The Daily News disclosed that China's Football Association officially determined the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium as the second home of the national soccer team for the World Preliminary Cup. Tianjin is doing its best to accelerate the organization and reception of the tournament and other preparations.
It is worth noting that it is rare for a northern city to host a national soccer tournament, which is largely limited by climatic conditions and the state of the turf. For this reason, an underground heating system was put in place a few days ago to help the turf grow healthily. A professional maintenance team will be taking care of the lawn over the next month.
In order to ensure that the venue meets international standards, the hospitality of the tournament is also crucial. The Tianjin Football Association has already begun to arrange accommodation for the home team, visiting team, tournament officials, media and fans. Traditionally, the home and visiting teams, as well as officials, will stay in five-star hotels, with the home team separated from the visiting team as much as possible. Accommodation for the visiting team will be provided by the organizers at a choice of compliant hotels. Officials sent by FIFA, AFC and our Football Association, including the referee team, will not be accommodated with any team.
Currently, the selection of the head coach of the Chinese team is not yet clear, and the time and place of the team's centralized preparations are not yet clear.The third round of the 36-team tournament will be staged on March 21 against Singapore, and the fourth round of the tournament is scheduled for March 26, the team will return after the second round of the tournament to prepare for the second round. The Chinese team will return after the away game to prepare for the second round. According to the time projection, between March 22 and 25, the team should have a four-day training at the Water Drop field. It is worth mentioning that the Waterdrop Outfield is also the daily training base for the Jinmen Tigers, and the relevant coordination work is underway.
