Two Chinese Super League youth teams set off for the AFC Champions League
Report from our newspaper (Reporter Li Li) Following Changchun Yatai team's announcement to withdraw from the AFC Champions League this season, Shanghai Haigang team also announced its withdrawal from the competition.
In this way, only Shandong Taishan team and Guangzhou team are left to represent the Chinese Super League in the AFC Champions League this season, and they only send young players to play.
According to the allocation of places, there should be 4 teams in the Chinese Super League to participate in the AFC Champions League this season, but due to the impact of the epidemic, the Yatai team had previously withdrawn from the competition on the grounds of force majeure.
The remaining 3 Chinese Super League teams have been preparing for the game.
However, due to the severe epidemic situation in Shanghai recently, some players are in isolation, and it is difficult to determine that the team's round-trip travel is affected by epidemic prevention. In this case, the Haigang team finally had no choice but to retire.
So far, only Taishan and Guangzhou are left in the Chinese Super League to play in the AFC Champions League this season.
At the same time, because the first team has to prepare for the Chinese Super League, both clubs sent "Youth Army".
At present, they have all arrived in the competition area.
As the third place in the Chinese Super League last season, the Guangzhou team was in Group I with Japan's Kawasaki Frontale, South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai and Malaysia's Johor Bahru.
In the first game, the Guangzhou team will play against the host Johor Bahru team on the evening of the 15th Beijing time.
Last season's Chinese Super League champion Taishan team was in the same group with South Korea's Daegu FC, Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds and Singapore's Lion City Mariners.
Taishan team's first game will also start on the 15th, the opponent is South Korea's Daegu FC.