In the late afternoon of March 7, the Chinese men's soccer team arrived at the No. 4 training ground at Mission Hills Soccer Base in Haikou to start the 4th outdoor training session of the current training period. Veterans Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng were added to the team, bringing the total number of players participating in the training to 29. Unfortunately, defender Deng Hanwen was absent for some reason, while Jiang Shenglong and Wu Shaochong are preparing for the Dubai Cup on behalf of the U23s, bringing the number of international players participating in the current Haikou training to 30, including Wang Dalei, who was stranded at the hotel due to injury. At the side of the training ground, a banner with a new preparation slogan fluttered in the wind, slogan "Thousands of hammers! Compacting the foundation! Able to fight well! Excellent style" and training "hard training" theme complement each other, reflecting the determination of the national football team.
According to the established preparation plan, the Chinese team continued to train at the Mission Hills Football Base on the afternoon of the 7th. Captain Wu Xi and defender Zhang Linpeng, who are the mainstays of this year's World Qualifier, also took part in the day's training. A total of 39 players were selected in the training list announced by the CFA.
According to the notice, except for 5 naturalized players and Li Lei who plays for Rui Chao, the rest 33 players should arrive in Haikou before 3 days. However, affected by factors such as the epidemic and communication between players and clubs, some players took leave and delayed their reporting time. Before Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng arrived, players such as Tan Long, Yan Junling, Jin Jingdao, Gao Junyi and Ji Xiang also delayed their reporting respectively.
Beijing Youth Daily reporter revealed that due to the absence of Deng Hanwen, Jiang Shenglong and Wu Shaochong joined the U23 national football team to prepare for the Dubai Cup, making the actual participation of the national football team in Haikou training only 30 international footballers, of which 29 participated in the training on the 7th. Wang Dalei stayed at the hotel to recover for physical reasons.
Compared to the "Li Xiaopeng a" training held in Shanghai in January, this period of training for the national football team has brought obvious differences to the players. Training volume increased significantly, the content from simple to complex, the coaching staff of the players' physical conditions and resilience put forward higher requirements. For example, in the afternoon training on the 6th, the coaching team will be the perfect combination of physical training in the gym and ball training on the field, the intensity of the training, so that the players have expressed exhaustion.
The hard training of the national football team is necessary in the eyes of the Football Association and the coaching staff. After the setbacks of the Round of 12 and the defeat in the first match against Vietnam, the national football team has suffered an unprecedented crisis of confidence. Although it is not realistic to strive for good results in the last two rounds of the 12-team tournament, the team is about to enter a new cycle, especially in preparation for the 2023 Asian Cup. If the quality of training is not strictly improved, the team may fall into an all-time low during the renewal process, which is something that no one, including the team, would like to see.
Beijing Youth Daily reporter found that after the start of this period of national football training, the inspirational banners on the training site of the preparation slogan has been adjusted. The new slogan "Thousands of hammers! Compacting the foundation! The new slogan is "Able to fight well! Excellent style" is actually the "football reform program" of the national team to put forward specific requirements. These 16 words not only reflect the national football team to strengthen the quality of preparation, hard training, but also points to the future direction of the national team. Among them, "a thousand hammers" coincides with the current situation of the national football team to strengthen the quality of training, "solid foundation" is in the background of the national football team is not as good as the others, must immediately implement the basic work. As for the "able to fight well, excellent style", is the team has been the goal of the team building, including both the technical level, but also contains the connotation of the spiritual level.
