The head coach of the Jinmen Tigers, Yu Genwei, led his coaching team to start a charity teaching match with the young players in the afternoon today. Immediately afterward, the team will take a flight to Dalian for the AFC Cup at 14:00 on the following day.
There are still two days left before the official start of the AFC Cup on the 13th of this month. The Tianjin Jinmen Tigers had their regular training session yesterday morning, but unlike today's training session, it ended early so that the team members could quickly pack their bags, enjoy lunch, and then take a flight to Dalian at 14:00 to officially kick off the AFC Cup journey. 13th at 3:30 pm, the Jinmen Tigers will usher in their first match against the Central League's Beijing Beiqidai team with the goal of securing a spot in the top 16.
Although all of the Jinmen Tigers' recent efforts have been focused on the AFC Cup, head coach Yu Genwei emphasized the core objective to his players from the start: while AFC Cup results are crucial, they are not the only thing to pursue. In a knockout competition, a good result means experience and a deeper fixture list, which is worth the exercise for the Jinmen Tigers, who have an eight-round relegation battle ahead of them. At the end of the day, the main task for the Tigers this season is to stay in the relegation hunt.
Today, Jinmen Tigers' foreign aid Kadar completed his 14-day isolation period for medical observation, and he will need to undergo another seven days of self-isolation before he can return to the team. The team's room for him has also been organized in anticipation of his return. When and where Kadar will be able to assemble with the coaching staff and teammates will depend on the performance of the Zim Tigers in the knockout rounds of the AFC Cup. In addition, despite the fact that they will be leaving for the tournament tomorrow, the Jinmen Tigers held a charity event this afternoon, where children from the Hengjun Youth Football Club came to watch the training, and then Yu Genwei and the coaching team also had a "coaching match" with the children. It is reported that the Jinmen Tigers club in the first phase of the league after the end of the series of public welfare activities to promote the development of youth soccer on the agenda, after the return of the AFC Cup, the relevant activities will continue.
It has been revealed that the Tsimshatsui Tigers will stay at the Crowne Plaza Hotel upon their arrival in Dalian, which has been the residence of the personnel, officials, referees and staff of the participating teams of the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division League in Dalian for the past two years. Dalian, as one of the venues for this F.A.C.A. Cup tournament, will continue to implement closed management within the hotel and stadium area. Starting from the 13th, Dalian will host part of the first two rounds of the FA Cup and all the matches of the quarter-finals and semi-finals, and a total of 14 teams will play 18 matches in Dalian.
