According to the scheduled plan, China's men's football team, after completing a four-day intensive training in Shanghai, will embark on a journey on the evening of May 19 to Gusu to prepare for the upcoming Qatar World Cup Asian qualifying round of 40 Group A. In the afternoon of May 18, all the players went together to visit the Memorial Hall at the site of the First Communist Party of China (CPC) Congress located in Shanghai's Huangpu District. In the opinion of the National Football Association and the coaching team, it is crucial for the players to receive patriotic education before participating in major tournaments, which helps to enhance their sense of mission, responsibility and honor.
On the morning of May 18th, the team came to the Houpaier Sports Park in Minhang District of Shanghai for the last outdoor training of this training period. After the training, according to the arrangement, the team took part in a significant patriotism and collectivism ideological education activities in the afternoon - visiting the site of the First Congress of the Communist Party of China.
The site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), located in Huangpu District, Shanghai, witnessed the convening of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in July 1921. Since June 1997, the memorial hall has been named a national patriotic education demonstration base, and in September 2016, it was selected as one of the first batch of China's 20th century architectural heritage. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The National Football Association and its coaches and management team arranged the visit with the aim of strengthening patriotism education through studying the history of the Party, and then encouraging the team's fighting spirit and sense of collective honor.
According to the relevant requirements of the "football reform program", the National Football Association will be committed to "creating a national soccer team with excellent technology, tough style, good performance, and strive for glory for the country". Therefore, our team will usher in the second half of the 40-team tournament, in addition to the technical and tactical level to go all out, the strengthening of the spiritual level is also indispensable, so the patriotic education is particularly necessary.
In fact, the National Football Association will in recent years has always attached importance to the national team's ideological construction, and constantly enhance the players' patriotism, collectivism, sense of honor and sense of mission. Shanghai training in October last year, for example, the team in the tense training, but also specially watched the inspirational movie to promote patriotism and collectivism to win the championship. The movie about the spirit of China's women's volleyball team also deeply touched many players, including goalkeeper Yan Junling, party members were inspired, they welcomed this kind of educational activities to promote the main theme and convey positive energy.
It is reported that after the visit, the team will return to the resident hotel in Shanghai. It is planned that members of the team will go to the Gusu area in the morning of May 19th to prepare for the team's stay. The players will then drive to the "red zone" of the Gusu tournament after dinner on the 19th. During the preparations and matches in Gusu, the team will be housed separately in Building 8 of the Taimei Xiangguli Hotel in Gusu Taihu Lake, which used to house the Beijing Guoan team in the Chinese Super League.
Striker Wu Lei, who plays for Espanyol, is expected to arrive in Shanghai on the afternoon of May 18th. After completing the necessary physical examination and medical isolation observation, he will go to Gusu alone to join the team.On May 19, the national football team will not arrange any training, and the players will take this opportunity to have a valuable rest to prepare for the next long and arduous 40 strong match.
It is worth mentioning that Li Tie, the head coach of the national football team, celebrated his 44th birthday on May 18th. However, he gave up his plan to celebrate his birthday because he was focused on leading the team. For him, it would be the best birthday present if the national soccer team can successfully advance to the 12th round.
