The AFC Champions League group stage has ended, and the Chinese Super League teams participating in this year's AFC Champions League, Guangzhou and Taishan have been repeatedly pushed on the hot search. But this is not because the two teams performed well, but on the contrary, it was because of the poor performance of the Chinese Super League team, what caused such a result?
The group stage of the first stage of the AFC Champions League has all ended, and the opening plan of the Chinese Super League has not yet been announced. Now it seems that if the first-line players were sent to participate in the AFC Champions League, even if the Chinese Super League teams went through strict epidemic prevention and quarantine measures after returning home, it would most likely not affect their participation in the Chinese Super League on time.
This is not an "afterthought", although it is true that it is very difficult to make such a decision. However, if the Chinese Football Association to the participating clubs attach enough importance to the AFC Champions League, there is a determination that must go. Then, it is completely possible for the participating teams to form teams based on the main players in the first line to participate in this year's AFC Champions League.
First of all, at the strategic level, the four Chinese Super League teams that qualified for the competition this time did not give up the AFC Champions League. Last year, the AFC announced the 2022 AFC Champions League entry list, including these four Chinese Super League teams, six Chinese Super League teams are among them. It is worth noting that most Chinese Super League clubs, including Beijing Guoan, whose participation in the AFC Champions League last year encountered extreme circumstances and the team has been stranded abroad for a long time, have given up applying for this year's AFC Champions League. Obviously, the Chinese Super League teams that can participate in this time have been mentally prepared to participate in the AFC Champions League under extreme circumstances.
Secondly, at the technical level, this AFC Champions League has increased the number of applicants for each team to 35. Moreover, in the seven days before April 15, there is still room for eight people on the list to adjust. If the participating teams add some first-team players, they will report 35 people, rather than giving up the effort to send the first team to compete prematurely. Well, before the game, these teams have the opportunity to send a better squad to play.
Finally, in terms of time window, the Chinese Super League team is also enough to make a decision before the game and replace some first-team players to play in the AFC Champions League. Around April 10, the media had reported that the league would be postponed until May, or even the end of May and the beginning of June. The FA must have made a similar judgment earlier. At least, before and after the Qingming Dynasty, it was not difficult for the Chinese Football Association to reach such a conclusion. In other words, before the final list of participants is submitted on April 8, the Chinese Super League team should have known that the Chinese Super League schedule will most likely not conflict with the AFC Champions League group stage, and it is not difficult to make a better decision at this time. If Changchun Yatai does not give up the qualifiers too early, it also has the opportunity to wait for such a friendlier decision-making window.
In short, in addition to the more special situation in SIPG, including Changchun Yatai, the other three teams actually have both wishes and conditions to send better squads to play in this year's AFC Champions League. The chinese Super League team's negative treatment of the AFC Champions League is not just out of helplessness, but a complicated situation, and the decision-making mechanism from the Football Association to the club is slightly old and rigid.
Wen | Yan Yiwei
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