Although the wing-back suffered a serious injury at a crucial time in the preparation for the 40-team tournament, it has not shaken the Chinese team's firm confidence in the final battle. According to internal sources, the national soccer team will go all out and vow to beat Syria as a strategy for the final match of the tournament. Meanwhile, the CFA's forward working group is working closely with the national soccer team to prepare for the tournament and to start planning for the return trip and preparations for the 12-team tournament. According to the preliminary plan, the national football delegation will depart from the United Arab Emirates on the evening of June 16, enter the country through Shanghai, and return to their hotel in Suzhou, during which they will undergo medical isolation observation, while making final preparations for the upcoming matches.
In the early hours of the 13th Beijing time, the national football team had a regular training session at the Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah. Given that the team had just had a match against the Maldives the day before, the starters, as well as players such as Ji Xiang and Yin Hongbo, who were long-time stand-ins, opted for recovery training in the hotel gym.
It is worth mentioning that attacker Wei Shihao, who unfortunately strained his muscles in the training before the China-Philippines match, is recovering quite well. Accompanied by a recovery engineer, he carried out jogging training in his sneakers.
How will the national soccer team respond to the match against Syria? In the competitive situation of the second place in the group, this question has aroused widespread speculation. However, according to the Beiqing-Beijing headline reporter, the national football team has always taken the victory over the Syrian team as the set goal of the final of the 40 strong match. Li Tie's big rotation of the lineup in the China-Malaysia match was precisely to build up strength for the final showdown. In the match against Syria, the Chinese team may follow the stage against the Philippines in the main lineup.
While the national football team is going all out to prepare for the game, the CFA's forward security operations team is also making elaborate arrangements for the team's future preparation program. It is reported that the preliminary plan of the national football team is to leave Dubai, UAE, on the evening of June 16th local time (early morning of June 17th Beijing time), that is, the evening of the second day after the Sino-Syrian match, and take a chartered flight to Shanghai. It should be emphasized that the condition for the national football team to take off on time is to ensure that all personnel are healthy and safe and can board the plane smoothly.
Although China's progression to the Round of 12 is still dependent on the results of their own and other groups' matches, the CFA and coaching staff are confident of making it out of the tournament. According to the plan and relevant epidemic prevention regulations, the Chinese team will enter the country via Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The team will then undergo an epidemiological inspection and quarantine, after which they will collectively stay at the Taimei Xiangguli Hotel in Taihu Lake, Suzhou. During the next quarantine period, the team will conduct regular training at the exclusive training ground until the quarantine is lifted in the first half of July, when they will return to their respective clubs to prepare for the Chinese Super League.
