As the third and fourth rounds of the upcoming Qatar World Qualifier Asian Zone 12 tournament approach in early October, the Chinese team was scheduled to play at least three world-class warm-up matches in Sharjah, however, due to multiple factors such as the epidemic and tournament schedule, the Chinese team has so far completed only one world warm-up match with Syria, namely the Sept. 30 match.
Despite the big differences in technical and tactical characteristics between Syria and their next opponents, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia, the Chinese team is still expected to improve their level through this actual match. In this context, the Chinese team had to rely on internal confrontation matches to test the results of training and sharpen the lineup for the upcoming Top 12 matches.
More than a week ago, Syria's head coach Mahrous had publicly announced that the Syrian team would play a warm-up match against China on Sept. 30 in the United Arab Emirates. In fact, China
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At that time, there was no agreement with Syria
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Sign a written agreement on the matter. It would be a major problem for both parties if something were to happen in the process that would lead to the "abortion" of the competition.
It is worth noting that the warm-up match was initially played by Syrian
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Presented. Earlier this month, while the Chinese team was in Doha, Qatar, preparing for their match against Japan, the Chinese
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I received a letter from Syria.
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A written request for a warm-up match between the two teams. The reason for Syria's initiative is simple - they will face South Korea on the road on October 7 in the third round of the 12-team tournament. It's only fitting that China is considered an "imaginary enemy". In addition, from the point of view of epidemic prevention and travel convenience, the Syrian team also plans to arrange the new phase of preparation in the United Arab Emirates, so warming up with the Chinese team, which is also preparing for the match in the United Arab Emirates, will be able to obtain a lot of convenience.
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Acceptance of Syria
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The invitation was also in large part to help the team better adapt to the pace and intensity of the tournament. Since this warm-up match was played by Syria
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It is reported that the Chinese team had planned to play no less than three world warm-up matches in Sharjah, and the warm-up opponents were preferred to be national teams. It is reported that the Chinese team originally planned to play no less than three warm-up matches in Sharjah, and the warm-up opponents are preferred to the national team.
The Chinese team is not the only one that suffers from the problem of "hard to find warm-up matches", but also the Omani and Vietnamese teams in the same group, who have not been able to warm up in the world in the recent past. One of the main reasons for this is that, although the teams have concentrated in advance, most of the training time has been scheduled outside the world competition day cycle. According to the regulations, clubs have the full right to refuse to allow their players to participate in the national team's training and matches during the "non-world competition day cycle". In this case, the Vietnamese team could only play internal teaching matches with their own U22 men's soccer team.
