All-media reporter Zhang Zhe, Guangzhou Daily
Under the leadership of Li Tie, the Chinese National Men’s Football Team arrived in Sharjah, UAE late at night on June 3. Yesterday, the national football team began to prepare for the remaining three games of the top 40 in Group A in Sharjah. At 21 o’clock on June 7th local time (1 o’clock on the morning of June 8th, Beijing time), the national football team will face the Philippines team at the Sharjah Stadium. In the face of this difficult western expedition, the national football team maintained their confidence in winning.
Relocation without compromising self-confidence to prepare step by step
At 13:00 on June 3, Beijing time, 58 members of the national football team and the Guam team all set off from Shanghai Pudong Airport on a chartered flight to the UAE. After more than nine hours of flying, the chartered flight arrived at Dubai International Airport at 7 pm local time in the UAE, and the national football team rushed from the airport to the Sharjah Division to settle in.
According to the latest arrangement of the AFC, the Chinese team will play against the Philippines, Maldives and Syria on June 7, 11 and 15. The kick-off time will all be at 21:00 local time. This is based on the current local weather. It’s hotter, and playing in the evening is conducive to the players’ performance. The Syrian and Maldives teams in the same group have been stranded in the UAE before, and the match between them has been staged early this morning in Beijing time. For the national football team, the Philippine team, which was originally scheduled to face the third game, is now advanced to the second game, and this is the key to determining who is the second place in Group A. For a series of temporary changes, the national football coach Li Tie and the core players in the formation have expressed that they have enough confidence to go to Sharjah to complete the task of qualifying for the top 40.
All remaining matches in Group A will be played in empty court
Since the AFC decided on June 1st that the remaining 7 games of Group A in the top 40 were temporarily replaced from Suzhou to Sharjah in the UAE, the Chinese Football Association immediately launched a response plan. In just three days, the Chinese Football Association has contacted the AFC, the UAE Football Association and the national football associations of Group A, and reached a consensus on the organization of the next Sharjah competition.
Although it has lost the “home advantage” of the Suzhou Division, the Chinese Football Association still exerts the advantages of the organizer and strives to turn Sharjah into its “home court”. First of all, in terms of epidemic prevention, the national football team departed from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Sharjah, wearing protective clothing throughout the journey. The national football team has also purchased enough anti-epidemic materials in the UAE in advance to ensure that it is foolproof.
Since the national football team has traveled to the UAE many times before for competitions and training camps, it is no stranger to the local conditions. This time the whole team booked a four-star hotel in Sharjah, and every international player stayed in a single room. After all, there is a four-hour time difference between Sharjah and the country, and it is necessary to ensure that the international team has a good rest to adapt. The Chairman of the Chinese Football Association Chen Xuyuan also went to Sharjah to supervise the battle. He also contacted the local Chinese food resources for the National Football Association to solve the problem of catering during the National Football League in Sharjah.
The biggest challenge for the national football team’s west expedition is the weather. At present, the daytime temperature in Sharjah is close to 40 degrees Celsius, and the night temperature is also around 30 degrees Celsius, which is quite different from the weather in the original Suzhou Division. However, the players in the National Football Team have basically had experience playing in West Asia. In the face of the known difficulties of the weather, they are all mentally prepared. In addition, taking into account the issue of epidemic prevention, all remaining games in Group A will be played empty.
Strive to win all three games
The eight groups of the top 40 have different schedules, and the number of matches completed by each team is not the same. Judging from the latest situation, the national football team ranks only seventh in the ranking of the second-placed teams of the eight groups. However, the battle for the second and third place in some groups is still stalemate, and even the first place in the group is variable. Therefore, the national football team will be able to advance to the top 12 as long as they strive for the set goal of winning the three games.
According to the original preparation plan of the National Football Team, the first two games of Guam and Maldives are considered warm-ups. The key is to defeat the Philippines in the third game to ensure the second place in the group. Today, the battle between China and the Philippines is ahead of schedule, and the national football team must make preparations for each hour in the remaining three days. The Philippine team started preparing for the top 40 tournament on May 21. They first set up camp in Doha. They originally planned to fly from Doha to China on May 30. However, due to the change of location for the event, the Philippine team transferred from Doha to Dubai and then came to Sharjah. Arrived in Sharjah on the afternoon of June 3, local time, not only arrived in the competition area earlier than the national football team, but also participated in training earlier than the national football team.
The Philippine team also temporarily recruited several players to strengthen the midfield defense, including Holtman, the main player who helped Bochum return to the Bundesliga. However, the good news for the national football team is that the Philippine team’s main defender Silva has accumulated two yellow cards to be suspended, and the main goalkeeper Etheridge will also be absent. The Philippine defense is not complete.
After defeating Guam 7-0, the entire national football team gained confidence, and Li Tie also had a clearer understanding of the team’s tactics and state. Before setting off to the west, the naturalized national football player Fernando of the National Football League left due to injury. The Chinese Football Association quickly recruited Tan Long, Ji Xiang, and Liu Binbin. This time a total of 29 international players went to the UAE. Although the last three games are full of various unpredictable difficulties, the national football team is still sufficient in personnel reserves for the expedition. Li Tie can use a variety of tactical combinations more calmly. The national football team began training yesterday, and the whole team has the same goal: defeat the Philippines team and then pursue the victory.
The stadium has changed and the mission remains unchanged-the Chinese men’s football team will go to the UAE. @新华社
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