Article source: Beijing Youth Daily
On the evening of September 30, local time, the Chinese team played an international warm-up match in Sharjah, UAE, with the short-handed Syrian team. As a result, with Zhang Yuning’s goal in stoppage time in the first half, the country was able to draw with the opponent 1-1. It is understood that, considering the two World Preliminaries in October, the top 12 matches are approaching, the Chinese team does not care about the results of the game. In addition to making full use of relatively loose competition rules for teaching competitions, the coaching staff also pays great attention to protecting the players’ bodies.
The Chinese and Syrian games will start at around 8pm local time on September 30 (around midnight on October 1st, Beijing time), which is 1 hour later than the scheduled kick-off time. In order to help the international footballers quickly adapt to the atmosphere and environment of the top 12 competition, the game was arranged in the third round of the top 12 competition at the Sharjah Stadium where the Chinese and Vietnamese games were played. The Chinese team set the kick-off time of the warm-up match at 8 pm local time because FIFA and AFC adjusted the kick-off time of the China and Vietnam matches based on the opinions of the top 12 business development partners and some broadcast partners. Initially scheduled at 7pm local time on October 7th.
Also in order to help the international players find the feeling of the competition, the Chinese Football Association also sent four international referees of Chinese nationality who accompanied the team to the west to enforce the warm-up match, with Ma Ning as the referee. These four referees have continued to enforce the top 12 matches and the AFC Champions League recently, so the international players will be able to more clearly understand the law enforcement principles and characteristics of the top 12 matches in their enforcement matches.
In order to safeguard their competing interests, the Chinese and Syrian teams agreed that the game will not be open to the outside world. Even the media reporters accompanying the national football team were notified before the game that they were not allowed to go to the venue to watch the game, and they did not even ask for information about the game.
It is reported that because the competition is not a FIFA A-level warm-up match, the two sides have set relatively free competition rules. For example, during the competition, the two sides can change as many times as they want according to their own needs. At present, with the exception of Li Lei and other very few injuries, most of the other players in the Chinese team can participate.
It is reported that after 90 minutes of the game, the two sides finally drew 1-1. In the 26th minute of the first half, Mamel took the lead for the Syrian team, and Zhang Yuning tied the score for the national football team in stoppage time in the first half. The Chinese team tried a variety of offensive and defensive lineup combinations in the game. However, due to the fact that the technical and tactical characteristics of the Syrian team and the same group of the top 12 teams are not similar, the Chinese team also paid great attention to the protection of the players’ bodies in this warm-up. Warming up with the Syrian team, which lacks absolute main shooters such as Soma and Helbin, it is indeed unnecessary for the Chinese team to “fight hard” with their opponents, thereby causing non-combat attrition before the more important game. Of course, through this kind of warm-up, the head coach Li Tie has a clearer idea about the general personnel arrangements for the third and even fourth rounds of the top 12.
According to the plan, the Chinese team will rest for at least one day after the end of the game, and will soon enter the preparatory sprint stage in the top 12 and Vietnam games.
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The kick-off time of the China-Vietnam match delayed by two hours
It is worth mentioning that in the warm-up match between the Chinese team and the Syrian team, the kick-off time of the match was delayed 1 hour to 8 pm compared to the originally scheduled 7 o’clock local time. It is reported that this adjustment was due to reasons. On October 7, the kick-off time of the third round of the top 12 match between the Chinese team and the Vietnamese team has been adjusted from the originally planned 7 pm local time to 9 pm, which is Beijing time. 1 o’clock in the morning 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 third and fourth rounds of the top 12 matches. Among them, the third round of the Chinese team’s home match against Vietnam and the fourth round of away matches will be arranged at Sharjah local time at 7 pm on October 7th (11 pm on 7th Beijing time) and Jeddah local time in Saudi Arabia. At 7 pm on October 12 (at midnight on the 13th, Beijing 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, who 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.Return to Sohu to see more
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