Hundreds of spectators
Last weekend, the 2024 Chinese Super League season officially kicked off. After experiencing the crazy money-burning era of Jinyuan football and the trough period of the three-year closed competition system, the Chinese Super League has finally been reborn and ushered in a vigorous and strong **. Although there are still many problems in the overall investment environment of Chinese football, with the phased results of the anti-gambling and anti-crime work in football, it is believed that the Chinese Super League will have a broader space for development in the future.
Before the start of the new season, all parties were worried about whether the poor performance of the national football team in the Asian Cup would affect the attendance rate of the Chinese Super League. But after the first round of the league was over, a surprise happened:
The football market is heating up, and the enthusiasm of the fans is high.
Fans' enthusiasm for the Chinese Super League has not diminished in the slightest, but the market continues to heat up compared to last year. It shows the determination of the top management to rectify Chinese football and gives fans more confidence. Among them, the first home stadium of the new season at the Phoenix Mountain Football Stadium in Chengdu Rongcheng, the gold medal ball city, had a crowd of 40,088 spectators against Qingdao Manatee.
The huge cheers of the fans also gave the home team a great spiritual encouragement. And the Chengdu team also lived up to expectations, giving fans a surprise return with a hearty victory. The rest of the games also remained between more than 10,000 and more than 20,000. Even the lowest attendance, Qingdao West Coast, drew 1-1 at home to Henan, with 10,687 spectators, but it also exceeded 10,000.
The quality of the competition has been improved, in line with the international trend.
The most impressive aspect of the sluggish performance of the national football team in the Asian Cup is that the national football team cannot adapt to the opponent's high-intensity, fast-paced physical confrontation and pressing. Since the national football team is all from the Chinese Super League, the quality of the Chinese Super League has lagged far behind the rest of Asia. Therefore, whether it is the AFC Champions League or the Asian Cup and other games, Chinese players generally do not adapt to the rhythm of the opponent's game, and even appear to be exhausted by the opponent throughout the game.
In the new season, with the improvement of the quality of foreign aid and the number of players, coupled with the intensive training of foreign coaches, the pace of the game has accelerated significantly. It's more about moving the ball forward quickly and organically. This is undoubtedly in line with the overall trend of today's international football trend.
Super long stoppage time, in line with international standards.
With the development of modern football, the scramble and confrontation of the game have increased. Various physical collisions and technical fouls are also frequent. As a result, there were a number of interruptions throughout the match due to player injuries. Therefore, FIFA has also encouraged referees to adopt the method of super long stoppage time last year to make up for the lack of time caused by the interruption of the game.
The most impressive thing was the actual playing time of each game of 105 minutes throughout the Asian Cup in Qatar. Such a long stoppage time also gives the new season a chance for the Super League to learn from. It is gratifying that in the first round of the Chinese Super League, some games also had ultra-long stoppage time similar to the Asian Cup. For example, in the match between the harbor and the three towns enforced by Fu Ming, the cumulative stoppage time in the second half reached 19 minutes. The law enforcement standards of the Chinese Super League are in line with international standards, which undoubtedly gives the national football players a better way to adapt to the psychological and physical requirements brought about by the long stoppage time when participating in international competitions.