In order to solve the frequently exposed refereeing problems in the league
The Chinese Super League plans to resume hiring foreign referees in the new season
The preparations for the new season of the Chinese Super League are currently being advanced in an orderly manner. Many clubs have applied to host the opening ceremony of the Chinese Super League. At the same time, the league is expected to welcome the return of foreign referees in the new season.
Although the overall strength of the Chinese Super League has declined severely in the past few seasons, the resumption of the home and away system has rekindled the enthusiasm of the clubs.
It is reported that at least 5 clubs have expressed to the Chinese Football Association in different forms their willingness to bid for the opening ceremony and opening match of the new season of the Chinese Super League.
As for the Super Cup, initially scheduled to be held on April 8, the Suzhou Division and the Wuhan Division have also confirmed their participation in the bid.
In fact, in the second half of last season, many Chinese Super League clubs that returned to their home games have begun to organize fans to return to the stadium to watch the football in an orderly manner, and the high popularity in Chengdu, Wuhan and other competition areas has also given everyone the hope of the Chinese Super League's recovery.
Therefore, as early as the end of the Chinese Super League last season, the Chengdu Rongcheng Club, whose home is located in the new Phoenix Mountain Professional Football Stadium, expressed to the event organizers their willingness to host the opening ceremony of the new season.
Up to now, Wuhan Three Towns, Beijing Guoan, Qingdao Manatee, Dalian native and a club from Shanghai have expressed similar wishes in different forms.
In addition to the Chinese Super League, the Super Cup is also brewing to restart.
In January 2019, the Chinese Football Association confirmed that the next three Super Cups will be held in the Suzhou Division Olympic Sports Center.
However, affected by objective factors, this event has been suspended for 3 consecutive years after it was held once that year.
Up to now, the Suzhou Division and the Wuhan Division, the home of the Chinese Super League’s new champion Wuhan Three Towns, have expressed their willingness to bid for the event. The competition department of the Chinese Football Association will issue a call for competition area for this event in the near future.
Before the 2020 season, in order to ensure fair competition in various key events, the Chinese Football Association will invite some foreign referees with outstanding professional skills and rich experience in law enforcement in competitions to come to China to referee every season, and even invited the former "UEFA No. Whistle", British referee Clattenburg and other internationally renowned referees come to China to participate full-time in domestic leagues, cups and other major competitions.
However, in the past three seasons, due to objective factors, the work of foreign referees coming to China to judge has almost been suspended.
Of course, this has also brought more refereeing opportunities to local referees, including Ma Ning, Fu Ming and others who are frequently invited to referee matches under the AFC, which is enough to show that after intensive actual combat training, their ability It has been recognized by the AFC and even FIFA.
But it is undeniable that in the past three seasons, the Chinese Super League has frequently exposed the problems of referees, and some low-level mistakes, wrong judgments and missed judgments have occurred from time to time.
In this case, after research, the event organizer decided to resume the work of inviting foreign referees this season. In important rounds and games, foreign referees will participate in the refereeing work.
However, from the perspective of competition trends and rules, the organizers of the competition generally do not invite foreign referees to participate in the refereeing until the league enters the second half or the cup enters the key round of the knockout round at the earliest.
Our reporter Li Li
beijing daily