At 20:00 on June 5, the Chinese men's football team stepped onto the ground of Sharjah Stadium in the United Arab Emirates, which will be the battleground for the subsequent matches in Group A of the 40-team tournament. A pre-match acclimatization training with the Philippines started here, and although the outdoor temperature climbed to more than 35℃, the Chinese team's enthusiasm for training did not diminish. Preparation situation, the Chinese team has prepared for a "long war", that is, on the basis of mastering the possession of the ball, and strive to consume the opponent.
On the evening of June 5, the Chinese team had its second outdoor training session at the Sharjah Stadium. Here, the stage for the subsequent matches in Group A of the Top 40, the length and width of the turf is comparable to that of the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center, with a higher density, like a carpet, perfect for technical teams to play.
The Chinese team is aware of the importance of having only one acclimatization training session before the match against the Philippines. As with domestic preparations, the Chinese team has been training at a tight pace in recent days, with set piece drills being one of the highlights of the training on the evening of the 5th, showing that the coaching staff has fully anticipated the impact that the hot weather may have on the players. Once the game is in a stalemate, set-pieces will be the key means for the team to break through the opponents.
Group confrontation training is also one of the training contents. Although goalkeeper Wang Dalei was temporarily unable to participate in the group confrontation due to a recurrence of his back injury, other players in the team, including the three goalkeepers, were in good condition. The group confrontation went smoothly. It is reported that the Chinese team recently kept the formation from the match with Guam in the confrontation training. As for the specific personnel arrangements, it is not yet clear. However, Ji Xiang, Liu Binbin and Tan Long are very prominent in the characteristics of the wing backs, wing forwards and the front line, and they are all important candidates in the eyes of the head coach Li Tie, who is ready to play.
Playing in 35°C heat, it is inevitable that the Chinese team will have to engage in a war of attrition with their opponents. Facing an opponent like the Philippines, the Chinese team needs to pay attention to tactics and strategy. The "control of the ball in hand" may become the key strategy of the Chinese team to overcome the enemy, only a firm grasp of the right to control the ball, the Chinese team in the offense and defense at ease, so as to consume the opponent, looking for a good opportunity to break the door.
As planned, the Chinese team will return to the Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium on the evening of June 6 for their final pre-match practice. During this period, head coach Li Tie will attend a pre-match press conference at 7:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. BST) on the evening of June 6th.
On the morning of the 6th, all members of the Chinese team and the team delegation accepted the nucleic acid test at the resident hotel. At present, the physical condition of the whole team is good. Everyone ate well and slept well, and the international players were engaged in training, so it can be said that the quality of the whole team's preparation has not been affected by the change of venue for the game.
South Korea's "old friend" Kim Hee Gon to enforce China-Philippines match
The Qatar World Cup Asian Zone Top 40 Group A match between China and the Philippines will be held on June 7 at 9:00 p.m. (1:00 a.m. Beijing time on June 8) at the Sharjah Stadium in the United Arab Emirates. As the result of the match will affect the competition pattern of this group, especially the second place in the group belongs to, so the match referee organization information is of great concern. 6, the AFC came to the news that the Korean referee Kim Hee Gon, who had been in China for a long time to enforce the Chinese Super League last season, will be the referee of this match. This is at least not bad news for the Chinese team.
Due to various objective factors, VAR technology will not be introduced to assist the referees in enforcing the law in this 40-team tournament. This means that the main protagonist in determining the outcome of a match is always the referee on duty, especially the head referee.
Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from the AFC late last month that a total of 14 referees were involved in the enforcement of Group A of the 40-team tournament. Among them, Jin Xikun left a particularly deep impression on the majority of international players. The referee was assigned by the AFC to enforce the game. Before this, Jin Xikun as the Chinese Super League, the Chinese Super League, the Chinese First Division promotion and relegation playoffs and other key matches of the enforcer, to the Chinese team players left a deep impression.
Kim Hee-kun from South Korea, as one of the 2 Korean referees invited by the Chinese Super League last year, enforced a number of key matches in last season's Chinese Super League and Chinese Super League First Division Elevation Playoffs. For example, his first Super League match last season was the second phase of the knockout stage of the second round of the match between Beijing Zhonghe Guoan (now Guoan) and Shandong Luneng (now Taishan), and then successively enforced the semi-final of the semi-final match between Guangzhou Evergrande (the first Guangzhou team) and the second round of the semi-final match between Guoan, Shijiazhuang Yongchang (now Cangzhou Lions) and Wuhan Zhuoer (now Wuhan) relegation battle second round, and other important matches. Important matches. Further back, Jin Xikun also enforced three Chinese Super League matches and one FA Cup match in the 2018 season.
From this, it is not difficult to judge, about Jin Xikun's law enforcement characteristics, including running position and card habits, the Chinese team players should be very understanding, but also more adaptable. This group of text / our reporter Xiao Blush
