Chinese football fans are eagerly awaiting, because in January next year, there will be the annual Asian Cup.
The tournament is crucial for the Chinese men's football team, so they have recently travelled to West Asia for final preparations.
A key part of the preparations for war is to conduct actual combat exercises.
Due to the early build-up of the Chinese team, their first game could only be played against some local club teams in the UAE.
The Chinese team finally decided to go against regional sports in the UAE second division.
Despite the average strength of the regional sports teams, which is equivalent to China's China Second League, the Chinese team showed a clear advantage in the competition.
In the first half of the game, the Chinese men's football team led 4-0, Zhang Yuning returned from injury and assisted to open the scoring, and then Lin Liangming scored twice, and the young striker and Wu Lei also performed well.
Yibian fought again, and the Chinese team played with a full substitute lineup, and finally won 5-1.
This game not only allowed the Chinese team to sweep away the haze of the previous world preliminary loss, but also rekindled the fans' hopes for the team.
In the Asian Cup group draw, the Chinese team was placed in Group A, the same group as the hosts Qatar, Tajikistan and Lebanon.
In terms of strength, the Chinese team is slightly inferior, but has a better chance of winning against the other two teams.
Therefore, there should be no big problem for the Chinese team to successfully advance to the knockout round, and it is a suspense whether the Chinese team can advance to the subsequent knockout round with what ranking.
To make a difference in this Asian Cup, they must aim to top their group in order to avoid the best third place in the three groups C, D and E.
Even if the second place in the group is acceptable, the next place in Group C will be the second place, which is likely to be the UAE.
And if they finish third in the best group, China will likely face Asia's second-placed Iran in the knockout round.
Once facing this strong Iranian team, the Chinese men's football team may end the Asian Cup journey early.
People hope that the Chinese team can create a miracle, and they also hope that Chinese football can recover.