On September 16th, a warm "birthday celebration" was held in Sharjah, UAE for China's soccer international, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers striker Barton. This season, Barton from Beijing Guoan loan to the Jinmen Tigers, not only sitting in the main position, but also by virtue of excellent performance, the first time selected for the adult national team. At the moment, Barton is preparing with the team for the third round of the 12-team tournament against Vietnam. For the Chinese team, the length of their stay in West Asia is still unknown, and with two consecutive defeats, they are under pressure to achieve results, with all the "negative" publicity that comes with it.
Affected by the domestic epidemic prevention and control policy, the Chinese team since the early 12 strong match has been caught in the "wandering" state. In Doha, Qatar, the national football team first defeated Australia and Japan two strong enemy. Suffered a series of defeats of the Chinese team triggered a lot of domestic controversy. In the first match against Australia, the national soccer team was able to fight fiercely with their opponents in the first 20 minutes, but then quickly collapsed. The second battle against Japan, the national football team put out the iron bucket formation, and finally to 0-1 small loss, and the gap between the Japanese team is desperate. Two games down, the national football granules, naturally become the object of public opinion attacks.
In the context of "the rookie is the original sin", the rumors about the national football team are endless. According to the plan, the national football team will play a warm-up match against Syria at the end of the month. For the national soccer team, it is crucial to have a warm-up match in less than a month's preparation time. The Syrian team in the third round of the round of 12 with South Korea, also need the national football team this "imaginary enemy" to simulate the opponent. So, the two sides hit it off. However, at this time there is news that the national football team needs to pay 300,000 dollars to invite the Syrian team to play. Since it is just a mutually beneficial warm-up match, why should the national football team pay for it? For a while, the hat of "stupid money" was once again put on the head of the national football team. Soon, the national football team clarified the news. The national football team said that the recent warm-up matches are teaching nature, not FIFA A warm-up matches, so no need to pay the appearance fee. In addition, the national football team will play at least three international warm-up matches before the match with Vietnam on October 7th. As for the cost, perhaps the national soccer team can provide water for the invited teams to play for free.
Just as the news of the national football team paying the appearance fee is spreading, there is another media exposure of the national football team in the United Arab Emirates Sharjah hotel accommodation costs. According to the hotel booking website information, the national football team stayed in the hotel room fee as high as about 8000 yuan. "The news that the national football team stayed in a sky-high hotel once again triggered heated debate. But soon, this news was also confirmed as a rumor. According to Xinhua News Agency, the national football team has chartered this small-scale business hotel due to epidemic prevention needs. According to the agreement, the National Football Association (NFA) pays 700 UAE dirhams (about 1,228 yuan) per person per day, which includes the cost of the room, three meals, laundry and the use of public spaces such as meeting rooms. The hotel will not receive any other guests during the NFF's stay. This price is lower than the standard for reimbursement of accommodation for official overseas trips, and far lower than the sky-high price of 8,000 yuan per room. The hotel said that in the case of not being able to receive new guests, it is common industry practice to raise the room rate. If the check-in time is changed on the online booking platform to after the departure of the national football team, the hotel's single room rate will revert to about 500 yuan.
Despite the fact that the National Football League is unable to return home for the time being, the attention has not diminished. This is also the reason for the rumors mentioned above. On second thought, both of these "negative news" have nothing to do with the word "money". It seems that the impression of "spending money" has become the traditional label of the national football team. However, for the national football team, which is currently drifting in West Asia, it seems a bit unfair to encounter false rumors. Especially now, the national football team does not know when to return home.
Although there is news that the national football team will strive to return home in November to play in the real home field, but in conjunction with the current anti-epidemic situation, this plan is still in the envisioning stage. Therefore, in the context of this year's Top 12, the CFA postponed the second phase of the Chinese Super League to December, which is a wise move. However, the main leaders of the FA are currently in West Asia with the team. Even if the league's giants are in trouble because of the investor's woes, the Chinese Super League seems to have been "forgotten" in the interregnum. When the Chinese Super League restarts in December, the Chinese Super League and even the national football team may again face many rumors and questions.
