On the evening of June 3, the 2006 China U17 Men's Football Team arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, and then entered a hotel on the outskirts of Bangkok to make the final sprint preparations for the U17 Asian Cup Finals, which began on June 17th. Due to the heat and humidity in Bangkok, the coaching staff had to control the amount of training. The biggest problem for the team is that it is difficult to play targeted international warm-up matches before the start of the tournament.
The schedule shows that the U17 national soccer team's first match against Tajikistan in the group stage of the Asian Cup starts on June 17th. The main reason why the team arrived in Thailand two weeks before the tournament was to adapt to the local playing environment, especially the climatic conditions. Recently, the daytime temperature in Bangkok reached over 35 degrees and the humidity was very high, which made the newly arrived U17 national soccer players deeply uncomfortable.
In this case, Yang Chen as head coach of the U17 national football coaching team had to properly control the team's training volume, such as "two practices a day" and "one practice a day", the training intensity compared to the domestic training period has been reduced.
Since most of the U17 national soccer team's matches in the group stage of the Asian Cup start at 5 p.m. local time, the team's daily outdoor field training starts at 4:30 p.m. local time. The only good thing is that the team is only a 15-minute drive from the training ground.
Aside from the weather factor, another major issue affecting the U17 national soccer team's preparation was the team's lack of quality warm-up opportunities prior to the tournament. In fact, the reason the team returned to Yuxi on May 21st was because plans to train and warm up in Japan were temporarily canceled. This means that the team has not participated in any official warm-up matches for almost a month since they arrived in Shanghai on May 15th. As for whether the team will be able to contact warm-up opponents in Bangkok, this is also affected by the opponents' schedules, declaration procedures and other factors.
But in any case, the U17 national soccer team is ready to deal with all kinds of difficulties and challenges. It is understood that in order to ensure the health of the players, the team has asked everyone to wear masks when they go out, and the team manager has also prepared enough Panacur and other medicines for the players.
The U17 national football team will leave Bangkok on June 13 to enter Chonburi, where the team will play in the group stage.
