Football newspaper reviews new events of Asian clubs: Salman’s performance project led to a decline in quality

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Live broadcast bar, August 16 -on August 14, the Asian Football Association held the second meeting of the executive committee (online), officially finalized the names of the three major club leagues under its re-integration, of which the highest level was the Asian Champions League elite, the champion bonus is as high as $12 million, three times that of the current Asian champion. For the brand-new Asian-level events, football News published comments from multiple perspectives.

1. Salman’s “performance project”

There is no doubt that this is Salman’s “performance project”. Since he was elected as the president of the Asian Football Association in 2013, Salman has been re-elected for three times. The latest term is from 2023 to 2027. At that time, he will “retreat”, but whether he can “succeed” is in doubt at present. The Asian crown is the product of the former chairman Haman. As a former opponent, Salman also cannot give up. Therefore, he also made some changes before, hoping to make the Asian crown a boutique event, more ornamental and competitive, including military expansion, increasing foreign aid, New Year, etc. But now it seems that the so-called “army expansion” is just a joke. Although the team has increased, the quality of the game has declined. However, the “new year system” mostly benefits from the West Asian league, how much can it change, not known.

In fact, there were three events under the Asian Football League flag in those years. In addition to the Asian Football Championship and the Asian Football Association Cup, there was also a “president” (chairman) Cup, the participating teams are all from several member associations with the lowest football level, but Salman canceled after taking office.

2. Stimulate enthusiasm with bonus

It is inevitable to increase the bonus. Otherwise, it is difficult to attract the club to participate in the competition. In fact, after changing to the Asian Championship, the Asian Football Association has raised the champion bonus many times, from 200000 dollars to 500000 dollars in 2005, it increased to 1 million in 2009, 1.5 million in 2013 and 3 million in 2016. In 2018, the FIFA originally planned to win 5 million or even 6 million US dollars, but in the end, it only reached 4 million US dollars, the runner-up is 2 million dollars, and this plan has continued until now. In addition, after the restructuring again in 2009, there were corresponding bonuses in all stages, which increased year by year, including away grants.

3. Officially launched the Women’s Asian Championship

In addition to the men’s three competitions, the women’s Asian Championship will be officially launched in the 2024/25 season, but no competition plan has been released. Originally, the Fifa plan was held once a year and was officially launched at an appropriate time. In 2020, six clubs will be invited, eight clubs will be invited in 2021 and 2022, and 12 teams will be added in 2023 and 2024, in 2025, it increased to 16 teams.

However, due to the outbreak of the new crown, the women’s Asian Championship was forced to be suspended. It was not until 2021 that the 2nd Test competition was held in Jordan. All the participants were women’s football clubs in West Asia, and Jordan’s Amman won the championship. In 2022, the eastern and western Asia region held another test competition, and Thailand’s Asian college and uz’s kezak won the championship. This year’s competition will be held after the women’s football World Cup.

As for the Women’s Asian Football Championship officially launched next year, like the original men’s Asian Football Championship, the Asian Football Association has formulated corresponding inspection projects, which can only participate in the competition if they meet certain standards.

(Derison)

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