While discussing the latest developments in our National Football Association (NFA), we learnt that the preparatory team of the NFA Professional League has yet to announce the specific arrangements for the Chinese Super League (CSL). It has been reported that the NFF will likely convene a meeting of Chinese Super League club leaders on July 4 or 5 to elaborate on the future direction of the league and to consult with the clubs on some of the details. If the meeting is held as scheduled, the schedule for the second half of the first phase of the Chinese Super League, the second phase of the competition system and the rules of this season's promotion and relegation may be revealed at that time.
For the Tianjin Tigers, before all the information is released, they can only strengthen the physical reserves of the existing players to fully explore the potential, while waiting for the arrival of new help. The introduction of foreign aid has been a constant concern for the outside world, but the argument of "coming to China is the only way to make a difference" has been mentioned many times. For those who haven't had the experience of entering or exiting the country recently, it may be difficult for them to understand the difficulties involved, and it is also difficult for them to appreciate the various variables that the team has encountered in the past period of time. For example, the foreign aid team that was scheduled to arrive in China today was once again delayed due to a change in airline flights, and the team had to continue to wait.
At noon today, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers will take a high-speed train to Jinan, play a warm-up game at 16:00 in the afternoon at the Shandong Taishan team base, and then return to Tianjin, a round-trip journey of about 10 hours, spanning 600 kilometers. The warm-up match on the 9th of this month is similar. Today at noon, the team celebrated Wang Zhenghao's birthday, and the training content in the afternoon is biased towards practical confrontation in preparation for the warm-up match.
While the Tsimshatsui Tigers were training on the outfield of the Olympic Sports Center Stadium this evening, the Shenzhen team also started their first training session in Tianjin at the Tuanbo Stadium. According to the negotiation between the two teams, they will play two consecutive warm-up matches on July 5 and 10 in the infield of the Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Recently, there were other teams who wished to invite the Jinmen Tigers for warm-ups, but the team could only politely decline. In fact, faced with the uncertainty of the league, the teams are facing similar uneasiness and can only adjust the rhythm of training and warm-up matches on their own.
