The land of Sharjah, where the heartache of defeat runs deep.
No comparison, no pain, China's national soccer team in Group B encountered the plight of the mirror. The other five teams in the same group are already competing on their doorsteps, while group leader Saudi Arabia has a clear advantage over Japan and China, which it faced in October in a warm home atmosphere with a crowd of more than 50,000 spectators.
Looking back to five months ago, when the national football team suffered a similar predicament, head coach Li Tie cleverly quoted an advertising slogan to motivate the team, expressing a firm attitude towards the loss of the home field: "Where you are, the home field is where." However, now the situation is grim, the national football team is still unable to enjoy the home field advantage, Li Tie compared the national football team as "homeless children". Long-term loss of the home field, away from their relatives and fans, the unity of the spirit of power seems to have been eroded.
From the West Asia trip plan, the national football team took a chartered flight to the United Arab Emirates in the early hours of November 7, and Australia's game the next day that is to return home, and in Suzhou to receive isolation, the whole team in West Asia to stay no more than two weeks. Timing and harmony are lost, whether outside media or internal players, officials, all the Sharjah called "blessed", but ignored the strength of the opponent and the intention to fight.
The upcoming Oman team and Australia are interested in the impact of the Qatar World Cup final round, the national football team shouted to strive to get four points, the impact of six consecutive victories and other slogans, undoubtedly exposed to their own strength and positioning of the unrealistic and vain.
For the internationals, whose minds are always prone to breakdowns, one-on-one counseling may be needed this time around to face the game in a positive frame of mind.In October, they had pinned their hopes on returning to Suzhou to play in an empty stadium, but now the huge fallout and off-field negativity has made it difficult for the Tiejia to digest it in a short period of time. The two matches in Sharjah will instantly turn the blessed land into a heartbreaking one once they fail to get through.
Butterfly effect sees national soccer team in pieces for a year
The change of the "home field" of the national football team also affects the domestic game. Considering that the national football team needs to undergo 14+7 isolation after returning home from these two matches, the moment for the national football team to regain their freedom will be around December 8th. This means that the plan to restart the Chinese Super League in early December can only be postponed, and in order to give the national football team training time, the second phase of the Chinese Super League tournament was seriously compressed.
The current contingency plan is that the 8 rounds of the second phase of the Super League will start on December 13th and end on January 4th of the following year. According to this plan, there will be only 2 days between each round of matches, which means that all participating teams will still have to continue to play according to the rhythm of "two rounds in three days" as they did in the last 9 rounds of the first phase.
In addition, the promotion and relegation play-offs between the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division will also take place after the end of the regular Chinese Super League matches. The end of the 2021 season for domestic clubs may be delayed until mid-January of the following year. In the current environment of Chinese soccer, once the national football team's dream of hitting the World Cup is dashed, the league will definitely suffer a heavy blow in the short term. There is no end in sight for Chinese soccer in the darkness. (Zhuo Aoyou)
