With the results of the group draw for the Qatar World Preliminary Asian Top 12, the Chinese team and the Chinese Football Association have entered a new stage of preparations for this event. How the national football team will carry out domestic and overseas training, what kind of warm-up opponents to choose, and how to properly arrange the team’s home and away game schedule, a series of issues urgently require the Chinese Football Association and the national football coach and management team to make a decision.
It is understood that after the members of the Chinese Football Association National Football Preparation and Support Team were transferred from Suzhou to Shanghai on July 1, related work has been initiated. In all work, the implementation of the national football home arrangement matters is undoubtedly the most important task to bear the brunt.As the Suzhou Division, which previously hosted the Chinese Women’s Football Olympic preliminaries and the top 40 games against Guam, will continue to host this season’s Super League and FA Cup matches, the Chinese Football Association does not rule out choosing another home for the top 12 matches of the National Football Association. The possibility that the main candidate for the match may be Shanghai.
The result of the group draw for the Qatar World Preliminary Asian Top 12 will be released on the afternoon of July 1st, Beijing time. The members of the Chinese Men’s Football and the Chinese Football Association National Football Preparation Working Group left the Suzhou Division in the morning after the 14-day collective isolation and went to Shanghai to continue the 7-day community health monitoring. With the introduction of the lottery results, the next preparations for the Chinese team and the Chinese Football Association working group have also officially started.
In the last 12 finals, the Chinese team was only one point away from qualifying for the play-offs. This result is regrettable to a large extent because the Chinese team had defeated the South Korean team and Uzbekistan at that time and drew at the top of the group. Iran team. Of the 12 points scored by the Chinese Football Team in the current event, 8 points (2 wins and 2 draws) were obtained in the home game. In other words, when facing five teams in the same group at home, the Chinese team was unbeaten in the remaining four games, except for the more surprising loss to the Syrian team. It is not difficult to see from this that although the strength of the Chinese team is inferior to the first-class Asian teams such as South Korea and Iran, if they can play the home game well or take advantage of the home court, they still have a chance to break through.
An important prerequisite for a good home game is to choose a good home court. According to the reporter from Beiqing-Beijing Toutiao, the Chinese Football Association has communicated relevant issues with some cities before the draw for the top 12 matches.
Prior to this, Suzhou City had successfully hosted the Chinese Super League, the Football Association Cup last season, and the women’s Olympic preliminaries play-off match between the Chinese team and the South Korean team during the epidemic period. This has been affirmed by all parties including the Chinese Football Association. As a result, the Suzhou Division won the right to host the second half of the top 40 group A, which is the group where the national football team is located (the game was later moved to Sharjah, UAE for some reason). The Suzhou Division has performed well in terms of the level of epidemic prevention, venue and facilities provision and maintenance, competition organization and management, and service reception. Therefore, the Chinese Football Association is also very confident that the division will continue to host the top 12 national football home games.
However, while the Chinese Football Association supports the national football team to hit the top 12 matches, it must also take into account the orderly progress of the professional league. According to the results of the communication between the Football Association and the professional league preparatory group, the Chinese Super League will conduct the fifth round of two make-up matches and the first phase of the 6th to 14th rounds from July 15 to August 12. During the preparations for the National Football Team in September, October, and November, and participation in the first six rounds of the top 12 matches, most of the important rounds of the Football Association Cup will be held almost at the same time. The Suzhou Division will continue to host the above two domestic events.
Combining with the fact that the teams of the top 40 national football teams temporarily changed places, the Chinese Football Association has fully predicted various accidents that may occur during the top 12 matches, and even completed the closed training and living during the first 6 rounds of the top 12 national football teams. Plan. So when the Suzhou Division is hosting leagues and cups, it may not be able to take into account the preparation of the national football team, which means that it may not be able to meet the closed demand for preparations for the top 12 national football matches and higher competitions. In this case, the Chinese Football Association should have alternatives for the selection of home games for the National Football Association.
Based on various practical factors such as epidemic prevention, international travel and transportation, and entry and exit conditions, Shanghai is likely to be an ideal home candidate for the top 12 matches of the Chinese team. As we all know, before the Chinese and Korean women’s football and AFC competition officials participated in the second round of the Olympic preliminaries, they all entered the Shanghai Pudong International Airport and then departed from there. They were transferred to the Suzhou Red Zone after the epidemic prevention loop. Therefore, if the home of the top 12 matches of the Chinese team is located in Shanghai, it will be relatively convenient for the home and away teams and competition officials to enter and exit.
Shanghai SAIC Pudong Stadium
Known information shows that as the venue for the 2023 Asian Cup, Shanghai SAIC Pudong Stadium was completed this year. Prior to this, the Chinese Football Association had had the idea of setting up the home stadium of the Chinese Women’s Football Olympic preliminaries or the top 40 matches in this stadium. It’s just that the competition could not be arranged in Shanghai for some reason.Up to now, the Chinese Football Association and the National Football Association have not given a clear statement on related issues. Due to the impact of the epidemic, new situations are likely to emerge during the preparations and competitions of the National Football Association. Therefore, the Chinese Football Association has also stepped up the implementation of various plans.. It is reported that after the draw result came out, the national football coach Li Tie has communicated with team members about the arrangements for the warm-up match.
According to the plan, the international players will return to the clubs to prepare for the Super League after the 7-day community health check in Shanghai. They are expected to re-concentrate in Shanghai around August 17, and the team’s domestic training before the top 12 games will most likely be held in Shanghai.
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