At noon on June 3, China's national men's soccer team 58 soldiers, take flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport set sail, destination is the distant Middle East, for the upcoming three forty-four games and prepare for the war. The official social media of the national football team also synchronized the release of the declaration of departure: "Although the field of competition in a different country, but the mission as one, our journey, now start!"
It is expected that the national football team will arrive in Dubai at 7:00 p.m. local time on the 3rd, and after a simple immigration procedure, the team will take a bus across about an hour's journey to arrive at the four-star Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Sharjah, which is their residence for the rest of the tournament. It is worth mentioning that the chartered plane on which the national soccer team is traveling not only carries members of the team, but also invites the entire team of Guam, the referee team of the Group A tournament, as well as some of the officials of the AFC. Due to the tight availability of premium cabins, the AFC made every effort to ensure that these cabins were prioritized for allocation to the international players and coaching team, in a bid to reduce the fatigue of the long-haul journey.
