At 1 o’clock this afternoon, the national football team flew from Shanghai to Dubai, UAE on a chartered plane by China Eastern Airlines to participate in the remaining three games of the World Preliminary 40 in Sharjah.So-called“Get on the car dumplings and get off the noodles”The hotel restaurant also prepared handmade dumplings for the national football soldiers and staff last night, hoping to bring them good luck.
The entire sailing time is expected to be about 9 hours, and the national football team will fly to Dubai at about 7 pm local time on the 3rd. The chartered flight taken by the National Football Team also carried all the opponents of the Guam team, referees who enforced Group A matches, and some AFC officials. Due to the limited premium cabins on board, the Football Association reserves these cabins as far as possible to the international footballers and coaches to help them relieve the fatigue caused by long-distance journeys.
After arriving in Dubai, the national football team will leave the customs “fully armed” wearing protective clothing. Qi Jun, Secretary-General of the Chinese Football Association, said,“We require drivers who come to pick up the team to undergo nucleic acid testing in advance to ensure that there is no problem before they come to serve the team.”
This time, more than 90 people from the Chinese team arrived in Sharjah. In addition to the player coaches, there are also a security team of more than 30 people. At the same time, there are special working groups for business and epidemic prevention.The national football team brought 20 boxes of anti-epidemic materials, including protective clothing, masks, face masks, gloves and so on.Since alcohol, disinfectant, and hand sanitizer cannot be brought on the plane, the National Football Team will purchase them with the help of travel agencies after arriving in the local area.
“The general principle is to isolate as much as possible from the outside world and minimize contact. If you need to contact people outside, you also need to be protected to ensure safety.” Qi Jun said.
After completing the various immigration procedures, the team will drive another hour or so to the resident hotel in Sharjah-the four-star Four Points by Sheraton Hotel.
In order to ensure the safety of life and travel during the game, the Chinese Football Association has contracted the entire hotel for the national football team.Except for the hotel staff, all the rest are Chinese teams. Both the players and the staff are single rooms, there will be no standard rooms, and meals are served in the hotel restaurant.
In order for the team to eat Chinese food, Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, also helped the team contact a Chinese restaurant frequented by local Chinese-funded enterprise staff. Once the food provided by the hotel is out of taste, the National Football Team can also improve the food by “ordering Chinese food for takeaway”.
Speaking of the changes in the schedule and venue of the game, Wang Shenchao said:”We are all professional players. What we have to do now is to make adjustments as soon as possible to prepare for the next game. For us, no matter where we play, the next three games require us to strive for victory.Our security team will also do its best to provide security in all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation. I believe that through the joint efforts of everyone, we will achieve the desired results. “
For the next game, the national football team also recruited Tan Long, Ji Xiang, and Liu Binbin before starting. Tan Long was once a little bit lost about losing the National Football League, but now he has a new opportunity.“In fact, I myself look forward to the national team’s first goal, but compared to this small goal, the national team’s performance is more important. I hope the national team can successfully enter the top 12 this time.”
It is worth mentioning that Syria also added two players, the top scorer of the Syrian League last season, Bahal and the main midfielder Salama against the Chinese team in 2019. In addition, the Syrian Football Association previously applied to the AFC and the local government of Dubai to open the game to fans, hoping to enjoy home treatment at the Sharjah Stadium.
But according to the latest news, the top forty matches of the national football team in the UAE will be played empty-field.China is still the organizer of the event and holds the right to sell and distribute tickets.Return to Sohu to see more
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