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On June 12, 2022, Shaanxi's "Xi'an Release" WeChat public number disclosed the upcoming sports event, revealing that a grand China Team International Soccer Invitational Tournament will be held in Xi'an in November.
Officials say the tournament is called the "Rivalry Tour" and the list of opponents has yet to be revealed.
According to "Xi'an Release", "One Belt, One Road" Shaanxi 2022 Sports Excellence Events covers 17 competitive activities, including Xi'an Marathon, World Women's Chess Masters Summit Tournament and other highlights.
It is worth noting that in the past two years, the country has hosted only two international soccer events. 2021, in mid-April, the women's Olympic soccer team China against South Korea; in late May last year, the national football team and Guam's World Preliminary 40 showdown, which were both located in the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center.
Since then, the national soccer team's home matches in the Top 12 have been scheduled outside the country.
At the end of March this year, the last two matches of the 12-team tournament were completed, and the CFA did not schedule matches on the FIFA-designated matchdays in June and September-...
This is out of consideration for the smooth running of the Chinese Super League, which will be seriously affected by the need to isolate the national soccer team for participation abroad.
According to the planning of the Football Association, the Chinese Super League will be completely finished on November 9, while the Qatar World Cup will start on November 21, theoretically the teams that have not advanced to the World Cup will have the opportunity to come to China to warm up with the national football team.
However, due to the epidemic, it is less likely that foreign teams will make special trips to China for friendly matches.
One of the national soccer team's opponents in the Round of 12 is Japan.
On the "Xi'an release" announced the international invitational tournament, surging news reporter learned from the Chinese Football Association, the Association has not yet arranged warm-up matches for the national football team in this time period.
In fact, the FA cannot decide alone whether to hold international matches in November, which is subject to approval by a higher authority.
Of course, the FA would be happy for the national football team to play international matches in November if conditions permit - the
After all, with the move to the 2023 Asian Cup, the pressure on the Chinese team to perform has increased, and the team is in dire need of quality international tournaments to raise its level of competitiveness.
With an eye on future World Qualifiers, the national soccer team will also need to earn more FIFA ranking points through warm-up matches.
In addition, if the national football team has the opportunity to play warm-up matches, the AFC Cup matches can also be appropriately postponed for one to two weeks.
