With the new season
China Super League (soccer league)
While the opening date and format of the league are still in doubt, the Korean and Japanese work soccer leagues are already in full swing. As
World Cup
Regulars in the final rounds, the Japanese and South Korean national teams have also finalized plans for multiple warm-ups for the next world competition cycle, much to the envy of soccer fans and practitioners in China.
May 4, Han
national soccer team
The South Korean men's national soccer team will hold four warm-up matches at home this June against opponents who have won five times, an official release from the association said.
World Cup
champions Brazil, South American powerhouses Chile and Paraguay. The three matchups are scheduled for June 2, 6 and 10, with the opponent for the final match yet to be determined.
The other team in Asian football
World Cup
Regulars, Japan, are also scheduled to play four world matches during the same period. According to Japan
soccer league
As announced at the end of April, Japan will face Paraguay and Brazil on June 2 and 6, respectively. In addition, Japan
soccer league
A new Kirin Cup four-nation invitational tournament is also planned for June 10-14, featuring teams from Chile, Tunisia and Ghana. The tournament will be a single-round knockout system, with Japan playing two of the three teams mentioned above on June 10th and 14th.
The move by the Japanese and South Korean football associations is significant. According to the 2022 season calendar released by WFC, from the end of the 12-team tournament to Qatar
World Cup
There are only two World Match Day cycles between the start of the final phase. The first cycle runs from May 30th to June 14th and the second from September 19th to September 27th. As a result, the advancement
World Cup
None of the national teams in the final round will miss the opportunity to organize warm-up matches during these two cycles. Given that the next cycle is longer and more conducive to the national teams to focus on training and warming up, it is not difficult to understand that the Japanese and South Korean national football associations organize as many as four warm-up matches.
It is worth noting that most of the warm-up opponents invited by the football associations of Japan and South Korea for the next cycle are the same. Japan, Paraguay and Chile, three teams from South America, will travel to Japan and South Korea respectively. This shows that both Japan and South Korea, as the top teams in Asian soccer, are of equal strength, and also meets the warm-up needs of the invited world powers. On the other hand, the two football associations to ensure the quality of their national team warm-up, but also invested a considerable amount of expenditure on appearance fees. For example, the Japan Football Association paid 300 million yen (about 15.23 million yuan) to invite Brazil to play as a guest. Considering the current epidemic and world economic situation, this price is undoubtedly hard to refuse. The Brazilian Football Federation has promised to send all its main players, including Neymar, to the tournament for this reason.
It is understood that Japan, South Korea and the two national football associations to ensure that the quality of the national team warm-up at all costs, but also has been to maintain a "thrifty" attitude. The same "thrifty" also invited a few teams. Specifically, the three South American brigades went to Asia to warm up, if only to participate in a warm-up game, then from the point of view of preparation for the World Cup or practice, so far away from the cost-effective will be lower. In this case, the three South American national football associations will seek more affordable, respectively, to accept the invitation of the Japanese and South Korean football associations is also logical. As similar high-level world warm-up program will usually be finalized half a year in advance or even more than a year, in today's well-informed society, Japan and South Korea will not miss the other team's warm-up program of information, so the sharing of information and resources has become inevitable. More importantly, the Japanese and Korean Football Associations jointly invite the same opponents to warm up in their own countries, which can save a lot of money. For example, the total cost of the Brazilian team's trip to Asia will be shared equally between Japan and South Korea.
As a core member association of the East Asian Football Federation, the Chinese
national soccer team
The organization was originally able to compete with Japan and South Korea in the implementation of world warm-ups.
soccer league
Hand in hand. For example, a few years ago, high-quality warm-up opponents such as the Uruguayan team, which the Chinese team had invited, also visited neighboring countries such as Japan and South Korea for warm-up matches at the same time. Unfortunately, the new season was affected by the epidemic
China Super League (soccer league)
The tournament program for the league has not been confirmed so far. And since China is already out of the Qatar
World Cup
Therefore, there are no other important preparation tasks for this year. In addition, due to the impact of the epidemic, the representative teams of other member associations (national teams) will not be able to come to China for warm-ups in the short term, and the Chinese team has no plans to visit China in the near future, in which case, the Chinese team will have no other important preparations for this year.
national soccer team
The Association has considered "ceding" the World Match Day cycle from May 30 to June 14 to
China Super League (soccer league)
The first stage of the league tournament.
Compared to Japanese and South Korean soccer, which are leading the Asian soccer scene, the Chinese
national soccer team
The backwardness of the ball is not only limited to the level of technical ability on the soccer field, but also in many other aspects off the field. In addition to envying their opponents, the Chinese
national soccer team
The ball needs to be more on the ground, laying the groundwork with a spirit of practicality.
