This season's AFC Champions League, 2 teams of the Chinese Super League participated, and 2 teams gave up. But the Shandong Taishan and Guangzhou teams that came to compete were not first-team teams, so they brewed 0-7 and 0-5 tragedies, which was a kind of harm to the AFC Champions League. But in the future, the overall level of the AFC Champions League is expected to be upgraded, because some Russian Premier League teams have expressed their desire to participate in the AFC Champions League.
The AFC Champions League is the highest level club competition in Asia, among the Chinese Super League teams, Guangzhou has won the championship twice, in 2013 and 2015, when guangzhou coaches were Lippi and Scolari! In addition, Shanghai Seaport has also reached the top 4. But now, the Chinese Super League teams have long been different from the past, their strength has plummeted, and for objective reasons, it is difficult for them to send a first-team team to compete. Even, Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Harbor directly abandoned this season's AFC Champions League, and the Chinese Super League champion Shandong Taishan and the former giants Guangzhou were not first-team players.
Shandong Taishan lost 0-7 to Daegu FC, and Guangzhou lost 0-5 to Johor, such a one-sided match is a kind of damage to the AFC Champions League.
But now, the AFC Champions League is expected to usher in an "upgrade", and some Russian Premier League teams have expressed their desire to participate in the AFC Champions League.
With the competitiveness of The Russian Premier League team, if they participate in the AFC Champions League, they can get at least 4 qualifications, and at present, the top 4 in the Russian Premier League are Zenit, Dynamo Moscow, CSKA Moscow and Sochi.
The overall strength of the Russian Premier League team is outstanding, such as the current leader Zenit, who has won the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup. Among them, on August 29, 2008, the European Super Cup, the League Cup champion Zenit defeated the Champions League champions Manchester United 2-1 to become the European hegemon. Dynamo Moscow also finished runners-up in the European Cup Winners' Cup, while CSKA Moscow won the Europa League in the 04/05 season.
Therefore, after the Russian Premier League team participates in the AFC Champions League, the AFC Champions League will completely change the sky, and the favorite to win the championship must be the Russian Premier League team. As soon as next season, they will be able to compete. As for the Chinese Super League team, it will certainly not be able to win the AFC Champions League championship in a short period of time, and even it will be difficult to qualify from the group, which is the current situation of Chinese football.