October 16th, according to Agence France-Presse, AFC Chairman Salman said in an interview in Zurich, Switzerland on the 14th that the AFC is paying close attention to the situation in Saudi Arabia. If necessary, the Asian Cup football match originally scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia early next year can be postponed to 2028.

The 2027 Asian Cup was originally scheduled to be held in the three cities of Riyadh, Jeddah and Khobar in Saudi Arabia from January 7 to February 5 next year, with 24 teams including the Chinese team participating.Due to recent attacks in many places in Saudi Arabia, the outside world has cast doubts on whether the Asian Cup can be held as scheduled.

Salman said that the situation in the region may improve or worsen, and the AFC is not in a hurry to make a decision and "can wait until the end of November."He also said that everything is currently proceeding as planned, "We will make decisions when we need to, and if necessary, we can postpone it by one year to 2028."

Many football matches in Saudi Arabia have been affected.On the 12th local time, the kick-off of an AFC Champions League elite match enforced by the Chinese referee team led by Ma Ning was postponed for one hour due to safety reasons.