China News Service, Tianjin, March 24th: China’s men’s football team moves to Tianjin to face challenges with the “Yijia Army”
Author Wang Zaiyu
At 19:00 on March 23, the new Chinese national men's football team led by Ivankovic made its first appearance in Tianjin and assembled at the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium training ground to start pre-match training against the Singapore team at home.
On the evening of March 23, the Chinese national men’s football team held its first pre-match field training session against the Singaporean team at home at the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium (Water Drop). The picture shows the national football team members conducting pre-match training. Photo by Tong Yu
Previously, the away draw against the Singaporean team undoubtedly cast a shadow over the Chinese men's football team's entry into the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. On the training ground on the evening of the 23rd, the training atmosphere seemed quite intense. It can be seen from the serious expressions of the head coach and players that the Chinese men's football team, which is already standing on the edge of the cliff, is tensing up when facing the "critical battle" that is about to begin on March 26.
On the evening of March 23, the Chinese national men’s football team held its first pre-match field training session against the Singaporean team at home at the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium (Water Drop). The picture shows the national football team members conducting pre-match training. Photo by Tong Yu
During the 15-minute open training, the Chinese men's football team members conducted pre-training warm-up, sensitivity, dribbling, passing and ball control training to help the players maintain their best sports condition. During the training process, coaches always pay attention to the performance of the players and make adjustments and guidance as needed to ensure that the entire team performs at its best during the game.
Chinese men's football player Wang Dalei said in an interview with reporters: "Regarding the last away game against Singapore, all the mistakes were made by ourselves, and we will bear the responsibility. From now on, we must prepare more seriously and play It’s good to play the next game because Singapore is the team that must win.”
On the evening of March 23, the Chinese national men’s football team held its first pre-match field training session against the Singaporean team at home at the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium (Water Drop). The picture shows the national football team members conducting pre-match training. Photo by Tong Yu
"Back at home, we need to regain our form, gain confidence, and strive to win the game with a beautiful score." Chinese men's football player Button said in an interview.
It can be seen that in the face of this must-win game on the 26th, the entire Chinese men's football team has begun to study countermeasures. After head coach Ivankovic took office, he recruited many new players to join the team. In view of the problems exposed in the away game in Singapore, whether the Chinese men's football team playing at home can give the new players more opportunities to play has also become a hot topic and hotly discussed by the outside world. topic of.
On March 23, Chinese men’s football players took a group photo with foreign teachers and young players at the Tianjin Youth Training Center. Wang Zai Yu Photography
It is worth mentioning that after the Chinese men’s football team arrived in Tianjin, on the 23rd, assistant coach Chen Tao led three players, Jiang Shenglong, Wang Zhenao, and Cheng Jin, to interact on the field with 25 young players from the Tianjin Youth Training Center. The young players were overflowing with excitement after meeting the national football players, which also made people full of hope for the future of the national football team.
Jiang Shenglong said in an interview that for young players, the most important thing is to enjoy the joy of football. Although the team is currently facing competition pressure, he hopes to make children love football more through on-field interaction, so that these future stars can climb to the top with ideals and beliefs on the road to football.
Assistant coach Chen Tao has played for the Tianjin team for many years and helped the Tianjin team win the FA Cup championship and league runner-up. When he returned to Tianjin again, Chen Tao was filled with emotion. "Football should start from childhood, and as a coach, I am even more obligated. Tianjin hired a Serbian coach to train these young players, which can be said to have a long-term vision. In this hot land of football, I hope that we can achieve the ideal result in the game on the 26th. With great achievements, I hope that Tianjin will be able to produce more national team players in the future." Chen Tao said.
On March 26, the Chinese men's football team will play the second round match against Singapore at the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium at home. Let us wait and see what kind of answer the "Yijiajun" will submit. (over)