China News Service, Beijing, March 12 (Reporter Wang Sishuo) On the 12th, two announcements were issued one after another, which once again focused the attention of fans on the national football team.
Screenshot of AFC announcement
In the afternoon, the AFC announced the venues for each group of the World Preliminary Asian Top 40. Among them, the remaining group A matches of the Chinese men's football team will be held in China in the form of a tournament system. The time is also determined from May 31st to 6th. On the 15th.
In addition, the Chinese Football Association website earlier that day released a new phase of the national men’s football team training notice, which mentioned that in preparation for the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian qualifiers preliminaries (forty rounds), China’s national men’s football The team is scheduled to go to Shanghai to organize training camps from March 21 to April 3.
In addition, the specific list is also released, and there is not much controversy overall.
The 28 National People's Congress list for the new training session of the National Football Team
Image source: Official WeChat of the Chinese Football Team
Compared with the previous list announced on January 14th, the current training list has an increase of one person in total. The Guangzhou team and Beijing Guoan are still major contributors to the international team.
Fans are more concerned about naturalized players, and will also be led by Exon, Fernando, Jiang Guangtai and Alan.
The nearly half-month national football training has added guarantee for the further running-in between the naturalized camp and teammates. In addition, as the pace of the world preliminaries is approaching, the time left for coach Li Tie and the players to adjust their status has become more urgent.
Because Wu Lei is far away in Spain for the West Second Division, he could not participate in this training camp. In the traditional sense, only three local strikers, Zhang Yuning, Wei Shihao and Tan Long, were selected for the current list.
"Li Jiajun"'s future attack line firepower ratio has also shown signs, and the naturalized players may take on the main task of destroying the city.
Looking at the midfielders on the list, most of them are still the "old faces" of the national team. Combined with the insignificant changes in the national football training list in recent times, it is inferred that the current lineup may form Li Tie's heart. The core team in the second half of the strong game.
Data map: On January 22, Li Tie, the head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team, led the players to start a winter training camp in Haikou to prepare for the Forty Finals.
The picture is head coach Li Tie.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Luo Yunfei
Although the official has not announced the start time of the new season of the Chinese Super League, news shows that the Chinese Football Association and the professional league preparatory team have reported the plan for the start of the game on April 20 to the General Administration of Sports, and the plan is currently in the process of being submitted for approval.
Earlier, under the joint decision of FIFA and AFC, the National Football Team’s World Preliminary Forty Tournament was postponed to the International Competition Day from May 31st to June 15th.
This also means that domestic football, which has been silent for several months, is about to usher in a period of intensive competition.
The importance of the national football training in Shanghai before the opening of the Chinese Super League has also been raised to another level.
On the one hand, the time between the start of the Super League and the top forty matches is only more than a month away, leaving the national football team with a long time span for training and preparation. On the other hand, the national football players who have spent the long offseason should also take advantage of it. With a better spirit, enter the role earlier than most club teammates, and the fuller the process of state adjustment, the more chips can be sprinted into the top twelve.
Data map: Li Tie held a meeting with the players before the national team training.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Luo Yunfei
In the top 40 of the world preliminaries, the national football team currently has 4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with 7 points, behind Syria by 5 points, and temporarily ranked second in the group.
The Chinese team has 4 games left, the opponents are the Maldives, Guam, the Philippines, and Syria.
According to the rules, the first place in each group and the 4 best-performing group second will get the right to qualify.
At present, the points in the hands of the national football team are far from enough to ensure the qualifying. With one less game, the Chinese team ranks 7th among all 8 teams in the second place.
In the next four world preliminaries, every one of them will be fully competitive, and Li Tie's team is under considerable pressure.
The Chinese Football Association is also doing its best to do a good job in logistical support. The next stage of the game is determined to be held in China, which can be said to inject a shot into the national football.
The goal of the Football Association for submitting the application for the match is also very clear, which is to do everything possible to create the most favorable conditions for the national football, so that the internationals can enjoy the home court advantage and win the four opponents in one fell swoop.
Data map: Exon (left) and Tang Miao in training for the national team.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Luo Yunfei
However, the relatively frequent national team training also left a trace of hidden dangers.
Judging from the coach Li Tie, he has not led his team to play any official international competitions since taking office, and the warm-up matches are just discussions with the clubs. In terms of intensity and quality, they are far from comparable to the main opponents of the top forties.
In fact, the national team match day in mid-to-late March was not cancelled. In addition to Australia, which is restricted by its own epidemic prevention and control situation, all Asian powers also arranged warm-up matches for training.
For the national football team, which has not had an official competition since the East Asian Cup in December 2019, the state adjusted by training only, can they hold their ground when they re-face the Philippines and Syria, which have suffered a loss in the first round? In a better state than in the first round of the clash, there is a question mark.
In any case, the national football training plan has been finalized. How to achieve the best preparation effect from the competitive and psychological level through intra-team training is probably the biggest challenge for the national football at this stage.
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