The Chinese men's national selection team arrived at noon local time on the 17th, first stayed at the Crown Hotel for rest and recuperation, and then in the evening at 5:30 local time in the training ground to start the first outdoor training after arriving at the venue. It is reported that head coach Jankovic arranged the training time is not long, the intensity is not big, he reminded the players that must be good against the team
of preparation, he said, "I've prepared to break Han, and I hope everyone will keep that in mind and follow through."
The team's first training session was scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. local time on the 17th. The site called "Gozuka Sports Plaza" is actually about 4 kilometers away from Toyota Stadium, the site of the 3 matches. The surroundings of the stadium are empty, but the grass is of good quality.
Considering that the disciples just went through a big intensity training in the morning before the east trip, Yankovic, the head coach of the national football selection team, arranged only a 45-minute training session in the afternoon of the 17th. The good thing is that all the players are physically fit, all of them participated in the joint training.
After a brief preparatory activity for the whole team, Yankovic first arranged the players to practice passing and receiving the ball, and then put the whole team to practice attacking and defending. During this period, the players without the ball were asked to actively press for the ball, and the three goalkeepers also participated in it. After the 15-minute pressing exercise, Jankovic announced the end of the training session. This training session is obviously for the players to recover and adjust.
It is worth noting that the weather in the local Aichi prefecture is unpredictable. When the team first arrived in Nagoya, the weather was sweltering, but it began to rain on the field while training was in progress. But towards the end of the training, the weather suddenly turned clear again.
After the training, Jankovic told the players: "After returning to the hotel today (17th), the most important thing for everyone after dinner is to have a good rest. Tomorrow, we will start a targeted technical and tactical training for our first opponent, South Korea. Korea is a very compact team, and from the first day of our training, we have been training for this match. One thing I want everyone to remember is that all the training in the last few days has been purposeful and directed at our opponents. As a head coach, I don't want to practice anything that is not purposeful or useful. So, you have to remember all the content and requirements of what I have been practicing."
Jankovic reminded, "Korea is used to playing a 442 formation, their 3 lines are very compact and they have a strong midfield. So, how will we show our aggressiveness and offense against such an opponent? How do we dismantle their characteristics and show our own? We will focus on this in tomorrow's training. I'm ready for that, and I've said over and over again that no matter who the opponent is, they have their own way of playing, but we have our own way of playing as well. All we need is to focus on ourselves and not think about how the opponent is doing. We just have to show all the things that we have prepared ourselves for."
At noon local time on the 18th, the organizing committee of the East Asian Cup will hold a pre-match press conference, after which the Chinese men's football selection team will continue to the training ground to start training that evening.
