In the late afternoon of March 7, the Chinese men's soccer team arrived at Field 4 of the Mission Hills Soccer Training Base in Haikou for the fourth outdoor training session of the current training period. With the addition of new veterans Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng, the team expanded to 29 players. However, due to the absence of defender Deng Hanwen for some reason, two young players, Jiang Shenglong and Wu Shaochong, have been selected to join the U23 national football team to prepare for the Dubai Cup, bringing together the 30 players who have participated in the current training session of the Haikou national football team (including goalkeeper Wang Dalei, who is recuperating from injury). The training ground side of the wire fence hanging on a huge banner printed with a new slogan, which reads "a thousand hammers, tamping the foundation, able to fight well, excellent style", this slogan and the theme of the training "hard training" fits perfectly, showing the national football team know the shame and then the courage of the fighting spirit. The slogan fits perfectly with the theme of the training program "hard training", showing the fighting spirit of the national football team.
According to the preparation plan, the national football team continued to train in the afternoon of the 7th at the No. 4 field of the Mission Hills Football Training Base. Captain Wu Xi and defender Zhang Linpeng, as the mainstay of this year's World Qualifier, also participated in the day's training. The training list released by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) shows that a total of 39 players have been selected for the new phase of the national football team.
According to the notice, except for 5 naturalized players and Li Lei who plays for Rui Chao, the remaining 33 players should arrive in Haikou before 3 days. However, due to the epidemic and problems in communication and cooperation between some players and their clubs, some players took leave and delayed their reporting. Before the arrival of Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng, Tan Long, Yan Junling, Jin Jingdao, Gao Junyi, Ji Xiang and other players also delayed their reporting.
According to a Beijing Youth Daily reporter, due to the absence of defender Deng Hanwen from this training session, Jiang Shenglong and Wu Shaochong were selected to prepare for the Dubai Cup in the U23 national football team, so the actual players who participated in the Haikou national football team's training session were only 30, of which 29 took part in the training on the 7th. Goalkeeper Wang Dalei stayed at the hotel to resume training due to physical reasons.
Compared with the "Li Xiaopeng a" training in Shanghai in January, the national football team this training in the training volume and content has changed significantly. The amount of training increased, the content from simple to complex, the coaching staff on the physical conditions of the players and the ability to adapt to higher requirements. For example, in the afternoon of the 6th training, the coaching staff will be the gym body training and field ball training perfect combination of training intensity, so that the players are exhausted.
The hard training of the national soccer team is necessary in the eyes of the Football Association and the coaching staff. The team has suffered an unprecedented crisis of confidence after their loss in the Top 12 and their first game against Vietnam. Despite the unlikelihood of a good result in the last two rounds of the 12-team tournament, the team will enter a new cycle, especially in preparation for the 2023 Asian Cup. If the quality of training is not strengthened, the team could hit an all-time low in the renewal process. This is unacceptable to all parties, including the team.
Beijing Youth Daily reporter revealed that the national football team after the start of this training, training site of the inspirational banner on the content of the slogan has changed to "a thousand hammers, tamping the foundation, able to fight, excellent style." These 16 words are also "football reform program" on the national team to put forward specific team building requirements. This slogan actually also indicates the direction of the national team's next development. Among them, "a thousand hammers and a hundred refinements" and the national football team to strengthen the quality of preparation, the status quo of grueling training. "Compacting the foundation" is the urgent need to implement the basic work of the national football team in the context of the technical inferiority of the national football team. As for "able to fight well, excellent style", is the team's unchanging team building goals, both involving the technical level, but also has a spiritual connotation.
