At dusk in Sharjah, the Chinese national team's first outdoor training session in the UAE kicked off on the 13th. The 1.5-hour training session, which centered on activating fitness, restoring health and strengthening the body, saw the participation of all 30 players except Zhang Linpeng, who stayed behind at the hotel to receive treatment for his back discomfort. Despite concerns about Zhang's condition, there is optimism within the national team that he will be back for the group stage in October.
With the UAE League underway, the national team chose to train at Sharjah Sharon's secondary ground. Although the condition of the field is slightly inferior to the main field, it is sufficient to meet the team's daily needs. Currently, the temperature in the UAE is still hot, with daytime highs reaching 40 degrees. As a result, most of the team's morning training takes place in the hotel's strength room, while outdoor training is scheduled for the cooler evenings.
According to the plan, the national team's preliminary training focuses on physical reserves, and later will gradually integrate technical and tactical drills and organize warm-up matches. High-intensity, high-speed, high-volume training will become the norm. At the same time, the CFA is actively contacting high-level teams for warm-up matches. In the absence of warm-up matches, the team may test the training results through internal confrontation.
At present, in addition to Zhang Linpeng, Guo Tianyu, Wang Qiuming, Li Lei and other players have fully recovered, and began to follow the whole team synchronized training.
