November 20, 2011 - The national football team is currently in Shenzhen preparing for the 21st World Qualifier against South Korea. Guangzhou Daily writes that the national football team is obviously going to be based on defense in terms of tactics, but it won't be a dead heat and completely give up on offense.
The national soccer team flew back to Shenzhen Friday night after beating Thailand 2-1 on the road. Jiang Shenglong, a center back who represented the national soccer team for the first time in the Thailand-China battle, said the Bangkok national soccer team went through a great test. When they played against South Korea, every player wanted to show their spirit and use 200 percent of their energy against the South Korean team.
Yesterday morning, the Chinese men's soccer team went to the Shenzhen Universiade Center Stadium for a full closed training. Facing the strength is obviously stronger than their own South Korean team, the national football team is obviously to be based on defense at the tactical level, but will not blindly adhere to, completely give up the attack. It is reported that the national football team in yesterday's training, the main content is to practice defensive counterattack attack routine.
The China-Korea battle will be staged at 8 p.m. on Nov. 21 at the Shenzhen Universiade Center Stadium, which has a capacity of 68,000 people. There are five grades: 160 yuan, 260 yuan, 360 yuan, 460 yuan and 680 yuan. According to the box office, about 20,000 tickets were available for the match before the 36-team tournament began, while the remaining 40,000 tickets were sold out on Nov. 17 after the national soccer team beat Thailand 2-1 away.
According to the arrangement of the AFC, the referee of the Sino-Korean war was Qatari referee Abdulrahman Jassim, who is familiar to Chinese fans. 36-year-old Jassim has enforced the Chinese Super League team in the AFC Champions League for many times.
