On the evening of September 30, local time, the Chinese team played an international warm-up match in Sharjah, UAE and Syria. The kick-off time of the game was delayed by 1 hour to 8 p.m. from the originally scheduled 7 p.m. local time. It is reported that there are reasons for this adjustment-on October 7, the kick-off time of the third round of the top 12 match between the Chinese team and the Vietnam team has been adjusted from the originally planned 7 pm local time to 9 pm, which is Beijing. Time at 1:00 on the 8th. In order to strive for more favorable competition conditions for the National Football Association, the efforts of the Chinese Football Association have paid off.
Recently, the official websites of FIFA and AFC have updated the kick-off times of the 3rd and 4th rounds of the top 12 matches. Among them, the 3rd round of the Chinese team’s home match against Vietnam and the 4th round of away match against Saudi Arabia are respectively scheduled at Sharjah local time at 7 pm on October 7th (11 pm on 7th Beijing time) and Jeddah local time, Saudi Arabia. At 7 o’clock in the evening on October 12 (0 o’clock in the morning on the 13th, Beijing time).
However, according to Beiqing-Beijing Toutiao reporter. The above timetable is based on the intentional kick-off timetable proposed by FIFA and AFC based on the top 12 business development partners and some broadcast partners based on broadcast needs. Each team can coordinate with all parties according to their own needs. Ball time.
China and the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have a time difference of 4 hours and 5 hours respectively. The two rounds of the national football games are played in ordinary stadiums without air conditioning. Therefore, in the local hot and humid climate conditions, the Chinese team is facing huge physical energy consumption. The Chinese team may be adversely affected when playing against the Vietnam and Saudi teams, which are good at playing in hot and humid climates. In view of this, the National Football Association promptly mediated with all parties including the AFC through the front working group of the Chinese Football Association. After repeated communications, the AFC finally agreed to schedule the kick-off time of the China-Vietnam match at 9 p.m. local time in Sharjah. (Beijing time at 1 o’clock on the 8th), which is exactly the same as the time of the final round of the top 40 match between the national football team and the Syrian team. Don’t underestimate the delay of these two hours, the drop in temperature is definitely good for the Chinese team.
As for the away game against Saudi Arabia, the national football team also hopes to arrange the kick-off time as far as possible after 8 pm local time. From the current situation, the game is scheduled at 8 pm local time on the 12th (1 am on the 13th, Beijing time). The possibility is great.
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