On the evening of March 19, UAE time, the Chinese men's national team prepared for a key clash in Sharjah in the final two rounds of the World Cup qualifiers. Despite the return of Gao Junyi, who missed the first day of training due to injury, the national soccer team
For the first time, the sprint phase was launched in full strength.
Early morning on the 19th, the National Football League
With the U23 national football team and other delegation members in the hotel to complete the nucleic acid test required by the epidemic prevention. However, an unexpected news came from Europe - Li Lei, who plays for Grasshopper in Switzerland, was injured in training and will be out for four weeks, unable to participate in the upcoming World Qualifiers. This news caught the coaching team off guard. Li Lei, who was scheduled to return to the team after the Grasshoppers' league match on the 20th, will miss two key matches of the national soccer team due to his injury.
In considering the formidable offense of rival Saudi Arabia, the national football team
There will be more focus on defense. Although Li Lei returned to the team late and may be affected by jet lag and travel, the coaching staff still plans to activate him in the away game against Oman to play its offensive characteristics. It is worth mentioning that the national team has made various plans during the preparation for the game in Haikou, just like the non-drafting of Wu Lei this time. The absence of overseas players may galvanize the existing 24 players. In addition, Gao Junyi, who was injured due to traveling and during the training in Haikou, also returned to the team and started the full team training.
Compared to before, the training on the 19th started half an hour earlier. Judging from the first 15 minutes of warm-up activities, the players were in significantly better shape after a day of adjustment, and the technical and tactical training went smoothly.
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A warm-up match was planned, but it is now likely that it will be changed to an intra-squad instructional match. In addition, the address of the training may be changed to the Sharjah Stadium instead of the Khalid bin Fahd Stadium at the base.
