The team will launch a month-long closed training in Sharjah in anticipation of the crucial clash with Vietnam on October 7th. During this period, the team will play warm-up matches to maintain the players' form and test the effectiveness of the training. However, the team has faced challenges in finding opponents for the warm-up matches due to anti-epidemic measures and the ongoing national leagues. Now, the CFA, which arrived in Sharjah with the team, is actively communicating with the national teams and clubs in order to quickly finalize the arrangements for the warm-up matches. ! [Warm-up match poster](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/Sinaimg/202109/2021091500404535312501983.png) Due to the impact of the epidemic, the national football team this time to prepare for the 12 strong match only have an internal teaching match as a warm-up, always lack of opportunities for live drills with overseas opponents. Therefore, all-out efforts to get live drills have become the key to preparation. The UAE's local league clubs as well as non-conference opponents such as the UAE, Syria and Iraq, whose home grounds are in West Asia, are all opponents that the national soccer team can consider. Currently, the program of warm-up matches is being pushed forward intensively. We expect to find suitable opponents for the warm-up matches, and the CFA is actively promoting this work, and we have already contacted many clubs," said Che Hengzhi, press officer of the national football team. Of course, there are a lot of difficulties during the epidemic, but we will still try to overcome them and hope to find high-quality warm-up matches." After an international matchday break in September, the 2021-2022 UAE Premier League season reopened on September 10, maintaining a one-match-a-week tempo.Following the conclusion of the sixth round of league matches on September 30, the UAE Premier League will enter its second interregnum of the season, to make way for the international matchdays in October. This means that if the UAE Premier League clubs accept the invitation to play warm-up matches for the national football team during the league period, they will face the pressure of a week of double matches, and the team may not send their main lineup to participate in the match, making it difficult to achieve the goal of warming up with the strongest teams and improving the rhythm of the game as expected by Li Tie. ! [UAE Premier League](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/Sinaimg/202109/2021091500404554062501983.png) On this basis, the national football team will also synchronize the start of the appointment program with the national team level rivals.The UAE team in the other group of the 12-team tournament will play consecutive home games in two matches in October, the team is expected to gather in the UAE domestic in early October, when it is expected to be the national football team's rivals. In addition, the non-same group of Syria and Iraq will host their home matches for the Top 12 in Jordan and Doha, respectively, and both teams are likely to have warm-up matches with the national football team from the point of view of transportation convenience. However, taking into account the epidemic prevention and other practical situations, the detailed implementation of the warm-up program still needs to be coordinated and communicated with all parties by the CFA.

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