China News Service, October 17th. The first stage of the 2020 Chinese Football Association League A was successfully completed a few days ago. In 34 days, 18 teams played a total of 90 games in 10 rounds in Chengdu, Changzhou and Meizhou. In the fierce competition, in the end, the top two teams in each competition area, a total of 6 teams entered the "supergroup", and the other 12 teams entered the relegation group and the second group respectively. They will each start the second stage of the competition.
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The opening of China A is of great significance
The 2020 China A League officially kicked off on September 12.
As a second-tier league that connects the past and the next, the opening of the my country League A symbolizes that China's professional football league system is fully and orderly restored under the background of China's epidemic prevention and control achieving major strategic results and entering normal control, and actively seeking development. An important sign of the full resumption of work and production in the sports industry.
As the "mainstay" of the Chinese professional football league, the safe and orderly operation of the Chinese Premier League, like the Chinese Super League, has been recognized by the people and fans of the whole country.
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Strict epidemic prevention measures "ten thousand times" nucleic acid testing to ensure safety
The 2020 China League One has always been moving towards the goal of "one guarantee, two striving", that is, to ensure that there is no epidemic infection during the league, to strive for a healthy and orderly league, and strive for a fair and exciting league.
In order to implement this overall goal, the Chinese Premier League’s epidemic prevention standards are not inferior to that of the Chinese Super League, and strictly follow the relevant requirements of the "Chinese Football Association Professional League Epidemic Prevention and Control Guidelines".
The competition area is strictly managed according to the division of blue and green zones. All resident teams that arrive in the blue area will undergo two nucleic acid and one antibody tests before arrival, and nucleic acid tests will be carried out as soon as they enter the competition area.
Thereafter, during the competition, nucleic acid testing will be carried out on a regular basis once a week, and training and competitions can only be continued if all test results are normal.
In the first stage of the league, 6 rounds of nucleic acid tests were carried out in the 3 competition areas. A total of 10257 people were tested (3208 people in Chengdu, 3205 people in Changzhou, 3205 people in Changzhou, Meizhou 3844 people in the competition area), all results were negative.
The meticulous epidemic prevention work provides everyone with a safe and safe competition and living environment.
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Strong local support and guarantee
Affected by the epidemic, the preparatory work for this year's China League A is tight, and the Chinese Football Association has sent a multi-way inspection team to conduct a serious and efficient inspection of the candidates for the competition area.
From September 5th, multiple working groups under the League Organizing Committee, including epidemic prevention and security, competition organization, logistics support, refereeing, disciplinary supervision, and media business, entered the three competition areas. Until September 12th, the league officially opened. By the completion of 90 games in 10 rounds, in addition to the hard work of the Chinese Football Association and the League Organizing Committee staff, the Chengdu, Changzhou and Meizhou divisions have contributed to the strong support of the league.
In order to ensure the high-quality and orderly progress of competition and training under the intensive schedule, a total of 9 competition venues and 17 training venues are provided in the three competition areas.
In order to meet the requirements of the China League One, a number of competition training venues in the three divisions have been specially upgraded, such as the opening of a special channel for epidemic prevention, the smoothness and durability of the turf, and the achievement of rapid rainfall drainage standards, the construction of broadcast stations and Packaging of training grounds, etc.
In the first stage of the Chinese League, more than 1,700 people in the three divisions provided various guarantee services for the competition. Among them, in terms of resident logistics support, the Yufu Guodu Hot Spring Hotel in the Chengdu Division, the Wenjiang Base of the Chengdu Football Association, the Marco Polo Hotel in the Changzhou Division, and Hengpi Football Town in Meizhou Division has invested more than 520 chefs, waiters, and staff to provide “customized” fine services for the daily training of 18 teams, including independent dining and meetings for each team. Space, providing sports and leisure facilities such as gym, swimming pool, table tennis, billiards, and personalized meals.
The caring service of the resident hotel does a good job in the emotional resolution work for the players of the participating teams during the tense continuous game, and provides strong support for the smooth progress of the game.
Overcome the dense schedule of domestic players, young players show their talents
Taking into account factors such as the epidemic situation, this year's China League A will be conducted in a tournament system. Although the competition schedule is more intensive compared with previous years, the level of excitement of the league remains unchanged.
From the data point of view, the total number of goals scored in the first 10 rounds of the 2020 China League One is 199 (including 4 own goals), and an average of 2.2 goals per game.
Among them, the number of goals scored by foreign aid was 62, a significant decline, but domestic players have a strong desire to score goals. The total number of goals reached 133, which is more than double the goals of foreign aid. Among them, Changchun Yatai player Tan Long topped 10 goals. Top of the three divisions.
What is particularly eye-catching is that while domestic players have carried the flag of shooters, domestic young players have also ushered in a gratifying explosion.
A total of 117 U23 players played in the 10 rounds of the first stage of the league, a significant increase of 44 people over the same period last year. The cumulative playing time and total goals doubled to 42233 minutes and 28 goals respectively (before the 2019 season) 10 rounds were 73 players, 20827 minutes and 12 goals).
For example, Chen Guokang, a 21-year-old player of the Meizhou Hakka Team who both grew up from the Youth League, and a 19-year-old player of Jiangxi Liansheng Team Yi Xianlong, both did not lose a game in 10 rounds and scored 2 and 1 goals respectively. , Has gradually grown into the team's main force.
These young players galloping in the Chinese Football League are all the stars of hope in Chinese football and will undoubtedly become the most powerful talent pool of Chinese football.
In addition, the first stage of the league this year has been smoother, and serious malicious fouls have been greatly reduced. The average net time per game reached 50 minutes and 14 seconds, an increase of 1 minute and 41 seconds from last season.
The average number of red cards per game was 0.17, a decrease of more than one-third from last season.
A smooth and civilized game is inseparable from the serious and meticulous work of the referees. Due to the tight preparation time of this season and the constraints of the venue conditions, the first stage of this season of the Chinese League does not have the condition of using video assistant referees. Each game will increase. Two baseline referees.
All competition areas actively overcome difficulties such as close competitions and limited referees to ensure that the law enforcement of the league is carried out in a fair and orderly manner.
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Rich and colorful life in the competition area
Under the strict anti-epidemic policy, players, coaches, referees and staff have gone through close work and life for nearly 40 days during intense competition training.
In order to relieve everyone’s physical and mental stress and enrich the life of the competition area, various competition areas have organized a variety of leisure and entertainment activities, including table tennis, billiards, basketball and other sports competitions, including watching the movie "Eight Hundred", experiencing local characteristic culture, and watching Various cultural and entertainment activities such as theatrical performances.
Especially on the occasion of the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, in order to let the 18 teams and the staff of the competition area feel the festive atmosphere and spend a special and unforgettable "double festival", each competition area not only held a variety of cultural and sports activities, but also carefully Prepared a delicious and delicious "festival banquet".
Everyone gathered together to celebrate the festive season and learn about the rich and diverse local intangible cultural heritage works such as tiger-toed shoes, Menghe Chinese medicine sachets, dough sculptures and other local intangible cultural heritage works. Watch tea-picking operas, puppet shows and other local opera programs with gusto, and taste the special carefully made by chefs in the competition area "Super-large" moon cakes, as well as dumplings, hot pot and other festive delicacies.
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