In the face of the sudden epidemic in Hainan, on August 8, the CFL reacted quickly and made emergency adjustments to the schedule of the 12th round of the Chinese Super League. Of the original nine matches, only four were able to be played normally, and the remaining five were forced to be postponed. It is worth mentioning that the two matches of the 16th round of the Chinese Super League were also adjusted to the 12th round. Despite the large adjustment, all teams showed a high degree of cooperation. In the first round of the second phase, the enthusiastic cheering of Dalian and Henan fans brought back the long-lost "true meaning of soccer" to Puwan Stadium and Navigation Stadium, and all teams went all out for this rare home-and-away system.
Here are the original fixtures for Round 12 of the Super League:
August 12, 19:30, Zhejiang vs Guangzhou, Huzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium;
August 12, 20:00, Shenzhen vs Dalian Ren, Mission Hills Soccer Base Stadium, Haikou;
Cangzhou Lions vs Shanghai Seaport, August 12, 20:00, Wuyuanhe Stadium, Haikou;
August 12, 19:30, Wuhan Three Town vs Beijing Guoan, Wuhan Sports Center Stadium;
August 13, 19:30, Shanghai Shenhua vs Shandong Taishan, Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian;
August 13, 19:30, Changchun Yatai vs Chengdu Rongcheng, Changchun Sports Center Stadium;
Guangzhou City vs Wuhan Yangtze River, Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium, August 13, 19:30
August 13, 19:30, Henan Songshan Longmen vs Meizhou Hakka, Zhengzhou Navigation Stadium;
Hebei vs Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, Haikou Guanyonghu Soccer Base Stadium, August 13, 20:00
The adjusted four games are as follows:
August 11, 20:00, Hebei vs Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, Mission Hills Haikou Football Base;
August 12, 19:30, Wuhan Sanzhen vs Beijing Guoan, Wuhan Sports Center;
Guangzhou City vs Wuhan Yangtze River, Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium, August 13, 19:30
August 13, 19:00, Henan Songshan Longmen vs Meizhou Hakka, Zhengzhou Navigation Stadium.
The other five matches originally scheduled for Round 12 have been postponed to a later date to be announced. In addition, two matches originally scheduled for Round 16 have been rescheduled to Round 12:
August 12, 20:00, Guangzhou vs Chengdu Rongcheng, Wuyuanhe Stadium, Haikou;
Cangzhou Lions vs Shandong Taishan, Mission Hills Soccer Base Stadium, Haikou, 20:00, August 12th.
As we all know, the reason for this adjustment is the epidemic in Haikou, and the more direct impact is that Haikou's latest anti-epidemic policy stipulates that "leaving Haikou requires seven days and five inspections". At present, there are still six Chinese Super League teams stranded in Haikou, in addition to the choice of Haikou as a home field of Cangzhou Lions, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, Hebei team, and the 11th round of Haikou for the away game of Shandong Taishan, Guangzhou team and Chengdu Rongcheng.
In fact, in the 11th round of the Chinese Super League, a total of 8 teams played in Haikou, but after the first match between Shenzhen and Zhejiang, the two teams left Haikou successively. The Shenzhen team was scheduled to return to Shenzhen at the end of each round of matches to recuperate and prepare for the game, but because of the need to follow the requirements of the epidemic in the base of the isolation and accept the 7-day 5 inspection, so their game with Dalian people can only be postponed.
The CFF preparatory team also studied the schedule and found that among the six teams currently staying in Haikou, Hebei and Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, the two teams with their home stadiums in Haikou, would have to face each other in the 12th round, while the other four teams would face each other in the 16th round. So, the preparation group of the Chinese Football League arranged the six teams to take the lead in the fight against each other. The reporter also learned that, because the Chinese Super League round 12 of five matches were postponed, August 30 and 31 of the preparatory match day will also be activated.
As things stand, in a week's time, these Super League teams will be able to leave the Haikou tournament depending on circumstances. However, it must be noted that the 13th and 14th rounds of the Super League, including the future, may still face adjustments.
The restructuring of the schedule is something that almost all clubs are doing their best to accommodate, despite the objective inconvenience to some teams.
In the previous round, two matches allowed some fans to enter the stadium, creating an enviable atmosphere, Dalian people in the conditions of the already full Chinese class and 10 people are missing, and even the skipper Xie Hui also suffered a suspension, but still managed to draw three foreign aid out of the Shanghai seaport, in addition to the efforts of the team up and down, the Puwan Stadium, the 15,968 fans are also the greatest; and the return of the Marine Stadium home games after a lapse of 980 days Henan Songshan Longmen, who returned to the Maritime Stadium for a home game after 980 days, also swept Beijing Guoan 3-0 amidst the cheering of 6,567 fans - everyone understands what a wonderful experience it is to have the home team's fans on the field, and even more so, how hard it is to come by with such a home-and-away match system.
About the epidemic in Haikou, the Chinese Super League fans concerned about another focus is the previous participation in the East Asian Cup back to Haikou to receive isolation of the national football selection team.
The 11th round of the Chinese Super League, the national football team selection team of international players did not participate, which has a greater impact on the teams, which is most affected by Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai Shenhua, Guangzhou Jiang Guangtai and Wu Shaochong is the core of the team's defense, Shenzhen Dai Weijun is the team's absolute core of the midfield, the Shanghai Shenhua team is even more strength is greatly reduced, whether it is in front of Liu Ruowan vanadium or the back of the team's Zhu Chenjie are Very important. The final performance of the three teams also suffered a small impact, Guangzhou and Shenzhen suffered a defeat, Shenhua is relying on the team's strict defense, in the case of less than two people hard to draw Yatai.
The good thing is that from the adjusted schedule, at least for this round, all three teams will have their losses mitigated. Among them, Shanghai Shenhua and Shenzhen are due to delayed matches, while Guangzhou is playing in Haikou, when Jiang Guangtai and Wu Shaocong can return to the team.
Home and away is the general trend, but the existing background, home and away matches system of restoration is bound to go through a tortuous process, there is no perfect way, each team has to bear different pressures, but also need to make the necessary sacrifices in the present or in the future. Fortunately, both the CFF preparatory team and the clubs are doing their best to escort the league.
