When will the Chinese Super League start? How will the national team rebuild?
Chinese football waits for new year's opening whistle
The Spring Festival holiday is over, Chinese football in 2023 is still in a "quiet" state, the start time of the new season of the Chinese Super League is still not determined, and the reconstruction of the Chinese men's football team is still unclear. All this is waiting for the Chinese Football Association to blow the opening of 2023 post.
According to the previous schedule, the Spring Festival period is the beginning of the winter training of the Chinese Super League teams, but now there is no news of the teams closing.
The Tianjin Jinmen Tigers are expected to regroup on February 8, but only if the Chinese Super League starts at the end of March.
Judging from the current situation, everything is unknown, and it is reasonable for the teams to delay the concentration time.
The reason why the Chinese Super League postponed the winter training is very simple, that is, the league access work for the 2023 season has not yet fully entered the right track.
The current situation shows that the wage arrears problem of some teams has not been resolved, and the Chinese Football Association has been unable to finalize the participating teams for the new season.
Under such circumstances, the start time of the Chinese Super League has been unable to be finalized for a long time, which has caused the preparations of the teams to be unable to start.
The troubles of the Chinese Football Association are not only at the league level, but also the formation of national teams.
It is reported that the New Zealand national team will have two warm-up matches with the Chinese men's football team in late March, but there is still no clear arrangement.
Before the head coach is finalized, the training of the Chinese men's football team cannot be carried out normally. After all, this involves the new coach's team leadership ideas and personnel selection matters.
After the Chinese men's football team was eliminated from the top 12, it has not organized a training camp for almost a year. The procrastination in the selection of new coaches made it impossible to carry out any other effective work.
Even the warm-up match against the New Zealand national team, whether it will be the Chinese men's football team or the Chinese U24 Asian Games team, has not yet been finalized.
It has to be said that in preparing for the next World Cup, Chinese football is in a passive situation again.
After the Spring Festival holiday, the Chinese Football Association needs to improve work efficiency.
The most time-consuming and labor-intensive preparation for the new season of the Chinese Super League is the admission review. The core point is to be more decisive.
In addition, the selection of the new coach of the Chinese men's football team must be finalized as soon as possible, all of which will test the vision and decision-making ability of the decision-makers.
(Reporter Shen Wei)
(Source: Tianjin Daily, Page 3, January 28, 2023)