(Fighting against New Crown Pneumonia) Chinese football under the epidemic: Players' pay cuts are 30% to 50% Super League or group matches 

　　China News Service, Beijing, May 8 Question: Chinese football under the epidemic: Players' pay cuts are 30% to 50% Super League or group matches

　　China News Agency reporter Xing Chong

　　Under the epidemic, Chinese football also pressed the "pause button". As China's domestic epidemic prevention and control situation improves, the restart of Chinese football is put on the agenda. The Chinese Football Association President Chen Xuyuan recently revealed a series of countermeasures for Chinese football under the epidemic in an interview with the media.

　　Player salary reduction: 30% -50% foreign aid is no exception

　　Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the global football competition was shut down, and the football world started a "wage cut". Chen Xuyuan admitted that all levels of professional league clubs in China have experienced financial difficulties of varying degrees. "If it is not realistic to ask the Football Association to help clubs with cash, we need to help these clubs in terms of policies and rules to reduce the club's basic investment and some additional expenses."

　　Specifically, the Chinese Football Association will soon issue a proposal calling on players to accept temporary salary cuts in accordance with the club's wishes. The salary reduction date is from March 1 to the start of the league. The salary reduction is 30% to 50%, which is discussed by the club and the players. "I hope that all professional athletes can correctly deal with temporary salary reduction measures, which is beneficial to the development of the club and the long-term development of players."

　　Chen Xuyuan also said that the Chinese Football Association had fully communicated with FIFA on measures to reduce wages, and FIFA expressed its full recognition of this. "Foreign aid also requires a salary reduction. If domestic players and foreign players are treated differently, it is unfair. FIFA believes that the reasonable salary reduction we proposed is in line with expectations. If foreign aid does not agree to a salary reduction and appeals to FIFA, FIFA Will support us. "

　　Super League restart: or two groups of reserve teams to play in the second division

　　As the epidemic prevention and control situation improved, the restart of football matches was put on the agenda. The Bundesliga has announced that it will restart the league on May 16.

　　Chen Xuyuan said that the Chinese Football Association has been continuously optimizing and comparing plans for the restart of the league and constantly communicating with the clubs. The goal is to start the league as soon as possible under the premise of meeting the requirements of epidemic prevention and control.

　　"Compared with previous leagues, we made three sets of plans." Chen Xuyuan said that one is a complete plan, and the other is a plan from June to December according to the time node. If the delay continues, there will be a third set of plans.

　　He emphasized that there are two basic points in this, one is to start as early as possible in accordance with the requirements of prevention and control, and the other is that the game has been adjusted compared with the past to ensure the quality of the league. The league needs to be empty in the beginning of the league, and then gradually increase the number of fans.

　　For example, Chen Xuyuan said that if the game starts in late June and ends in December, this half year will allow the national team to prepare for one month and the AFC Championship for one month. In fact, the professional league has only four months. "It is impossible to complete 30 rounds in 4 months. In order to complete the league, it may be divided into groups A and B, and cross-match and knockout will be carried out in stages."

　　Chen Xuyuan also said that the quality of the Super League Reserve League in recent years has not been of high quality, which has caused great harm to the players. Participating in the second league is very helpful to improve the league's appreciation and the player's ability to play. The club is willing to participate. The National Youth Team also needs to be in 2024. Prepare for the Olympics. "Therefore, we propose that the Chinese Super League and the National Youth Team will participate in the China League B. They will receive normal points but will not participate in the promotion and demotion."

　　National team preparations: Women's football in the top 40 matches from September to November

　　In 2020, the Chinese men's and women's football teams are facing the preparation tasks for the World Cup qualifiers and the Olympic qualifiers, respectively. Under the epidemic, these events had to be postponed.

　　The Chinese men's football team will be training in Shanghai from May 10th to 27th. "The goal is to improve the technical and tactical drill level of the players under the premise of epidemic prevention safety, and to improve the actual preparation capabilities of the national team through warm-up matches." Chen Xuyuan said.

　　According to Shanghai's epidemic prevention requirements, the training and competition during the national football training will be conducted under closed conditions to ensure the safety of the team and epidemic prevention work.

　　Chen Xuyuan revealed that he has fully communicated with AFC and FIFA, and the remaining games in the top 40 are basically determined to be completed between September and November this year. "At present, there are relatively good signs of domestic epidemic prevention and control, but foreign epidemics are still relatively severe. There are also some uncertainties in the next few months. Next, we will continue to maintain close communication with the AFC to discuss a few. Different schemes, but the competition should be completed during this time period. "

　　The Chinese women's football team will play a playoff match with the Korean team to compete for a place in the Tokyo Olympics. Affected by the epidemic, the time of this game has been delayed.

　　"Basically, it will be postponed until March or April next year. Women's football training is now running in this period of time." Chen Xuyuan said, women's football training is mainly for the South Korean team to prepare for the goal, the goal is to make the best efforts to qualify. (Finish)