Cheng Shan reported that the national team returned from West Asia, carried out a strict closed training in Suzhou, isolation period until July 1 to come to an end. Coinciding with the draw ceremony for the 12-team tournament held on that day, the national team for the World Cup journey challenges and preparation plans will also be formally released. In the face of Li Tie, a challenge that can not be ignored is that the existing international players in the next league intensive game may face the risk of injury.
The classification of the 12-team tournament has been determined for a long time. If the tournament system is adopted, the impact on the Chinese Super League will be minimized. However, according to the latest development of the AFC, due to the sponsors' opposition, the 12-team tournament will still adopt the home-and-away system. Compared with the tournament system, home and away system time span is longer, the AFC plans to start from September 2 this year, to the end of March 29 next year, the entire season spanning more than half a year. This will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the Chinese Super League. At present, the professional league is stepping up the adjustment of the schedule, after excluding the September, October and November tournaments caused by epidemic prevention, to reserve sufficient time for the national team, the remaining game time is extremely limited. If the schedule is based on 22 rounds of matches, the intensity of the schedule is unprecedented.
According to the most likely 22-round completion scenario, the remaining nine rounds of the first phase of the Chinese Super League and the postponed match between Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou in the fifth round of the league will need to be completed before the national team's training in August. If the first two postponed matches are played on July 15, the 6th round will start on the 18th, and the 9 rounds of the league will be completed by the middle of August (12th), it means that the 9 rounds of matches will be completed in less than a month, with an average of one match every three days, which is the first time in the history of the Chinese Super League. This is the first time in the history of the Chinese Super League that a game is played every three days. This is a great test for the physical fitness of the players, the depth of the team, and the level of referee enforcement.
For the national players, this is even more of an extreme challenge to physical fitness. The national team has been preparing for the Top 40 since May 15, entering Suzhou on the 19th, departing for Sharjah, UAE on the 3rd, and returning to Suzhou late at night on the 17th after completing three matches to begin isolation training.The team will be lifted from centralized isolation on the 1st of July, and will return to the team after 7 days of isolation in the home, with only 10 days left for the 6th round of the league. If the bye match between Guangzhou and Beijing Guoan is played on the 15th, there is only one week left to prepare for the league after the international players return to the team, which means that they have almost no time to rest before they need to be put into the league.
Non-internationals are on vacation during the national team period, while internationals only have quarantine time. The fatigue of completing nine matches in less than a month is unimaginable. Aside from the risk of injury, all other internationals are required to play in the league, so how do you make sure they don't get hurt? This is not something that can be easily solved by the FA chairman - it is the duty of the international players to play in the league, and it would be reduced to a laughing stock if matches were canceled due to the absence of the international players.
Chen Xuyuan mentioned in an interview, the national team 40 before the early training for two reasons: "First, Li Tie took over the national football team, although there have been 6 to 7 training, but the personnel is not complete, resulting in tactics failed to fully implement. This time, the personnel is complete, I hope to play Guam Maldives before grinding lineups; Secondly, the national football players have been focused on playing a month of the league, if you play the national football game, the mentality may be affected. Therefore, the early training can let the players rest first, and then focus on the preparation for the 12 strong match." Although the early training and extreme fixtures have won more time for the national football team to bond, the consequences would be unimaginable if there are injuries to key players. Can only hope that the national players in the intensive schedule to maintain health. 40 before the game has been due to injury withdrawal, the national team urgently recruited Liu Binbin and other three players to supplement the lineup; 40 during the absence of seriously injured players regrettable, now the national team can not afford any personnel losses, especially those irreplaceable players.
