Six Chinese clubs were trapped by Covid-19

Hai Khau was once considered a safe neutral place to organize competition. Therefore, the Chinese Football Federation (CFA) arranged for Chengdu Rongcheng, Jinmen Tigers, Shandong Taishan, Hebei, Cangzhou Lions and Guangzhou to play here, in the context of the Chinese government still pursuing the policy "Zero Covid ".

As planned, after the match on August 5, these six clubs will come to be guests on the pitch of the remaining teams in the next round. However, due to the rapidly spreading CVI-19 in this city, CFA decided to ban clubs from leaving the island.

CFA will hold two matches Guangzhou - Chengdu and Cangzhou - Shandong on August 12, although according to the previous schedule until the end of the new year. The matches without the presence of these clubs will take place as planned. But other matches must be postponed.

The tough anti-Covid-19 stance of the Chinese government makes the Super League, the number one football tournament in the country, affected. Since the end of 2019, most clubs cannot play at home but have been transferred continuously to avoid viruses.

The latest development makes it difficult for the Super League Organizing Committee to arrange the schedule for clubs to complete the season. At the beginning of the summer, the tournament was postponed for the Chinese team to attend the East Asia Cup in Japan. Due to schedule, Super League must take place simultaneously with the World Cup at the end of November and early December. But even that plan is not necessarily helping to end in 2022.