On the evening of June 2, Beijing time, the latest news from the official fan club of China team Dragon Team , due to local authorities in Sharjah, UAE, did not allow spectators to enter the stadium to watch the game, the Chinese men's football team in Sharjah, UAE The next three World Preliminary 40 matches in the stadium will be played behind closed doors, which is a rare piece of good news for the Chinese men's football team recently.
Previously, the Asian Football Confederation announced that the remaining games of Group A of the World Preliminary Round of 40, which were originally held in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, will be moved to Sharjah Stadium in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The AFC subsequently not only changed the kick-off time originally arranged by the national football team, but even adjusted the order of the opponents. The national football team will face the Philippines, Maldives and Syria at 1 am Beijing time.
As a result, the so-called "home field advantage" of the Chinese men's football team has disappeared.. What makes Chinese fans even more angry is that the Syrian Football Association, which has been behind and stalking to let the AFC change the venue of the game, even "sucks an inch" to apply for a ticket to the Chinese Football Association to get Syrian fans to enter the stadium to support the team's game. If Syrian fans enter the stadium at that time, considering that the positions of Syria and the United Arab Emirates are closer, and Chinese fans cannot go abroad due to the epidemic , Syrian fans are very likely to turn the "neutral position" into their home ground. And if the United Arab Emirates refuses to allow fans to enter the stadium because of the epidemic, this also objectively gives the Chinese men's football a relatively fair competition environment and strives to win.
However, if the remaining 3 games of the national football team are played behind closed doors, the nominal host Chinese Football Association will also lose more business rights in this top 40 match. For example, stadium income, etc., but if the game is empty, it is conducive to the better performance of national football players.I believe that for the Chinese Football Association, which has suffered huge commercial losses recently, this loss of ticket revenue is really nothing.
Attached: The remaining matches of the National Football Team (all Beijing time)
June 8 01:00 China vs Philippines
6 12 01:00 China vs Maldives
June 16 01:00 China vs Syria