Yesterday's cold winds were bitterly cold, but this morning the temperature in Tianjin warmed up like a warm winter's day. In the morning sunshine, the outfield of the Olympic Sports Center Stadium witnessed the end of the last training session of the Zimmen Tigers, and in the late afternoon, the team departed from the premises and took a flight to Shanghai at dusk. In the coming week, the Jinmen Tigers will start the ultimate preparation for the second phase of the league at the Kangqiao base, and warm up with Harbor and Shenhua. The first warm-up match will be against Harbor tomorrow.
Barton, who completed 14 days of medical isolation with the national soccer team in Suzhou, will arrive in Shanghai tomorrow to meet with the Jinmen Tigers and enter a seven-day self-isolation period and is expected to make an appearance in the warm-up match in the afternoon. When communicating with Barton last night, his eagerness to return to the team could already be felt. Talking about the appearance in the warm-up game, has been away from the team for more than 3 months Barton confidence: "rest assured, nothing can be difficult to defeat me, as long as the game to me to play, any difficulties I can overcome, not to mention that I have been insisting on training during the National Football League."
Before departing today, players Magno, Zhou Tong and Qian Yumiao were interviewed. They said that the team has gone through a long preparation period and everyone has put in great efforts, hoping to finally show the results of their training in the game and successfully realize the relegation goal. Magno emphasized that the foreigners also know the importance of unity and believe that the team will encounter various difficulties in the future, but everyone is fully prepared mentally. Zhou Tong pointed out that it is especially important to play the two warm-up matches with Harbor and Shenhua to find the feeling of the game and build confidence, as well as to prevent injuries.
Recently, the Chinese Super League officials released a notice about the end of the year contract expiration players must renew or sign a supplementary agreement to continue to participate in the game, the Jinmen Tiger Club is actively dealing with the relevant work. When the team arrived at the airport this afternoon, the Chinese Super League officials announced the specific schedule of the second phase of the game: December 12 at 19:30 in Suzhou Sports Center to face Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, 15:30 in Suzhou Olympic Sports Center to face Henan Songshan Longmen, 15:30 in Jiangyin Sports Center to face Qingdao on the 18th, and 21st at 19:30 in Suzhou Olympic Sports Center to face Cangzhou Lions. After that, from December 25th to January 3rd next year, it will also play the second round of matches with the above four teams in turn.
