taishan team was replaced by the AFC with photos of the national football team. We can see that the photo used by the AFC is of the national football team, and Arthur Junmin has already left the Taishan team. When introducing the first match between Taishan and Daegu FC, the AFC was more of a compliment to the Korean team, and for The Taishan team, it was just an understatement.
Guangzhou was slightly better than Taishan' misused photos, and the AFC used photos of their adult teams. However, Zhang Xiuwei actually became the cover of the Guangzhou team. You know, he did not follow Guangzhou to the AFC Champions League, but stayed in the team to play in the Chinese Super League. In addition, Zhang Xiuwei is not the main player of guangzhou.
However, this cannot be blamed entirely on the AFC. The Chinese Super League team changed too quickly, catching the AFC a bit off guard. Coupled with the fact that the staff is not serious, they can only take this kind of photo to perfunctory.
Fear of a cut in AFC Champions League places next season?
As we all know, if the results of the Chinese Super League in the AFC are not ideal, then the number of participants will also be affected. The Chinese Super League sent a youth team to compete last season, which has already affected the points of the Chinese Super League in the AFC Champions League. The withdrawal of two teams this season, coupled with the fact that Guangzhou and Taishan sent youth teams to play, will further reduce the number of points in the Chinese Super League in the AFC.
In order to avoid the situation this season, it is not excluded that the AFC will cut the number of places in the Chinese Super League according to the rules, so that more Southeast Asian teams willing to play in the AFC Champions League will participate. After all, the AFC Champions League is the top season created by the AFC, and only when the AFC Champions League develops well can Asian football have enthusiasm and hope.