With the March 3
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As the new training session approaches, the players' minds have long flown back to their homeland. However, the gloom of the epidemic shrouds the road back home, and epidemic prevention policies spring up all over the country, setting up a lot of hurdles for the journey back home.
Against this background, Coach Li Xiaopeng and a group of international players and staff have decided to give up the idea of going home in order to minimize the health risks and avoid affecting the upcoming training. In order to accommodate the international players and staff who are unable to leave Shanghai in the near future, the CFA has urgently booked hotel rooms in Shanghai's Pudong New Area.
Currently, most of the international players staying in Shanghai are from Shandong Taishan Club, and their travel arrangements still need to be negotiated with the club. Although most of the international players have left Shanghai on the 24th to return to their hometowns or clubs, some of them are still required to follow the epidemic prevention regulations to carry out home quarantine.
Whether they will arrive in Haikou on time for the next training session on March 3 is still unknown.
According to a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily, the CFA had originally planned to put the
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Direct flights from Haikou to the UAE with destinations in Dubai or Sharjah. However, due to the late reporting time of some personnel, which may affect the team's preparation at home, the Football Association may postpone the westward journey for about five days.
In addition, the 1999 age group
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The same flight travels to the United Arab Emirates for the March 20-28 Dubai Cup International Youth Football Invitational Tournament. The FA will also need to consider the match schedules of both teams when finalizing the exact itinerary.
According to the training notice issued by the Football Association, the five naturalized players and Li Lei, who plays in the Swiss Super League, must arrive at the venue of the game to meet the team on March 18 at the latest. This means
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The latest date for the westward march will be no later than the 17th. It is worth mentioning that Li Lei's Swiss Grasshopper team will host Basel on March 20th. The national team coaching staff will need to consider whether or not to allow Li Lei to travel to West Asia after playing in this match, as travel conditions from Zurich to Dubai, UAE are relatively easy.
In the eighth round of the 12-team tournament, which took place on Feb. 1, the
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The historic loss to Vietnam on the road set a humiliating record, and it also eliminated the team from the Qatar World Cup final round early. Nonetheless, the team has been performing normally in their recent preparations. Judging from the fact that coaches, players and staff gave up their vacations and went straight to the address of the new training session, they are confident in playing the last two rounds of the 12-team tournament.
