In the late afternoon, China's national soccer team embarked on a journey to the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East on a special flight to prepare for the final three hard-fought matches of the upcoming 40-team tournament. It was then that the AFC officially revealed the whistle time for the Group A matches, with all three of the national soccer team's matches set to take place in the dead of night, at 9 p.m. local time, Beijing time.
The AFC has scheduled the Group A match for Sharjah Stadium in the United Arab Emirates, where the players will face a tough weather challenge considering daytime temperatures often climb above 40 degrees Celsius. Thankfully, the national soccer team will be playing in the evening local time, which will undoubtedly ease the pressure on the players.
According to the internal news, our football association chairman Chen Xuyuan, vice chairman Du Zhaocai personally accompanied the team on the journey, their arrival will undoubtedly inject the team to stabilize the strength of the army. At the same time, the team also urgently recruited Tan Long, Liu Binbin, Ji Xiang to join the battle, while the injured Fernando had to say goodbye to the field.
In addition, our Guam team and AFC match officials will also share the same chartered plane with our delegation, taking off from Shanghai and flying to the UAE together to witness this soccer feast.
