I. Introduction of AFC Champions League:

AFC Champions League, also known as the Asian Champions League, or AFC Champions League for short, is an Asian club football championship founded by AFC in 2002, formerly known as the Asian Champions Club Championship and the Asian Club Championship.

The AFC Champions League is the highest level of club football in Asia, equivalent to the European Champions League and the Libertadores Cup in South America, and higher than the AFC Champions Cup. The winning team will represent AFC in the FIFA Club World Cup.

Second, the AFC Champions League rules:

The first stage of the group stage: the competition is divided into 8 groups, with 4 teams in each group, and each team plays 3 games. The top two players in each group enter the knockout stage.

The second stage of elimination: 16 teams are divided into 4 groups, each group has 4 teams, each team plays 3 games, and the first place in each group enters the final.

The third stage final: The four teams are divided into two groups, each with two teams, and each team plays two games. The first place in each group can enter the finals, and the final champion will become the AFC Champions League champion.

The significance and value of football;

First, exercise the nervous response system:

Football competition is fierce and the venue changes rapidly. As a player, we should always be able to clearly see the position, distance, direction and speed of the opponent and our players, pass the ball well or intercept the opponent's attack. If you play football for a long time, you will find that the nervous reaction system becomes faster. In the long run, people's thinking will be more agile and their judgment ability will be more accurate.

Second, enhance cardiopulmonary function:

Football needs a lot of running, and long-term running will make the heart muscles strong and powerful. In a football match, the running distance of the starting players can often reach more than 10 km, which enhances the blood supply ability of the heart.

Third, promote health:

Football is a systematic and comprehensive team sport with high fitness value. Regular participation in football can develop physical fitness in an all-round way. Relatively speaking, it can effectively develop the main components of physical fitness such as cardiopulmonary endurance, muscle strength and endurance, speed, neuromuscular coordination and complex reaction.

Regular participation in football can strengthen metabolism and improve body composition.

Fourth, promote mental health:

Regular participation in football has a positive effect on mental health. In the football match, the two sides fought fiercely, and the attack and defense changed frequently. The unpredictable situation requires athletes' perception, observation, memory, imagination, thinking ability and creativity.

An excellent athlete should not only have good physical fitness and superb skills, but also have strong thinking ability.