At 13:15 on December 18, the Chinese men's national football team flew to Dubai, UAE, on China Eastern Airlines just one day after assembling in Shanghai to begin their preparatory journey for the 2024 Asian Cup in Qatar. Compared with the past, the Chinese men's soccer team chose to travel in a low-key manner without chartering a plane. The Chinese men's soccer team is building up its strength in anticipation of a performance at the Asian Cup. After all, Chinese soccer can no longer afford to be tossed around.
On December 12, the national football team announced its 26-man training list for the preparation of the Asian Cup. The only real newcomer is the goalkeeper from Chengdu Rongcheng, and only 23 people have been selected for the official list, which means that three will fall out of the list after the training in the United Arab Emirates. There has been a lot of outside criticism of this list, such as the age structure tending to age and few mid-career players being selected. In many teams participating in the Asian Cup, the proportion of players born after 2000 is much higher than that of the national soccer team. Outsiders do not know what such an aging age structure of the team played in the Asian Cup, Yankovic gourd sold what medicine.
Against this background, the national soccer team chose to go to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in West Asia for training. In order to ensure the quality of training, the national soccer team specially chose a hotel with its own closed training ground for the team. At the same time, the national soccer team also sent an advance team to the Abu Dhabi premises to make all-round preparations for the preliminary work, including clothing, food, accommodation and transportation, waiting for the national soccer team to move in. Meanwhile, international players did not rest during this vacation. For example, Dai Weijun and Zhang Yuning arrived in Shanghai early and started their training mode in order to achieve good results in the Asian Cup.
According to the preparation plan, the national football team will stay in Abu Dhabi until January 7 next year, during which a number of physical reserves and closed teaching games will be held. After the end of training, the national football team will fly directly from Abu Dhabi to Doha, to start the final preparations for the current Asian Cup tour. At the same time, the national football team will also determine the final official list of 23 people in the Asian Cup.
