According to the scheduled plan, our men's soccer team completed a four-day closed training in Shanghai, and will depart for Suzhou on the evening of May 19, for the upcoming Qatar World Cup Asian 40 Group A matches to be held there for the final sprint preparations.On the afternoon of May 18, all the members of the team collectively visited the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) located in Shanghai's Huangpu District. Memorial Hall for a profound study and realization. In the view of the Football Association and the coaching team, it is especially crucial for the international players to receive patriotic ideological education and strengthen their sense of mission, responsibility and honor before participating in major competitions.
On the morning of May 18, our men's soccer team went to the Houpel Sports Park grounds in Shanghai's Minhang District for the last outdoor training of the Shanghai leg of this training session. After the training, the team participated in an important patriotism and collectivism ideological education activity - a visit to the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) - in the afternoon of the same day according to the plan.
The site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), located in Huangpu District of Shanghai, is the place where the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in July 1921. In June 1997, the memorial hall was 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 purpose and significance of this arrangement made by the Football Association, the coaches and the management team is to receive patriotic education through studying the history of the Party, and then to stimulate the fighting spirit and collective sense of honor of the whole team.
According to the requirements of the Football Reform Program, the Football Association aims to "build a national soccer team that is skillful, tough, able to fight well and strive for glory for the country". So, the Chinese team is about to go to the second half of the Top 40, in addition to the technical and tactical level to go all out, but also need to be strong in the spiritual and ideological level, so such patriotic education is particularly important.
In fact, the FA has been attaching great importance to the ideological construction of the national team in recent years, aiming to further enhance the patriotism, collectivism, sense of honor and sense of mission of all members. Shanghai training in October last year, for example, the team in the tense training, specially watched the promotion of patriotism, collectivism, inspirational film to win the championship. Some scenes in the movie about celebrating the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team also moved many international players to tears. The majority of members of the team, including goalkeeper Yan Junling, were also inspired and welcomed this kind of educational activities that promote the main theme and transmit positive energy.
It is reported that after the visit, the team will return to the resident hotel in Shanghai. According to the plan, the whole team staff will go to Suzhou in the morning of May 19th to prepare for the team's arrival. After dinner on the 19th, the international players will drive to the "red zone" of Suzhou. The team will be housed separately in Building 8 of the Taimei Xiangguli Hotel in Taihu Lake, Suzhou, for the duration of their preparations and matches. Previously, this was the location of 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 the 18th, and will travel alone to Suzhou to meet the team after completing the necessary medical checks and medical isolation. After completing the necessary physical examination and medical isolation observation, he will go to Suzhou alone to meet with the team. 19th day, the team will not arrange training, the international players will also take this opportunity to take a rare rest to get ready for the next long and hard 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, the best birthday gift is for the national soccer team to advance to the 12th round.
