The national football team prepares for the top 12 matches
How to implement international and domestic epidemic prevention and quarantine measures must promptly come up with an effective plan
The Asian Football Confederation will hold the third stage of the Qatar World Preliminaries Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the afternoon of July 1, and the draw for the top 12 teams. Li Tie, the main leader of the Chinese Football Association and the coach of the National Football Association in Suzhou, will participate in the event through remote online methods. Among the various preparations of the Football Association, the issue of entry and exit of participants is undoubtedly the most troublesome.
The AFC is now preparing for the competition according to the “home and away system”
It is almost certain that, affected by the epidemic, once the final 12 finals maintain the same home and away game system, the Chinese team will participate in away games through chartered flights to ensure the health and safety of personnel. In addition, before the start of the drawing ceremony, the Chinese team’s intelligence collection on potential opponents in the top 12 matches has also been quietly started.
It is reported that after the results of the top 12 draw are released, the AFC will invite the head coaches of the participating teams to participate in interviews and interactions. In addition to determining the results of the top 12 groups through the draw, the AFC will also clarify the schedule and competition system during the event. Up to now, the AFC is still preparing for the top 12 matches according to the “home and away system”.
As far as the Chinese Football Association is concerned, the most troublesome issue at the moment is the entry and exit of personnel. The top 12 schedule shows that the Chinese team will compete in the first six rounds of the top 12 in September, October and November this year. In the first and fourth rounds, the Chinese team will play away in the second and third gears respectively. Team, the remaining 4 rounds are played at home. So how to implement international and domestic epidemic prevention and isolation measures during the entry and exit of the team requires the Chinese Football Association and relevant departments to communicate and coordinate before the game and come up with effective plans in time.
The Football Association and the National Football Association have made sufficient predictions
It is understood that the Chinese Football Association and the National Football Association have made sufficient predictions for various problems that may be encountered during the top 12 matches, and even extreme situations, including various aspects including “coordinating the home and away exchanges of some of the national football games.” The preliminary plan has been drafted. In addition, the Football Association’s information collection work on potential opponents in the top 12 of the National Football Team has also started.
While the Chinese Football Association and the National Football Coaches are paying attention to the results of the draw, they have been paying close attention to the development of the competition plan for the top 12 matches. After the results of the draw, the Football Association will dispatch key business personnel to form an advance team to visit the away field in advance and implement various guarantee conditions such as training venues, hotels, and transportation, so as to effectively achieve “a red heart, multiple preparations.”
Part of the participating member associations prefer the “competition system”
It is worth noting that, in addition to the Chinese Football Association, a considerable number of participating member associations in the top 12 tournaments have expressed their willingness to adopt the competition system for the top 12 tournaments, including the Japanese Football Association, the Iranian Football Association and the UAE Football Association. As the host country of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan has felt a lot in the process of implementing the epidemic prevention work of the games. The Japanese Football Association takes into account the different implementation standards of the current epidemic prevention policies of various countries, so it is inclined to “adopt the game system.” As the top 12 schedule approaches, more and more practical problems will be placed in front of FIFA and AFC. While taking care of sponsors and other stakeholders of the event, they also need to calmly judge whether the home and away game system is operational.
Text/Reporter Xiao Geng Coordinating/Wang Haozhou
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