The Chinese Super League clubs ended the fifth round of matches in the AFC Champions League last night, with Shandong Taishan losing 4-0 to Daegu FC, while Guangzhou lost 2-0 to Johor Bahru, with the two teams achieving a record of 1 draw and 9 defeats after the first 10 AFC Champions League matches. Although the two Chinese Super League youth troops who insisted on participating in the competition have made obvious progress and have been trained, the Chinese Super League's seat in the AFC Champions League is bound to be difficult to keep. Cantonese media "Guangzhou Daily" broke the news that the Chinese Super League will reduce 2 more places directly promoted to the AFC Champions League!
As we all know, in the past, the performance of the Chinese Super League in the AFC Champions League was quite outstanding, and Guangzhou Evergrande had 2 times topped the AFC Champions League, making the technical points of the Chinese Super League at the forefront of the AFC rankings, and the Chinese Super League had 3 plus 1 quota in the last 2 seasons, that is to say, there were 3 teams in the Chinese Super League that could directly qualify for the AFC Champions League, and there was also a place for 1 play-off. However, in the past 2 years, the Chinese football environment has declined, and the Chinese Super League has sent youth troops to compete for 2 consecutive years, and the results have plummeted!
In the recent AFC technical statistics, the Vietnamese league has surpassed China, the Chinese Super League directly fell to the 13th place in Asia, and in the next game, the Chinese Super League team still can not get points, I am afraid it will continue to decline. In this regard, Cantonese media bluntly said that by the 2024 season, the AFC Champions League seats in the Chinese Super League will only be 2 plus 1, in stark contrast to this year's 3 plus 1, the Chinese Super League will only have 1 direct promotion quota, because of the bad record, it has been directly reduced by 2 direct promotion places!
In addition, the total number of places in the Chinese Super League will also change from 4 to 3, and many fans have complained that it is better to cancel the places in the Chinese Super League directly. Obviously, the Chinese Football Association has to bear a lot of responsibility for this, last year's series of work of the Chinese Football Association failed to enhance the confidence of investors in the Chinese Super League, and this year the Football Association because of the Chinese Super League opening arrangements and communication is unfavorable, resulting in 4 AFC Champions League participating teams because of fear of delaying the start of the Chinese Super League and give up sending 1 team to play, so that Chinese football ushered in an unprecedented fiasco!
According to the latest revelations, the Chinese Super League will not start until mid-May at the earliest, and on April 30, Guangzhou and Shandong Taishan will end this year's AFC Champions League journey, if the Football Association can coordinate and communicate in time to give the AFC Champions League participating teams some adjustments to the schedule, perhaps the Chinese Super League will not waste such a valuable opportunity to participate in the AFC Champions League. I have to say that the dilemma of the Chinese Super League in the AFC Champions League now really requires the Football Association to bear certain responsibilities! (Lao Qiu Chinese Super League Ball Review)