National Football League coach Li Tie sticks to May 31 training program.
The change of location of the 40 strong match, Gusu City instantly became the focus, but in the "center eye" of the storm, Li Tie and his players have maintained due calm. 31 May afternoon, when the Chinese team to face the Guam team after the second day, the national football team is still on schedule to implement the original training program, the participating players indoor recovery training, not participating players outdoor stadium technical and tactical training, everything is as usual. The players were indoors for recovery training, while the non-participating players were outdoors on the pitch for technical and tactical training, as usual.
After confirming the change of the tournament venue, the CFA quickly set up a protection team consisting of six departments, namely epidemic prevention, logistics, tournament, media, business and foreign affairs, to assist the team to do a good job in preparing for the tournament and the tournament and other work. Together with the 60 members of the national football team, the delegation had a total of 90 people traveling to Sharjah, the venue of the tournament.
According to the plan, the national football team will take a chartered flight to the United Arab Emirates tomorrow (June 3) to prepare for the three group matches after the 40-team tournament. Traveling with the national football team will be the Maldives team as well as the AFC officials and referees who are coming to Gusau to work on the tournament.
The impact of the change of venue for the Top 40 is obvious, and the brunt of it is the home atmosphere created by the fans. After the end of the war, Li Tie repeatedly on the scene of nearly 30,000 fans to express gratitude, said they brought themselves a "lifetime" of the game. An international player also told reporters after the game, although the league also has fans watching the game, but the national team game tens of thousands of people in the stadium to cheer for the team's shock, is unique: "Especially before the opening of the national flag, tens of thousands of people singing the national anthem in unison, I feel like my body hairs are standing up, too exciting."
With the transfer of the 40-team tournament from Gusau to Sharjah, the home advantage of the national football team will no longer exist. Worse still, the original need to rush from Dubai to Gusau to participate in the Maldives and Syria, all of a sudden from the "away" into the "home", while the Chinese team will have to go through a long-distance flight, jet lag, and the test of the local high temperature weather, coupled with anti-epidemic measures bring The many effects and inconveniences, the national football team wants to achieve good results in these three games, the difficulty can be imagined.
However, in Li Tie's opinion, despite the difficulties, the most critical and core issue is whether the Chinese team can do well for themselves.When Li Tie, as a player, followed the then national football team boss Milo to compete in West Asia during the Asian 10-team World Qualifier in 2001, he encountered a lot of difficulties, whether in Oman or in the United Arab Emirates. "Iron needs to be hard, you are strong, many difficulties are not difficulties."
"June 1" Children's Day, Li Tie through personal social media to wish all the children playing football can feel the joy and beauty of soccer, but also specifically mentioned the fans said to him a sentence: "saw a sentence especially moved: 'Where you are, the home field! is wherever you are!' Thank you for the support of all the fans and friends! Playing football since childhood, the dream is to one day enter the national team, which is the highest honor a player or coach can get!" In chatting with familiar reporters, Li Tie is more domineering, said: "Where to play is not to play?"
