Li Tie takes the lead and applauds to welcome Wu Lei back to the team
On the evening of October 4, local time, the Chinese team continued to conduct outdoor training at the Khalid bin Mohamed Stadium in the Sharjah Club. The striker who returned to the team that morning, Wu Lei, who played for the Spanish club in La Liga, appeared in the training ground and then participated in most of the joint training.
On October 3, local time, Wu Lei took part in the La Liga game with the Spanish team against Real Madrid, and played on the bench for nearly 30 minutes in the game. Soon after the game, he went to the airport, embarked on a journey to the UAE, and flew to Dubai on the morning of the 4th local time.
There is currently a two-hour time difference between Spain and the UAE. In order to adapt to the local training environment in Sharjah as soon as possible, Wu Lei did not take a lunch break after having lunch with the National Football Team. Instead, he planned to fall asleep as early as that night to adjust the time difference as soon as possible.
Since the national football team will face the next opponent of the top 12 matches on the evening of the 7th, local time, the Vietnam team will only have 3 outdoor training opportunities before the 4th. Under this circumstance, Wu Lei expressed his willingness to participate in the training on the evening of the 4th with the team, so as to cooperate with the whole team to conduct technical and tactical exercises. His mind and attitude deeply moved all members of the team including coach Li Tie.
Before the training officially started on the evening of the 4th, Li Tie also took the lead in applauding and welcomed Wu Lei back to the team. It is understood that Wu Lei has been training with his teammates from the start of the preparatory activities to the subsequent group confrontation training. Judging from the current situation, Wu Lei locked a starting position in the 7th game, there is almost no doubt.
Taking into account that Wu Lei participated in the La Liga game the day before and experienced a long trip, the coaching staff stopped him when the group confrontation was nearing the end, and then arranged for him to go to another place on the sidelines for a separate recovery training. Obviously, the coaching staff is also deliberately protecting Wu Lei’s body.
Left back Li Lei, who was previously injured relatively seriously, has recovered after recuperating recently. However, in view of his long absence from co-training, the coaching staff still arranged for him to practice on the sidelines.
The defender Gao Zhunyi, who stayed in the resident hotel for adjustment due to muscle tension the day before, participated in the Chinese team’s joint training on the evening of the 4th, which means that he is fully capable of appearing in the China-Vietnam match on the evening of the 7th.
Whether Zhu Chenjie who suffered a traumatic injury can be competent in the game is temporarily in doubt. Zhu Chenjie has been absent from outdoor training for 3 days due to injuries in the Sino-Syrian warm-up match and receiving wound suture treatment.
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Regarding Starry Night’s departure from Spain and rushing to the UAE after the game, Wu Lei said: “I feel that I am in a good state. As I said before, every time I return to the national team and change the environment, I may have mentally and mentally. Some changes. So, I think this is a good thing, because suddenly changing the environment may actually help me improve my state.”
Unlike the national teammates who have been preparing for a long time in a closed environment, Wu Lei returned to the Espanyol club shortly after the end of the second round of the top 12 and prepared according to the normal rhythm of the “home and away” competition. Will this lead to him? Not adapted to the training of the national team? In response, Wu Lei replied: “I do know that the national team is very difficult for more than a month, because everyone has to stay in the hotel and can’t go out normally, so in such a long period of closure, the players’ psychology will indeed be affected. Not a small impact. Relatively speaking, I may have a better mentality. In fact, I have been following the team to participate in league games, so the training rhythm has been maintained very well, so there is no adaptation or inadaptability when returning to the national team The problem.”
The national football team will face the Vietnam team next. Regarding this game, Wu Lei said: “The goal of everyone in our team is to win this game. Everyone is very confident and determined to win this game.”
When asked whether coach Li Tie made new demands on himself, Wu Lei replied: “After returning to the team, including before, we have also analyzed the opponents. The most important thing is that we have to target the opponents. Different, to determine the suitable formation and play. Then we need to consider how to deal with it. Now everyone in our team should know the opponent’s play very well, so they also know what to do in the game.”
This group of articles/Photo courtesy of our reporter Xiao Zong/Visual China
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