After a thrilling "China-Philippines Key Battle", the Chinese men's soccer team quickly adjusted its strategy and devoted itself to the intense preparation for the remaining two matches of the 40-team tournament. Although according to the current table situation, the Chinese team theoretically only need to get 4 more points to qualify for the final 12, but the international football arena has always been full of variables, the rivals of the undercurrents can not be ignored. Therefore, the CFA and the Chinese team are highly alert to the trend of the tournament, and strive to win in the remaining two rounds of matches. on the evening of June 8, the Chinese team will go to Sharjah Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium for training, and the backbone of the various departments of the Association has formed a six preparatory groups, and is sparing no effort for the same goal.
In a crucial matchup on the night of June 7 that hinged on the fate of the qualifying round, the Chinese team withstood the pressure and beat the Philippines 2-0 to keep the initiative of advancing in their hands. As of the end of the current round of the 40-team tournament, China is in 6th place out of 8 groups, but with two more rounds yet to be played, China only needs to secure a win and a draw to basically lock up their qualification for the 12-team tournament.
However, due to the different processes in each group and the complex relationship of interests between the participating teams in the World Qualification Tournament, the Chinese team should not hope to "count the points", and should not believe the rumor that "the Syrian team will give up the ball after getting out of the line". From another point of view, the Syrian Football Association and the Syrian team in the competition on the issue of temporary relocation of poor performance, the Chinese team should go all out to beat the Syrian team.
China's national team in the "draw that is out of the line" in the case of repeated "overturned", so the Chinese team in any case must be through the victory to avoid accidents. It is reported that, although the game on the night of the 7th is tough, but after a night's rest, the team's morale is high. At present, in addition to the side attacker Wei Shihao absent due to muscle strain, the rest of the 28 players, including the previous waist injury goalkeeper Wang Dalei, can participate in training.
At the same time in the national football team intense training, to provide security services for the staff of the Football Association is also actively preparing for the game outside the field. In the Sino-Philippine match, Sharjah Stadium came loud "China, cheering" sound - due to the local epidemic prevention and control situation is serious, the game is not open to the general audience. Therefore, 18 football association front staff (including group A competition, epidemic prevention, business, logistics, media, foreign affairs 6 working group members) in the Syrian team against the Guam team to provide services after the game, uniformly dressed in red, temporary cheerleaders for the national football team shouting cheer. By the end of the game, most of the FA staff, including Qi Jun, head of the Preparation and Epidemic Prevention Team, had lost their voices. Nevertheless, seeing the team win, they were proud of their hearts, while wiping away the sweat on their foreheads, while revealing a gratifying smile.
It is understood that, after the game on the evening of the 7th, the scene to watch the game, deputy director of the General Administration of Sport, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Football Association, Du Zhaocai and the Association Chairman Chen Xuyuan did not take advantage of the identity of the tournament organizers to walk to the middle of the national football team. The two leaders knew that the team was physically and mentally exhausted after a fierce battle, so they did not want to disturb the team.
In fact, although the staff of the Association, including the two leaders of the Association, stayed in the same hotel with the national football team, the living and dining areas of the Association staff were strictly separated from the team members for the sake of complying with the epidemic prevention regulations, protecting the lives and health of the team members and avoiding creating pressure on the team. The two association leaders in addition to the delegation arrived in the next day and the team a short talk and the Philippines before the match to visit the team, and then no close contact with the team. They are also in the national soccer team site is only to see not to say. A source from the delegation said, "The association leaders tried to avoid interfering with the team at the front, and instead led the team to focus on good epidemic prevention and logistical support."
