"When can I go home!" This is the sigh of Huang Bo
"When can I go home!" This is the sigh of Huang Bowen, a member of Evergrande, on the day of Guoan lottery. Although Shenhua and Evergrande have applied for routes according to the requirements of relevant departments, they have never obtained the approval. The AFC Champions League team, which is waiting for charter flights, not only has to face the fatigue and suffering after being suspended for one season, but also has to face the daily expenses of about 654.38+10,000 yuan.
Regarding the return of Shenhua and Evergrande to China, this newspaper also conducted a comprehensive interview before. It is reported that the approval procedure for the charter flight to return to China is relatively complicated, and it can only be handed over to the Civil Aviation Administration of China after it is approved by the joint defense and control mechanism of the State Council. When applying, the club needs to apply to the local joint defense and joint control working group, and the local joint defense and joint control working group or the local government will submit it to the the State Council joint defense and joint control mechanism for approval, so the whole process is relatively complicated and naturally it will take more time.
Another problem is that the departure date of the AFC Champions League Super League semi-final is fixed, so there is enough time to operate (it is reported that the charter flight only needs the approval of the local government joint defense joint control working group), but the return date is uncertain, and the temporary operation itself takes time. This is why after Shanghai Shenhua was eliminated on the 3rd, the team planned to return to Shanghai on the 7th, but unfortunately, there was no news about the charter flight approval.
At first, several teams were hesitant to play the AFC Champions League in Doha, and even, as Chen Xiaoyuan said in an interview, "they didn't want to go". Apart from epidemic prevention, the most important issue is the charter flight. Due to the epidemic, Qatar has no direct flights to China, so teams have to charter flights to return. However, charter flights involve routes and other issues, which are obviously beyond the decision of the club and the Football Association. At present, the Football Association's team led by Huang Song, deputy director of the State Administration Department, is also in Qatar.
Shanghai Shenhua stranded in Doha suffered a lot. Since the start of the Super League on July 25th, the team has played league matches, FA Cup matches and AFC Champions Group matches in a row under very difficult circumstances. All the games are concentrated and closed, with 26 games in four months, and the physical and mental fatigue of the team can be imagined. You can go home after the AFC Champions League, but you can only wait, which makes everyone's mood anxious to the extreme. You can only move freely in the hotel and go swimming at most. This state seems very pleasant during the holiday, but the players are all in anxious to return, and everyone has not been reunited with their families for too long.
More bitter than Shenhua team is Guangzhou Evergrande. Evergrande actually handed over its fate to its rivals in the same group on June 5438+February 1. They must stay in the hotel until the game between Kobe Victory Fleet and Suwon Samsung Team is over, and then apply for a charter flight after being confirmed out, but they also have to wait. Compared with the relatively relaxed atmosphere in Shenhua team, the atmosphere inside Evergrande is very embarrassing because the head coach Cannavaro was laid off. Everyone wants to get rid of it as soon as possible, but the team doesn't know when to wait.
According to the regulations of AFC, the eliminated teams should pay for their own accommodation in the hotel. The daily expenditure of a team is about 65,438+10,000 yuan, and spending money is not the most important thing. What is even more frightening is that the hotels where the four teams stayed are still implementing epidemic prevention measures according to the regulations of the AFC, because Beijing Guoan is still participating. If the charter flight is not approved at the end of the national security competition, the AFC will cancel the special epidemic prevention in the hotel within 48 hours as required. Once this happens, it will be very dangerous for several AFC Champions League teams, after all, everyone will have a greater risk of infection.
Shenhua waited for five days, and Evergrande waited for four days. When the charter flight will be approved and when they will go home is still unknown. When they come back, they will face a 14-day isolation period, and if the league starts in March next year, it means that each team will start winter training in 1 month according to the rhythm of previous years, leaving the team too limited time to rest. If it is an international player, it will be almost 202 1 1 after returning home, and the national team has arranged to train at 1. If the international players of these teams participate in the winter training of the national team, they really have no time to rest. If international players can't guarantee their state, the prospect of qualifying for the World Cup will be affected again. ...