The CFA confirmed the decision in regard to the match which will be played on January 28, 2020.
In a statement from CFA on the official news agency Xinhua it stated, 2Considering that coronavirus cases have appeared in many places of our country, and in order to reduce cross infection from crowd gathering, the Chinese Football Association, after consultation with the Asian Football Confederation, competing teams and Shanghai Football Association, decided that the match will be held as scheduled without spectators.”