As the Hangzhou Asian Games soccer tournament draws near, the U24 national soccer team coached by Serbian coach Jankovic has kicked off its preparations in Foshan, Guangdong Province. The players will undergo rigorous training for the next 10 days before departing for Dubai and New Zealand to further their studies in this intense and well-organized preparation process.
In view of the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games to this year, the U23 national football team, which was originally formed for the 1999 age group, has been retained and renamed the U24 national football team. The coaching team is still led by Jankovic, and the 24 players assembled are all of the right age, with overage players not appearing on the list.
According to the team's preparation plan, the training at the Foshan base will last for 10 days, covering militarized training and physical fitness reserves. on the 14th, the team will take off from Guangzhou and arrive in Dubai, UAE for a month-long training. During this period, the team will participate in about 10 high-quality warm-up matches to enhance the level of preparation. The U24 national football team will then fly directly from the UAE to New Zealand on March 23 and 26 to take part in two international warm-up matches.
At the end of last month, the New Zealand media revealed that New Zealand will start two warm-up matches with the Chinese men's national team. This preparation of U24 national football team in New Zealand has released at least two signals. One is that the selection process of the national football team is slow, and Jankovic has become the favorite to be the new coach. The second is that the CFA plans to test Jankovic's leadership talent through the U24 national football team's performance in New Zealand. It is worth noting that before that, Jankovic had led the team to participate in the Dubai Cup Invitational Tournament in March last year and the East Asian Cup in July last year.
