Three towns in Wuhan temporarily top the list of the Chinese Super League. According to the plan, after the first phase of the 2022 Chinese Super League ends on July 12, the second phase of the competition will be held from July 21 to August 21. A Beijing Youth Daily reporter ver

Wuhan’s three towns are temporarily ranked first in the Chinese Super League

According to the plan, after the first phase of the 2022 Chinese Super League ends on July 12, the second phase of the competition will be held from July 21 to August 21. Beijing Youth Daily reporter verified and confirmed that this stage of the competition will continue to adopt a centralized competition system. The competition will still be held as originally planned in Meizhou , Haikou, Dalian 3 competition areas. In order to ensure the fairness and impartiality of league law enforcement, the event organizer will allocate all certified referees to three competition areas. Based on the importance of some competitions and the principle of territorial avoidance in referee selection, some referees will be arranged to perform different tasks. Switching between competition areas. In addition, due to weather factors, the kick-off time of some games in the Haikou Division will be appropriately postponed to maximize the health and safety of participating players.

The competition area for the second stage remains unchanged.

There is no home and away game system.

As of now, the first stage of the new season of the Chinese Super League is more than halfway through. The tournament organizers have recently begun preparations for the second phase of the league. Prior to this, some media had speculated that due to certain "situations" in the Meizhou Division of the first stage of the competition, the organizer of the event may choose another division to replace the Meizhou Division to host one of the second stage events. Some media even speculated that Chengdu and Wuhan may "take over" some Chinese Super League matches. However, a reporter from Beiqing Daily verified that as of now, the event organizers have no such plan. In other words, the second phase of the competition will still be held in the three competition areas of Meizhou, Haikou and Dalian respectively as originally planned.

Before the kick-off of the Chinese Super League this season, the relevant person in charge of the Chinese Football Confederation’s preparatory group stated that “restoring the league’s home and away system” has always been an important goal or direction pursued by the league, but the premise is that each division must do a good job in epidemic prevention and control. , meeting the epidemic prevention and other safety conditions for hosting home games. At present, the Chinese Super League does not yet have the conditions to resume the home and away game system. Therefore, the second stage of the competition will still use the centralized grouping system of the first stage.

The seed teams will not be rotated in the first three stages.

Guoan will still remain in the Meizhou Division.

According to the competition regulations confirmed before the season, the second stage of the competition will have a larger rotation of team divisions. Among the three groups of the Chinese Super League, the top two teams in each group are seeded teams. The seeded teams will not participate in the division rotation in the first to third stages, and will be rotated in the fourth stage.

Meizhou Hakka , as the host team of the Meizhou Division, is ranked No. 1 in the division; Shandong Taishan, as the defending champion, is ranked No. 1 in the Haikou Division; Changchun Yatai team is ranked fourth in the Haikou Division as the 2021 Chinese Super League. Position 2; Shanghai Haigang team, as the runner-up of the Chinese Super League in the 2021 season, is ranked No. 1 in the Dalian Division, Guangzhou team , as the third place in the Chinese Super League in the 2021 season, is positioned at No. 2 in the Dalian Division; Meizhou Hakka team plus former Chinese Super League team in the 2021 season The five Beijing Guoan team will jointly become the seed teams in the Meizhou Division. The above-mentioned 6 teams will not participate in the division rotation in the first three stages of the league. The regulations also show that among the teams participating in the second stage of each division, there will no longer be games between teams in the same division in the first stage. Affected by factors such as the broadcast of the event, the organizers have not yet finalized the specific match arrangements and timetable for each round of the second stage.

In the next stage, some referees

will make appropriate changes between competition areas.

Other competition arrangements for the second stage of the Chinese Super League are generally the same as those for the first stage. It is worth noting that the organizers of the tournament will still make appropriate changes to some referees between competitions during the second phase. The purpose is to ensure the fairness and impartiality of the league's law enforcement work. For example, in principle, the referee who officiated the first round of a clash between two teams will not be officiating the second round of the clash between the two teams. The selection of referees must strictly implement the principle of territorial avoidance. In addition, since the new season of the Chinese League One will be held at the same time, and the new season of the Chinese League Two will kick off on July 2, there is a high demand for referees in leagues at all levels. At present, due to the epidemic, some referees (part-time) are still unable to ask for leave from their units to go to the competition area to enforce the law for a long time. These factors objectively create difficulties in the selection of league referees.

It is understood that international referee Fu Ming has recently returned to China, and he is expected to return to the law enforcement stage as soon as possible before the end of the first phase of the Chinese Super League.

Text/Reporter Xiao Nan

Coordinator/Photo courtesy of Du Rui/Xinhua News Agency

Guoan prepares for war

Xie Feng: Personnel adjustments and rotations will be carried out in the 7th round

On the evening of the 30th, Beijing Guoan will compete in the 7th round of the Chinese Super League Before the game against Chengdu Chengdu, Guoan coaches Xie Feng and Jiang Xiangyou attended the press conference. Xie Feng said that the team has recently experienced player fatigue problems and injuries are still affecting the team's preparations, so some adjustments and rotations will be made in this game.

When talking about the preparations for the game, Xie Feng said: "We did not have a particularly large rotation range before. In recent training, we can feel that some players are physically tired, so we will make some adjustments in this round of games. There are also some injuries. Adebenluo's recovery situation is not very satisfactory. At that time, we introduced him in the hope that he would help the team in the frontcourt. His absence from the game in the past few games had a great impact on our offense. Fortunately, the Chinese players are in good condition, especially . Zhang Yuning scored in games, I hope his hot state can continue. "

Guoan actually did not take any advantage in the first meeting with the Chengdu team, so how does Xie Feng view this opponent in the second meeting? He said: "Although the Chengdu team has not won yet, the team is obviously on an upward trend. The Chengdu team's corner kicks are their means of scoring, and every goal is related to the corner kicks. This We also require our players to improve their concentration in the game. In the 90-minute game, I require the players to devote themselves wholeheartedly. It is possible to play well for 88 minutes, but if they are not focused for 2 minutes, they may lose the game. The weather was very hot in the last game and we obviously entered the state very slowly. We hope this game can improve. We need to start well and finish every minute to win the game."

Although their opponents have not yet won, they have won. There are a lot of gains from set pieces. Many of the previous goals were achieved in this way. So on the defensive end of this campaign, what arrangements did Xie Feng, as the coach, make? Xie Feng replied: "The current formation and playing style of the Chengdu team, including set-piece tactics, have been changing. They have many offensive methods, and the wing offense is more active. The players and I also emphasized that one is Pay attention to defending the opponent's wing, especially the pass, and the second is to reduce the number of set balls for the opponent. "

Text/Photo provided by our reporter Zhang Kunlong/Xinhua News Agency

Chinese Super League 2nd Stage Grouping

Meizhou Division: Meizhou Hakka, Beijing Guoan. , Guangzhou City, Henan Songshan Longmen, Wuhan Yangtze River, Wuhan Three Towns

Haikou Division: Shandong Taishan, Changchun Yatai , Hebei Team, Shanghai Shenhua, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers , Chengdu Rongcheng

Dalian Division: Shanghai Haigang, Guangzhou Team, Shenzhen team, Cangzhou Lions, Dalian people, Zhejiang team