The Chinese Football Association held the "Chinese Football Association Professional League Media Ventilation Conference" in Shanghai.
China News Service, July 8 (Xinhua) The Chinese Football Association held the "Chinese Football Association Professional League Media Ventilation Conference" in Shanghai on the afternoon of the 8th. Chairman of the Chinese Football Association Chen Xuyuan, Secretary of the Chinese Football Association Liu Yi, General Manager of Beijing Zhonghe Guoan Football Club Li Ming, General Manager of Wuhan Zall Professional Football Club Li Qin, and relevant members of the Chinese Football Association Professional League Epidemic Prevention Working Group attended the meeting.
At the ventilation meeting, the Chinese Football Association notified and communicated to the media about the 2020 China Ping An Super League, which will be officially launched on July 25. Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, said that the strictest anti-epidemic measures must be taken to ensure the healthy and orderly progress of the Chinese Super League. No matter how difficult it is, Chinese football must respect the rules of football and act in accordance with the rules of football. The smooth progress of the 2020 Chinese Super League will show the new image and appearance of Chinese football.
Why adopt a group system?
In this year's Super League, the group stage arrangement was adopted in the first stage of the competition. For the Super League to be able to restart the game, the most important thing is to ensure the health and safety of all personnel. Especially in the face of the epidemic situation, reducing the flow of people and contact with the outside world, minimizing the possibility of infection and forming a closed loop for epidemic prevention, this is also the first condition for the league to start the game.
In accordance with the national epidemic prevention policy and the requirements of the General Administration of Epidemic Prevention, the Chinese Football Association solicited the opinions of many experts in epidemic prevention, including Professor Zhang Wenhong, and decided to change the first stage of the competition to a tournament system, and the competition was conducted in empty courts. Although it is a tournament system, it still retains the concept of home and away, and each team will play a double loop game.
Due to the late start time of the Super League this year, it is also necessary to consider the international competitions such as the national team's top 40 and the AFC Champions League. It is impossible to complete 240 league games throughout the year. Therefore, from a fair perspective, the Chinese Football Association decided to arrange it in a snake shape In principle, the 16 Chinese Super League teams will be divided into two groups, and the first 14 rounds of double-loop group competition will be conducted to generate the ranking within the group. Subsequently, the system and schedule of the second phase will be determined according to the epidemic prevention and control situation. The schedule of the second stage competition system will be announced during the first stage competition according to the epidemic prevention and control situation.
In the first stage of the competition, the participating teams in the Dalian division were: Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, Jiangsu Suning Tesco, Shandong Luneng Taishan, Henan Jianye, Dalian Ren, Guangzhou R&F, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, Shenzhen Jiazhaoye; the Suzhou division participating teams were : Beijing Zhonghe Guoan, Shanghai Shanggang, Wuhan Zall, Tianjin TEDA, Chongqing Contemporary, Hebei China Fortune, Qingdao Huanghai, Shijiazhuang Yongchang.
Why is there a quota of 1.5?
In this year, the last place in the Super League is directly relegated, and the penultimate place has a play-off match with the second place in the Ligue 1 to determine the last place in the 2021 season. This decision was made after the Chinese Football Association repeatedly solicited opinions from 16 Chinese Super League clubs and was unanimously approved at the general manager meeting on July 8.
This year's league system has undergone major changes, and the schedule has been significantly compressed. In addition, due to the impact of the epidemic, many clubs have practical difficulties, so some clubs recommend suspension of promotion for one year for comprehensive consideration. However, many clubs have suggested that if the promotion is cancelled, it will have a very serious impact on the fairness, competitiveness and fierceness of the league. Based on the principle of ensuring healthy and orderly competition in the league, fair and fair competition, and at the same time respecting the opinions of most clubs, it was decided to adjust the quota for promotion and demotion. The final determined quota for promotion and demotion was 1.5.
Chen Xuyuan and Liu Yi. Photo courtesy of China Super Company
Where are the game rules adjusted?
In this year's Chinese Super League, the latest policies of FIFA and IFAB (International Football Association Council) will be implemented in the game for the first time. Five players can be replaced per game. In view of the high density of competitions, the number of club registrations per game was expanded to 23 people.
Due to the fact that the return of foreign players in the Chinese Super League and the First League clubs is different. Affected by the national epidemic prevention policy, a large number of foreign aid and foreign teachers have failed to return to the team. Recently, with the changes in policy adjustments, foreign aid and foreign teachers have begun to return. After communicating with many clubs and seeking opinions, in this year's Super League, foreign aid can register a total of 7 people, register 6 people at the same time, register 5 people, and play up to 4 people at the same time.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, some club foreign players cannot return to the team to participate in the game. Therefore, foreign balance protection clauses have been formulated: teams with less than 2 foreign players can apply for "foreign balanced protection". which is:
1. If 0 foreign players return to the team, the opposing team can play at most 2 foreign players at the same time (other foreigners can enter the substitute list and can be replaced).
2. If only one foreign player returns to the team, the opposing team may play at most 3 foreign players at the same time (other foreign players may enter the substitute list and be replaced).
The team applying for foreign balance protection must apply in writing and be approved before July 20, and then the foreign player who declares the new return team must be on or before the day of the previous round of the team's game, otherwise they can only register for the game after another round.
Why did the two regions choose Dalian and Suzhou?
The tournament system requires far more venues and related facilities than the league. Taking the Chinese Super League as an example, considering such a tight schedule and high temperature, it places extremely high requirements on the maintenance of the venue, supporting facilities, and athletes’ medical rehabilitation. Each venue needs to find venues and hotels that meet the training and competition needs of 8 teams. The hospital is not easy, especially the high standard training ground is even more difficult.
The Chinese Football Association conducted field visits to 9 cities including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, and Dalian, focusing on the competition venues, training venues and related facilities. Various local governments, sports bureaus and member associations have fully cooperated with the inspection work of the Chinese Football Association, and have expressed their willingness to undertake the Chinese Super League matches.
Comprehensively consider the epidemic prevention requirements, hardware facilities, human resources, weather conditions and other factors, and reduce the local epidemic prevention pressure. From the current situation, the Dalian and Suzhou regions have good competition and training venue conditions, but need to do Partial reconstruction or maintenance work to meet the requirements of the Chinese Super League.
On November 14, 2019, in the Asian World Top 40, the national football team lost to Syria by 1:2. The opponent scored a goal first. After that, Wu Lei volleyed the ball to equalize the score. Zhang Linpeng accidentally led the national football to fall behind again . The picture shows Zhang Linpeng in the game. Image source: Visual China
How to balance the three games of league, AFC and national team?
The Chinese men's national football team will continue to participate in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in the Asian Top 40 this year. At the same time, this year's AFC Champions League has not yet determined a new schedule. How to balance the league, AFC Champions League and national team games It is also a major consideration for the Chinese Football Association in formulating the schedule.
There is a complementary relationship between the league and the national team. Without a stable league, the national team can hardly achieve good results. Therefore, in the process of formulating the schedule, the Chinese Football Association has repeatedly communicated with AFC and FIFA. Optimized between the league and the national team.
However, the failure to determine the AFC Champions League and National Team World Preliminaries schedule has caused great confusion for the league schedule. Each country has different levels of epidemic situation and different epidemic prevention policies, which has caused great uncertainty for the AFC to formulate relevant schedules. Since late January, the Chinese Football Association has maintained close contact with AFC and FIFA, and adjusted the league schedule in time according to the information feedback from the other party. However, until now, AFC has not yet formed a final plan for the AFC Championship.
In addition, the schedule of the World Preliminaries also has great changes. For the FIFA match day in September, FIFA has announced the extension of the national team’s game window, including AFC. Therefore, the national team training will not be arranged in September, but also to allow the league to have a relatively complete schedule , Not to be fragmented.
How to do epidemic prevention work?
The Super League can be started without strict epidemic prevention and control measures. After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, the Chinese Football Association has always attached great importance to the prevention and control of the epidemic, and always put the physical and mental health of athletes, coaches and staff first. As early as in February, the "Chinese Football Association Epidemic Prevention and Control Work Implementation Rules" was prepared and issued to national teams and professional clubs at all levels. All teams are requested to follow up closely and strictly prevent and control. As the national epidemic gradually eased, the start of the professional league was put on the agenda. According to my country's relevant policies and experience in epidemic prevention and control of other events, the Chinese Football Association Competition Department quickly established the Chinese Football Association Professional League Epidemic Prevention Work Leading Group, and formulated the "Chinese Football Association Professional League Epidemic Prevention and Control Guide" as an important part of the league's start-up plan.
On May 21, the leaders of the association and the team of the competition department made a special trip to Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University. To strengthen the prevention and control of the national team, professional clubs and league leagues and the contents of the "Guide", Zhang Xin, vice president of Ma Xin and director of the Department of Infection Professor Wen Hong and Ms. Wang Huiying, Director of Medical Services, solicited opinions. Professor Zhang Wenhong believes that the "Guide" is comprehensively perfect and has a good support for the safe operation of the league. He has also provided professional suggestions on individual details. During the talks, the three experts gladly accepted the invitation to be an epidemic prevention expert of the Chinese Football Association.
After the outbreak in Beijing, higher demands were placed on the league rematch. According to the recommendations of experts, the Chinese Football Association has again refined the league's epidemic prevention requirements. In the final version of the "Chinese Football Association Professional League Epidemic Prevention and Control Guide", it has been formulated from multiple dimensions such as personnel management, transportation, accommodation, venue management, competition management, and media management. Measures to form a closed loop for epidemic prevention.
At the time of the game, the Chinese Football Association will require the two regions to be meticulous and responsible on the basis of abiding by the guidelines for the prevention and control of the league's epidemic situation. They must ensure that no one outbreak occurs and that the league is healthy and orderly.
Football Association Chairman Chen Xuyuan. Photo courtesy of China Super Company
How to use high-tech means to locate?
In the epidemic prevention and control work restarted in this league, through scientific and technological empowerment, modern scientific and technological means are used to achieve scientific management in epidemic prevention and control, strengthen online operations, and reduce the use of human resources. For example, using the positioning function requires players and staff to punch in and sign in at a specified time to determine whether the location is at a specified position. This is also one of the highlights of the Chinese Super League epidemic prevention and control work.
In addition, the temperature measurement and identification of all personnel are performed through intelligent hardware, and the body temperature and entry and exit information of the personnel are automatically generated for the epidemic prevention personnel to check and avoid disturbing the testee; through the video conference system and live broadcast system, each business Staff conduct anti-epidemic, business and other training; through the approval and intelligent form system of punching software, the administrative barriers of internal and external personnel of the association are broken through, and the work is carried out quickly and flexibly to improve the speed and efficiency of approval.
How to do psychological counseling after being closed for two months?
In order to ensure food hygiene arrangements, all players are not allowed to order takeaway food and can only eat at the hotel. At the same time, taking into account the negative psychological impact of long-term concentration on players and staff, during the league process, the clubs will be arranged at appropriate times to take appropriate measures to decompress the players and do psychological counseling.
In the hotel where the players are stationed, the Chinese Football Association has prepared a variety of entertainment methods, including billiards, basketball, reading room, karaoke, video games, etc., for everyone to relax and use. At the same time, on the premise of ensuring epidemic prevention safety, a certain number of professional knowledge, interest skills training and exchange activities are arranged in an orderly manner.
How to improve the viewing experience in the league empty court?
The first stage of the 2020 China Ping An Super League will not be open to spectators. This is also the first time that the Super League has played in the open field. How to let the majority of fans improve the viewing experience when the league is open is a major issue.
In this regard, the Chinese Football Association, after cooperating with the league's copyright dealer Olympic Power, decided to use virtual technology to enhance the visual and audio effects of the broadcast. At that time, in the broadcast screen seen by the fans, the empty stand will be replaced by a virtual audience. After collecting the sound effects of the fans in the previous league, the virtual sound has been produced by high-tech means and will be used in the game according to various scenes. Improve the impact of the empty court on the broadcast effect of the game.
At the same time, the team will arrange Tifo in the stands. When the home team scores, it will also play the home goal exclusive video provided by the club on the big screen of the stadium to create an atmosphere; it will also collect fans' favorite songs into songs Single, played when the team is warming up, creating a home atmosphere for the players, so that the participating players and fans watching the game can better feel the Super League aura. (Finish)