This morning, I went to Doha to prepare for the warm-up match and took the opportunity of the western expedition to adapt to the climate and competition area.
The “Asian Cup time” of the national football team came ahead of schedule.
Guangzhou’s last practice before the national football team leaves
After attending the second training class of this training session in Guangzhou yesterday afternoon, the Chinese men’s football team left Guangzhou on the card flight at 01:35 this morning and flew to Doha, Qatar, prepare to participate in the warm-up match with Qatar on the evening of 7th local time. As the national football team plans to go to Doha to prepare for the Asian Cup at the end of this year, the hotels and training locations of this visit are exactly the same as those of overseas training camps at the end of this year, and the climate conditions in Doha are similar to those of various regions in UAE, therefore, in this western expedition, the national football team has entered the “Asian Cup time” in a sense “.
The main force will be generated in the “Western Expedition”
At 5:30 p.m. yesterday, the national football team went to Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium for the second outdoor training in this training session. Before the training began, the whole team took the “family photo” according to the convention, but goalkeeper Wang Dalei and Zhongwei Liu Yiming were not in the battle. It is understood that the two left the national football team yesterday morning due to injuries, and the coaching staff specially recruited Zhang Lu, the goalkeeper from Tianjin Quanjian, to the team. The number of international players who finally participated in the two Western Asia warm-up games this month was 23.
After Liu Yiming left the team, there was only one U23-age player left in the national football team. After Zheng Zhi, the old captain, returned to the team in the last period of training, many veterans, including Feng xiaiting, Lin Lin and Zhang Xianzhe, who had participated in the top 12 FIFA World Cup qualification of Russia, all returned to the team. However, the young players who were included in the training team from the end of May this year to the beginning of June did not get the chance of the western expedition. In this case, coach Lippi explained that to prepare for a major match like the Asian Cup, the team needs those old players with strong ability and rich experience to help the team. Since it has only been more than four months from now to the opening of the Asian Cup in next January, the team’s focus on preparation has shifted from “promoting newcomers” to “fully serving the Asian Cup preparation. Since more than 20 players selected in this training team were selected from 38 players selected on the big list, these players will undoubtedly constitute the main force of the national football team to attack the Asian Cup.
Weather is still the biggest “enemy”
According to the plan, the national football team will leave Guangzhou at 01:35 Beijing time today, fly to Qatar, and plan to arrive in Doha at 04:45 local time this morning. For Doha, most members of the national football team are no strangers. A year ago, on September 5th, it was here that the national football team ended Russia’s FIFA World Cup qualification journey, and at that time, the Chinese team won a strong host team here.
It is understood that different from the charter trip a year ago, the national football team took an ordinary civil aviation passenger plane to visit this time. However, due to the respect for the club’s interests and the protection of the players’ bodies, the Chinese Football Association still booked business space for the players to help them relieve fatigue during the 8-and-a-half-hour journey. After arriving in Doha, the team will stay at Torch Hotel. This superior hotel not only provides first-class service conditions in all aspects, but also is close to team training and competition venues. If you ask what kind of problems the national football team faces when going to West Asia, then the local hot weather is undoubtedly a “natural enemy”. As last year, the competition venue between the national football team and Qatar is the caliphate Stadium, the main stadium of the 2022qatar World Cup, where advanced air conditioning equipment can provide relatively comfortable “temperature conditions” for both parties “. However, during daily travel and training, the team will also suffer from the hot and humid climate “. Recently, the outdoor temperature in Doha has exceeded 40℃ during the day. Even at night, the local temperature is around 35℃. Although the Chinese team has been training in Guangzhou recently, the temperature in Doha is much higher than that in Yangcheng.
Warm up to enter Asian Cup time”
The national football team locked the opponents of the two warm-up matches this month on the two West Asian teams of Qatar and Balin. On the one hand, it simulated the competition with the West Asian team from the technical and tactical level, on the other hand, it also makes the players feel the “Asian Cup competition environment” as much as possible “.
It is understood that in order to help the team prepare for the Asian Cup, the Chinese Football Association plans to organize national football training in early December. After the domestic training in the first half month, the whole team plans to go to Doha, Qatar in the middle of that month, there Anza Asian Cup preparation base camp. The flight time from there to the Asian Cup host area such as Abu Dhabi, UAE will not exceed 2 hours. It is very beneficial for the team to adapt to the competition environment of the Asian Cup. As for the early domestic training, the Chinese Football Association may prefer to arrange the location in Guangzhou or other Southern cities that are convenient for the team to prepare for and leave the country.
It is reported that the hotel that the national football team stayed in during the training in Doha at the end of the year is the resident Torch hotel during this warm-up period, and the training venue is also the asbayer training center during this trip to Doha. The players trained here once commented on the center’s “almost perfect conditions. From this point of view, this trip to Doha has entered the “Asian Cup time” in a sense “. According to the plan, after the trip to West Asia, the national football team will also hold four warm-up matches before the start of the Asian Cup, all of which will be arranged in domestic cities. Judging from the quality of the opponents, the Qatar Team, The Balin team and the Syrian team that will play tricks next month are all good.
Wen/Our reporter Xiao Yi
