On May 31, our Football Association (AFA) officially announced that in view of the recent epidemic infections in the Syrian and Maldivian teams, the two teams will face strict quarantine and will not be able to participate on time according to the regulations on the prevention and control of entry epidemics. The AFC proposed, and our Football Association agreed, that the remaining matches in Group A of the Qatar World Preliminary 40, including the remaining three matches of our team, originally scheduled to be held in Suzhou, would be transferred to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
This change resulted in the original "home" game of our team had to play on the road. This not only adversely affects the preparation and competition of the national football team, but also creates problems for the scheduling of the Chinese Super League and other domestic competitions after the 40-team tournament.
Race Changes
National football team expected to leave for Dubai on 2nd
According to a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, on the morning of May 31, the national football team has collected the passports of the international players and related personnel. The national football team is expected to take a chartered flight from Shanghai to Dubai on June 2nd or 3rd. At present, the highest daytime temperature in Dubai has exceeded 40 degrees Celsius, a change that has had a significant impact on the national football team's preparations and matches.
On the evening of May 30th, after our men's soccer team beat Guam 7-0, the Syrian Football Association announced through official channels that the team had postponed coming to China for some reason. Although the exact reason has yet to be confirmed by the officials, in view of the seriousness of the incident, the SFA immediately communicated urgently with the national team and other relevant parties until the daytime of the 31st, when it was finally confirmed that the match would be moved to Dubai.
For the time being, the change has been irreversible. The national football team from May 31 to prepare to go abroad to play. 31 morning, the team notified the national football players and preparation team personnel to submit their passports. If the passport is not around, but also through friends and relatives to send the passport to the Suzhou tournament in the epidemic-proof red zone team premises.
quarantine guarantee
The delegation will have more than 70 people traveling together
Compared with the game itself, the health and safety of the whole team during the visit is more important. It is reported that, in order to help the national team to do a good job in all emergency work, China's Football Association has confirmed the organization of a large team of epidemic prevention and logistical services to accompany the team on the visit, and to ensure the safety of all personnel travel.
It is understood that the coaching staff of the national soccer team has decided to draft Tan Long of Changchun Yatai into the team after Fernando was unable to participate in the remaining matches of the 40-team tournament due to injury. According to the plan, the national football delegation will leave Shanghai on June 2 at the earliest and fly to Dubai. Together with the coaches, epidemic prevention staff, logistics and medical team members, the delegation will have more than 70 people traveling to Dubai.
For the national football team, in addition to traveling health and safety issues of concern, "away" game conditions are also particularly worthy of attention. Weather forecasts show that the recent Dubai daytime outdoor temperature has reached more than 40 degrees Celsius, is not suitable for outdoor activities. In contrast, the Syrian team, the Maldives team is more adept at training and playing in hot climatic conditions, the national football team should be fully prepared for the "bitter war".
Although the accident to the national football preparation work has brought the impact, but in order to fight for the line, the team is still according to the plan to implement the training content. 4:00 p.m. on May 31, the whole team will still go to the quarantine of the red zone within the venue for closed training. For the national football team and its head coach Li Tie at this moment, it is important to really "not be surprised by changes".
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Top 12 draw: group draw ceremony to be held in late June
On the evening of May 31, the AFC came to the news that the Qatar World Cup Asian Zone 12 group draw ceremony will be held on the afternoon of June 24 at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This means that the remaining matches in Group A of the 40-team tournament, where the national soccer team is located, must be completed before the draw ceremony for the 12-team tournament, even though they have been temporarily moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The information shows that the teams participating in the 12-team tournament will be divided into six brackets based on the latest FIFA men's national team rankings, and then the 12 teams will be drawn evenly into two groups, each of which will include one team from each bracket. The top two teams in each group will qualify directly for the 2022 World Cup, while the third place will produce an advancing team through a replay, which will participate in a play-off to compete with the other continental play-off participants for a place in the final stage.
Refund of Suzhou race tickets: no handling fee, refundable before June 30th
After the Qatar World Qualifier Asian Zone Top 40 Group A remaining matches were confirmed to be held in a different location, our Football Association communicated with the relevant departments of the Suzhou Municipal Government on the aftermath of the incident, and announced a ticket refund program on the evening of May 31st.
China's Football Association (CFA) said that since the World Qualifier matches will be transferred to Dubai, UAE, in order to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of the spectators who purchased the tickets, China's CFA will provide a fee-free refund service for the spectators who purchased the tickets for the remaining three matches (including package tickets).
China Football Association confirmed the scope of ticket refund, that is, through the barley network purchased 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar & 2023 AFC Asian Cup in China joint qualifying phase 2 "June 3 China vs Maldives / June 9 China vs Philippines / June 15 China vs Syria match tickets (including packages)" ticket buyers Audience.
