Chinanews Client Beijing, February 10th. The Chinese New Year Festival is approaching. I wish you all the best in the Year of the Ox.
Because of the epidemic, there are not a few people responding to the in-situ Chinese New Year initiative. Sports fans who have a seven-day holiday in their hands, how should they arrange a short holiday?
Although most of the domestic competitions have died down, but looking at the international, exciting competitions will not disappoint you.
The following schedule is recommended for sports enthusiasts to reasonably arrange the spectator plan during the Chinese New Year (all Beijing time).
Data map: Tottenham and Manchester City in the game.
Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
European football
Five major leagues, local cups, plus the Champions League 1/8 finals, and the seven-day Chinese New Year holiday, friends who like football should be enjoyable.
We have selected some strong dialogues and teams that Chinese fans are more concerned about, and listed their games.
In the Premier League, Manchester City gradually grasped the initiative to lead the standings, but next, they are about to face the test of Tottenham.
The defending champion Liverpool also faced the challenge of powerful enemy Leicester City. On different battlefields, the two teams will also stage a chase across space.
Juventus, which has won three consecutive Serie A wins, is currently on the rise, and the 7-point gap with AC Milan at the top of the list is not insurmountable. Over the weekend, they will face Naples, which is temporarily sixth in the league, with a victory and 3 all Points must be their primary goal.
On the other hand, in the second league, the Spaniard, who has lost two losses and one tie in the past three rounds, is not optimistic.
And they are ambition to return to La Liga, they are about to meet the strongest leader of the Second Division Mallorca.
Can Wu Lei make his debut?
Performance geometry?
What will be the outcome of the key battle with opponents?
All kinds of suspense are worth looking forward to.
UEFA Champions League 1/8 final match map.
Image source: Champions League official micro
In the last two days of the holiday, there will be eight giant teams from various leagues in the Champions League 1/8 finals. Although some games have been temporarily changed due to the impact of national epidemic prevention regulations, when the game comes, the dialogue between the strong will inevitably be Arouse dazzling sparks.
Barcelona, who qualified as second in the group, and last season's Champions League runner-up Paris Saint-Germain's matchup is undoubtedly the most eye-catching game in a series of confrontations. It is hard to predict who will win.
Part of the game time
11th 04:00 Copa del Rey semi-final first leg Sevilla-Barcelona
13th 20:30 Premier League round 24 Leicester City-Liverpool
14th 01:00 Serie A round 22 Naples-Juventus
14th 01:30 Premier League round 24 Manchester City-Tottenham
14th 21:00 West Second Round 25 Mallorca-Espanyol
14th 23:15 La Liga Round 23 Real Madrid-Valencia
17th 04:00 UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals first leg RB Leipzig-Liverpool
17th 04:00 UEFA Champions League 1/8 final round Barcelona-Paris Saint-Germain
18th 04:00 UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals first leg Porto-Juventus
Sevilla Dortmund, Champions League 1/8 final at 04:00 on the 18th
On the evening of August 23, 2020 local time, the 2019-2020 season UEFA Champions League final was held at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, Portugal. Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 to win the sixth Champions League championship in team history.
The picture shows the Bayern players lifting the Champions League trophy at the award ceremony.
Club World Cup
The Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, who are on their way to the Club World Cup, have made their best efforts this time, including Lewand, Muller and other team's main players.
Since Bayern had previously won the Champions League, Bundesliga, German Cup, German Super Cup and European Super Cup during the season, if they played in the Club World Cup this time, they would reach the sixth crown.
And their strength is obviously higher, the goal must be the final championship trophy.
The enemy Bayern will face in the final is the Tigers from the Mexican League. The latter defeated the AFC Champions Ulsan Hyundai and the Copa Libertadores Champion Palmeiras in the previous matches to enter the final and become the first team to advance to the world. The Central, North American and Caribbean teams in the Club Cup final.
South Korean powerhouse Ulsan Hyundai, which represented the Asian Division in the Club World Cup, lost 5 or 6 finals against the host Du Haile, ranking bottom.
In contrast to Bayern’s African Champions League champions Egypt’s Cairo Nationals, they will compete with Palmeiras for the third place.
Competing time
23:00 on the 11th, the third place in the Club World Cup battle Al Ali Cairo-Palmeiras
02:00 on the 12th Bayern Munich-Tigers
Data map: Zhu Lin participated in the post-match press conference in 2018.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Tao
Australian Open
The 2021 Australian Open has kicked off on the 8th.
Due to the epidemic, many players flew to Australia from all over the world as early as mid-January, and resumed training and preparation after the end of isolation.
In order to ensure the safe and smooth holding of the event, the Australian Open Organizing Committee has formulated many anti-epidemic measures and rules, and took the lead in the warm-up match-the ATP Cup tennis tournament.
The epidemic prevention pressure is not small, but the optional players are still fully committed after their debut.
In the finished game, Djokovic and Nadal, who are separated in the upper and lower halves, both advanced to the second round. In the women’s singles, Korbel was upset and out. China Jinhua Wang Qiang, Zhang Shuai, Zheng Saisai and Wang Yafan were all in the first round. Farewell to the women's singles arena, Zhu Lin became the only Chinese player to enter the second round of the women's singles, and the next round will play against the famous player Mertens.
Although the overall performance in singles is not satisfactory, there will still be many golden figures in the doubles arena. The 2019 Australian Open champions Zhang Shuai and Stosur continue to play together, which attracts special attention. Zhu Lin/Battle, Yang Zhaoxuan/Xu Yifan also shoulder the burden. The task of doubles.
Competing time
11th Australian Open each individual second round
The third round of each individual event of the Australian Open on 12-13
The fourth round of each individual event of the Australian Open from the 15th
The Chinese men's basketball team released a poster for the Asian preliminaries.
Men's Basketball Asian Preliminary
CBA has just entered the Spring Festival holiday, and the Chinese men's basketball team will continue to be busy.
A few days ago, the team decided to play in the third window of the men's basketball Asian Cup qualifiers in Doha, Qatar. Subsequently, on the eve of the end of the second stage of the CBA regular season, the national team training squad was released, led by Guo Ailun and Zhou Qi.
This is also the first time the Chinese men's basketball team has appeared on the international stage since Du Feng took over the coach of the national team.
Although the qualifying places in the Asian preliminaries are almost three of the group’s “four selections”, it is not too difficult for the Chinese men’s basketball team in the same group as Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, and Japan, but this competition is also before the national team’s participation in the Olympic defeat. An important actual combat opportunity, the national team naturally attaches great importance to it.
However, the men's basketball team suffered frequent blows before the preparations began. After the announcement of the 21-man training roster, in just a few days, there were six more wounded among the roster.
However, Du Feng is not prepared to replace other players. He will only select the lineup for the Asian Cup qualifiers based on the training and physical conditions of the players these days.
Part of the game time
17th 19:00 Men's Basketball Asian Preliminaries Malaysia Men's Basketball-Chinese Men's Basketball
Data Map: The Utah Jazz (White) has a gratifying record this season, and came from behind to temporarily top the Western Conference.
NBA regular season
The epidemic prevention situation in the United States is still severe, and the NBA regular season is also in the process of difficult advancement. There are constantly players who have been temporarily quarantined due to the epidemic prevention regulations formulated by the league, and games that have been forced to postpone due to the quarantine of many teams have occasionally appeared.
In terms of rankings in the East and the West, there was also an unexpected chaos.
The Nets, which recruited Harden to form the Big Three, are the most eye-catching team at the moment, but they have been unable to find a breakthrough in record and still failed to make it into the top three in the Eastern Conference.
The Jazz this season incarnation of the "three-point team", full firepower, currently beating the Los Angeles duo to occupy the leading Western Conference.
After Paul joined the Suns, this season's momentum has exceeded expectations. On the contrary, the Warriors led by Curry, after Thompson suffered another serious injury, seemed to be alone.
Part of the game time
11th 09:00 NBA regular season Pacers-Nets
12th 08:30 NBA regular season Raptors-Celtics
13th 10:00 NBA regular season Bucks-Jazz
14th 09:30 NBA regular season Nets-Warriors
15th 08:30 NBA regular season Lakers-Nuggets
16th 10:00 NBA regular season 76ers-Jazz
17th 11:00 NBA regular season Nets-Suns
Data map: Men's single-seat steel-frame ski bike for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
Ice and Snow Project
On the occasion of the traditional Chinese New Year, the ice and snow events also have exciting events.
Cortina d’Ampezzo of Sweden is ready for the 2021 Alpine Skiing World Championships, and the Cross-Country Skiing World Championships will also be held at the Swedish venue Idel Fial.
In addition, the 2021 FIS Snowmobile and Steel Frame Snowmobile World Championships are currently being ignited in Altenberg, Germany.
Part of the game time
13th 18:35 World Alpine Ski Championships women's downhill
12th 16:30 World Snowmobile Championship Women's Steel Frame Ski
12th 20:30 World Snowmobile Championships men's steel snowmobile
13th 16:30 World Snowmobile Championships Steel Framed Snowmobile Mixed Team Competition
14th 16:30 World Snow Car Championship Women's Single Snow Car
14th 22:30 World Snowmobile Championships men's four snowmobile