Soccer-More COVID restrictions have caused Chinese Super League games to be put off

Image: Reuters Berita 24 English - The next two rounds of the Chinese Super League have been put off until the end of September. This is be...

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Berita 24 English - The next two rounds of the Chinese Super League have been put off until the end of September. This is because China's efforts to stop COVID-19 outbreaks are still having an effect on the competition.

Nine games that were supposed to be played on Sunday and Monday in the 17th round will now be played on September 24 and 25. Games that were supposed to be played on September 23 and 24 in the 18th round will now be played on September 29 and 30.

The 19th and 20th round matches have been moved to a later date.

At the beginning of August, the Chinese Super League went back to having home and away games. But the government's zero-COVID policy of putting lockdowns in place often to stop every outbreak has messed up the schedule.

Before the latest changes, 15 games had to be moved or cancelled since play started again on August 5.

Wuhan Three Towns is currently in first place in the Chinese Super League, which has 18 teams. They have 44 points from 16 games, which is four more than the defending champions, Shandong Taishan, who have played one more game than Wuhan Three Towns.