Chinese Super League starts season more than 5 months late
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BEIJING – Eight-time champion Guangzhou Evergrande made a winning start to its Chinese Super League title defence on Saturday after a five-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Players from all teams will be cut off from their families for months to reduce the risk of them being infected.
Guangzhou beat Shanghai Shenhua 2-0 with Wei Shihao scoring twice at the Dalian Sports Center Stadium, while Wuzan Zall beat Qingdao Huanghai by the same score at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.
The football league was originally set to start on Feb. 22 but was postponed indefinitely because of the spread of the coronavirus, which first emerged in China.
Sixteen teams have been divided into two groups to play without spectators in hubs at Dalian and Suzhou, near Shanghai, for a 14-round first phase of the league from July 25 to Sept. 28.
All players and staff were tested for COVID-19 at airports on their arrival. The tests will be conducted every week.
Team hotels will be closed to the public, including the players’ family and friends for more than two months, while the squad, referees and the hotel staff will be barred from leaving the restricted areas.
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