After about 9 hours of non-stop flying, our men's football delegation's Qatar Airways plane, at about 5:12 a.m. local time on August 26, landed smoothly at Hamad International Airport in Doha. It was revealed that the team has been told before boarding the plane, all members of the team arrived in Doha immediately transferred to the hotel to accept the nucleic acid test, this move will undoubtedly greatly shorten their waiting time at the airport.
The men's football delegation departed from their hotel in Shanghai at 10:00 p.m. Beijing time on August 25th, and planned to fly to Doha at 0:35 a.m. Beijing time on August 26th on a special flight of Air Cayman. However, due to the weather, the flight was delayed for nearly an hour before taking off.
It is worth mentioning that despite the limited number of premium seats on the plane, head coach Li Tie still gave his personal business seat to his players. As the trip to Doha is a special plane, the whole group of less than 80 members, even if the majority of people's seating arrangements in the economy class, each person's seat space is also very spacious, conducive to rest.
After about 9 hours of flight, the national football team special plane arrived in Doha at about 5:12 a.m. local time on the 26th. According to the local epidemic prevention regulations in Qatar, members of the whole group from entry to departure, must be in the "bubble" epidemic prevention closed loop management.
Of note, before the flight took off, the team members were informed that their first nucleic acid test upon arrival in Doha would take place at the resident hotel. In this way, the team was able to quickly enter the premises and head to the hotel, in addition to completing the entry formalities at Hamad Airport. This also reflects the CFA's meticulous and thorough preparation and protection work.
It is understood that after the team is stationed in the hotel, after completing various epidemic prevention tests, it may take a short breakfast time and then return to the room to rest. The coaching staff will also develop a detailed training program based on the actual situation such as venue arrangements. If the first practice can be carried out at dusk or in the evening at local time, the team is likely to start formal training from the evening of the 26th.
