In the quiet afternoon of December 18th, the clock struck 13:15, the Chinese men's national football team quietly assembled in Shanghai, and the next day took the Orient Airlines flight, embarked on the journey to Dubai, UAE, for the 2024 Asian Cup in Qatar to kick off the journey. Unlike previous occasions, the Chinese men's soccer team chose to travel in a low-profile manner, eschewing luxury chartered flights, in order to build up their strength and show off their skills on the Asian stage. After all, Chinese soccer has no longer withstood too much wind and waves.
Tracing back to December 12, the national football team officially announced a 26-player list of preparations for the Asian Cup. Among them, the real significance of the newcomers only Chengdu Rongcheng goalkeeper, while the official list of only 23 people were able to be selected, signaling the end of the training in the United Arab Emirates, there will be three players will face the fate of the selection. There have been many criticisms of this list, such as the aging age structure and the absence of middle-generation players. Compared to other Asian teams, the proportion of players born after 2000 in the national soccer team is obviously low. In the face of such a serious aging and full of uncertainty in the lineup, the outside world can not help but wonder: Yankovic actually have a good plan?
Against this backdrop, the national soccer team decided to travel to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in West Asia for preparatory training. In order to ensure the effect of training, the national soccer team carefully selected a hotel equipped with its own closed training ground. At the same time, an advance team was sent to arrive in Abu Dhabi in advance to prepare for the preliminary work in all aspects, including living and living, etc., so as to make all the preparations for the national team's entry into the country. At the same time, the international players have not been idle. Such as Dai Weijun and Zhang Yuning and other players have arrived in Shanghai in advance, into the intense training, in order to achieve good results in the Asian Cup and work hard.
According to the preparation plan, the national football team will stay in Abu Dhabi until January 7 next year, during which a number of physical reserves and closed teaching matches will be conducted. After the end of training, the national football team will fly directly to Doha, opening the final sprint preparation for the Asian Cup. At that time, the national football team will also finalize the official list of 23 people in the Asian Cup.
