After discussion and deliberation, the Saudi Professional League Committee decided to make relevant adjustments to the qualification of next season's AFC Champions League teams, which means that only teams that have obtained the Asian Football Association license can participate in the AFC Champions League to ensure the qualification of the AFC Champions League.
Sounds incomprehensible? The author explains to you...
Question 1: How many teams are there in the Saudi League? A few were admitted
According to the introduction of this new rule, the entire Saudi league promotion situation will be greatly shaken, there are a total of 16 clubs in the Saudi league, of which 8 have only obtained the relevant qualification (AFC Champions League entry requirements), and 8 have not qualified, as shown below.
Question 2: How many AFC Champions League qualifications are there?
The number of qualifying places for the AFC Champions League in the Saudi League is four (3+1), namely last season's league champion, last season's cup winner (Saudi Cup), and this season's league champion and this season's cup winner. And since Riyadh Crescent won last season's league title and this season's cup title, they are equivalent to two places for one team. This means that their extra qualifications will be distributed to other teams.
Question 3: How to divide?
Riyadh Crescent qualifies more and will give the league top of the league this season. This season's champions qualify for the AFC Champions League pass-through, which means it will be extended to second and third.
Question 4: How did Cristiano Ronaldo's victory in Riyadh make it 100% advanced?
The third Riyadh youth and the fifth Braydeh cooperation are not eligible for the AFC Champions League (refer to question 1), and the fourth is the Riyadh Crescent (confirmed to be qualified) so it is not considered; The second-place Riyadh victory has 18 points more than the sixth-place Al Hasa conquest, and there are only 4 rounds left in the league, and only +12 points are scored.
As a result, Riyadh Victory is bound to qualify for next season's AFC Champions League.
Q5: Is this compliant?
It sounds like a mouthful, but after reading it carefully, it makes perfect sense. Such a setting will inevitably make the comment area also quarrelsome, many people think that Cristiano Ronaldo's Riyadh victory, relying on such a strategy to qualify for the AFC Champions League is really not very honorable. At the same time, there has been a lot of criticism on the Internet, and it seems too confusing to talk about the operation of the Saudi League Committee.
At the end of the season, it is indeed very puzzling to suddenly break such news. You must know that the Riyadh youth, who is now the third team in the league (did not qualify for next season's AFC Champions League), has reached the final four of the West Asian region in this season's AFC Champions League. It's too different to go back and forth. I don't know what kind of considerations made the relevant organizing committee staff design such a rule.
The author's search for information did not find any "new interpretation" of the AFC on the qualification of the AFC Champions League, I don't know how the 7.1 rule is arranged?
The quarrel really went hand in hand with Ronaldo
Ronaldo's team has encountered a lot of controversy and has become the main "keyword" for this year's president. From Manchester United, to Portugal, to Riyadh Victory. I don't know if he is used to it or is very irritable. Participating in the AFC Champions League is naturally excellent for the club, after all, the value of Cristiano Ronaldo is here, and the AFC Champions League will also be subscribed and "appreciated" by many spectators.
It's just that this method is indeed "debatable", I don't know what other teams think, will they continue to "fight" with the organizing committee before the 20th?
In such a chaotic and green environment, quarrels are really not too big a thing. The question is, does Ronaldo still have the energy to join the game and training? And the Saudi low-level competition is extremely detrimental to his condition, if he wants to return to Europe to look forward to it, will there be a show?