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Japan and South Korea are actively preparing for the World Cup, and Chinese football is still “scraping its head” for the league start plan – yqqlm

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Japan and South Korea are actively preparing for the World Cup, and Chinese football is still “scraping its head” for the league start plan – yqqlm

Original title: Japan and South Korea are actively preparing for the World Cup, Chinese football is still “scratching its head” for the league start plan

Source of the article: Beijing Youth Daily (Reporter Xiao Xun)

When the new season of the Chinese Super League starts and how to start the game is still a mystery to be solved, the Korean and Japanese professional football leagues are in full swing. As regulars in the World Cup finals, the Japanese team and the South Korean team have also recently finalized multiple international warm-up plans for the next international match day cycle, which is indeed the envy of Chinese fans and football industry practitioners.

On May 4, the Korean Football Association announced through official channels that the Korean men’s national football team will participate in 4 international warm-up matches at its home in June this year, 3 of which will be against Brazil, which has won the World Cup 5 times, and South American powerhouse Chile. team, Paraguay. The games against 3 opponents were held on June 2, 6 and 10. The warm-up opponent for the remaining 1 game is to be determined.

Another World Cup regulars team in Asian football, Japan also plans to participate in 4 international matches in the same period. According to the official information released by the Japanese Football Association at the end of April, the Japanese team will face Paraguay and Brazil on June 2 and 6 respectively. In addition, the Japan Football Association also plans to organize a new Kirin Cup 4-nation Invitational Tournament from June 10 to 14. The invited teams include Chile, Tunisia and Ghana. The competition will use a single-round elimination system, which means that the Japanese team will face 2 of the above 3 opponents on June 10 and 14 respectively.

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The operation of the Football Associations of Japan and South Korea is actually very necessary. The 2022 season calendar released by FIFA shows that there are only two international matchday cycles between the end of the top 12 matches and the start of the Qatar World Cup finals. The first paragraph is scheduled from May 30 to June 14, and the second paragraph is scheduled from September 19 to September 27. Therefore, the teams in the World Cup finals will not miss the opportunity to arrange a warm-up match during the two international break cycle. Relatively speaking, the next period of international competition days will span a longer period, which is more conducive to the centralized arrangement of training and warm-up matches for the men’s football teams (men’s national football teams) of the member associations. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the Japanese and Korean teams arranged as many as 4 warm-up games during this period.

It is worth noting that most of the warm-up opponents invited by the Japanese and Korean teams in the next international break cycle are the same. Such as Japan, Paraguay, Chile, three teams from South America will go to Japan and South Korea respectively. This shows that, as the first-class football teams in Asia, the Japanese and Korean teams have considerable strength and naturally meet the warm-up needs of the world‘s top teams invited. On the other hand, in order to ensure the warm-up quality of the national teams, the football associations of the two countries have also invested a considerable amount of appearance fees. For example, information from Japan shows that the Japanese Football Association paid 300 million yen (equivalent to about 15.23 million yuan) for inviting the Brazilian team to a guest match. Combined with the current epidemic situation and the current situation of the international economy, this price is undoubtedly irresistible. The Brazilian Football Association also promised to arrange all the main Brazilian teams, including Neymar, to participate in the appointment.

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It is understood that the football associations of Japan and South Korea have spared no expense to ensure the warm-up quality of their national teams, but they have always “planned carefully”, and there are also several invited teams that are also “planned carefully”. Specifically, the three South American powerhouses went to Asia to warm up this time. If they only participated in one warm-up match, from the perspective of preparing for the World Cup or training, the cost-effectiveness of such a long-distance trek would be low. In this case, the three South American National Football Associations will seek more benefits, and it is logical to accept the invitation of the Japanese and Korean Football Associations respectively. Since plans for similar high-level international warm-up matches are routinely finalized at least half a year or even more than a year before the start of the game, in this age of information accessibility, the Japanese and Korean Football Associations will naturally not omit information such as the opponent’s team’s warm-up plan, so information and resources Sharing is inevitable. More importantly, Japan and South Korea will save a lot of money by inviting the same opponents to warm up in the country at the same time. For example, the total cost of the Brazilian team’s trip to Asia is basically shared equally by the Football Associations of Japan and South Korea.

As a core member association of the East Asian Football Federation, the Chinese Football Association could have joined hands with the Japanese and Korean Football Associations in the implementation of the international warm-up. For example, a few years ago, Uruguay and other high-quality warm-up opponents invited by the Chinese team also visited Japan, South Korea and other neighboring countries to participate in the warm-up match. Unfortunately, due to the impact of the epidemic, the Chinese Super League competition plan for the new season has not yet been confirmed. Since the Chinese team has already missed the World Cup in Qatar ahead of schedule, there are no other important preparations for this year. In addition, due to the impact of the epidemic, the representative teams (national teams) of other member associations cannot come to China to warm up in the short term, and the Chinese team has no plans to visit in the near future. This period of international match days is “grant” to the first stage of the Chinese Super League.

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Compared with Japanese and Korean football, which occupy a leading position in Asian football, the backwardness of Chinese football is not only limited to the technical ability level on the football field, but also in many other aspects off the field. In addition to admiring opponents, Chinese football needs to be more down-to-earth and lay a solid foundation with a hard-working spirit.Return to Sohu, see more

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