On March 14th, Beijing time, a report from the soccer world revealed the dynamics of Taishan's preparation. It was reported that the large-scale call-ups of national teams brought considerable challenges to Taishan's training. Five national teams have called up a total of 29 players from the Taishan team, which has reduced the Taishan team's preparation squad by at least 15 players. At present, the opening time of the Chinese Super League has not yet been finalized, and it is widely speculated that it will not start until at least the end of April. In the meantime, the Super League teams can only prepare for the new season. However, the recurrence of the epidemic has forced Taishan to make adjustments to their plans. The original Guangzhou training program has been canceled, and the team has chosen to stay in Jinan for training. Nonetheless, the soccer newspaper pointed out that Taishan's preparation is still facing difficulties. Recently, in addition to the national soccer team, a number of national teams such as the U23 national soccer team and the U21 national soccer team have also called up many players from the Taishan team. A total of 29 players have been called up, resulting in a tight manpower for Taishan's preparation. At the most critical moment, Taishan's first team only had 15 players involved in training. It is reported that the national soccer players will not return to the team until the end of April, and it will take some time for the foreign aiders to return as well. Currently, only Jadason has returned to China among Taishan's foreign aiders, and the movement of other foreign aiders is also under great concern. In addition to the problem of preparation, Taishan team is also facing the problem of warm-up matches. The warm-up match originally planned to be held in Guangzhou has been complicated by the epidemic. Currently, Taishan played a warm-up match with the U21 elite team training at the base, and the first team finally won 3-2. Soccer Daily pointed out that due to the absence of international players and foreign aiders, Taishan's focus of this warm-up match was to examine players in the 01 to 04 age group. However, the training of the U21 and U19 national teams also caused some trouble to this. (DD)
