Time dialed to the late afternoon of December 18, 13:15 in Shanghai, the Chinese men's national football team quietly assembled, and then took the Orient Airlines flight to the distant Dubai, UAE, embarked on the preparation for the 2024 Asian Cup in Qatar and the journey. Different from the publicity of the past, this time the Chinese men's soccer team chose a low-key posture, giving up chartered flights, seems to be accumulating a kind of power, eager to bloom on the stage of the Asian Cup. Chinese soccer, can not afford more twists and turns.
Dating back to December 12, the national football team announced a 26-man roster to prepare for the Asian Cup. In this list, the only real new face is a goalkeeper from Chengdu Rongcheng, while 23 players were officially selected, signaling that three players will be eliminated after the training in the United Arab Emirates. The list has sparked many questions from the outside world, such as the age structure of the players being old and the scarcity of middle-generation players. Compared with other Asian Cup teams, the proportion of players born after 2000 is particularly low in the national soccer team. In the face of such an age structure, the outside world can not help but wonder: what can such an aging team in the Asian Cup? Yankovic's tactical layout and how it will play?
Against this backdrop, the national soccer team decided to train in Abu Dhabi, UAE in West Asia. In order to ensure the high quality of training, the team has specially selected a hotel with its own closed training ground. At the same time, an advance team arrived at the Abu Dhabi site in advance to prepare for the arrival of the national team, including all aspects of living and living in Abu Dhabi. The international players are also not slacking off during this period of vacation, such as Dai Weijun and Zhang Yuning who returned to Shanghai in advance and put into the intense preparation for the Asian Cup in order to show the best condition.
According to the preparation plan, the national football team will stay in Abu Dhabi until January 7 next year, during which there will be a number of physical reserves and closed teaching games. Training comes to an end, the national football team will fly directly to Doha, the opening of the Asian Cup of the final sprint preparation. At that time, the national football team will also finalize the 23-man list for the Asian Cup.
