Affected by the epidemic, a total of 6 Chinese Super League teams are temporarily residing in Haikou City.
To this end, the event organizer has adjusted the schedule of some of the 12th round of the Chinese Super League to be held this weekend, and has scheduled 2 games originally planned to be played in the 16th round (by 4 teams currently residing in the Haikou Division. Team participation) is adjusted to this weekend.
6 teams stay in Haikou after the game
Also affected by factors such as the city's epidemic prevention policies in the relevant competition areas, when the 6 teams can leave Hainan, and whether they will need to be closed and quarantined after arriving in other competition areas from Haikou City, remains to be confirmed.
In this case, there are also variables in the schedule of some future rounds.
The Chinese Football Association and the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation have continued to pay attention to the relevant situation in the past few days, and have dynamically designed emergency plans to ensure the overall stability of the schedule.
Later on August 8, the Organizing Committee of the Chinese Super League announced some of the adjusted league schedules through official channels. The rounds involved are the 12th and 16th rounds.
This is because, affected by the epidemic in Hainan Province, 6 of the 8 teams that participated in the 11th round of the Chinese Super League in the Haikou Division last weekend failed to leave the division after the game.
These 6 teams may not be able to leave Haikou for the next week or even longer.
Only 6 games have been played this weekend
It is worth noting that according to the original schedule, there will be 9 games in the 12th round of the Chinese Super League this weekend.
However, the results of the schedule adjustment show that there are only 6 Chinese Super League games played this weekend, including 4 games in the 12th round, and 2 games in the 16th round, namely Guangzhou Team VS Chengdu Rongcheng Team, Cangzhou Lions Team VS Shandong Taishan team game.
These two games were carried out "in advance", mainly because the four participating teams are currently stranded in the Haikou Division.
As for the other 5 games in the 12th round, it may be arranged on alternate game days on August 30 and 31 or at another time.
In fact, since the emergence of the new epidemic situation in Hainan Province, the organizers of the event have paid close attention to the relevant situation and communicated closely with relevant parties in Hainan Province and Haikou City, so as to confirm the timetable for the "outlying islands" of several teams as soon as possible.
However, it is precisely because the local epidemic prevention policies may face new adjustments as the epidemic changes. Therefore, it is difficult for the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team to immediately confirm the final plan for the adjustment of the schedule of each round. Arrangement of round-related sessions.
Shenzhen Football Club will not be able to play this week
In addition, after the 11th round of competition in the Haikou Division on the 5th, the Shenzhen team and the Zhejiang team both left the Haikou Division on the 6th and returned to their respective cities.
However, after the Shenzhen team arrived in Shenzhen, they were notified that they had to undergo a 7-day closed quarantine observation at the Lihu training base.
Therefore, the statement that "Shenzhen Football Club does not agree to switch the home and away games against the Dalian natives in the 12th round" is not accurate.
The adjustment means that Shenzhen Football Club will not be able to participate in the Chinese Super League matches this week.
It can be seen that in terms of adjusting the schedule, the event organizers do face many uncertainties.
However, because before that, the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation has reserved a make-up day in each month, so it can be relatively calm in dealing with unexpected situations.
At present, the 6 Chinese Super League teams stranded in the Haikou Division are all stationed in the resident hotel that undertakes the reception work for the first stage of the tournament system.
In order to ensure the normal preparation of each team, the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation has also helped each team to implement a training venue in Mission Hills through the competition area. The training environment and conditions here are relatively superior.
Text/Co-ordinator by our reporter Xiao Xun/Du Rui