Early in the morning in Sharjah, as June 5 dawned, the drums of war beat in Group A of the World Qualifiers. Syria consolidated their lead in Group A with an emphatic 4-0 win over Maldives in a battle at the Sharjah Football Stadium. Meanwhile, our soccer team is undergoing intense and orderly closed training at a secret training base outside the Sharjah Stadium. It is reported that, in response to our epidemic prevention requirements, Sharjah has strengthened the local epidemic prevention and control measures, journalists are also required to enter the interviews within 24 hours of the nucleic acid test negative certificate.
China's first day of double practice, the morning in the hotel gym for physical recovery, and in the evening at sunset to start, all 28 players to participate, the only goalkeeper Wang Dalei absent for health reasons.
High temperatures and high humidity are the primary problems plaguing the national soccer team. Recently, high temperature warnings have been issued in the UAE, with the highest temperature in the daytime exceeding 40 degrees, and the temperature during night training is still as high as 35-36 degrees. Humidity, the UAE local time humidity can be as high as 90%, Syria and Maldives game, the humidity also reached 50%. In the face of such extreme weather, the national soccer team is facing a huge challenge.
However, local preparations in Sharjah are well organized. According to the general manager of Sharjah club Wahid, in order to meet the requirements of our country, Sharjah Stadium will be divided into two areas during the game, the core area where the players and coaches are located will be completely isolated from the outside world, and all the areas in the stadium that are accessible to the players have been sterilized several times. This zoning measure is the same as the red and green zones of the Suzhou Olympic Stadium.
In addition, all the matches in Group A are scheduled to be played in empty stadiums, and there will be no spectators for the Syria-Maldives match in the early hours of the morning of May 5, which is scheduled to take place in Sharjah Stadium. At the same time, journalists who want to enter the Sharjah Stadium to cover, but also need to provide a 24-hour negative nucleic acid test certificate, can be allowed to enter. (Sohu Sports Pei Li)
