There is no definite news coming out about the Chinese men's soccer team's warm-up preparations. According to the timeline speculation, our team may directly enter the journey to the Top 12 with insufficient warm-up preparation.
It is reported that the Chinese team plans to have a week-long training in Shanghai and take a chartered flight to the third-party venue designated by the Australian team in West Asia on the 26th. From the arrival of the Chinese team to the destination to the first match with Australia, there is only one week in between, but also need to overcome the time difference, adapt to the climate and venues, leaving little time for warming up. In addition, in view of the current epidemic situation outside the country, there is a certain risk of inviting other opponents to accompany the training, so the Chinese team is unlikely to act easily. Hope that through high-quality warm-up matches to find problems, make up for shortcomings, improve the state of this goal seems difficult to achieve, so the Chinese team is likely to be like the second round of the 40 strong early as "bare game".
However, China's first opponent in the Top 40 is Guam, which could theoretically be considered a warm-up game. But with the first opponent of the 12-team tournament, the top-ranked team in Asia, Australia, the difficulty of the match is obviously not the same. From the end of the game with Australia to the so-called "home" game with Japan, there is only a gap of five days, it seems unrealistic to organize a warm-up game. For the time being, the Chinese team must be prepared for the first two rounds to be "both World Cup and warm-up matches". Of course, the Chinese team did not give up the efforts to find warm-up opponents before the tournament.
