After half a day's rest, at 10:30 a.m. on July 22, the Chinese men's soccer team started its first outdoor training session at Toyota Sports Park Stadium after the China-Korea war, aiming to prepare for the upcoming second-round match against Japan in the East Asian Cup. It's worth noting that unlike previous training sessions, which were open to the media, this time the team only opened the first 30 minutes of training to the media, and at the end of the training, head coach Jankovic warned his players to think hard. Obviously, in the face of the 3-goal defeat against South Korea in the first match, Yankovic hopes that through careful polishing, so that the team can have a bright performance when facing Japan.
In light of the intense showdown with South Korea in the first round of the East Asian Cup, the coaching team of the national soccer selection team did not schedule an outdoor training session with the ball on the day after the match, the 21st, but instead allowed the players to conduct recovery training in the hotel gym. In the afternoon, all the players enjoyed a valuable break.
As Yankovic said in his review of the China-Korea match on the morning of the 21st, the first round of the tournament is in the past, and the team, after recognizing and making up for the problems exposed in the first round, should quickly adjust their mentality and devote themselves to the preparation for the next round of the tournament. Following this line of thought, the team came to the Toyota Sports Park Stadium, which is far away from the site, for training on the morning of the 22nd.
On the eve of the training, Jankovic gave the players specific goals for this training. He emphasized that he didn't want the problems exposed in the first round of the tournament to reappear in the next round of the Chinese and Japanese tournaments, so in the training on the 22nd, he helped the players "correct their mistakes" by setting up different training units.
After a simple recovery session, Jankovic arranged for the players to practice passing in groups of two to three, which has become a "traditional part" of every outdoor training session. Immediately after that, he instructed the players to perform long passes and wide-area transfers, while reminding them to make full use of the width of the field, improve the frequency and quality of passes, and avoid blind long passes.
Of note, the team politely asked out the on-site media after the 30-minute pass-specific drill. This is in stark contrast to previous training sessions where the entire session was open. This indicates that Jankovic may make a big adjustment in the lineup and formation for the upcoming match between China and Japan. For this match, the team's preparation seems to be extra cautious.
After the technical and tactical and group confrontation training, the national soccer selection team also practiced corner kicks, free kicks and other positional ball tactics. Combined with the actual situation of the first round of matches, Yankovic especially emphasized that the players should make full use of the opportunity of the ball out of bounds, both to ensure the quality and efficiency of the ball out of bounds, and at the same time, we must be vigilant against the opponents to use the ball out of bounds to launch an attack.
After the training, Yankovic once again urged the players to think deeply about their mistakes, especially the details of the defensive end of the mistakes, and hope that in the match against Japan, the players can appear with a new look. He hoped that the players back to the resident, can be in-depth thinking, especially on the new preparation content for the detailed "absorption".
According to the plan, the national soccer selection team will go to Nagoya Port Stadium on the 23rd local time for the final training before the China-Japan match.
